Crypto news
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OpenAI builds kill switch to stop rogue agents within 35 seconds
Control Room cuts off model output for internal research jobs when people or automated monitors flag safety or security concerns.
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Securitize shares surge 12% in after-hours trading on Q3 results and River One acquisition agreement
The acquisition is expected to add a new layer of financing to Securitize, enabling the platform to offer asset-backed lending.
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HIVE’s Bitcoin output jumps 49%, but mining revenue still falls
HIVE’s mining revenue fell 7.4% despite higher production, while its AI hosting business grew 71%.
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HIVE, MARA mine more Bitcoin but earn less as crypto prices fall
Both miners reported higher Bitcoin production but lower mining revenue and rising electricity costs as they expanded their AI infrastructure businesses.
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Securitize pushes into $6 trillion asset-backed finance market with River One acquisition
The tokenization firm unveiled an acquisition and a $50 million stock buyback as quarterly revenue rose 13%. SECZ shares jumped 10% after hours.
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Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.0 Are Impressive, But Be Prepared to Sell a Kidney to Afford Them
Anthropic's latest AI can build complex software and even design physical objects. Users are producing impressive results, and estimated bills large enough to make developers wince.
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MARA posts $634 million Q3 net profit on bitcoin gains, sells 13,597 BTC to pay off loans
MARA posted a $634.4 million Q3 net profit, then sold 13,597 BTC to repay $750 million in loans as it pivots to AI.
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Securitize Agrees to Buy River One to Add Asset-Backed Lending
The acquisition, its first since going public, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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MARA Sells 13,597 Bitcoin, Repays $750 Million in Debt
The miner announced a new $500 million stock buyback authorization as two planned data center leases face a possible delay into 2027.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Anthropic Says Claude Beat Best Listed Solutions on 72 MIPLIB Problems
The company also reported 45 optimality proofs and says it has submitted its solutions to MIPLIB, whose public records have not yet confirmed the tally.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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AI Data Centers Are Buying Used Jet Engines as New Power Turbines Take Six Years
A shortage of new gas turbines is pushing AI developers toward refurbished power equipment and jet-engine-based generators, even as high prices, pollution concerns, and permitting delays threaten their expansion plans.
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Markey Demands AI-Free Google Search Option for Schools
Google says schools will be able to enable Search and Gemini separately, but AI Overviews remain built into Search.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Should you leave Australia to avoid paying 47% tax on crypto gains?
Some Australian crypto investors are moving overseas to avoid the huge CGT increase from July 2027. But there are also less drastic ways you can pay less tax.
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Sigma Prime Releases High-Priority Lighthouse Security Update
Vulnerability details will follow once operators have had time to upgrade. The release introduces no breaking changes.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Amundi Boosts Strategy (MSTR) Stake 44% to $291 Million as Shares Slide
Bitcoin Magazine Amundi Boosts Strategy (MSTR) Stake 44% to $291 Million as Shares Slide Amundi, Europe's largest asset manager, raised its stake in Strategy (MSTR) by about 44% in the third quarter, a Form 13F filed Nov. 6 shows, lifting the position to 1,903,725 shares worth $291.4 million at...
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Former Ethereum Foundation Employee Sues Over Mandate-Linked Firing
Kayleen Fulton alleges disability discrimination and retaliation. Vitalik Buterin and Bastian Aue are also named as defendants.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Fireworks Says Breach Exposed Billing Data, Datasets and Incomplete Model Weights
The company disabled self-service dataset transfers for batch inference and dataset-based training, while reporting no detected impact to its Inference service or Training SDK.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Elizabeth Warren Plans Prediction Market Crackdown as She Prepares to Chair Senate Banking
Bitcoin Magazine Elizabeth Warren Plans Prediction Market Crackdown as She Prepares to Chair Senate Banking Sen. Elizabeth Warren plans to crack down on prediction markets once she takes the Senate Banking Committee gavel in January, with a banking aide telling Punchbowl News that Warren would seek...
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North Korean hackers create memecoins to launder funds from Binance hack: Elliptic
The blockchain firm traced stolen funds through six new tokens on NEAR, where hackers used liquidity pools to obscure transfers between wallets.
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Anthropic to Launch Nasdaq IPO Tuesday, IFR Reports
Public trading would activate Ondo and Dinari tokenization plans, while existing derivatives would not become IPO allocations.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Google Takes Aim at Nvidia With New AI Chips Built for Privacy and Massive Memory
Google’s TPU 8tx protects sensitive AI workloads, while the dual-chip TPU 8i Max targets memory-hungry AI agents.
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Google Takes Aim at Nvidia With New AI Chips Built for Privacy and Massive Memory
Google’s TPU 8tx protects sensitive AI workloads, while the dual-chip TPU 8i Max targets memory-hungry AI agents.
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Elizabeth Warren vows scrutiny of prediction markets, Trump family crypto ventures as Senate Banking chair
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is setting her sights on prediction market oversight and the Trump family's burgeoning crypto businesses.
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Attackers Exploit Alpine SSH Password-Bypass Flaw
GreyNoise reports successful exploitation, while Previdian logged 20 attempts. Alpine operators need to patch and restart SSH, or disable password authentication.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Formation Securities plans Solana stock trading venue under SEC exemption
The proposed venue would offer 24/7 trading of tokenized shares from Galaxy Digital, Exodus and Forward Industries, with a launch planned for early 2027.
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Robinhood backs tokenization of its stock on OKX–ICE platform even as most companies opt out
The brokerage firm said it would rather help build tokenized markets than sit on the sidelines, following a wave of early corporate pushback to the Intercontinental Exchange and OKX joint venture.
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Binance Hack Launderers Mint Elon Musk and Animal Meme Coins to Move Stolen Crypto
Elliptic says the hackers are minting their own worthless tokens—complete with cartoon animal and Elon Musk logos—and routing stolen funds through liquidity pools to break the trail.
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World Liberty Says WLFI Buybacks Have Begun on Aster
The disclosed wallet deposited 10 million USD1 into Aster, while the company left the buyback budget and purchase schedule discretionary.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Shield AI Says Hivemind Flew Multiple Air Force Drones as a Team
An earlier test let an F-22 pilot direct a single Fury, while the broader CCA program remains in operational experimentation.... Read the full story at The Defiant
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Bitcoin in Limbo as Stocks Rebound Ahead of US Inflation Report
U.S. stocks rallied as oil fell, but Bitcoin hovered near $75,000 after a wave of liquidations, with Tuesday’s inflation report set to test bets on a December Fed rate hike.