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AI Security Startup Upwind Raises $400M at $3.8B Valuation
Upwind Security raised $400 million in a Series C round at a $3.8 billion valuation, with Bessemer Venture Partners leading the funding. Canapi Ventur…
More Americans Have Tried Crypto, But Few Are Sticking With It: Survey
A national survey by Ipsos for the DeFi Education Fund found that 22% of U.S. adults have ever owned or used crypto, up from 18% in 2025. However, onl…
OpenAI Plans to Buy Google's AI Chips as It Looks Beyond Nvidia: Report
OpenAI plans to buy AI chips from Google, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke with The Information. The move would reduce its rel…
Keystone breach deepens: Hackers stole key used to verify wallets as genuine
Keystone, a hardware wallet manufacturer, disclosed a severe escalation to an earlier data breach. Hackers obtained not just customer information, but…
PHP flaw shows AI ‘vulnerability apocalypse’ is on schedule: Immunefi CEO
# AI-Generated Code Vulnerabilities Spark Security Alarm in Crypto Ecosystem A critical PHP vulnerability exploited by AI-generated code has reignite…
Keystone says website breach exposed hardware wallet buyers’ addresses
Keystone, the hardware wallet manufacturer, disclosed a website breach that compromised customer shipping addresses and personal information tied to h…
Elon Musk issues a warning for 'AI neoclouds' as SpaceX borrows $40 billion for chips
Elon Musk's SpaceX just secured $40 billion in debt financing, earmarking the capital for GPU procurement. The move signals aggressive expansion into …
Block's new voice AI sounds eerily human, sparking awe and scam fears
Block, the fintech giant helmed by Jack Dorsey, deployed a voice AI system that generates speech so realistic it has triggered polarized reactions acr…
Initia halts blockchain after exploit reportedly drains over $2.6M
Initia, a modular blockchain platform, halted its layer-1 network and associated rollups following a security breach that drained approximately $2.6 m…
Qubic restarts blockchain, opens recovery claims after $1.4M hack
Qubic has restarted its blockchain following a $1.4 million hack and opened a recovery claims process for affected users. The network's validators ap…
Bitcoin rally could revive treasury buying, but easy-money days over
Bitcoin's recent rally may prompt corporate treasury departments to resume cryptocurrency purchases, though the environment for such acquisitions has …
Qubic freezes chain after attacker drains 1.4K wallets with weak seeds
Qubic froze its blockchain after an attacker drained approximately 1,400 wallets that used weak seed phrases. According to Qubic, 87.1% of the stolen …
Solana shows resilience, but some areas need continued observation, Fidelity says
Solana has maintained network stability without reported mainnet outages over the past two years, according to analysis from Fidelity. The blockchain …
Tesla Roadster Rocket Is the Cool 'Flying' Car You Can’t Have
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MSCI adopts index exclusion rules that could oust Strategy
MSCI has adopted index exclusion rules that could remove Strategy from its indices. Strategy, Metaplanet, and Upexi were previously identified for pot…
Nearly $1 billion in crypto bets liquidated as bitcoin, ether and XRP slide
Cryptocurrency markets experienced significant liquidations totaling nearly $1 billion as major digital assets declined sharply. Ether led the forced …
Bitwise’s Hougan says Q3 charts point to ‘crypto spring’
Bitwise's Matt Hougan identified multiple fundamental indicators showing sharp upward movement in the third quarter, suggesting a period he termed "cr…
South Korea moves to block 27 crypto websites, including KuCoin, MEXC
South Korea's regulators have moved to block access to 27 cryptocurrency websites, including major exchanges KuCoin and MEXC, targeting platforms oper…
AVAX Gains Nearly 50% in Four Weeks, Outpacing Bitcoin and Ether
Avalanche's native token AVAX gained nearly 50% over four weeks, outperforming both Bitcoin and Ether during the same period, according to The Defiant…
Justin Sun says Tron’s post-quantum cryptography has gone live on testnet
Justin Sun announced that Tron's post-quantum cryptography implementation has launched on testnet. "We're ready to bring quantum resistance to mainnet…
Senate Democrat Presses Cantor Fitzgerald on Tether Ties and Lutnick Family Profits
# Senate Democrat Presses Cantor Fitzgerald on Tether Ties and Lutnick Family Profits Sen. Richard Blumenthal has requested that Cantor Fitzgerald op…
XRP Ledger adds new controls for banks, stablecoins and tokenized funds
The XRP Ledger has introduced new controls designed for institutional users managing banks, stablecoins, and tokenized funds. The feature enables busi…
