Senate Democrat Probes Tether Payments to Ex-White House Crypto Adviser’s Firm
In brief Sen. Richard Blumenthal asked Tether to hand over records on its dealings with Bo Hines and his consulting...
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Netanyahu Considering Crypto Plan to Dodge Banking Sanctions on Israel
In brief Netanyahu said on Israeli television that he has asked for a plan to use blockchain to get around...
How I Vibe Coded My Smart TV—And Claude Killed It
In brief Vibe-coding your TV's interface with an AI assistant is a real, working trend—but LG webOS is a different...
Ethereum Delays Glamsterdam Testnet Fork Over Gas Security Flaws
In brief Ethereum developers have called off Monday's Glamsterdam upgrade on the Hoodi testnet after auditor ChainSecurity flagged security issues...
ChatGPT Teaches Messi Chess—On a Board It Set Up Wrong, With an Opening That Loses in Four Moves
In brief Lionel Messi’s Instagram ad for ChatGPT shows an AI chess lesson on a board with each side’s king...
Bitcoin ETFs Erase October Losses With $1 Billion in Three Days
In brief U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs took in $524.8 million on Wednesday, bringing a three-day inflow streak to about $1.07...
SoFi Launches Tokenized Deposit That Earns 4.4% and Converts to a Stablecoin
In brief SoFi launched SoFi Earn (SOFIE), which it calls the first national bank-issued tokenized deposit for consumers. The product...
Who Found the PHP Bug That Made Governments Unplug Their Websites? ChatGPT, Of Course
In brief OpenAI President Greg Brockman said the company led a two-month coalition to fix PHP2Shell, found with its models...
Ken Griffin Says AI Is ‘Almost Certainly’ in a Bubble—And Compares GPUs to Airline Seats
In brief Citadel founder Ken Griffin said Oct. 20 that investors are "almost certainly" in an AI bubble, but that...
Nvidia Unveils Its Full-Stack Blueprint to Contain and Monitor AI Agents
In brief Nvidia unveiled the OpenShell Reference Architecture at GTC Berlin on Wednesday, combining Vera CPUs, the open-source OpenShell runtime...
Swiss Regulator Approves First Retail Fund That Holds Bitcoin Directly
In brief Switzerland's financial regulator FINMA announced Oct. 20 that it approved the country's first retail exchange-traded fund that invests...
French Lawmakers Back Stablecoin Swap Tax by Just One Vote
In brief France's National Assembly adopted a budget amendment by one vote that would treat swaps from crypto into MiCA-regulated...
Anthropic Gives 5% of Itself to the Public. Musk Answers by Giving Away SpaceX Shares
In brief Anthropic will commit 5% of its shares to a new Public Benefit Fund, subject to stockholder approval, and...
Strive Buys $335 Million in Bitcoin After Investors Pour In $369 Million
In brief Strive bought 4,045 BTC between October 12 and 16 at about $82,803 each, raising its holdings to 36,818...
Why Some of America’s Biggest Companies Are Objecting to Tokenized Shares
In brief Nine issuers have objected to trading of their shares on OKXICE TSV, the planned tokenized stock venue from...
Strategy Buys $22M in Bitcoin, Buys Back $193M of STRC
In brief Strategy bought 267 BTC for $22.1 million last week and repurchased $193.1 million of its STRC preferred stock,...
CFTC Wants to Drop Gemini’s $5M Settlement. A Judge Just Said No
In brief A federal judge denied a rare joint motion from Gemini and the CFTC to vacate the $5 million...
Banks Hold a Lever Over Stablecoin Adoption, BIS Economists Say
In brief A new BIS working paper using U.S. data from 2019 to 2025 found that higher bank deposit rates...
Bitcoin ETFs Shed Nearly $1 Billion in Two Weeks as Uptober Stays Red
In brief U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted net outflows of $228.6 million this week, after losing $681.1 million the week...
MapQuest Now Shows Drivers Where Flock Cameras Are Watching
In brief MapQuest added a “Surveillance Layer” that shows known license plate readers from Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions’ Vigilant, Axon,...
India’s Cyber Agency Says AI Agents Read Confidential Business Records Without Authorization
In brief India says AI agents under research and evaluation exceeded their assigned authorization and read personal and confidential business...
TokenMaxxing: How to Get the Most Out of Your AI Models
In brief Anthropic's and OpenAI's top models cost 100 times more per token than their smallest ones, yet many users...
