Australia just got a real-world look at what happens when an AI refuses to stop
Albanese says the agent reached nonpublic files while seeking spending data; investigators are assessing the scope of access.
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Crypto’s bear market wiped out over $2 trillion, yet on-chain activity held above $9 trillion
Rounded transfer gains total $268 billion, while category boundaries and a conflicting P2P sentence limit the payment inference.
Coinbase’s fixed-rate Bitcoin loans can put healthy collateral at risk after maturity
An unpaid balance can make a position eligible for liquidation even without a Bitcoin price drop.
CFTC staff presses exchanges on political speech prediction market bets, asks how to prevent manipulation
The Sept. 22 advisory asks exchanges to explain contract-specific safeguards while Kalshi continues to list speech markets.
BitMEX opens fund recovery to customers it previously barred from the platform
A Sept. 24 policy update permits identity checks and withdrawals after trading ended, with asset minimums and sanctions rules still in force.
Alpen says AI identified Liquid’s $320M BTC exploit in an hour. Could a payout limit have stopped it?
Its post-attack replay explains the cache flaw, while SideSwap says a 4,000 L-BTC order faced no size or velocity hold.
Cosmos restarted to seize $2.2 million in stolen ATOM, but 169,000 tokens still escaped
The chain-wide pause reached unrelated Hub users; secured Neutron-linked funds now sit in a validator multisig.
Why Zcash soared to $1,600 as Europe unlocks new ETP access
21Shares listed ZCASH in Paris and Amsterdam as ZEC briefly topped $1,600 and ZODL reported elevated privacy use.
Why surging US real yields are quietly forcing Bitcoin under $84,000
Bitcoin registered an intraday low at $83,500 on Sept. 23, the same day the US 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.11%, up 15 basis points in a single session, as a hotter-than-expected business activity survey pushed investors to reprice interest…
Neutron DAO passes a new proposal, and $9.3M in crypto disappears
Proposal #9 passed Sept. 22; SlowMist estimates incidents at Astroport and Drop, while the amount ultimately unrecovered remains unknown.
MoonPay targets $8.7B trading venue, but the features remain unrevealed
The proposed acquisition includes PPEX, an existing private-securities venue. Regulatory approvals and other closing conditions still stand before ownership changes.
Galaxy adds $100M Sky token and institutional adoption is tested
Clients can pledge the savings token, though the companies disclosed no sUSDS-backed client loan volume.