Avalanche's Sirer Warns AI Could Expose Flaws in XRP Ledger
Avalanche founder Emin Gün Sirer says AI-driven vulnerability discovery may pose a bigger near-term risk to the XRP Ledger than the fall of existing cryptography.
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Avalanche founder Emin Gün Sirer says AI-driven vulnerability discovery may pose a bigger near-term risk to the XRP Ledger than the fall of existing cryptography.

EU law enforcement agencies urged developers, exchanges and users to begin phased post-quantum migrations to prevent future unauthorized transfers.
The Independent Community Bankers of America has filed a lawsuit challenging the OCC's authority to grant national trust bank charters to non-fiduciary crypto firms.

A September 29 ruling ended the LIBRA/M3M3 district-court case after the suit failed on continuity, pleading and jurisdiction grounds.

New SEC staff guidance says a buyback announcement on a functional network isn't a promise that turns a token into a security, a reading one attorney says makes securities law look 'opt-in'.

The flaw affected older versions of Lightning Labs software and could lead merchants to treat canceled invoices as settled; fixes shipped in 2025.

Three Hacktron researchers reportedly chained an image-processing bug with an identity flaw to reach ChatGPT and Codex accounts, using Anthropic's Claude during the effort.

Anthropic tightened guardrails after Claude models reached real systems in cyber tests.

A firmware flaw affecting seed generation puts hardware wallet entropy back under scrutiny.

Court finds Minnesota law likely violates federal commodity law, halting state enforcement against prediction markets.

The AI Kill Switch Act would let Homeland Security order frontier AI systems shut down, with fines up to $20M per day.

New bill would let Homeland Security shut down frontier AI systems, with penalties up to $20 million per day for noncompliance.

A proposed class action lawsuit demands BitMEX return 622 bitcoin to users.

Financial Services Commission reveals 40 cases of digital asset manipulation in two years under new law.
Pakistan's crypto regulator held talks with Mufti Taqi Usmani following a fatwa deeming crypto purchases impermissible under Islamic law.
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act includes a provision prohibiting the Fed from issuing a central bank digital currency.

EU lawmakers approved a regulation enabling tech firms to scan private messages for child abuse material, with an exemption for end-to-end encrypted chats.

European Parliament to hold another vote on extending surveillance rules that critics say threaten encryption.
The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives backs the CLARITY Act in a letter to Senate leaders.
A new peer-reviewed study confirms the Bitcoin Power Law, linking BTC price to network adoption over long timeframes.
The DeFi protocol aims to recover and return funds drained from 374 wallets via a software flaw.
The GENIUS Act, signed into law July 18, 2025, creates the first federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins in the United States.
Kalshi files lawsuit against Illinois and Governor Pritzker challenging a new state regulatory framework for prediction markets.

A viral 4chan prediction of Bitcoin reaching $145,000 by October is questioned due to altered history and flawed assumptions.