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A year on from a record liquidation event, CoinDesk and CryptoBriefing both revisit whether crypto risk practices have actually changed. A year ago, crypto markets suffered one of their largest single liquidation events on record, with an estimated $19 billion wiped out across leveraged positions.

The AI company confirmed its chatbot generated a fabricated tip that was passed to investigators, but officials say the disclosure came far too late. Philadelphia police have accused Anthropic of sitting on critical information for roughly two months before telling them that one of its AI systems had generated a false lead in a murder…

An XRP ledger bug, a Nasdaq treasury listing and a reopened Binance settlement each have a specific channel into price; a fourth story on AI regulation does not. An XRP ledger bug, a Nasdaq treasury listing and a reopened Binance settlement each have a specific channel into price; a fourth story on AI regulation does…

The completed deal gives XRP its first major corporate treasury vehicle trading on a US exchange. Evernorth has completed its merger with a special purpose acquisition company, according to CryptoPotato and CoinGape. The deal gives the Ripple-backed firm a listing on the Nasdaq exchange.

The Department of Justice is examining whether Binance complied with the terms of its $4.3 billion settlement reached in 2023. The U.S. Department of Justice is scrutinizing Binance over its adherence to the terms of a $4.3 billion settlement reached in 2023.

A senior EU tech official argues current rules already cover worst-case artificial intelligence scenarios. A senior European Union technology official has said the bloc's AI Act is equipped to handle risks posed by rogue artificial intelligence systems.

RippleX says no evidence of exploitation was found after an emergency fix, version 3.4.1, addressed the flaw. The team behind the XRP Ledger disclosed a software flaw that could have let someone mint XRP tokens beyond the network's fixed supply cap.

The proposed rule would bring platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi under swap market oversight, including sports event contracts. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has proposed a new swap definition designed to regulate prediction markets more directly. The proposal would classify many event contracts, including those tied to sports outcomes, as swaps under federal law.

Measures of day-to-day price movement have declined even as sharp, outsized swings occur more often than during Bitcoin's earlier bull cycle. Bitcoin's volatility profile is shifting in a way that looks contradictory at first glance. Standard measures of day-to-day price movement have declined over time.

Bitcoin.com News reports a growing, unexplained figure tied to Ledger hardware wallet users as details remain unverified. Bitcoin.com News reported on October 10 that suspected losses tied to Ledger hardware wallets have reached $93.4 million.

The finding lands as European regulators debate whether stablecoin holders should be allowed to earn rewards. Visa has published survey results showing that nearly half of consumers in the Asia-Pacific region are likely to use stablecoins.

CoinDesk reports developers closed a long-standing flaw capable of minting XRP out of thin air. The XRP Ledger has fixed a vulnerability that persisted for close to ten years, according to CoinDesk. The outlet reported that the bug could have enabled the creation of billions of dollars in XRP without any corresponding value entering…

Across four overnight reports, the one carried by the most outlets is the one that shows a "censorship-resistant" platform still depends on a centralised issuer. Across four overnight reports, the one carried by the most outlets is the one that shows a "censorship-resistant" platform still depends on a centralised issuer.

Reports differ on whether the trio resigned or were dismissed amid an internal dispute over AI risk oversight. Three former OpenAI researchers have raised concerns about how the company monitors its artificial intelligence systems for safety risks.

A decentralized governance decision to direct product revenue toward PYTH purchases coincided with a sharp price rally. Pyth Network's PYTH token posted a notable rally, with reported price increases of 14% to 16% depending on the measurement window used.

Reports diverge on the exact recovery level reached, but agree that forced selling eased as Bitcoin clawed back losses Bitcoin clawed back above $81,000 on October 9 following a volatile stretch that wiped out more than $1 billion in leveraged positions.

The brief freeze halted swaps on the cross-chain network, renewing debate over how decentralized such platforms really are. Tether froze about $1.45 million worth of USDT held in TRON-based vaults connected to THORChain on October 9, according to multiple reports.

On-chain data shows a large bitcoin transfer from government-linked wallets, with one report tracing the coins to unlabeled addresses. Blockchain analytics firms detected a transfer of 12,267 BTC, worth approximately $1 billion at current prices, originating from wallets tied to the US government.