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10/15/2026 11:16 PM
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Hidden Text, a Fake Mailbox: How Researchers Got Rogue AI Agents to Talk
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Researchers added hidden text to contact AI agents probing Alibaba’s map service, getting replies about their tasks as investigators traced activity to Tencent Cloud infrastructure.
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10/15/2026 10:46 PM
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Google Says It Just Cracked One of Quantum Computing's Biggest Bottlenecks
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Google's Willow chip cut errors 40x on the scarce “magic states” quantum computers burn through, a step toward smaller, useful machines—and toward ones that could threaten today's encryption.
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10/15/2026 09:31 PM
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Russia Will Soon Ban Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin Trading, Central Bank Confirms
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Russians have until July 1, 2027 to buy and sell crypto directly with each other. After that, every trade runs through a broker or exchange approved by the Bank of Russia.
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10/15/2026 08:16 PM
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Boom or Bust, Bitcoin Wins the AI Trade, Bitwise CIO Says
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In a note to investors, Matt Hougan used a “Choose Your Own Adventure” framework to argue that superabundance, an AI bust or a muddle-through economy all ultimately funnel to the same place: Bitcoin higher.
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10/15/2026 07:16 PM
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BlackRock’s Larry Fink Warns AI Data Center Halt Could Tip US Into Recession
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Speaking after BlackRock’s Q3 earnings, Fink said AI infrastructure spending has become so central to growth that a construction halt would be dangerous—calling the backlash “misinformation” as data centers become a midterm flashpoint.
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10/15/2026 06:36 PM
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Google Says AI Isn't Building Itself Yet—Even Though It Writes 75% of the Code
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Google DeepMind's first internal audit of AI-driven research finds no measurable speedup in AI progress.
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10/15/2026 05:28 PM
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Mastercard and BVNK Launch 'Global Money Platform' to Merge Fiat and Stablecoins
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The first major integration since Mastercard’s $1.8 billion BVNK acquisition lets banks, fintechs and enterprises hold, convert, and spend fiat and stablecoins through a single API, with agentic commerce support planned.
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10/15/2026 04:20 PM
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Bitcoin Whipsaws as Crypto Liquidations Near $1 Billion
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Hot inflation data revived Fed rate-hike bets, and leveraged bulls paid the bill as nearly $1 billion in crypto positions were liquidated.
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10/15/2026 03:27 PM
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Ethereum, Altcoins See 'Outsized Drawdowns' Due to Macro Pressures
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Market analysts say that macro factors are pushing altcoin prices down, after ETH, XRP, and SOL all dropped on the day.
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10/15/2026 02:32 PM
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Ledger Announces Atom Touchscreen Android Device
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Ledger says the Android-based Atom will carry anti-tamper protections and be sold only on its site, as it probes tampered resold wallets.
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10/15/2026 01:42 PM
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Zcash Tanks Double Digits After 'Meteoric Rise' Sees Leverage Build Up
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Experts blame a build up in leverage for Zcash's drop in value, as well as growing concerns about AI breaking crypto encryption.
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10/15/2026 01:07 PM
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Morning Minute: Solana Is About To Get Faster
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Alpenglow is coming next week, slashing Solana finality from 12.8 seconds to a target of about 150 milliseconds—some 85 times faster.
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10/15/2026 12:48 PM
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Bitcoin Tests $81,000 as Rate Hike Fears Linger After Hot Inflation Data
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Odds of an October Fed hike have climbed to 29% from 18% a week ago, and analysts see Bitcoin range-bound until the picture clears.
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10/15/2026 11:01 AM
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Brooklyn Prosecutors Take Down 112 Servers Behind Crypto Scam Targeting Russian Speakers
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The scammers also ran a fake recovery service, contacting victims weeks later with promises to get their stolen crypto back.
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10/14/2026 10:46 PM
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Godfather of AI and 400 Scientists Want AI Models Cut Off From the Internet
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After a summer of AI models escaping test environments and hacking real companies, hundreds of researchers say the internet itself should be treated as a security boundary.
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10/14/2026 10:16 PM
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Developer Who Cloned Photoshop With AI Just Did the Same to Microsoft Office
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Developer Brandon Thomas used Anthropic's Claude to build free, open-source replicas of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. They're rough, but they show how cheap cloning software has become.
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10/14/2026 09:16 PM
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AI Agents Made 138 Million Crypto Payments in a Year. Most Were Tiny
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A new Chainalysis report found payments through Coinbase’s x402 protocol surged from about 1,500 in mid-2025 to more than 138 million by Q3 2026, with U.S. wallets dominating spending on AI models.
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10/14/2026 08:46 PM
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Russia's Biggest Bank Sberbank Wins Approval to Trade Bitcoin
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Sberbank now holds both custody and exchange status under Russia's new crypto law, and plans to bring Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT to apps used by 110 million retail clients.
