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Tennessee Couple Hit With $6.8 Million Penalty for 'Blessings of God Thru Crypto' Fraud
The couple told investors "Coach Wendy" would guide crypto trades, but the platform was fake and the advisor's identity remains unknown....
AI Has Designed Living Genomes—And They Worked in the Lab
In a landmark experiment, Stanford and Arc Institute scientists used “genome language models” to write and build 16 new viruses that infected E. coli—a first glimpse of machine-made evolution....
UK’s New Digital ID Scheme ‘Target for Hackers’
Tech experts have highlighted privacy and security risks in the UK government’s new mandatory Digital ID card scheme....
Cipher Stock Rises as Bitcoin Miner Boosts Debt Offering to $1.1 Billion Following Google Deal
Bitcoin miner Cipher Mining has upped the price of its convertible debt offering after announcing a $3 billion deal backstopped by Google....
AI Isn't Taking Your Job Yet—But It Might Soon, OpenAI Data Suggests
OpenAI's new benchmark shows Claude and GPT-5 matching human experts at real work tasks. The worst part? Models improved 300% in just 15 months....
Bitcoin Flat as Core US Inflation Holds at 2.9% in August
Bitcoin is hovering above $109,000 following $970 million in liquidations, as core inflation hits 2.9% in August and Trump announces new tariffs....
$3.6M Drained From Hyperliquid DeFi Platform Hypervault in ‘Abnormal Withdrawal’
Hypervault Finance’s social media and website are inaccessible following the incident, which saw user funds sent to Tornado Cash....
Aster Refunds Users After 'Abnormal Price Movements' on XPL—Here’s What Happened
Aster's token dropped 12% on the day following the incident, which involved the native staking token for Plasma's stablecoin-optimized blockchain....
Elon Musk's xAI Sues OpenAI Again, This Time Over Alleged Trade Secret Theft
The lawsuit alleges OpenAI orchestrated a "coordinated campaign" to steal xAI's source code and data center secrets....
Regulators Eye Stock Jumps Before Corporate Crypto Buys: WSJ
Regulators have pinged companies after unusual market moves before treasury disclosures, though no formal actions have been confirmed....
Korean Actor Hwang Jung-eum Gets Suspended Term In $3 Million Crypto Case
The actor received a two-year suspended sentence after embezzling millions from her own agency to invest in crypto....
Rate Cuts, Options Expiry Put Bitcoin at a Crossroads
Bitcoin’s rally faces a major test as $22 billion in options expire alongside a key U.S. inflation report....
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