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XRPL patched two vulnerabilities enabling possible XRP creation Developers of the XRP Ledger released fixes addressing two vulnerabilities that could have allowed new XRP issuance and halted consensus. First vulnerabilit…
Inside TOKEN2049: Observations and Key Takeaways, Part 2 A 19-minute audio file collects personal observations, unexpected anecdotes and several off-stage findings from TOKEN2049 and related events. Timecodes and topics …
Ledger owners lost over $86 million; reseller devices suspected Ledger is investigating thefts affecting customers who bought hardware wallets through the reseller CryptoBilis in Southeast Asia, and has asked to pause sa…
ZachXBT infiltrated syndicate, traced $1 billion to Lazarus Crypto investigator ZachXBT reported infiltrating a Chinese syndicate and tracing over $1 billion tied to Lazarus Group hacks. Operational approach After the By…
CZ sold apartment for Bitcoin and founded Binance In 2013, Changpeng Zhao sold a family apartment for $900,000 to buy bitcoin and later founded Binance in 2017. He subsequently faced legal proceedings in the United State…
Old Signatures Can Cost You Crypto Months Later Two recent cases show signatures granted more than a year earlier enabled theft of crypto assets using address spoofing and malicious approvals. Details of incidents A user…
Google releases Nano Banana 2.1 image-editing update Google published Nano Banana 2.1, a minor update focused on image fidelity and edit stability rather than major feature additions. Core changes and model base The rele…
Miners Shift Back from AI Workloads to Bitcoin Mining After a summer decline in bitcoin mining activity, operators redirected capacity to artificial intelligence tasks and then returned to btc production as prices improv…
Fish Audio releases Drama 3 speech generator preview The company Fish Audio published a preview of the new speech model Drama 3 , replacing short audio tags with descriptive prompts. Primary change in prompting Instead o…
Fish Audio releases preview of speech generator Drama 3 Fish Audio has published a preview of the speech generator Drama 3 , shifting its control scheme toward descriptive intonation cues. The principal change replaces s…
OpenAI introduces GPT-6.1 Sol and background assistants OpenAI announced a new model named GPT-6.1 Sol and introduced background AI assistants called dots for prolonged tasks and monitoring. Capabilities of GPT-6.1 Sol G…
Friend Invested Half Apartment Proceeds into Zcash According to a user report, a private investor used half the proceeds from a sold apartment to buy ZEC at $1620 . Transaction details The purchase was reported as a dire…
Buterin Proposes Transforming Ethereum Beyond a Simple Blockchain Vitalik Buterin published a programmatic paper titled "Cryptographic World Computer" , outlining the first major roadmap for Ethereum since 2022. Outline …
Bitget reports $400 million theft, withdrawals paused Bitget announced an unauthorized transfer of nearly $400 million , paused withdrawals and initiated an investigation into the incident. How the breach occurred On 24.…
ByteDance allows Seedance 2 and 2.5 hosting on third-party platforms ByteDance has permitted hosting of Seedance 2 and Seedance 2.5 models on external platforms, according to platform notices and community reports. Platf…
X launches cashtag trading with U.S. broker partners X rolled out a cashtag partner program that enables trading directly from the feed, initially available to U.S. users only. How cashtag trading works When a user taps …
Comfy launches Router API for multimodal content generation Comfy has released Comfy Router, a cloud service providing a unified API for image, video, 3D and audio generation. Platform overview The platform integrates mu…
Bitget Confirms $351.6 Million Loss, User Withdrawals Paused Bitget’s CEO Gracy Chen confirmed a loss totaling $351.6 million and said withdrawal outflows have been halted while cold wallets remain intact. How the breach…
Two Robinhood Engineers Face Up to 30 Years Over Crypto Trades The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York has indicted two Robinhood engineers on charges related to insider crypto trading. The indic…
Robots Perform Tasks; Payment Systems Still Needed Agility Robotics reported that its humanoid robots have accumulated substantial operational hours at customer sites, highlighting a practical deployment milestone. Field…
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