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10/14/2026 08:16 PM
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Solana Sets a Date for Its Next Major Upgrade
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Solana's Alpenglow upgrade replaces the TowerBFT voting system on October 21, cutting finality from 12.8 seconds to a target of 150ms and pulling vote transactions out of blocks entirely.
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10/14/2026 06:46 PM
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Standard Chartered Opens Bitcoin and Ethereum Trading to Wealthy UAE Clients
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The British bank won Dubai regulatory approval to let affluent clients buy BTC and ETH straight from their bank accounts, with custody and settlement kept in-house.
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10/14/2026 05:15 PM
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'It Can Take Years': Coinbase Presses for Bitcoin Quantum Migration to Start Now
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In a detailed technical post, the exchange argued Bitcoin’s multi-year migration to quantum-resistant cryptography must begin before any “Q-Day,” laying out requirements spanning block space, custody and dormant coins.
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10/14/2026 03:51 PM
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Bitcoin Falls as Hot Inflation Puts a Fed Hike Back on the Table
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September CPI hit 3.7%, above forecasts, sending Treasury yields higher and dragging crypto down with stocks.
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10/14/2026 03:03 PM
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Hex Founder Richard Heart Detained in Istanbul on Interpol Red Notice: Report
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Turkish police and intelligence officers reportedly seized cash, phones, jewelry and firearms at the crypto founder's address in Beşiktaş.
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10/14/2026 02:47 PM
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Ledger Asks Resellers in Seven Asian Markets to Pull Devices After Suspected $86M Drain
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European electronics chain MediaMarkt Saturn has also halted Ledger sales after a customer in Germany reported finding an implant.
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10/14/2026 02:41 PM
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Notorious Crypto Celeb Meme Coin Promoter Plots Second Wave on New Launchpad
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Sahil Arora says he's not done with celebrity meme coins, and that Fomo presents new possible strategies for his controversial schemes.
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10/14/2026 01:11 PM
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Morning Minute: Move Over, Saylor, There’s a New Top Buyer in Town
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With Strategy's preferred stock STRC closing in on $100 par, Saylor might not be the number two buyer for long...
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10/14/2026 11:21 AM
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Kraken Owner Payward to Buy Lithuania's Saldo Bank in EU Push
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Co-CEO Arjun Sethi says customers want cash, crypto, tokenized stocks and credit in one place, starting with lending and cards.
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10/14/2026 10:54 AM
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BitMEX Sued in UK for Return of $27M in Bitcoin Over Unlicensed Derivatives
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The claim challenges 1,053 loss-making perpetual swap trades from 2018 to 2022 and also accuses the now-closed exchange of deceit.
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10/13/2026 10:46 PM
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OpenAI Engineer Arrested for Bugging Office, Company Says AI Caught Him
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A Saudi national working at OpenAI allegedly hid an encrypted audio recorder behind a TV in an executive meeting room. OpenAI says its own models helped trace it back to him.
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10/13/2026 10:16 PM
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Character.AI Files for Bankruptcy as Disney Bids $20 Million—And Users Get Grief Resources
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The chatbot app once valued at $1 billion is up for sale in a Delaware court, two weeks after launching new models. If nobody buys it, it shuts down.
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10/13/2026 09:16 PM
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Binance Is Shutting Down Its Bitcoin Mining Pool After Six Years
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Binance will discontinue Binance Pool, Pool Savings, Cloud Mining, and other related services in a retreat from mining infrastructure.
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10/13/2026 08:38 PM
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Bitcoin Whale That Sat Through Every Crash Since 2020 Just Moved $377M
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A wallet that received 4,581 BTC in March 2020, worth about $40 million then, moved its stash today when it was worth about $377 million.
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10/13/2026 07:15 PM
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Strive Buys $280 Million in Bitcoin, Its Largest Purchase in Months
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The Nasdaq-listed asset manager bought the Bitcoin at an average of about $84,500 during a rough week for the market, lifting its total stash to 32,773 BTC.
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10/13/2026 06:37 PM
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AI Researchers Are Smoking Cigarettes to Prove AI Will Cure Cancer, Says Palantir Exec
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Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar says many AI researchers have taken up smoking to signal their faith in AI.
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10/13/2026 05:46 PM
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Bitcoin Shakes Off Spooky Season Jitters: Can Bulls Keep It Going?
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Bitcoin dipped below $81,000 before buyers stepped in, but the Fear and Greed Index says traders aren't convinced yet.
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10/13/2026 05:14 PM
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Trezor Cuts Its Resellers After Ledger Finds Spy Implant in Crypto Wallets
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Trezor is ending reseller authorizations on January 1, 2027, after Ledger confirmed that wallets sold by a Southeast Asian retailer carried a hidden implant that sent out users' recovery phrases.
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