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Trading in Hyperliquid’s Tesla-linked perpetual contract jumped from $2.8 million to $47 million in one hour after Elon Musk demonstrated a flying Roadster prototype. The contract rose about 4.9%, highlighting how round-the-clock crypto markets react to company news while U.S. exchanges are closed.
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.
A scammer reportedly lost 60 Bitcoin, worth about $4.8 million, after using tampered Ledger hardware wallets infected with seed-phrase spyware. The case comes as Asian authorities tighten crypto oversight, Thailand launches Bitcoin and Ether ETFs, and South Korea moves against 27 unregistered platforms.
Google says its Willow processor cut errors in quantum “magic states” by about 40 times, reaching 99.99% fidelity. The hardware demonstration addresses a major cost in quantum computing, but remains far short of the precision needed to break RSA-2048 encryption.
Mastercard and BVNK have launched a platform that lets businesses hold, convert, transfer and spend fiat currencies and stablecoins through one connection. The service links stablecoin balances to Mastercard cards, merchant payments and local bank payouts, with future support planned for AI-agent commerce and tokenized deposits.
Mastercard has launched Global Money Platform, a service that lets businesses manage stablecoins alongside fiat currencies, issue linked cards and send funds to bank accounts. The initiative integrates BVNK technology and competes with Visa’s stablecoin infrastructure platform.
U.S. financial firms are creating their own crypto standards for compliance, custody and tokenized assets after Congress failed to advance broad digital-asset legislation. The fragmented approach is costly, while advisers are urged to examine ownership, custody, recovery rights and platform failure procedures.
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Philosopher Troy Cross argues that Bitcoin could constrain government money printing by offering people an alternative store of value, while adoption expands beyond innovators and finance. He says academics may be the last group to embrace it and discusses Bitcoin’s branding and political challenges.
Ledger is developing the Atom, an Android-based smartphone and hardware wallet scheduled for mid-2027. The device will combine everyday apps with protected digital-asset management and add tamper detection after the CryptoBilis supply-chain breach.
Bitcoin briefly fell below $80,000 for the first time in about a month before recovering above $82,000 as U.S. stocks stabilized and Treasury yields declined. Inflation data, Federal Reserve expectations and stress in AI infrastructure markets remained central to the session.
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.
Developer Brandon Thomas has released WordCraft, GridCraft and DeckCraft, free open-source alternatives to Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Built in Rust with Anthropic’s Claude, the applications support major file formats but remain incomplete and are not yet fully ready for professional work.
The European Banking Authority has designated Circle’s USDC a significant e-money token under MiCA, bringing the second-largest stablecoin under joint EU and French supervision as Europe debates dollar stablecoins and a possible digital euro.
The US banking regulator said some banks restricted services for digital-asset businesses, but provided no specific crypto debanking cases. The report follows claims that financial institutions were pressured to cut off crypto firms and leaves the scale of the alleged practice unclear.
Hex founder Richard Heart was detained in Istanbul with his wife under an Interpol Red Notice sought by Finland over aggravated tax fraud, according to Turkish reports. The case follows the SEC’s earlier, ultimately dismissed action over alleged unregistered crypto offerings.
A Solana meme coin promoted through Floyd Mayweather’s social media reached about $1 million before collapsing 96%. Promoter Sahil Arora called the move part of a planned return to celebrity tokens, but Bubblemaps disputed his claims about the profits.
