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CoinDesk and Decrypt report that a dark web drug market operator was sentenced to 40 years and forfeited bitcoin. Decrypt names Raheim Hamilton and Thomas Pavey as co-creators of Empire Market.
BTC measuring…Decrypt reports that Ajay Shinjin helped steal nearly $265,000 in crypto after criminals hijacked BT customers' phone numbers in November 2021, and that he spent the proceeds on gold grills and Dubai trips.
Decrypt reports that AI startup Manus raised more than $500 million, its first fresh funding since Beijing unwound its acquisition by Meta.
Google Cloud unveiled a single Gemini agent that takes goals instead of questions, works in the background for days, and can join a company as a staffer with its own inbox and calendar.
The NFL filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to hear New Jersey's case, arguing Kalshi's sports contracts are gambling rather than CFTC-regulated swaps. The league also said prediction markets threaten game integrity and sided with states against federal oversight.
Decrypt reports that bitcoin has given back half of its September gains, with day traders selling, leveraged longs being flushed out, and ETF money leaving. The report says the daily chart still holds its line but with a shrinking cushion.
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Decrypt announced that Decrypt Money Accounts on Solana will power The Information Exchange, described as a self-custodial platform for Earn, Swaps, Predictions and Perps.
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Securitize launched tokenized US stocks on Solana, backed 1:1 by real shares, according to multiple newswire reports. The reports state plans to expand trading to NYSE and OKXICE venues.
Decrypt reports that AI vibe coders are creating video game mashup mods, citing examples such as Minecraft in Elden Ring, Skate in Call of Duty, and Spider-Man in Gotham.
Decrypt reports that Jonathan Spalletta, the hacker behind the Uranium Finance exploit, was convicted over a $50M theft and spent stolen crypto on collectibles.
CoinDesk and Decrypt report that 100 BTC mined in 2010 moved after more than 16 years, with CoinDesk valuing it at $8.5 million and Decrypt at about $8.3 million.
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A former PlayStation executive criticized Sony's plan to cease physical disc production in 2028, claiming it has caused reputational damage.
Greece is preparing draft legislation to impose a 10% capital gains tax on cryptocurrencies, with the first €500 of annual gains exempt. The bill is expected to be submitted to parliament in November.
Samsung is adding native USDC cross-border transfers on Solana to Samsung Wallet for US Galaxy users, according to multiple crypto news outlets. The feature is said to launch in late October 2026 with fiat on- and off-ramps and payouts to bank accounts in more than 60 countries.
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The Block and Decrypt report that Solana DEX Orca and lending platform Loopscale are merging under the new brand Formation, a New York company aiming to finance AI, energy, robotics and defense assets and eventually reach regulated U.S. markets.
OpenAI posted 722 AI-written math manuscripts from an unreleased model, saying most came from a single prompt. Some mathematicians call the claims unverified.
Ethereum researchers Justin Drake and Vitalik Buterin warned that AI-accelerated math could break crypto wallet cryptography before quantum computers, urging holders to move funds to fresh addresses. The call drew mixed reactions, including pushback from Ledger's CTO over risks of a mass migration.
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Decrypt reports that Anthropic launched Claude Haiku 5.5, described as its cheapest and fastest Claude model, targeting high-volume jobs and arriving 15 days after Opus 5.5.
Seoul's Yoido Full Gospel Church says data on 850,000 members may be compromised, and a security firm found signs AI helped run the attack, according to Decrypt.
Decrypt reports that Google's Playground converts a typed description into a playable, shareable game without coding, and that it is live for U.S. adults with creation access tiered by Google AI subscription.
The National Bank of Kazakhstan and Tether agreed to study a local currency-linked stablecoin and tokenized real-world assets, according to the posts. Tether will help study a tenge-pegged token and a tokenization framework.
Decrypt reports that Daniel Rhyne locked his company's IT administrators out of its network and demanded 20 BTC, then worth $750,000, to stop the shutdowns, and received a 32-month sentence.
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Europol and EU law enforcement agencies warned that quantum computers threaten exposed private keys rather than blockchains, and urged developers, exchanges and users to begin phased post-quantum migrations. A second report weighed the risk of data stolen now and cracked later.
Ledger unveiled a Morpho-powered Crypto Loan feature at TOKEN2049 Singapore, letting users borrow stablecoins against wrapped Bitcoin while keeping keys on their hardware device. The wallet app defaults to 50% loan-to-value with a 1% borrowing fee, and pledged collateral remains subject to liquidation.
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Tom Lee said Bitmine will stop accumulating Ether once it owns 5% of the token's supply, ending a buying streak that made it the world's largest Ethereum treasury. Posts report the company held 6,016,414 ETH as of Oct. 4 and is roughly 100,000 ETH from the cap.
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Prosecutors argue a recent Bitcoin Fog appeals court ruling supports their position that Tornado Cash activity in Manhattan established venue for parts of Roman Storm's case in New York. Storm responded on Twitter, noting FinCEN withdrew a proposed mixer rule over concerns it could chill legitimate activity.
Posts report that US government-linked wallets moved seized bitcoin and BNB, including transfers to Coinbase Prime and unlabeled addresses, with no sale confirmed. The amounts and destinations are attributed to Arkham data and blockchain analysts.
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Google has launched a new image model, Nano Banana 2.1, which reportedly costs about half as much as its predecessor. The performance claims come from Google's own tests, according to the report.
Circle welcomed DJ Khaled to 'Team USDC', and Crypto Twitter reacted angrily, with replies resurfacing his 2018 SEC settlement over a crypto fraud he promoted.
A Decrypt report says a developer posted metadata for about 5.6 billion public TikTok videos, scraped via the app's private API in violation of TikTok's terms, and that the free dataset also serves as a storefront.