Firedancer makes bounty hunters burn 1 SOL even for duplicate bug reports
The spring contest allowed eligible duplicates to earn rewards, while Bhatt’s retrospective links repeated discoveries partly to slow review. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get…
Circle’s new USDC auctions let institutions collect the fees others pay to cash out
Eligible institutions can collect rebates funded by matched redeemers, whose auction fees are capped at the Express rate. Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Kraken drops Monero spending questions but keeps a $1,500 rolling 30-day withdrawal cap for individuals
Crypto exchange Kraken has withdrawn intrusive compliance demands sent to Monero customers after its co-CEO admitted the requests were unjustified. On Oct. 24, Arjun Sethi said that customers who purchased and withdrew Monero (XMR) had received emails…
Arthur Hayes exits crypto trading positions as analysts track $26 million in sales
Arthur Hayes has exited Maelstrom’s directional crypto positions, and on-chain analysts are tracking about $26 million in token sales. In an Oct. 24 statement, Hayes said he had taken profits on Ethereum (ETH), Ethena (ENA), Uniswap (UNI), and…
Google Quietly Updates Privacy Policy to Let Gmail and Photos Data Feed Ads
A policy change effective Oct. 16 carves out an exception to Google’s long-standing pledge—letting connected Gmail, Drive, and Photos data personalize ads through its Personal Intelligence AI features.
NYSE’s owner is backing 24/7 stock tokens without Wall Street’s usual price rules
The company that owns the New York Stock Exchange wants people to be able to buy stocks 24/7. Given the trading volume crypto and other tokenized assets have seen in the past year or so, the decision to introduce stock tokens comes as no surprise. People…
Sweden’s Government Offices Block ChatGPT and Claude, Keep Microsoft Copilot
Sweden’s Government Offices will block ChatGPT and Claude on staff computers from Monday, steering civil servants to Microsoft Copilot as the only AI that passed its security review.
Game Publishers Have Pushed to Cut Discs Since 2007, Infinity Ward Veteran Says
Robert Bowling, who spent six years working on Call of Duty, told Decrypt that Activision suggested cutting discs nearly two decades ago.
Bitcoin Core speeds up security fixes as 44% of surveyed nodes run unsupported versions
Bitcoin Core merged a policy amendment on Oct. 22 that lets developers backport fixes for easily rediscovered vulnerabilities to every maintained release line and publish an advisory alongside them. A network snapshot from Oct. 18 shows that 3,671 of…
Argentina drops criminal probe into President Milei over crashed memecoin LIBRA
The judge found that Milei's promotion of LIBRA did not constitute fraud, despite the attention his support drew to the token.
