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US charges Kishu Inu founder, Singapore freezes Tokenize Xchange assets
Victims got good news this week as crypto exchange founders Alexander Sisemore (Kishu Inu) and Hong Qi Yu (Tokenize Xchange) faced court action in the United States and Singapore, respectively. Sisemore faces an indictment for his alleged role in a $9 million fraud affecting users of his exchange. Hong Qi Yu, on the other hand,...
Thu, Oct 8
BTC mining stocks fall from 2026 peaks amid booming AI narrative
BTC mining gradually slowed down in 2026, with a trend of falling difficulty. Currently, miners are not producing coins under distress conditions, but have sold off a large part of their older reserves.
Thu, Oct 8
AI-powered attacks hit South Korean financial institutions
The recent attacks on South Korean financial institutions have revealed how hackers utilize AI technology to commit crimes faster than ever. An investigation conducted by CrowdStrike on October 7 revealed traces of AI-assisted hacking, raising fears that the impacts could spread throughout the financial system and not be limited to the banks under attack. ARTEX...
Thu, Oct 8
Samsung to Roll Out USDC transfers on Solana Across 82 Million US Galaxy Devices
Samsung is partnering with Solana to enable cross border USDC transfers through their samsung wallet for users in the US. The announcement dropped on October 7 from the Solana foundation and marks another step toward crypto infrastructure making its way into mainstream financial products. The feature is set to go live on 82 million Galaxy...
Thu, Oct 8
Google and Unity’s prompt-to-game tools outrun rules written for studios
Google and Unity revealed AI-powered tools on Wednesday that allow anyone to develop functional video games without any coding experience. The technology increases accessibility of game development. However, it also raises questions about whether existing safety protocols are effective in dealing with the new technology. On October 7, Google and Unity unveiled their collaboration by...
Thu, Oct 8
Ripple takes aim at Wall Street with leveraged ETF financing
Ripple’s reach now extends across much of the crypto industry, and the company is beginning to make inroads into Wall Street. Global investment manager Brevan Howard just scaled up its partnership with the crypto firm. Ripple will now provide multi-asset prime brokerage, clearing, and financing services across its funds, through its unified platform Ripple Prime....
Thu, Oct 8
Microsoft launches Execution Containers to limit what AI agents can access
Microsoft used its Wednesday event in San Francisco to make a case for running AI agents under Windows’ security controls. Its Microsoft Execution Containers (MXC) technology is now generally available on Windows 11, giving businesses a way to limit what agents can access and do. The MXC platform is at the center of Windows Hybrid...
Thu, Oct 8
OpenAI rolls GPT-6 Sol to paid ChatGPT tiers and Luna to free users October 8
OpenAI began rolling GPT-6 Sol into paid ChatGPT tiers on Wednesday, and Free and Go users get GPT-6 Luna from October 8.
Thu, Oct 8
AI companies pile on debt as infrastructure costs keep rising
AI companies are borrowing more money in order to create the computing facilities they require. Although sales are booming, it is uncertain whether they will be able to cover the rising costs. The gap can be seen in Anthropic’s financial performance. According to Reuters, the company made $4.6 billion in sales but had an operating...
Thu, Oct 8
US Treasury fines Amidi $200,000 over an unreported $92,478 bet on Chinese robotics AI
The US Treasury fined Amidi $200,000 for not reporting a $92,478 stake in Shanghai robotics AI firm Noematrix, its first outbound investment penalty.
Thu, Oct 8
French Hill says agency crypto rules cannot replace CLARITY Act
French Hill, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, stated in his remarks on Wednesday that crypto rule-making by the SEC and CFTC fails to address the problem at hand, making his case for the CLARITY Act all the more pressing. Speaking to Fox Business, the Arkansas Republican credited both agencies for acting, saying Paul...
Thu, Oct 8
TikTok accused of testing non-working safety feature on teens and children
Thousands of TikTok users who turned on a safety tool, Algo Refresh, were handed a version that did not work, according to allegations in New York Attorney General Letitia James’s lawsuit unsealed on Wednesday, per Reuters. Algo Refresh is built to reset a user’s recommendations when they want to get away from unwanted or harmful...
Thu, Oct 8
Parents received no ChatGPT alert during teen suicide chats in Common Sense tests
Common Sense Media rated ChatGPT an Unacceptable Risk for under-18s after parent alerts on suicide and self-harm chats came late or not at all.
Wed, Oct 7
Sui posts 40.6 million TPS, aiming for off-chain speed at AI-agent payments
During a live stress test on Wednesday in Singapore, Sui achieved 40,614,180 transactions per second (TPS), breaking its own record from July of 6.09 million TPS by more than six times. However, the record was set because of the incredible involvement of over 10,000 off-chain tunnels rather than the actual transactions taking place on the...
Wed, Oct 7
Kalshi takes on CME with first-ever U.S. oil futures that never expire
Kalshi is trying to drag one of the oldest corners of finance into a very different trading model, asking U.S. regulators to approve an oil futures contract that would stay alive for 10 years before reaching its expiration date. While the product itself is supposed to track West Texas Intermediate crude oil, the real deal...
Wed, Oct 7
Anthropic launches cheaper Claude Haiku 5.5 to complete its lineup before IPO
On October 7, Anthropic released Claude Haiku 5.5, adding the last piece to its trio lineup of products, which includes Sonnet 5.5 and Opus 5.5. The new model is aimed at assisting users with their daily work processes, as organizations are searching for ways to lower the costs of using AI. The rollout is also...
Wed, Oct 7
Justin Drake urges crypto to plan for 'bunker mode' as AI math threatens ECDSA
Justin Drake, a researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, has advised those in the crypto space to start thinking of quietly relocating their funds into new wallets, because the signature scheme that secures Bitcoin and Ethereum could be broken before the arrival of a quantum computer. Drake’s warning and how wants to protect exposed crypto Drake...
Wed, Oct 7
Trump asks Pentagon for new Iran strike options with midterm elections just weeks away
Donald Trump has on Wednesday asked the Pentagon to prepare new ways for him to hit Iran before Americans vote in the November 3 midterm elections, after initially saying he would wait until after election to resume strikes. Republicans are heading into a rough election stretch, the Iran war has become a political drag, and...
Wed, Oct 7
Hunter Biden 'mocking Trump's coin' $LAPTOP defense lands flat as traders nurse 98% crash
Hunter Biden has released a forensic accounting of his $LAPTOP memecoin. It is coming nearly a month after the token crashed by over 98% on launch day, and Biden is stating that it was never a rug pull. According to him, the hired market makers, not his team, walked off with the money. Not a...
Wed, Oct 7
Jury takes two hours to reject "code is law" and convict Uranium Finance hacker
A Manhattan jury has convicted Jonathan Spalletta of computer fraud and money laundering over two 2021 hacks that drained more than $50 million from decentralized exchange Uranium Finance. The jury’s guilty verdict comes despite a precedent allowing bad actors like Spalletta to go scot-free. Was the Uranium Finance hacker found guilty? The U.S. Attorney’s Office...
Wed, Oct 7