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Heatbit launches Bitwater heater that mines bitcoin Heatbit unveiled Bitwater, a heating element designed to mine bitcoin while using the generated heat to warm domestic water for electric boilers. The company demonstrated the device and stated that it requires no additional electricity beyond the b…

Claude Integrates Etherscan Connector to Query Blockchain Claude received an Etherscan connector allowing users to retrieve blockchain data directly in chat by asking questions in natural language. Capabilities The connector enables queries about account balances, recent transactions, contract autho…

Google Cloud adds OpenAI models to its platform Google Cloud has started offering corporate customers access to OpenAI models GPT-6 Astra , GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Luna in closed testing. Selected companies can trial the models while Google Cloud provides security tools and unified billing for enterpr…

Musk: money could lose meaning as AI advances Elon Musk suggested that AI and robots could provide people with nearly all goods and services, rendering traditional money largely irrelevant. He estimated that robotization and space development could create an economy roughly a million times larger th…

Critical remote code vulnerabilities discovered in PHP PHP developers reported two vulnerabilities that allow remote code execution on servers without requiring authentication. Vulnerability summary The flaws permit attackers to run arbitrary code remotely, which can affect many web projects that re…

Who Really Determines the Price of the Future? Prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi display probabilities through contract prices, reflecting participants' aggregated willingness to pay. How prediction markets form probabilities Unlike bookmakers, these platforms do not set odds unilater…

Peter Brandt likens Monero to silver rally Trader Peter Brandt compared Monero’s monthly price chart to the structure silver showed before its rally to $125 . Santiment data indicate rising open interest and a price uptick in mid-October. Brandt’s comparison Brandt noted similarities in the long-ter…

User Reports Nearly $70,000 Crypto Theft from iPhone Ukrainian user Artur Romanchuk reported that 68 327 USDT was withdrawn from his Trust Wallet, allegedly after an iPhone compromise. Incident details Romanchuk stated that attackers accessed his wallet through vulnerabilities present in an outdated…

Bitcoin Moves While Altcoins Lag and Fall Analysts at Wintermute say altcoins lost an average of 5.69% last week amid a rotation of capital into BTC and ETH . Market dynamics Wintermute attributes the recent weakness in smaller tokens to intensified selling and a flow of funds toward Bitcoin and Eth…

Mastercard enables AI agents to make autonomous payments Mastercard demonstrated a system allowing AI agents to pay for digital services within a preapproved budget without human confirmation for each transaction. Test scenario In a pilot, an AI agent assembled an advertising campaign and executed m…

AI agent discovers hidden Monero miner on Mac A developer asked Claude Code to check a Mac that overheated and experienced noticeable slowdowns during ordinary use. During the diagnostics the AI agent detected a concealed XMRig process actively mining Monero on the machine. Discovery and impact Acco…

Hark Pro review: private AI assistant from Figure AI founder Brett Adcock announced Hark Pro , a personal AI assistant designed to retain user context and execute tasks via a cloud browser interface. Capabilities and user scenarios Hark Pro remembers information about users and proactively performs …

Eight Ukrainians and a Belarusian detained in $87 million crypto laundering probe Polish law enforcement detained eight Ukrainian citizens and one Belarusian on suspicion of laundering proceeds from an investment fraud scheme. Authorities report the group moved funds across crypto platforms, exchang…

Visa and Mesh to Enable Crypto Payments via Phone Visa and Mesh announced a partnership to let users pay with cryptocurrency directly from mobile wallets at standard merchant terminals. How the service will operate Under the agreement, a consumer taps their phone on an NFC terminal and Mesh converts…

BNB Chain burns 1.65 million BNB worth $1.2 billion BNB Foundation announced completion of the 37th quarterly burn, removing 1 646 196.44 BNB from circulation. Burn specifics The one-time action destroyed 1 646 196.44 BNB , valued at approximately $1.2 billion at the moment of the burn. The foundati…

Altcoins Lose $134 Billion in Market Cap Over 15 Days Altcoin capitalization declined sharply, shedding $134 billion in the preceding 15 days , according to market estimates. Nearly half of tokens on a major exchange now trade below their long-term trend. Market overview By one analyst’s assessment,…

Dendi’s 2017 Defeat and OpenAI’s Early Publicity Impact In 2017 , an OpenAI bot beat Danil "Dendi" Ishutin with a 2:0 score on The International main stage, drawing public attention to the lab. Match and immediate context The demonstration match took place before thousands of spectators and was wide…

Hacker Drains 1,404 Crypto Wallets in Under Two Hours An attacker emptied 1,404 crypto wallets in under two hours, withdrawing about $1.3 million in tokens from affected accounts. Incident details The theft occurred after a flaw in the wallet generation process produced predictable seed phrases, whi…

Clarification requested after terse public message circulated online A short, context-free message was provided to the outlet containing a single brief question and no supporting details. Original content and format The supplied material consisted solely of a terse prompt that did not identify an au…

Ledger compromise, $1 billion liquidations and AI token misuse Security incidents and rapid market moves affected custody users, leveraged positions and experimental wallets across multiple protocols this week. Ledger device substitution and user losses Attackers reportedly replaced some hardware de…