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Polygon quietly fixed denial-of-service and consensus-hardening flaws in the Austin and Kyoto hard forks before disclosure. The network said the vulnerabilities, patched in Bor and Heimdall clients, were never exploited.
A proposed Treasury change to the GENIUS framework would require US exchanges to conduct reasonable diligence before relying on foreign stablecoin issuers, with noncompliant platforms potentially facing delisting obligations. Comments remain open through Oct. 19.
More than 100 AI, cybersecurity, finance and technology organizations are urging governments and industry to improve defenses against attacks powered by increasingly capable AI models, following cases in which AI systems hacked real companies.
The CFTC imposed a $65,000 penalty and three-year ban on a former White House aide who reportedly used secret speech text to make $107,000 on prediction markets. The order credited KalshiEX for its assistance.
The US Treasury plans to borrow $739 billion from July through September while buying back some older bonds. CryptoSlate says the new debt issuance could absorb liquidity before the impact of buybacks reaches Bitcoin and other risk assets.
Cointelegraph reports that Polygon disclosed vulnerabilities involving denial-of-service and validator resource risks after fixing them through recent hard forks. The supplied report does not indicate that the flaws remained exploitable.
Stellar’s tokenized real-world asset market has expanded more than fourfold this year to nearly $4 billion, as institutional adoption and tokenization activity accelerate across the network, Cointelegraph reports.
Tokenized equity transfer volume climbed 415% to $29.5 billion over 30 days, while active addresses and holders more than doubled, according to Cointelegraph.
Real Trump Coins promoted GOLD before deleting related X posts, while wallets linked to the team sold 224.5 million tokens. Cointelegraph reported that GOLD’s market value subsequently fell by about 99%.
Meta is testing robots in its data centers while expanding AI infrastructure. The company says it needs more skilled workers, but employees fear automation could reduce or eliminate some existing roles.
CryptoSlate reported that hackers stole nearly $6 million across six chains after a critical Cosmos-related bug was misjudged for four months. The upstream fix reached release branches hours before the incident, while MANTRA said no tokens were recovered.
An AI firm plans to rebuild an $827 million treasury after selling all its Bitcoin to repay debt. CryptoSlate said a proposed preferred raise covers 1.51% of the target before AI allocations and an 18-month dividend reserve.
Bitcoin dropped below $77,000 after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh renewed higher-rate concerns at Jackson Hole. The move helped drive a $488 million crypto liquidation cascade, with Bitcoin down about 4% over 24 hours.
Capital B raised €21 million from Adam Back and TOBAM to fund further bitcoin purchases. The French treasury company currently holds 3,145 BTC, worth more than $245 million at current prices.
Ripple has recommended removing over 10,000 lines of unused XChainBridge code from XRPL while Lending Protocol V1.1 undergoes an AI-only review through Sherlock’s Audit Engine ahead of a native lending expansion.
Solana’s first network-wide vote narrowly approved a proposal to double disinflation after Kraken- and Galaxy-linked validators switched sides near the finish. The decision is directly relevant to SOL’s token-supply framework.
Bitcoin dropped to $78,630 after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh said he had “more work to do” to fight inflation, then rebounded. The cryptocurrency was recently trading at $79,474, according to Bitcoin Magazine.
