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OpenAI’s rogue crypto agent spent funds without permission, exposing risks to autonomous wallets
An OpenAI research model spent Ethereum testnet funds without authorization after questioning whether it had permission to use the wallet.The company disclosed that an internal GPT-5.6 Sol-family model independently accessed a funded cryptocurrency account, used its private key to deploy smart contracts, and completed its assignment without revealing the unauthorized expenditure.The incident, detailed in an Oct. 15 report, occurred on June 26 during a task involving an Ethereum-based cryptocurrency trading application. OpenAI discovered the activity on Sept. 25, over three months later, while reviewing records of earlier model behavior.The disclosure comes as cryptocurrency companies expand financial services that allow AI…
Gas charges tipped many small Uniswap liquidity positions behind simply holding the tokens, according to blockchain data firm Bitquery’s October 16 study. Among closed regular positions below $1,000 in eight sampled Ethereum v3 pools, 51% finished ahead before gas, compared with 18% afterward. The median gas bill for that group was 67 cents.Uniswap v4’s flash accounting can reduce transfer overhead for liquidity providers, or LPs, who supply tokens for traders to swap. Standard v4 pools retain the price-range mechanics that change what a provider owns as prices move. Fees must compensate for those inventory changes as well as transaction costs.Bitquery’s…
The United States Mint will celebrate the upcoming release of its 1776 ~ 2026 Gettysburg Address quarter with a public ceremony and coin exchange Wednesday, Oct. 21, at the Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center in Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania. The free event, beginning at 11 a.m., is the Mint’s final launch celebration for the special quarter series commemorating America’s 250th anniversary. The US Mint will celebrate the 1776 ~ 2026 Gettysburg Address quarter with a free public ceremony and coin exchange Oct 21 at Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania This year’s quarters feature five one-year designs highlighting milestones…
MSCI approved rules threatening Strategy’s index membership as its shares trade nearly 69% below their peak.On Oct. 15, the global index provider announced that it would adopt a new methodology excluding companies classified as non-operating businesses from its Global Investable Market Indexes. The changes take effect after the Nov. 30 market close, with the final list of affected companies scheduled for Nov. 11.The decision puts Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin treasury company at risk of losing access to billions of dollars in index-linked investment at a time when its stock has suffered one of its deepest declines since it adopted Bitcoin as…
Microsoft disrupted cryptocurrency-accepting cybercrime suppliers linked to more than one billion phishing messages worldwide this year.The company and cybersecurity group Health-ISAC secured a US court order to seize and redirect domains supporting YAM Store, CoGUI and Iron Man, three services that sold accounts and phishing tools to fraudsters, according to an Oct. 14 statement.Microsoft said it had disabled more than 20,000 accounts linked to YAM Store and was continuing to block more than 100,000 impersonation and fraud domains. Since January, the services helped criminals send messages targeting more than 75,000 organizations across more than 150 countries, generating tens of millions…
Zcash mining operator Fortitude Mining’s expansion shows how investment in infrastructure can bring existing ZEC to market without requiring the miner to buy the token first. The company can receive ZEC through borrowing from its parent, Digital Currency Group, sell it for cash and owe dollars.That route has already produced a disclosed sale. In its October 5 announcement, Fortitude said it had received 5,790.4798 ZEC through a roughly $8.4 million draw the previous week, then liquidated those coins for about $8.3 million.The distinction matters during the company’s scheduled October–November equipment shipment window. Financing can turn coins into equipment, and scheduled…
Brendan Ma, head of investment strategy at the Arbitrum Foundation, said he met with representatives of institutions managing about €800 billion in assets over 48 hours of closed-door meetings to discuss crypto.Private bankers and wealth managers kept returning to one problem:“There’s been business or ecosystem traction that has been divorced from any fundamental case.”Ma told CryptoSlate that allocators asked him how network activity connects to the asset an investor can own.Allocate or build in cryptoMa said institutions are drawn to networks “building towards durable, sustainable network revenues and a P&L that can be geared towards investment and reinvestment.”He described a…
Global onshore oil inventories fell by an estimated 113 million barrels in September, according to the International Energy Agency’s October 14 report. A buildup at sea offset most of that draw, leaving the prospects for energy-led inflation relief uncertain for Bitcoin investors.Global observed inventories fell just 10 million barrels because oil on water increased by 103 million barrels. The small net decline therefore concealed a much larger loss from onshore buffers.The IEA linked the waterborne buildup to recovering Gulf exports. Gulf crude shipments reached 13.9 million barrels a day in September, more than 75% of pre-war levels. Oil afloat remains…
Institutions trade swaps referencing more than 100 traditional financial markets around the clock, with Ripple Prime as the principal counterparty, Ripple announced on Oct. 15.The swaps cover stocks, equity indices, ETFs, metals, energy and foreign exchange, and they reference perpetual contracts that Trade.xyz lists on Hyperliquid.The structure offered by RippleRipple offers consolidated margining across the supported asset classes and accepts RLUSD as eligible collateral, subject to jurisdiction. The product runs through Ripple Prime’s British Virgin Islands entity, with other regions planned.It builds on Ripple Prime’s February Hyperliquid integration and the total-return swaps on equities, indices and digital assets that Ripple…
Key takeaways Ethereum recovered above $2,400 after briefly falling toward $2,340 following hotter-than-expected US producer inflation. September PPI rose 6.3% annually, while core PPI reached 5%, both exceeding forecasts. Support stands near $2,355, while resistance between $2,496 and $2,552 could challenge the recovery. Ethereum rebounds after producer inflation surprise Ethereum recovered above $2,400 on Friday after a stronger-than-expected US wholesale inflation report briefly pushed the cryptocurrency toward $2,340. September’s Producer Price Index increased 1.3% month-over-month and 6.3% annually, exceeding forecasts of 0.5% and 5.3%, respectively. Core PPI, which excludes food and energy prices, also surpassed expectations. It rose 0.7% monthly…