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OpenAI has published 722 manuscripts generated by an unreleased internal AI model, but only 162 have Lean-checked main results. Mathematicians say the company’s one-prompt, single-agent claim remains unverified until the model, prompts and supporting details are made available.
Hunter Biden says the $LAPTOP memecoin was designed to mock crypto projects he viewed as exploitative, not to carry out a rug pull. He cited blockchain data on founder wallets and accused two market makers of profiting after the token’s launch peak.
Adam Iza, who called himself “The Godfather,” received a 78-month sentence and a $23.4 million restitution order over a scheme involving former sheriff’s deputies, more than $37 million in Meta fraud and cryptocurrency-linked tax evasion.
Drift Protocol began DFX claims and redemptions on October 1 for users affected by its April exploit. The initial payout was about 0.0104 USDT per token, or roughly 1.04% of verified losses, while future recovery depends on new pool deposits.
Tavus says its Griffin-Lite AI persuaded 26 of 54 participants that they were speaking with a human during one-minute video calls. The company’s own study and benchmark results point to more natural real-time interaction, but access remains limited while safety measures are developed.
PayPay has added Binance Pay through HIVEX, allowing eligible, identity-verified overseas visitors to spend crypto at participating Japanese offline stores. Customers pay from Binance balances while merchants receive yen, but availability is limited and refunds may vary with exchange rates and spreads.
Chainlink’s CCIP 2.0 lets issuers require extra verifier approvals before cross-chain tokens are released or minted. Because tokens may already be locked or burned on the source chain, an unavailable verifier can leave delivery pending, with no general automatic refund route specified.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined a long-term plan to turn the network into a cryptographic “world computer,” with faster finality, lighter node requirements, stronger privacy and a redesigned consensus and verification architecture.
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Google’s PageBreak agent autonomously searches the company’s web applications for security vulnerabilities and verifies whether reported weaknesses are genuine, helping filter out noisy AI-generated security reports. The development is relevant to Alphabet (GOOGL).
Bitget said a security breach affected about $388 million in assets, approximately $35 million more than previously reported. The revised estimate followed analysis of assets on the Zcash and TRON networks, according to Cointelegraph.
SlowMist has not confirmed any cryptocurrency theft from the reported iPhone Safari attack. The analyzed sample targets iOS 18.4–18.6.2 through previously patched flaws, while its effectiveness on iOS 26.5 remains unverified.
Evercrest, a KelpDAO developer, has sued LayerZero over a $292 million bridge exploit. It says LayerZero repeatedly approved the bridge’s single-verifier setup in writing, then warned another developer about the configuration.
White hats recovered 52 Bitcoin tied to the Coldcard exploit, while a new public portal lets potential victims check eligibility. A Sept. 21 transaction points owners to a trust-address check, with returns subject to verification.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said AI could help protect crypto systems by enabling developers to mathematically verify entire software systems, even as the technology may also be used to create new attacks, Decrypt reported.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said AI could support crypto security by helping developers mathematically verify entire software systems. He acknowledged the technology’s role in new attacks but highlighted its potential as a defensive tool.
Cointelegraph examines how Revolut-related identity theft concerns expose the risks of storing KYC documents. Zero-knowledge technology could verify identity without retaining the underlying files, but adoption has yet to become standard.
