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Ledger hardware wallets sold by reseller contain backdoor Ledger confirmed investigators discovered an unauthorized hardware implant in one affected user’s wallet, according to the company. Scope and attribution All affected devices were purchased from CryptoBilis , which serves as Ledger’s official…
Musk Regains Trillionaire Status as Crypto and AI Concerns Rise Elon Musk again crossed the $1 trillion net worth threshold, while several crypto and AI stories shaped market sentiment this week. Wealth milestone and market context Elon Musk’s valuation rebound returned him to a $1 trillion -plus ne…
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 vulnerability: incorrect debit handling The first bug could let a payment recipient receive …
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 01:26 — Solana Summit and a meeting with the Meteora team. 02:20 — Exclusive: la…
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 sales and shipments. Scope of the investigation Researchers estimate that the inci…
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 Bybit security incident, ZachXBT contacted a middleman on Telegram and began swapp…
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 States, served a prison term, and later advised several governments on crypto policy.…
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 lost $305 000 in DAI after the attacker sent tiny test transfers from a lookali…
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 release moves the model base to Gemini 3.6 Flash , claiming improved image rendering…
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 improved. Hashrate trends Industry aggregate power stood near 980 EH/s at the end of J…
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 of strict one‑ or two‑word audio tags, creators can now describe intonation, temp…
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 short rigid audio tags with free text descriptions of tempo, tone, and character …
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 GPT-6.1 Sol is described as capable of programming assistance, computer interacti…
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 direct personal decision after exposure to two podcast episodes and subsequent convi…
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 and ambition He argues that referring to Ethereum merely as a blockchain mischar…
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 24.09.2026 at 18:31 UTC the exchange detected unexpected outbound transfers from it…
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. Platform availability Fal reports that it offers hosted versions of the Seedance mode…
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 a ticker such as $BTC or $AAPL inside a post, the service opens an asset page wi…
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 multiple models and lets developers choose providers based on price and queue avai…
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 occurred According to the company, attackers accessed internal wallet managemen…