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CFTC wins $31M Fundsz fraud order as crypto scam losses mount worldwide
A United States federal court has ruled that Fundsz’s operators, Brian Early and Alisha Ann Kingrey, should pay $31 million as restitution and penalties over a digital-asset and precious-metals scam. The decision originates from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Larralde et al., Case Number 6:23-cv-1445-WWB-DCI, which was filed in the United States District Court...
Wed, Sep 30
FTC probes OpenAI, Anthropic, and METR over AI safety risks
A senior official has confirmed that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has opened an investigation into whether the AI systems built by OpenAI and Anthropic pose dangers to American consumers. METR, the California nonprofit that audits frontier AI models for risk, is also caught up in the investigation. Formal civil investigative demands are expected to...
Wed, Sep 30
DogeOS opens EVM testnet, betting Dogecoin can become programmable capital
A public testnet was launched by DogeOS on Wednesday (September 30) that brings the Ethereum-style smart contracts to the Dogecoin platform with an aim to expand the role of DOGE with technology so it can be utilized as programmable capital in decentralized apps other than payments and trades. Chikyū testnet is a zero-knowledge roll-up compatible...
Wed, Sep 30
Husted blames Democrats for high power bills from data centers he spent six years bringing to Ohio
Senate Democrats have blocked the Ratepayer Protection Act, the bill that Ohio Republican Jon Husted wrote to shield households from the electricity costs of the data center boom. The measure fell flat at a 57 to 43 tally, three votes short of the 60 it needed to scale through. Only four Democrats voted in its...
Wed, Sep 30
Drift's recovery update shows why Gracy Chen isn't optimistic about Bitget's $388M
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen has said she does not believe the $388 million stolen from her company will be recovered. Chen’s pessimism was reinforced today when Drift Protocol, more than six months on from its exploit, remains unable to recover most of the looted funds. Currently, the funds are still being laundered through Tornado Cash. ...
Wed, Sep 30
Third Silk Road investigator caught stealing seized Bitcoin owes UK £1.8M
A UK court has ordered former National Crime Agency (NCA) officer Paul Chowles to repay £1,810,678.93, roughly 30 times what the Bitcoin was worth when he lifted it from a stash his own agency had seized. Chowles, 44, is at least the third investigator tied to the Silk Road cases to be caught stealing the...
Wed, Sep 30
Smarter Web's MORE rally is the digital credit success Saylor says he wants to see
Michael Saylor has published an essay on X that makes a case for Bitcoin-powered “Digital Credit” issuers, stating that they strengthen one another rather than cannibalize each other’s investors. The essay was shared on Wednesday, September 30, the same day that one of those issuers, UK’s The Smarter Web Company (LON: SWC), has seen its...
Wed, Sep 30
BMW plans recovery with AI job cuts and a bet on new models
BMW will use AI to eliminate a fifth of its management roles by mid-2027, which is all part of a recovery plan the German carmaker unveiled on Wednesday to rebuild profits hit by China’s price war and the cost of its shift to electric vehicles. The reductions target senior divisions and the leadership tied to...
Wed, Sep 30
Russia moves to require banks to report client crypto holdings
Russia is tightening the noose on cryptocurrency owners with its central bank now planning to oblige financial institutions to include their customers’ coin holdings in disclosure statements. The latter are issued for various purposes and often accompany income and asset declarations such as those filed by civil servants and government officials as a corruption prevention...
Wed, Sep 30
Apple Pay launches in India via Axis Bank partnership
Apple has switched on Apple Pay for its users in India, allowing those with eligible Axis Bank credit cards on the Visa and Mastercard networks to make contactless payments using the service, bringing Apple’s payments service to India’s growing iPhone user base for the first time. Only eligible Axis Bank Visa and Mastercard credit cards...
Wed, Sep 30
CFTC investigates ex-Rep. Adam Kinzinger over $823 Kalshi bet on his own pardon
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is examining bets that former Republican Representative Adam Kinzinger placed on the presidential pardon he was granted. Kinzinger has defended himself, maintaining that he had been out of office for two years at that point and did not have access to any insider information. Why is the CFTC investigating...
Wed, Sep 30
DeepSeek launches tools to help Huawei reduce Nvidia's AI dominance
Chinese AI company DeepSeek has open-sourced six software tools built for Huawei’s Ascend AI chips in a bid to give Chinese developers a homegrown alternative to Nvidia’s software stack at a time when US export controls ensure most advanced American processors remain out of reach. The Hangzhou-based startup announced the release on its official WeChat...
Wed, Sep 30
Bitget hackers turn to Zcash on the day Wall Street's privacy-coin ETF completes its split
The Bitget hackers are testing a new route to move their $387.5 million loot out of recovery range as wallets tied to the suspected North Korean operators have pushed about $3.9 million into Zcash’s newest privacy pool, Ironwood, early on Wednesday, September 30. Cryptopolitan reported in August that ZCSH was the first US ETF to...
Wed, Sep 30
Kalshi files to end volume rewards as wash-trading questions mount
Kalshi has told the CFTC it will shut down its Volume Incentive Program no earlier than October 13. Meanwhile, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is reviewing more than $5 billion in near-identical Ether perpetual trades on the exchange. What is Kalshi shutting down? Kalshi told the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on September 28...
Wed, Sep 30
UK's crypto field expected to shrink as FCA opens registration gateway
The UK’s market regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has started to accept crypto authorization applications as of Wednesday, September 30, in line with earlier guidance detailing the country’s new regulatory regime. From the opening date, firms will have a five-month window to continue operating in the UK, after which, they will face a cutoff...
Wed, Sep 30
Trump and AI chiefs sign 'morally binding' safety accord at White House
The “morally binding” voluntary safety accord that President Donald Trump White House revealed after a meeting with the leaders and stakeholders of the US AI industry companies on Tuesday has caused a rift in Congress over whether to go along with them or not. The criticism from Capitol Hill draws on the frustration that past...
Wed, Sep 30
Solana and Robinhood Chain launchpads lead as crypto fees explode in September
Crypto economic activity expanded in September, making Q3 one of the most successful quarters for on-chain apps. In 2026, app revenues reached a new peak, driven by launchpads and decentralized trading.
Wed, Sep 30
Tokenized Stocks in DeFi Grow Nearly 18x Year to Date
The latest data from Token Terminal reveals that tokenized stocks deposited into DeFi protocols have reached $262.4 million. At the start of the year, the same number was at $14.66 million. This equates to a year to date growth of around 1,690%, or close to 18x, with the growth accelerating over the last month. The...
Wed, Sep 30
Robinhood plans 24/7 stock trading as Wall Street moves toward crypto hours
On September 29, Robinhood announced that it intends to allow clients to participate in trading in a selection of US stocks and ETFs around the clock during weekends, bringing equity trading to the level of continuous operation that has been characteristic of cryptocurrency markets for years. This decision, as per Reuters, enhances Robinhood’s current 24-hour...
Wed, Sep 30
US appeals court upholds Thomson Reuters win in landmark AI copyright case
A US appeals court upheld Thomson Reuters’ copyright victory against ROSS Intelligence, rejecting the legal-research company’s fair-use defense over its use of Westlaw material to train an AI search engine, Reuters reported on September 29. The outcome of the case could have implications that extend beyond the realm of legal research. In the event that...
Wed, Sep 30
