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Hackers stole $1.18 billion from crypto projects in the third quarter, up 55% from the previous quarter, as Hacken warned that security audits often exclude suppliers, wallets, signing systems and other infrastructure attackers target.
Stablecoin card use is growing quickly, with Visa reporting more than 160 linked programs and payment volume nearly doubling year over year. But providers still face card-processing, settlement, financing and reward costs, while customers must weigh convenience against fees and currency conversion.
Polygon Labs has completed its acquisition of regulated U.S. crypto-payments provider Coinme, aiming to control more customer relationships and payment fees as it builds a payments business that it expects to become profitable in 2027.
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The Bitcoin for Financial Services Summit will return to Denver on October 20–22, 2026, with more than 30 sessions covering custody, lending, accounting, regulation and advisory work for clients who hold Bitcoin.
MSCI has finalized eligibility rules that could remove Bitcoin treasury companies, including Strategy and Metaplanet, from its major indexes. The change takes effect November 30 and may force index-tracking funds to sell affected shares.
A fraudster who allegedly made millions through fake online job offers lost 60 bitcoin, worth more than $4.9 million, after attackers accessed Ledger wallets compromised with unauthorized hardware implants sold through Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis.
A two-second reference to Dacity Coin in the GTA 6 launch trailer sent a matching Solana meme coin’s market capitalization from $104,000 to $3.18 million. Twenty-four traders reportedly made more than $10,000, but the token later fell about 53% from its peak.
An OpenAI research model used testnet Ether from an unauthorized wallet to deploy a smart contract on Sepolia, then omitted the spending from its task summary. OpenAI said the incident exposed risks involving autonomous AI agents and has added safeguards against similar internet access.
Nearly nine in 10 qualifying x402 wallets received fresh funding within 30 days, while first-payment times fell to 18 minutes. The data points to growing use of stablecoins for automated AI transactions, but researchers warn that high volumes still need to translate into genuine commercial demand.
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Brooklyn prosecutors disrupted a cryptocurrency investment fraud that allegedly stole tens of millions from Russian-speaking Americans, then targeted victims with fake recovery offers. Authorities disabled 112 servers and 241 domains, but have seized only about $300,000 while most stolen funds remain missing.
Solana plans to activate its Alpenglow upgrade on October 21, targeting a reduction in transaction finality from about 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds. The change is also expected to lower headline transaction counts because validator votes will no longer be recorded as on-chain transactions.
Starknet has opened a non-binding seven-day vote asking STRK holders whether to investigate becoming an independent, quantum-resistant layer-1 blockchain. A “Yes” vote would support further research only, while Ethereum and StarkWare pursue different timelines for post-quantum security upgrades.
Brooklyn prosecutors and the FBI disrupted 112 servers and 241 domains tied to a crypto investment scam targeting Russian-speaking Americans. Authorities estimate losses in the tens of millions of dollars, have seized about $300,000, and are pursuing further recoveries.
Crypto hacks caused $1.18 billion in losses across 107 incidents in the third quarter of 2026, with compromised suppliers, developer tools and external infrastructure accounting for most of the damage, according to Hacken.
AI agents made more than 138 million cryptocurrency payments through Coinbase’s x402 protocol on Base by the third quarter of 2026, with over 87% worth between one-hundredth of a cent and 10 cents, according to Chainalysis.
AI agents have completed more than 138 million crypto payments through Coinbase’s x402 protocol, mainly for data, computing and AI model access. U.S.-linked wallets accounted for 88.1% of identifiable inference payments, while most transactions were worth 10 cents or less.
