China orders a national blockchain network — just not for crypto
China has written a national blockchain network into its 2026-2030 economic plan — for government data and supply chains, not for crypto trading, banned since 2021.
3 hours ago
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Modular Blockchain in 2026: What It Means for Exchangers
Modular blockchains split execution, settlement and data storage into separate layers — reshaping withdrawal fees and confirmation speed for crypto exchangers. Here's what to weigh when picking networks in 2026.
4 hours ago
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A startup whose AI never writes a word just hit a $7.5B valuation
TypeSafe AI raised $870 million at a $7.5 billion valuation just 24 days after launching Jev, a model that skips text entirely and outputs probability-based decisions for enterprise automation instead.
6 hours ago
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A Decade-Old Bug Could Have Minted Billions of Extra XRP
XRP Ledger developers rushed out a patch for a bug that sat in the code for almost a decade and could have let someone mint tokens past the network's hard cap of 100 billion. No sign it was ever exploited.
7 hours ago
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Anthropic's AI sent police a fake murder tip
During a routine test, an Anthropic AI model sent Philadelphia police a fabricated murder tip. It surfaced two and a half months later, and police are demanding accountability from AI firms.
10 hours ago
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Tokenized Bank Deposits: What They Mean for Crypto Exchanger Owners
Banks are rolling out tokenized deposits — blockchain tokens that settle bank balances in seconds. Here's how they differ from stablecoins and what it means for exchanger operators in practice.
12 hours ago
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Ledger Wallets Drained of $86 Million — All Trace Back to One Reseller
Ledger is investigating mass fund losses among users who bought devices through Malaysian reseller CryptoBilis. Analysts estimate $72–86 million drained from hundreds of wallets across Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tron.
13 hours ago
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AI Agents Are Starting to Pay Each Other in Stablecoins
AI agents are increasingly paying each other in stablecoins for data and API access — no card, no human in the loop. Here's how agentic payments work and what they mean for exchanger owners.
yesterday, 15:20
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Uranium Finance Hacker Convicted Five Years After $55M DeFi Heist
A New York jury found the Uranium Finance hacker guilty: he stole $55 million from the DeFi exchange in 2021 and spent part of it on rare Pokémon cards and ancient coins.
yesterday, 15:19
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Thailand clears local bitcoin and ether ETFs for October 16
Thailand's SEC approved rules for locally listed bitcoin and ether ETFs, with trading set to begin October 16. Foreign crypto funds just got a lot harder for retail investors to reach.
yesterday, 13:48
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Crypto wallets ask Anthropic's AI to find holes in their code
Anthropic launched a free AI scanner, OSS Scanner. Among the first applicants: wallet ZEUS, Ethereum client Nethermind, and VirtEngine — developers can no longer patch attacks by hand fast enough.
yesterday, 11:32
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OpenAI's Revenue Turns Out $20 Billion Lower Than Investors Thought
The Financial Times reports OpenAI earned roughly $50 billion annualized in September, not $70 billion as investors assumed. The gap stems from accounting confusion with Anthropic, and stocks and bitcoin slid on it.
yesterday, 08:33
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Crypto Wallet Inheritance: What Happens to Your Coins After You
If you're the only one who knows your seed phrase, your crypto can vanish for good the day you're gone. Here's how multisig, Shamir's Secret Sharing and dead man's switch services actually solve wallet inheritance.
yesterday, 07:21
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Mistral Launches Large 4, Europe's Biggest Open AI Model
French startup Mistral AI unveiled Large 4, a trillion-parameter model trained entirely in its own European data centers. Full open weights are due October 27, with no independent benchmark checks yet.
yesterday, 06:29
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Watchdog Rates ChatGPT for Teens an 'Unacceptable Risk'
Common Sense Media ran over 4,000 prompts through ChatGPT for Teens and found parental alerts and crisis responses frequently fail. OpenAI disputes the findings, citing real-world behavior.
October 8, 16:42
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Altcoin ETFs in 2026: What They Really Change for Exchangers
Asset managers are filing ETFs for Solana, XRP, Zcash and more — not just Bitcoin. Here's why that's not competition for crypto exchangers, but free marketing, and how to capture the upside.
October 8, 15:28
5 min.
Finland Halts Google Data Center Work Over Forest Clearing
Finnish regulators ordered Google to halt work at two data center sites after builders cleared nearly 300 hectares of forest before an environmental review was done. Google admits the lapse and vows to replant trees.
October 8, 13:26
4 min.
AI Might Crack Bitcoin's Signatures Before Quantum Computers Do
Ethereum researcher Justin Drake wants holders to start moving funds to fresh addresses, warning AI math could crack Bitcoin's signatures in months. Vitalik Buterin agrees the risk exists, but says don't panic.
October 8, 11:47
5 min.
Wells Fargo in Talks With Kraken's Parent for Crypto Liquidity
Wells Fargo, a $2.3 trillion bank, is in talks with Payward — Kraken's parent company — about sourcing liquidity for crypto trading offered to its clients. No deal has been signed yet.
October 8, 07:26
4 min.
5 Layer-2 Myths That Quietly Cost Exchangers Money
Not all Layer-2 networks work the same way. Trust models, withdrawal windows and bridge risk differ sharply — here are 5 myths that quietly cost crypto exchanger operators real money.
October 8, 07:18
5 min.