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Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong still thinks Bitcoin will hit $400,000 in 4 years
Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN) CEO Brian Armstrong still sees a path for Bitcoin to reach $400,000 by 2030. Brian repeated the forecast during a September 19 interview with MoneyRehabPodcast. His view is built around Bitcoin’s past market cycles. The network cuts the amount of new BTC entering circulation about once every four years. Previous halving...
Sun, Sep 27
China condemns Iran war and Hormuz closing in UN speech, tells Trump to end Cuba blockade
China used its Saturday speech at the UN General Assembly to push back at Washington over the Iran war, the Strait of Hormuz, and Cuba. Vice President Han Zheng said Gulf countries must have their sovereignty and security respected. Zheng further demanded that the “concerned country” stop threatening Cuba and end its sanctions and embargo....
Sun, Sep 27
Michael Saylor pushes for digital rights for digital assets and intelligence economy
Michael Saylor has stated that he wants individuals and companies to be given five guaranteed rights over digital assets. Saylor’s argument aims to provide cheaper capital and freer money, which he claims a productive, AI-driven economy will stall without. What rights does Michael Saylor want over digital assets? In an essay posted to X on...
Sat, Sep 26
FTC's Ferguson holds AI developers liable for agents and floats breach-disclosure action
FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson says AI agents are tools whose developers are liable, and that FTC breach-disclosure powers could reach AI developers.
Sat, Sep 26
Apple loses a $5.7 billion patent case involving haptic technology used in iPhones and Apple Watches
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has lost a $5.7 billion patent case tied to the vibration hardware used inside millions of iPhones and Apple Watches. A federal jury in San Diego ruled Friday that Apple infringed parts of two patents owned by Taction Technology. The controversy involves tactile technology that generates physical feedback upon touch on the...
Sat, Sep 26
Solana Policy Institute president Kristin Smith returns to lead Blockchain Association
Kristin Smith returns as Blockchain Association interim CEO on October 17 and keeps her job as president of the Solana Policy Institute.
Sat, Sep 26
Oil crashes back to $92 as U.S.-Iran diplomacy wipes out nearly 8% in a week
Oil took another beating Friday as talks between Iran and the United States returned to the market’s radar. West Texas Intermediate crude sank 2.3% to $92.41 a barrel, pushing its weekly loss to 7.9%. Brent crude also fell 2.1% to $104.32, though the global benchmark finished the full week roughly flat. Iran has put a...
Sat, Sep 26
Bitget formally asks THORChain to refuse service to attacker addresses
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen has gone public with the exchange’s request for THORChain to halt transactions linked to the exploit that drained about $387.5 million from its wallets. As Cryptopolitan reported, Circle and Tether already intervened, stopping nearly $318,000 in stablecoin movement related to the hack on Friday, September 25. However, the request to the...
Sat, Sep 26
Google's AI bug hunter logs 500+ flaws, only 2 in secure-by-design apps
Google's AI agent PageBreak confirmed 500+ XSS bugs in Google web apps but only 2 in apps built on its high-assurance frameworks.
Sat, Sep 26
U.S. economy defies 5% bond yields as consumer spending and business activity surge
The U.S. economy keeps expanding while borrowing costs are rallying in a way that seems completely out of control. The rates for US Treasuries rose once again on Friday. The 10-year rate hit 5.230% at one point during the day, its highest level since June 2007. The 30-year rate moved above 5.51%, which is a...
Sat, Sep 26
U.S. and China agree to slash tariffs on $30 billion of each other’s goods after Trump-Xi summit
The United States and China agreed to cut tariffs on $30 billion worth of each other’s goods after Xi Jinping’s three-day visit to Washington. China’s Foreign Ministry announced the reciprocal deal Saturday. It is one of eight provisions in an accord that was reached between Jinping and President Donald Trump. The other provisions include issues...
Sat, Sep 26
Google opens Gemini Omni video to free Vids users after a paid-only start in May
Google opened Gemini Omni video generation in Vids to any Google account for free at 1080p, after launching the model as a paid feature in May.
Sat, Sep 26
Apple hit with record $5.7B patent verdict it may never pay
A federal jury in San Diego has ordered Apple to pay $5.7 billion to Taction Technology Inc. after deciding the iPhone maker’s Taptic Engine infringed two of Taction’s haptic patents. The verdict is the largest yet in U.S. patent history. However, Apple’s history of appealing such verdicts suggests the check may never clear. Why does...
Sat, Sep 26
Will Kazakhstan's new Bitcoin mining strategy evolve into an AI compute playbook?
The decree that Kazakhstan’s President, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, signed in July to allow oil producers to run a direct flared gas to off-grid electricity funnel for the country’s buzzing crypto mining industry has raised a recent existential question about whether the more lucrative opportunity of the AI compute sector could hijack that infrastructure. The question becomes...
Sat, Sep 26
ShinyHunters resumes large-scale attacks on vulnerable Oracle PeopleSoft systems worldwide
ShinyHunters has restarted a broad attack campaign against Oracle PeopleSoft, getting around defenses that organizations added after earlier breaches this summer. Google’s cybersecurity unit, Mandiant, said Friday that the group is carrying out what it called “mass exploitation” of a PeopleSoft security flaw. The threat intelligence report came days after ShinyHunters said it had stolen...
Sat, Sep 26
How to reclaim your rescued NFTs after legacy Magic Eden approval exploit
The site for owners to recover their NFTs has gone live, according to the whitehat that launched the rescue mission to save at-risk NFTs during the security incident where 2024-era Magic Eden users were exposed due to an exploit of Limit Break’s Payment Processor. Part of the conditions for owners to reclaim their NFTs, according...
Sat, Sep 26
US prosecutors seek $84.2M tied to Tether-linked accounts
The prosecutors of the government are seeking to confiscate the funds worth $84.2 million that were taken from the accounts of the company that allegedly used the accounts to conduct transactions for Tether. This amount is relatively insignificant compared to the balance sheets of Tether; however, this story reveals a lot about the stablecoin market...
Sat, Sep 26
Zano faces 24-hour rollback after asset issuance flaw
Zano, a privacy-oriented blockchain, revealed on September 25 that a problem with its public Gateway Addresses affected asset issuance and could require the network to roll back a day’s worth of transactions. Unlike the common crypto hacks that involve stolen wallets or compromised keys, this one is related to how assets were created on the...
Sat, Sep 26
OpenAI widens agent review after interactions with US government websites
OpenAI has started warning U.S. government bodies and other organizations after its AI agents reached public information hosted by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Census Bureau. While performing online research, the bots accessed websites such as SEC.gov, Investor.gov, and Census.gov. Bloomberg broke the story of the government’s actions on Friday. OpenAI subsequently...
Sat, Sep 26
Circle exec warns Germany’s 50% crypto tax rule could hit retail investors
Germany’s proposed crypto taxation framework has put many local industry stakeholders on edge due to its implications for retail investors. According to Patrick Hansen of Circle, the default 50% tax base introduced by Germany is problematic because it targets those who cannot verify their purchases and will weigh heavily on ordinary investors. “This will hit...
Sat, Sep 26
