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Scammer Lost $4.8M in Bitcoin to Tampered Ledger Wallets: Chainalysis
The funds came from a task scam that paid people to fake product sales and reviews, then demanded deposits before releasing their pay.
Anthropic’s IPO could be the biggest ever. Your AI budget helps explain why
An early Anthropic backer predicts the stock will trade at up to $2.4 trillion, Fortune reports.
I believe in AI. But my AI assistant gave me more work than it could finish
My to-do-list has a to-do list.
How to dress a tech oligarch: The Social Reckoning’s costume designer on Zuckerberg’s style evolution
Susan Lyall worked with actor Jeremy Strong to research the Meta CEO’s favorite Nikes and luxury sweatersThe first Aaron Sorkin Facebook movie, 2010’s The Social Network, helped c…
Current price of oil as of October 16, 2026
When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why.
Indonesia’s Danantara pledges $5 billion to home-grown companies as MSCI once again threatens a downgrade
Chief investment officer Pandu Sjahrir says consumer stocks are cheap; MSCI's proposed standalone reclassification threatens to deepen the sell-off.
Samsung Electronics exec: The investments that last build more than factories
A factory is only the beginning. Lasting investment builds the workforce, suppliers and institutions that help a community thrive.
Glassdoor President: finding the right job shouldn’t feel like winning the lottery
Nobody designed a process this broken on purpose. The assumption that more is better—apply to more jobs and the odds improve—is laughable in the AI age.
Morning Minute: Google Clears a Major Quantum Hurdle, Bitcoin Still Safe
Plus, crypto majors rebound despite hot PPI and Saylor’s Strategy is at risk of removal from a major index.
Anthropic and General Catalyst: the market is mispricing resilience
Markets price the cost of resilience before its value. That leaves a blind spot around companies built to grow through disruption.
Solana’s Liu says Shanghai event postponed over registration surge
Solana Foundation President Lily Liu said registrations quadrupled overnight, exceeding the attendance limit registered with local authorities.
Traders will soon be able to bet on whether Coinbase, Robinhood and Marathon will hit their targets
Your day-ahead look for Oct. 16, 2026
‘We should all be worried’: calls grow to limit London rollout of robotaxis
Protest planned at Wayve HQ as Uber drivers fear for their future and city’s politicians demand TfL should have power over licencesFor passengers in Britain who want to try the la…
The death of humanity
It is not coming. Everyone selling you that story is selling you something. What is actually arriving is the most magical age in human history.
Circle targets 40 new markets as stablecoin demand grows globally
The stablecoin issuer’s CEO Jerermy Allaire told Reuters demand for digital dollars is growing across Asia, Africa and Latin America as banks and payment firms.
Quantum Alliance forms amid warnings 6.4 million bitcoin face future quantum threat
Nine crypto companies launched the Quantum Alliance to jointly prepare for quantum attacks, but they disagree on when the threat will arrive and whether vulnerable BTC should be f…
Tokenized Tesla surges as Elon Musk unveils SpaceX-powered flying Roadster prototype
Volume in Hyperliquid’s Tesla contract hit $47 million in one hour after Elon Musk’s flying Roadster demo, up from $2.8 million, with U.S. stocks closed.
Altcoins outpace bitcoin as celestia jumps 16%, Warsh silent on interest-rate plans
Celestia jumped 16%, injective rose 7.7% and layerzero added 7.3% while bitcoin held little changed near $82,100 and Fed Chair Warsh gave no sign on interest rates.
OpenAI Model Used Testnet Ethereum Wallet Without Permission to Finish Coding Task
The internal model derived keys from public developer recovery phrases, spent another account's test ETH, and left it out of its report.
CONNECT recap: Liquidity is tokenization’s next challenge, everyday stablecoins
Panelists at Cointelegraph’s Singapore CONNECT event explored opportunities in tokenized markets, the future of everyday stablecoin payments and the evolving landscape for crypto …
Scammer gets scammed in Ledger spy-chip exploit, loses almost $5 million in bitcoin
Chainalysis says a fraudster who tricked people through fake online jobs became one of the biggest victims of the compromised hardware wallets.
A look inside the $52 billion hole that CoreWeave needs to climb out of
Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.
GTA 6 Trailer Features Meme Coin—And Solana Copycat Soars 2,900%
Rockstar released the launch trailer for GTA VI, revealing a potential meme coin in the upcoming game and sending degens wild.
Jensen Huang on agents gone rogue and AI doomers
Fortune’s Jeremy Kahn and Beatrice Nolan sat down with Jensen Huang in London this week, where Huang sounded off on headline-grabbing cybersecurity incidents and AI doomers.