Coinbase joins DOJ and UK crime agency to target West Africa scams

Coinbase has joined a four-day operation with U.S. and UK law enforcement to disrupt West African scam networks by tracing illicit funds, supporting asset freezes and sharing intelligence. Summary The Oct. 6–9 London operation targeted West African scam networks and the services supporting them. Coinbase’s investigators traced financial activity and shared intelligence with law enforcement […]

An OpenAI Employee Allegedly Used a Chatbot to Help Plant a Recording Device at the Office

An engineer at OpenAI allegedly concealed an audio recording device in a piece of toilet paper and attached it behind a monitor inside an executive conference room at one of the company’s San Francisco offices, according to a criminal complaint unsealed on Tuesday. Abdulrahman Alfozan, who federal prosecutors describe as a 35-year-old Saudi Arabian national […]

Bitcoin Price Odds on Prediction Markets Give $100K Just 27%

Key Takeaways Polymarket traders give bitcoin just a 27% chance of hitting $100,000 before 2027, despite $75.1M in trading. Kalshi’s October forecast sits at $87,000, while its year-end bitcoin projection stands at $83,554. Polymarket bettors see a 57% chance of bitcoin touching $80,000 this October, versus 2% for $100,000. Bitcoin’s $100K Comeback Faces a Skeptical […]

South Korea Blocks 27 Crypto Exchange Websites, Including KuCoin and MEXC

KuCoin, MEXC, and 25 other overseas crypto platforms face website restrictions in South Korea for operating without required local registration. South Korea is expanding its crackdown on unregistered exchanges. Financial authorities have ordered blocks on 27 overseas cryptocurrency exchange websites operating without registration in the country. The list includes major platforms such as KuCoin, […]

Cerebras CEO pushes back on AI doomsday warnings

Cerebras Systems CEO and co-founder Andrew Feldman thinks the AI doomer narrative isn’t doing the industry any favors. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the AI chipmaker exec quipped that “some of the leaders in the AI world maybe shouldn’t be allowed to talk in public.” He’s referencing the negativity now spreading around the dangers of AI, […]

North Korean IT fraud case cites crypto transfers in alleged $3m scheme

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the arrests of two Americans accused of helping North Korean IT workers obtain jobs at more than 70 U.S. companies in a scheme that generated approximately $3 million. Summary Two Americans face fraud, money laundering, and identity theft conspiracy charges under an Ohio indictment. More than 70 U.S. […]

Ethereum NFT Marketplace Blur to Shutter After Trading Volume Vanishes

Key Takeaways Ethereum NFT marketplace Blur will shut down its website on Nov. 12, 2026. Blur’s lending protocol Blend will also stop facilitating loans on the same date. The NFT market has cooled dramatically in the last few years, and trading volume on the marketplace has collapsed since its early 2023 peak. Blur’s Impending Demise […]

AI Predicts SUI as Sui Buys a Whole Blockchain for $30M

The Sui Foundation has paid $30 million to bring an entire blockchain onto its network, and the market answered by selling SUI back toward $1. Claude AI predicts SUI defends the $1.0017 level through this pullback, because the deal changes what runs on the chain rather than what the token is priced against. SUI trades […]

Google releases Gemini 4 Argon: How to try it, pricing, benchmarks

Google announced the public launch of Gemini 4 Argon after an earlier limited release to select testing partners. It’s the first model in the company’s Gemini 4 generation and now sits at the top of Google’s lineup. Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the launch on X, where he said the model would be available globally […]