THORChain under fire over Bitget, ETH evolves beyond blockchain: Hodler’s Digest
THORChain refuses to blacklist addresses linked to the Bitget hack. Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum is evolving from being a mere blockchain, into a world…
Australia summons OpenAI, Anthropic chiefs to Senate inquiry on health-data hack: Report
A rogue OpenAI research agent bypassed blocks on the Australian government healthdata portal, accessing nonpublic files in June. Source：Cointelegraph
How months of work on the Clarity Act all fell apart
Interviews with industry participants and legislative aides paint a picture of a blown billwriting process, with sources pointing to nearly every facet of the…
Riot Platforms repays $200M credit facility, releases collateral
The Bitcoin miner has continued to expand its datacenter business as well. Source：Cointelegraph
Kraken’s parent Payward is betting billions on becoming financial infrastructure, not just a crypto exchange
Kraken parent Payward is unifying trading, payments, asset management and institutional services on common rails, coCEO Arjun Sethi said. Source：CoinDesk
Kalshi loses appeal, setting up potential Supreme Court case
The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against prediction market Kalshi, siding with Ohio and Tennessee on regulating sportsevent contracts under state…
Binance deal gives Circle a boost in stablecoin race with Tether, analysts say
The fiveyear deal could strengthen USDC’s reach in emerging markets, though Tether’s liquidity advantage remains hard to dislodge, analysts told CoinDesk.…
Bitget hacker moves $83 million in stolen XRP that Ripple cannot freeze
Two wallets have been almost emptied and a third is being drained, with about $75 million remaining across the five original holding accounts. Source：CoinDesk
China is playing a different game when it comes to AI
Experts say the U.S. and China aren’t in an AI race because they aren’t targeting the same goals. Source：MarketWatch
‘We lived within our means’: I earned $30,000 as a pastor and still retired comfortably. Why don’t you tell people that?
“As a country, we have grown dangerously comfortable.” Source：MarketWatch
Meta turned Muse into a viral hit. Now comes the hard part.
Meta is quickly racking up downloads for its Muse AI assistant, but the next step for Mark Zuckerberg is getting users to make the agent part of their everyday…
XRP Ledger’s Batch upgrade slips to Oct. 9 after validator support resets
The feature would let users bundle up to eight transactions, including assetandpayment transfers, but a brief drop below the network’s 80% support threshold…