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AI-powered bot stands in for absent candidate in Virginia debate

United States congressional candidate for Virginia Bentley Hensel used an AI chatbot, “DonBot,” in place of opponent Don Beyer in a debate, highlighting AI’s increasing role in politics.

DBS rolls out blockchain-based banking for institutions

DBS Bank has launched its “DBS Token Services” for real-time blockchain payment settlements, using smart contracts for enhanced security and transparency.

EigenLayer X account compromised, shares malicious airdrop link

Users should not click on any airdrop links shared in EigenLayer’s recent post, warned onchain detective ZachXBT.

NFT activity on Telegram surged 400% in Q3: Report

Helika’s Web3 Gaming Report shows that the number of unique wallets transferring NFTs in Telegram surged from fewer than 200,000 in July to more than one million in September. 

SEC’s Ripple appeal doesn’t challenge XRP non-security status

Ripple’s chief legal officer, Stuart Alderoty, emphasized that the SEC’s Form C doesn’t appeal the ruling that XRP is not a security.

UAE to introduce legal framework for DAOs

UAE lawyer Irina Heaver told Cointelegraph that the framework would allow even smaller DAOs to operate legally. 

BTC price set to break 7-month slump as Bitcoin ETFs hit $65B record

BTC price resistance in the form of a downward-sloping channel is getting a grilling, which Bitcoin bulls hope may be its last.

US Treasury used AI to recover $4 billion in fraud over past year

The US Treasury has tapped into AI machine learning to sift through data to detect and prevent billions of dollars in check fraud.

Researchers hack AI-enabled robots to cause ‘real world’ harm

Penn Engineering researchers said they created an algorithm that bypassed normal safety protocols stopping AI-powered robots from performing harmful actions. 

Worldcoin unveils new Layer-2 network 'World Chain'

World, formerly Worldcoin, says its World Chain will privilege verified human users over bots by giving them priority access to block space and an allowance of free gas.

Ethereum’s Pectra fork adds dynamic blob fees to to improve L2 scaling

A proposal to change the blob gas target and max values on Ethereum comes seven months after blobs were introduced in the blockchain’s Dencun upgrade in March.

Bitcoin to pump if oil, energy prices surge amid Middle East tension: Hayes

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes predicts Bitcoin's price will rise alongside surging oil and energy prices if tensions between Iran and Israel boil over.

CFTC says court ‘erred at every turn’ in allowing Kalshi’s election markets

The CFTC says a federal court judge “mistakenly erred” when it allowed betting market Kalshi to list event contracts for the 2024 US elections.

US has 26M strong ‘crypto voting bloc’ ahead of elections — Survey

One in seven, or 16%, of respondents in a survey by The Digital Chamber said they'd vote for the most pro-crypto candidate.

Memecoins drove Tron network revenue to new high over Q3: Messari

Nearly a third of Tron’s record $151 million quarterly revenue came from its new memecoin launchpad SunPump over a two week period.

Edgelord 3AC’s bet on memecoin supercycle — seeks ‘racist cult leader’: Asia Express

3AC has been born again as the edgelord memecoin outfit Three Arrowz Capitel, and the South Korean Kimchi Premium has turned to a discount.

Euroclear makes first Asia investment with Marketnode stake

The major European securities settlement firm has found an Asian platform for its FundPlace offering.

Worldcoin rebrands as ‘World,’ unveils next generation Orb

The blockchain identity verification company also announced new verification methods.

Solv launches Bitcoin staking token on Solana

Bitcoin’s emerging layer-2 and DeFi ecosystems are sparking competition for BTC liquidity on other chains.  

The ‘memecoin supercycle’ theory is converting crypto unbelievers

The memecoin supercycle theory has spread quickly, convincing many of the potential for big profits.

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