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The CFTC is reportedly investigating whether Polymarket breached its 2022 settlement by allowing US users onto its offshore exchange. The inquiry examines location controls, domestic advertising and customer onboarding as scrutiny grows around the prediction-market platform.
A September Ipsos poll commissioned by the DeFi Education Fund found that 72% of Americans considered it at least somewhat important for candidates to support policies encouraging fintech development in the United States, despite limited crypto familiarity.
The US midterm elections could determine whether the CLARITY Act advances or remains stalled, TD Cowen says. A Democratic sweep would be the biggest obstacle, while a Republican Senate—or a wider Republican victory—could improve the bill’s prospects.
NEXTPredict brought prediction-market exchanges, trading firms and policymakers together in New York as the industry explored uses beyond elections and sports. Speakers discussed a $3 million weather-related hedge, the limits of polling comparisons, financial contracts, regulation and faster news-driven trading.
OpenAI says its AI models found a potential disproof of the Exponential Time Hypothesis, a computer-science conjecture abbreviated ETH. The claim has nothing to do with Ethereum, although the acronym briefly sparked jokes among crypto users. Researchers are independently examining the theoretical result.
Lucho Poletti’s ten-part “Ten Decrees” series reimagines Bosch and Bruegel paintings as a critique of monetary power, fiat currency and bitcoin. The detailed works will be presented at Bitcoin Amsterdam, with the final drawing scheduled for the Genesis Block anniversary.
Polymarket has investigated dozens of midterm-election bets for possible insider trading and manipulation, according to NPR. At least two cases were referred to the CFTC, while a new surveillance system generates hundreds of daily alerts across the company’s regulated and international platforms.
Bitcoin edged higher as the Nasdaq rose 1.15% on renewed artificial-intelligence enthusiasm. Robinhood missed third-quarter earnings and revenue estimates, while SoFi’s crypto accounts surpassed 500,000 and Galaxy Digital reported stronger quarterly results.
Seoul police arrested seven people over an alleged AI-assisted hacking campaign that compromised about 90 organizations and exposed 8.2 million records. Investigators say the suspected leader used automated coding and penetration-testing tools to breach 60 companies in 44 days.
SpaceX has committed to roughly $40 billion in GPU leases for its AI data centers, while Elon Musk warns that lenders are retreating from neoclouds without revenue beyond AI. Rising hardware depreciation, high borrowing costs and possible oversupply are intensifying pressure on the sector.
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The ECB is preparing a 2027 pilot of the digital euro using real transactions, while a wider rollout could begin as early as 2029 if EU legislation passes. ECB official Piero Cipollone says the project could reduce Europe’s dependence on non-European payment providers.
A Fearless Wallet browser-extension breach may have exposed Polkadot users’ private keys since February 2025. The incident has renewed scrutiny of Polkadot’s faster unstaking rules, which can shorten the time available to protect compromised staked DOT.
Google’s revised privacy policy lets data from Gmail, Drive and Photos help personalize ads when users connect those services to AI features. The data is not used by default, and advertisers cannot access the underlying content, but users can opt out through account settings.
An attempt to use Claude to install a replacement launcher on an LG smart TV wiped its rooted setup, removing Homebrew Channel and ad-free YouTube. The apps were restored, but root access remained unavailable, and the new launcher could not start automatically.
Bitcoin Core has changed its vulnerability policy for bugs that AI can easily uncover. Developers will rapidly patch every maintained release and publish an advisory, replacing lengthy embargoes when secrecy offers little protection against automated discovery.
Interpol said police from 21 countries arrested 1,462 suspects, disrupted 10,909 malicious networks and recovered more than $105 million in Operation Serengeti III. The crackdown also closed illegal crypto mining centers in Angola and traced suspected crypto-laundered fraud proceeds in Nigeria.
Bitcoin Core has adopted a faster disclosure process for vulnerabilities that AI models can easily rediscover. Developers will release patches and advisories sooner, accepting less testing time as AI-assisted security reports expose more weaknesses across bitcoin software.
