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OpenAI says the full scope of agent activity could take months to establish
OpenAI revealed on Friday that its agents had leaked 53 images belonging to ChatGPT users, adding to the growing number of cases demonstrating how rapidly autonomous AI is putting to test the systems intended to regulate it, according to Reuters. For companies that are beginning to use AI agents in their day-to-day operations, the real...
Sat, Sep 26
Trump rejects Iran’s offer to reopen Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s seven-day ceasefire proposal, leaving the Strait of Hormuz closed and nuclear talks stuck. U.S. officials said Trump has also told aides he expects American bombing of Iran to restart after the November midterm elections. Cryptopolitan previously reported that in return for opening the strait and resuming nuclear talks, Tehran...
Sat, Sep 26
Kalshi loses another major court fight as states win power to regulate sports prediction markets
Kalshi has lost another major court fight over sports prediction markets, with the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Friday that states can apply local gambling laws to sports event contracts. The unanimous three-judge panel said Ohio and Tennessee may regulate Kalshi’s sports markets. It is the industry’s second legal setback as the fight...
Sat, Sep 26
Stolen FBI medical records show why personnel data is now a prime cyber target
The hacking group ShinyHunters claimed that the stash they stole from the FBI contains psychiatric and medical evaluation records of bureau personnel. If the claim is confirmed, this will become more than just an employee-data breach, but rather a long-term counterintelligence and identity risk debacle that cannot be remedied with a password reset. Blood tests,...
Sat, Sep 26
Tesla ramps Optimus production 10-fold but robot hands are holding Elon back
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has pushed Optimus production up by about 10 times, but the robot’s hands are now one of the biggest things slowing Elon Musk’s production plan. Tesla was making only a few dozen humanoid robots each week during the second quarter. That figure has now moved into the hundreds per week, according to...
Sat, Sep 26
Trump says Scott Bessent won’t be his ‘Super Intelligence’ Czar
President Donald Trump ruled out Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as his next “Super Intelligence” czar on Friday, September 25, ending speculation around one of his administration’s main officials working on AI. Trump wrote on Truth Social (NASDAQ: DJT) that Scott does not want the job and will stay at Treasury. “Number One, he doesn’t want...
Sat, Sep 26
Meta strengthens Muse warning as AI agents outpace security guardrails
Meta has made enhancements to the safety alert linked to Muse, a personal AI assistant, following the discovery of a flaw by an external security expert that could have compromised a user’s virtual machine along with their emails and files, according to The Information. Initially, the flaw was assigned an SEV-2 classification, which is Meta’s...
Sat, Sep 26
Circle and Tether froze about $318,000 in USDC and USDT linked to the Bitget hack, but the attacker had already swapped most of the breach, now estimated at roughly $387.5 million, into Ether and other assets issuers cannot touch.
On Friday (September 25), Circle and Tether stopped nearly $318,000 in stablecoins related to the hack of the Bitget exchange, but by then most of the $387.5 million stolen in the hack had already left. This shows the usefulness, as well as the limits of asset freezes: they only work until the attackers transfer the...
Fri, Sep 25
Ethereum's ERC-8424 draft would give RWA issuers forced transfers over encrypted balances
ERC-8424, a draft Ethereum standard, would let RWA issuers force transfers on encrypted balances, and a reviewer has already flagged a leak.
Fri, Sep 25
Spot Bitcoin ETF inflows run six days straight, but daily totals shrink for a third session
US spot Bitcoin ETFs drew ~$191 million on Thursday, a sixth straight inflow day, but daily flows are down 81% from Monday's $999 million.
Fri, Sep 25
Trump voters stage campaign against AI after he rejected idea of guardrails
Trump voters are organizing a protest against his approach to AI, with conservative activists warning that the political cost could land directly on Republicans. More than 60 members of Trump’s inner circle have already asked the administration to introduce stricter checks for dangerous models before releasing them. The disagreement comes after Trump flat-out said he...
Fri, Sep 25
CoinMarketCap's 115 million users get CoinGlass liquidation and funding data after buyout
CoinMarketCap bought derivatives tracker CoinGlass and will put its liquidation, funding-rate and open-interest data in front of 115 million monthly users.
Fri, Sep 25
Bitcoin whale moves 4,500 BTC idle since 2022, sweeping seven dust deposits with it
A 4,500 BTC stash idle since April 2022 moved to a new address for a 1,303-satoshi fee, sweeping up seven dust deposits along the way.
Fri, Sep 25
Strategy plans daily STRC dividends from November 1, pending an October 28 vote
Strategy wants STRC to carry a dividend record date every calendar day from November 1, paid November 2, if common stockholders approve October 28.
Fri, Sep 25
Pete Hegseth's Coinbase-held Bitcoin booked up to $6,000 in 2025 gains, filing shows
Bitcoin that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth keeps on Coinbase produced between $2,702 and $6,000 in capital gains in 2025, his OGE filing shows.
Fri, Sep 25
Tether and Bitfinex identified as unnamed firms in US case against payments group Capstone
Tether and Bitfinex are the unnamed crypto firms in a US forfeiture case against Capstone, whose $84.2 million prosecutors froze in California.
Fri, Sep 25
Best Space ETFs in 2026: What’s Actually Inside Them
Space ETF gained attention in 2026 following the SpaceX (SPCX) IPO. How do space ETF differ in their allocations and what are their leading risks?
Fri, Sep 25
ETH Zurich and Anthropic study finds LLMs can unmask anonymous accounts for a few dollars each
Researchers from ETH Zurich, MATS and Anthropic used LLMs to link 226 of 338 anonymous Hacker News users to real names, at $1 to $4 per target.
Fri, Sep 25
Xi Jinping shares AI message with US tech leaders at Trump dinner
Chinese President Xi Jinping told a room packed with US technology leaders that Washington and Beijing can keep competing in AI while still working together on how the technology is controlled. Donald Trump hosted Jinping for a state dinner that put AI right in the middle of the evening. Recent warnings about AI creating risks...
Fri, Sep 25
Iran expects Strait of Hormuz to reopen next week
Tehran claims that the Strait of Hormuz could be open for business within seven days should Washington accept their conditions, followed by resumed nuclear negotiations. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi gave the timetable during the United Nations General Assembly in New York. “If certain conditions are met, the Strait of Hormuz will be open at the...
Fri, Sep 25
