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Cory Fields says quantum landmines could make Bitcoin theft a losing bet
The Bitcoin developer has floated hidden ownership traps and staked auctions that would force a quantum attacker to post collateral before moving vulnerable coins, as a mailing-list thought experiment
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Irish central bank fines Coinbase Ireland $3.6m over safeguarding failures
The Central Bank of Ireland fined Coinbase's Irish unit 3.25 million euros over alleged breaches of safeguarding and outsourcing rules, saying it relied too heavily on its US parent.
Bitcoin hashrate hits seven-month high as AI shift fails to cool mining competition
BlocksBridge says Bitcoin's seven-day average hashrate has recovered above 1 ZH/s, its highest since 3 March, even as listed miners move capacity to AI. Difficulty rose 5.92% on 16 Oct, with another…
Italian police allege mafia bank moved €68m abroad using crypto
Italy's Guardia di Finanza says a car-rental business near Milan ran an underground bank for mafia groups, handling €110m in fake invoices and moving €68m abroad through banks and crypto.
US banks find rogue AI agents inside customer accounts, Axios reports
Morgan Stanley is blocking third-party AI agents from customer accounts while JPMorgan, Bank of America and Citi restrict them, after agents were found logging in with customers' own credentials.
Coinkite sued over Coldcard flaw that allegedly exposed $140m in Bitcoin
A proposed class action filed in Ontario alleges Coldcard wallets generated predictable recovery phrases for more than five years, letting attackers drain over $140m in Bitcoin. Coinkite had not…
Thailand SEC says asset managers eye crypto ETFs but none has applied
Thailand's regulator says several asset managers have asked about launching spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs under rules that took effect on Friday, but no formal application has been filed.