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Scammer Lost $4.8M in Bitcoin to Tampered Ledger Wallets: Chainalysis
Recent revelations of thefts from tampered Ledger hardware wallets sparked some schadenfreude, after it was revealed that one of the biggest victims was a scammer who lost more than 60 BTC. Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis revealed the transactions behind the theft, which saw some $4.8 million worth of Bitcoin stolen, in a tweet on Thursday. The Bitcoin came from a task scam, according to Chainalysis. People were paid to fake sales and reviews of real items, until a "negative balance" appea...
Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI Model Used Testnet Ethereum Wallet Without Permission to Finish Coding Task
Oct 15, 2026
Business
Boom or Bust, Bitcoin Wins the AI Trade, Bitwise CIO Says
No matter how the AI story ends, Bitwise’s chief investment officer argues, the trade leads to the same place: Bitcoin higher. In a note to investors published Wednesday, Matt Hougan laid out his case using the “Choose Your Own Adventure” books of his childhood, where wildly different choices often funneled readers to the same ending. Myriad: How high will Bitcoin go? Click to make your prediction. He said the range of macro outcomes facing investors today is the widest he’s seen in his career,...
Oct 15, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
BlackRock’s Larry Fink Warns AI Data Center Halt Could Tip US Into Recession
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has a blunt warning about what could derail the U.S. economy: slamming the brakes on the data centers powering the AI boom. Speaking to CNBC on Wednesday after BlackRock posted better-than-expected third-quarter earnings, Fink said the surge in AI infrastructure spending has become so central to economic growth that choking it off would be dangerous. Myriad: What will the Fed do next? Click to make your prediction. “If we have a moratorium of some sort in this country, w...
Oct 15, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Google Says AI Isn't Building Itself Yet—Even Though It Writes 75% of the Code
Google DeepMind went looking for proof that AI is speeding up the development of AI itself. It didn’t find any. In the safety report for Gemini 4 Argon, its most powerful model, the lab concluded AI research isn’t moving any faster, even though AI now writes most of the code DeepMind’s engineers ship. Myriad: Which company will have the best AI model? Click to make your prediction. The finding cuts against the scenario that has spooked AI executives into calling for a slowdown. It’s called recur...
Oct 15, 2026
Business
Mastercard and BVNK Launch 'Global Money Platform' to Merge Fiat and Stablecoins
Mastercard is folding stablecoins into its sprawling payments empire, launching a platform that lets businesses hold, move, and spend traditional currencies and digital dollars side by side through a single connection. Unveiled Thursday, the Mastercard Global Money Platform pairs the payments giant’s global network with the stablecoin infrastructure of BVNK, the crypto firm Mastercard acquired in August. Myriad: Where does Ethereum go next? Click to make your prediction. Mastercard struck the de...
Oct 15, 2026
Markets
Bitcoin Whipsaws as Crypto Liquidations Near $1 Billion
Bitcoin fell below $80,000 on Thursday for the first time in over a month, extending Wednesday’s inflation-driven slide and wiping out nearly $1 billion in leveraged crypto bets. It's currently trading just about $82,000 after several hours of increased volatility. Ethereum and XRP dropped close to 5%, Zcash sank almost 10%, and only five coins in the top 100 managed gains above 1%. Pick any coin in the top 100 and it's likely in the red today. Myriad: How low will Bitcoin go? Click to make you...