BlackRock sees a new $5 trillion AI trade emerging for stablecoins
BlackRock says AI could create a new class of stablecoin customer: machines that spend continuously without human approval. The world’s largest asset manager sees increasingly autonomous AI systems purchasing data, accessing software, and acquiring…
Meta’s Muse AI Agent Read a User’s Private iMessages. Then It Lied About How
A tech columnist declined to give Meta’s new AI agent access to his messages. It read them anyway, then invented an explanation for how it knew.
Rogue iPhone app escapes iOS sandbox to hijack $580,000 in USDT
Fomopeek, a malicious iPhone app distributed through Apple’s App Store, has been linked to nearly $580,000 in stolen USDT. Blockchain security firm SlowMist began investigating the app over the weekend after receiving reports of stolen assets linked to…
Why Solana’s new 250ms speed boost could actually trigger network instability
Solana validator coordination now operates on a 250-millisecond target slot time. A slot is the network’s target interval for a validator to produce a block, so the change gives users more frequent opportunities for transactions to land while…
Solana’s Heartbeat Quickens: Block Times Fall 17% in Latest Speed Upgrade
The network’s clock just sped up again, but the extra speed goes to freshness, not capacity.
Anthropic’s Claude helped 3 researchers breach OpenAI in under 72 hours
Anthropic’s Claude helped three security researchers breach OpenAI accounts and reach an internal code repository within 72 hours. Researchers at cybersecurity startup Hacktron chained an image-processing vulnerability with a flaw in OpenAI’s identity…
From Kaiko to OpenZeppelin, S&P Global is quietly preparing for markets that never close
S&P Global agreed to acquire smart contract security firm OpenZeppelin, expanding its digital asset business into the technology underpinning tokenized finance. On Sept. 17, the financial data and ratings company said that OpenZeppelin will continue…
Why Is Chipotle Now Working With the CIA-Funded Palantir?
Chipotle is piloting a Palantir-built food safety dashboard after a summer of outbreaks, putting employee data in the hands of a company seeded by the CIA’s venture arm.
Optimism just approved the upgrade its Superchain needs before interoperability can go live
Optimism approved Upgrade 20, moving its fault-proof system toward the architecture required for future Superchain interoperability. The Ethereum layer-2 network’s governance completed voting on Sept. 16, putting OP Sepolia, Ink Sepolia, Soneium Minato…
Stellar activates Protocol 28 as network hits record throughput and RWA value climbs
Stellar activated Protocol 28 as the blockchain hit a new sustained throughput record, adding tools designed for larger smart-contract deployments. The network ran Protocol 28 by Sept. 17 after a scheduled mainnet upgrade vote a day earlier. The release…