OpenAI Says a Secret AI Model Cracked Hundreds of Open Math Problems in One Prompt—Mathematicians Want Receipts
OpenAI released 722 AI-written mathematics manuscripts and claimed most originated from a single prompt, generated by an unreleased model. The company…
Pudgy Penguins’ Abstract becomes second Ethereum layer 2 to shut in a week
Pudgy Penguins' Abstract layer 2 blockchain will shut down on December 15, becoming the second Ethereum layer 2 to close within a week. The network, b…
Rain seeks US trust bank charter days after OCC sued over crypto charters
Rain has applied for a US trust bank charter, joining other cryptocurrency firms pursuing federal banking credentials. The application arrives days af…
Zcash activates NU7 on testnet ahead of November mainnet target
Zcash activated its NU7 upgrade on testnet, moving forward with planned protocol changes ahead of a November mainnet launch. The testnet activation gi…
Here’s what happened in crypto today
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European crypto users have ‘more faith’ in regulated firms under MiCA: Bitpanda co-CEO
Christian Trummer, co-CEO of Bitpanda, said that European cryptocurrency users have gained greater confidence in regulated firms following the impleme…
Zcash Drops 21% From Recent High—Here’s Why the Rally May Not Be Over
Zcash (ZEC) declined 21% from its recent peak of $1,698, according to reporting from Decrypt. The pullback followed two separate headwinds. Exchange-t…
Altcoin exchange deposit count jumps 160% in 2 weeks
Exchange deposit activity for altcoins has spiked dramatically, with transaction counts and depositing addresses reaching their highest levels in near…
Cboe, S&P Dow Jones may explore tokenized options contracts under extended licensing deal
Cboe Global Markets and S&P Dow Jones Indices have extended their licensing agreement in a move that positions both entities to explore tokenized opti…
Altseason is coming — and traders are more discerning this time
Bitcoin's dominance has ruled the crypto market for months, but altseason approaches and the shift in capital allocation reveals a maturing trader bas…
Bitcoin, Nasdaq futures decline as Trump won’t rule out more Iran strikes
Bitcoin fell alongside broader market volatility on Sunday after President Trump signaled the possibility of additional military strikes against Iran …
Altcoins rally across the board as bitcoin consolidates near $84,000
Bitcoin's consolidation near the $84,000 level has triggered a broad-based rally across alternative cryptocurrencies, with altcoins posting significan…
Australian PM warns of AI’s ‘furious pace’ after agent breached government site
# Australian PM Warns of AI's "Furious Pace" Following Government Data Breach Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issued a stark warning about…
Former Hack VC partner Hsin-Ju Chuang’s death ruled a suicide
Hsin-Ju Chuang, a prominent crypto executive and former partner at venture capital firm Hack VC, died by suicide, according to official ruling. Chuang…
XRP Ledger’s Batch upgrade slips to Oct. 9 after validator support resets
XRP Ledger postponed its Batch upgrade launch to October 9 after validator support temporarily dipped below the 80% threshold required for activation.…
Strategy seeks shareholder approval for daily preferred stock dividends
Strategy seeks shareholder approval to shift its preferred stock dividend structure from the current payment schedule to daily distributions. The prop…
SlowMist has yet to confirm crypto theft from iPhone Safari attack
Security research firm SlowMist remains unable to confirm whether a recently discovered Safari vulnerability on iPhones has led to actual cryptocurren…
Former Hack VC partner Hsin-Ju Chuang found dead at 37
Hsin-Ju Chuang, a 37-year-old crypto executive and partner at Hack VC, was found dead. Chuang built a substantial career across multiple protocol laye…
Bitcoin's $16 billion quarterly options settlement arrives with a 'call-heavy' book
Bitcoin options traders face a $16 billion settlement event Friday as nearly $18 billion in combined bitcoin and ether derivatives expire simultaneous…
OpenAI, Anthropic to brief UN Security Council on AI risks: Reports
OpenAI and Anthropic are preparing to address the UN Security Council on artificial intelligence risks and their implications for global security. Ant…
Dogecoin leads market rebound with 15% pump, bitcoin steady above $85,000
Dogecoin surged 15% as crypto markets recovered from recent weakness, with the meme coin outpacing Bitcoin's more measured performance. The rally coin…
Anthropic taps Accenture as embedded evaluator to help with AI slowdown proposal
Anthropic has enlisted Accenture as an embedded evaluator to support its AI development slowdown proposal, marking a strategic move to validate safety…