AI Agents Hacked Their Own Test Environment to Cheat, Cybersecurity Firm Finds
Cybersecurity firm Darktrace ran a stress test on AI agents this summer. One of them broke into the system grading the test and rewrote its own score.
Money
US Prosecutors Want $84.2 Million From a Bank Tied to Tether
The US Department of Justice wants to keep $84.2 million that, according to a civil forfeiture complaint, moved through accounts used to process payments for Tether.
Circle and Tether Freeze Stablecoins Tied to Bitget Hack—But Most Funds Slip Away
Circle and Tether have frozen a wallet linked to the massive Bitget exchange hack, cutting off roughly $318,000 in stablecoins from the attacker, though the bulk of the stolen fortune moved beyond reach before issuers c…
Bitcoin Targets Historical 77% Q4 Rally: Key Breakout Level to Watch
Bitcoin is looking at up to a 77% surge in price this Q4, based on historical movement in that period.
U.S. SEC's steadiest crypto advocate, Hester Peirce, to depart next week
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's longtime ally of the crypto industry, Commissioner Hester Peirce, has set a departure date for next week, marking an end to a long era in which she sought clear rules for th…
Blockchain Association sees leadership shift shortly after crypto Clarity Act fizzles
Summer Mersinger is leaving the helm of the Blockchain Association, one of the crypto industry's leading advocacy groups, a week after the sector weathered a major legislative setback in the loss of the Digital Asset Ma…
Bitget Hack Losses Climb to $387M: Here’s What Happened, and Why North Korea Is a Suspect
Hackers stole roughly $387.5 million in crypto from Bitget yesterday in what is believed to be the biggest crypto hack of the year. The likely suspect is, as usual, North Korea—though that’s yet to be confirmed, and Bit…
Strategy Proposes Daily Dividends Across Preferred Shares
Strategy is proposing daily dividends across STRF, STRC, STRK and STRD, changing how preferred shareholders receive their cash income. If implemented, dividends would accrue every calendar day, including weekends and ho…
Bitget Hack Details: How Fraudulent Approvals Enabled $387M Theft
Bitget says attackers stole $387.5M after compromising a critical backend system and triggering fraudulent transfer approvals.
Google Built an AI That Hunts Its Own Security Bugs
The company disclosed on September 24 that its Product Security team built an autonomous system called PageBreak, designed to hunt for real, exploitable vulnerabilities in Google's own web applications, according to a b…
Why Peter Brandt Still Won’t Call XRP An Investment: ‘Useful Doesn’t Mean Valuable’
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Bitcoin Rally Slows as $15.6 Billion Options Expiry Hits—XRP and Solana Keep Climbing
Bitcoin slipped to around $83,600 on Friday, a pullback of roughly 1% from the prior close, as the week's rally took a breather. The dip follows an intraday high near $87,000—territory Bitcoin hadn't touched in months—a…
Ex-CFTC leader to leave Blockchain Association after CLARITY vote fails
Former CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger joined the Blockchain Association in 2025 after resigning during her second term at the federal commodities regulator.
Magic Eden Warns Old Ethereum NFT Listings Are Exposed to Payment Processor Exploit
Magic Eden may have left Ethereum behind, but some of its old users' NFTs were still exposed.
Another appeals court rules against prediction market provider Kalshi, says sports contracts are subject to state regulations
A panel of judges on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that prediction market provider Kalshi's sports-related events contracts are not swaps, and therefore are subject to state gaming regulations rather t…
Strategy seeks shareholder approval for daily preferred stock dividends
Strategy’s proposal would move STRC and its three other preferred stocks to daily dividend payments, following a similar move by Bitcoin treasury firm Strive.
Bitcoin Options Expiry Removes a Key Source of Market Stability
Bitcoin faces one of its largest-ever derivatives events as nearly $16 billion in options approach expiry. The September 25 settlement comes after a sharp BTC▲$77,666.00 rebound, and ahead of several macro releases.
US Seizes $84M Tied to Tether and Bitfinex in Major Banking Crackdown
US authorities seized $84.2 million from accounts linked to Tether and Bitfinex payments.
XRP Price Analysis: Open Interest Drops 3x Faster Than Price
XRP has pulled back roughly 5%, falling from a local high of $1.66 to around $1.57, according to analyst Cryptoinsightuk. But open interest has dropped far more sharply, down about 10% in coin terms and 15% in dollar te…
Tether says it had ‘limited’ exposure to bank linked to $84M US seizure
US prosecutors alleged that a payments business illegally transferred hundreds of millions of dollars at the direction of EQIBank, where Tether holds some assets.
Bitget clarifies $388M in assets affected by security breach
The Bitget breach announced on Thursday affected about $35 million more than previously reported, based on an analysis of assets on Zcash and TRON.
The 3 Meme Coins Pepe Coin (PEPE) and Bonk (BONK) Millionaires Are Buying as Memecoins Lead the $3 Trillion Rally
Somebody always finds the next meme coin before the rest of the market, and the rest spend the next year asking how they missed it. On September 22, total crypto market cap moved back above $3 trillion for the first tim…
3 Altcoins That Could Reach All-Time Highs By Next Week
Three altcoins are sitting near levels that could quickly turn another rally into fresh all-time highs. 3 altcoins that could reach all-time highs by next week are WhiteBIT Coin, Hyperliquid, and Venice Token, based on …
OpenAI Is Building a $500 per Month ChatGPT Pro Max Plan, Leaks Suggest
OpenAI is quietly testing a new ChatGPT subscription tier called Pro Max that would cost $500 a month, according to code references and screenshots that started circulating this week. That's 25 times the price of the $2…