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Chainalysis Used AI to Trace the $387M Bitget Hack Back to North Korea
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has pinned last month's $387 million Bitget exchange hack on North Korea, adding its weight to a growing consensus that Pyongyang's hackers were behind one of the year's largest crypto thefts. In a report published Wednesday, Chainalysis attributed the Sept. 24 breach to actors tied to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, saying the heist pushed the total value of crypto stolen by North Korea-linked groups in 2026 past $1 billion. Myriad: How high will...
Artificial Intelligence
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Artificial Intelligence
The Pope Has Thoughts on AI Art—And They're Not Flattering
Oct 2, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
This AI Is Already Fooling People on Video Calls Into Thinking It's Human, Company Says
AI startup Tavus says its new model, Griffin, convinced 48% of the people who talked to it on a live video call that they were speaking with a real human. The company unveiled it on October 1 and calls it the first Human Interaction Model, an AI built to understand and generate face-to-face conversation, paying attention to expressions and pauses as well as words. Its previous system scored 2.4% on the same test. Myriad: How high will Nvidia go? Click to make your prediction. Griffin-Lite, the v...
Oct 2, 2026
Business
Once a $2.3 Billion Network, Ethereum Layer-2 Blast Is Shutting Down
Blast, the Ethereum layer-2 network that once drew billions of dollars with promises of built-in yield and airdrops, is calling it quits. The team said Friday on X that maintaining the network now costs more than it earns, and that it sees no credible path to making the chain economically sustainable. "As a result, we've made the difficult decision to wind Blast down," the team wrote. Myriad: Where does Ethereum go next? Click to make your prediction. Users are being asked to move their assets b...
Oct 2, 2026
Markets
Nvidia Hits Record High as Market Value Reaches $5.7 Trillion
Nvidia stock hit a record high on Friday, reaching $237.88 in morning trading and lifting the chipmaker's market value to roughly $5.7 trillion. It's the first record since May. Market value, or market cap, is the share price multiplied by every share in existence. Think of it as the price tag on the entire company. Nvidia's is now the largest of any business on Earth. Myriad: How high will Nvidia go? Click to make your prediction. Nvidia was worth $1.18 trillion in August 2023, at that point t...
Oct 2, 2026
Markets
Bitcoin Heads Higher on Macro Moves: Where Does BTC Go Next?
Bad news for the economy is, once again, good news for risk assets. The U.S. added just 29,000 jobs in September, far below the 84,000 economists expected. The two previous months were revised down by a combined 60,000, and unemployment ticked up to 4.2%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Myriad: How high will Bitcoin go? Click to make your prediction. Wall Street's reading: the pressure to keep hiking rates just eased, which generally bodes well for risk assets like Bitcoin. The lar...
Oct 2, 2026
Markets
'Uptober' Off With a Bang as Bitcoin Surges to $86K
Bitcoin was trading at $86,757 on Friday, up 3% over 24 hours and 2% on the week, according to CoinGecko data, after a September that broke the month's losing reputation. It remains about 31% below the record it set a year ago. The move follows Wednesday's inflation reading. August core PCE came in at 3.0% against expectations of 3.3%, and the repricing that followed has swung the odds toward the Federal Reserve holding rates at its October 28 meeting. Futures put a hold at 74%, according to CME...