Australia lifts rates to 18-year high as AI boom, energy costs fuel inflation
The Reserve Bank of Australia raised its benchmark rate to 4.85% on rising technology costs from AI investment and higher energy prices. Source：Cointelegraph
UK warns AI ransomware attack on infrastructure ‘highly likely’ by 2028
The warning comes as UK cyber officials also flag growing threats from statebacked hackers targeting government officials and politicians. Source：Cointelegraph
Binance begins second withdrawal phase, exchange outflows slow
The exchange says additional assets will become available for withdrawal from 04:00 UTC on Tuesday as security checks are completed, following an initial…
Apple’s iPhone business is booming. Here’s why the stock is falling anyway.
Although iPhone demand remains strong, Apple faces a worsening memory crunch and a slowing services business. Source：MarketWatch
Nasdaq-100 tumbles into its third correction this year as AI worries mount
The “tech wreck” from October continues. Is a bear market next? Source：MarketWatch
Marvell and Lumentum shareholders unite in panning merger deal: ‘It’s a trash offer’
Shares of both companies fell Monday after Marvell said it reached an allstock agreement to buy Lumentum. Source：MarketWatch
North Korea denies role in $6.3B Binance hack, points finger at US
Pyongyang has pushed back against the FBI’s attribution of the Binance attack, with Kim Yo Jong calling the US allegations politically motivated.…
AI poses greater threat to Bitcoin than quantum computing, Swan founder says
The Swan Bitcoin founder warned that hackers are using large language models to exploit security flaws with just a few prompts. Source：Cointelegraph
Big crypto wants the one thing it can’t buy: your vote
Our loyalty has been to the technology. This election, the trap is to let the biggest intermediaries claim it for themselves, argues Berkeley Law lecturer…
The stock market has gone nowhere for the past 5 months. It’s now looking like a bargain.
The S&P 500’s forward pricetoearnings ratio is below its fiveyear and 10year averages. Source：MarketWatch
Crypto investigators flag suspected $106M theft, $786K Solana bot drain
A European entity may have lost $106 million from exchange accounts, while a wallet associated with a Solana arbitrage bot may have lost another $786,000.…
Palantir earnings reveal a major AI turning point
The U.S. commercial business brought in more money than the U.S. government segment in the third quarter. Source：MarketWatch