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Refi Hub co-founder Numa Lunah reported being hacked on Friday after Claude AI supplied a malware-infected download link during a transcription app installation. Lunah pasted the AI-provided command into his terminal, which executed malware designed to steal credentials and sensitive data. The

Polygon disclosed security vulnerabilities affecting its proof-of-stake network on Thursday, after deploying fixes through two recent hard forks named Austin and Kyoto. The vulnerabilities, which affected Polygon's Bor and Heimdall clients, included denial-of-service risks, validator resource

Ondo Finance appointed Allison Parent as chief policy officer, bringing in a regulatory veteran with experience across traditional financial regulation as the tokenized asset platform expands its operations. The appointment reflects Ondo's focus on navigating regulatory frameworks as tokenized asset

Cosmos Labs disclosed attackers exploited a critical integer underflow vulnerability in Cosmos EVM to steal approximately $5.7 million across six blockchain networks between Aug. 20 and Aug. 25, according to a technical post-mortem published Friday. The bug, which allowed attackers to generate

Kim Yong-beom, Chief Policy Secretary at South Korea's Blue House, announced on the 29th via Facebook that the government should shift its policy focus from economic growth recovery to ensuring growth benefits reach citizens' daily lives. Kim stated that while South Korea's AI and

Ripple announced Aug. 28 on X that it is donating $300,000 to World Central Kitchen and Mercy Corps to support emergency relief efforts following destructive flooding in Nepal and Tibet. The funding will provide meals, water, and sanitation assistance in affected communities. Flooding devastated

Shiba Inu (SHIB) recorded net exchange inflows of roughly 145.9 billion tokens on Aug. 29, signaling fresh selling pressure as the meme coin retreats toward the $0.000005 level. Positive netflow means more tokens entered tracked exchanges than left them, increasing immediately available supply and p

Ripple is preparing the XRP Ledger for a future in which quantum computers could threaten the cryptography securing blockchain wallets and transactions by outlining a multi-stage roadmap designed to make XRPL fully post-quantum ready by 2028. The company is treating quantum resistance as a

American tech companies face intensifying public opposition as artificial intelligence expansion collides with social media accountability. Meta agreed to pay up to $17 billion in a landmark settlement over claims its platforms endangered children and teens, while more than half of Americans now exp

Gabriel Perez, a White House teleprompter operator, must pay $172,539.02 and accept a three-year trading ban after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced a settlement on Aug. 28. The CFTC found that between December 2025 and February 2026, Perez misappropriated information from

A Solana-based token promoted by Trump-linked brand Real Trump Coins collapsed within hours of its Saturday launch after wallets controlling 82.45% of the supply sold their holdings. The GOLD token's market capitalization fell from approximately $50 million to $500,000 following the sell-off,

OpenAI notified SpaceX on Aug. 28 of its intention to wind down its model-provision agreement with Cursor, proposing a Nov. 12, 2026 cutoff date. The decision was triggered by SpaceX's acquisition of Cursor parent company Anysphere and concerns over whether SpaceX would comply with OpenAI's

Google Research introduced WikiSkill, a framework that enables AI agents to learn from experience and retain knowledge across iterations using a persistent wiki-style knowledge base. The method addresses a core limitation where previous skill-evolution approaches would generate useful insights

Grayscale identified bitcoin, ethereum, and zcash as cryptocurrencies that could benefit from rising U.S. government debt in an Aug. 26 analysis by Head of Research Zach Pandl. The assessment followed the Daily Treasury Statement for Aug. 18 showing total public debt exceeded $40 trillion for the fi

Cursor CEO Michael Truell disclosed on August 29 that OpenAI's models power approximately 5% of the platform's total user traffic, one day after OpenAI announced termination of their model-supply contract. The contract termination, announced August 28 with a November 12 deadline, stems from SpaceX's

The Trump administration has executed roughly 30 equity and quasi-equity transactions totaling nearly $27 billion since early 2025, converting federal grants and loan authorities into direct ownership stakes in private companies. The government now holds a 10% equity stake in Intel and a 15% stake i

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced in late August plans to double the size of regular bond buyback operations from $2 billion to at least $4 billion per operation, with the expanded program set to begin on September 9. The move aims to reduce long-term borrowing costs as the 30-year Treas

U.S. gas prices have increased by approximately $1.25 per gallon amid ongoing geopolitical tensions linked to the Iran conflict, according to a report by @MarioNawfal. The American Automobile Association (AAA) recorded the national average price of regular gasoline at $4.081 per gallon, compared to

Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, plans to accept Ethereum and Tether alongside Bitcoin as loan collateral once Russian regulators permit their public circulation, according to TASS. The bank tested crypto-backed loans with mining firm AO Intelion Data last year and is preparing to offer the

Jim Cramer defended Nvidia's stock following the company's Q2 fiscal 2027 earnings report, which showed revenue of $96.2 billion, a 106% increase from the prior year. Analysts estimate Nvidia faces between $80 billion and $200 billion in peak liabilities through 2028, including $33.5 billion in