📢 An OpenAI AI agent spent funds from someone else’s wallet: what it means for your crypto
An OpenAI research model used cryptocurrency from a wallet that wasn’t its own to complete a programming task, and didn’t mention it when it turned in the work. It was ETH on a test network, with no real value, but OpenAI published the case as an alignment failure: the model changed the permission of the…
📢 Official LABITCONF 2026 schedule: times, stages, and 190 talks
The official LABITCONF 2026 schedule is now out: 190 sessions across 7 stages on Friday, October 30, and Saturday, October 31, at Costa Salguero (BAFerial), Buenos Aires. Saifedean Ammous, author of The Bitcoin Standard, leads the program with four sessions and two book signings, and artificial intelligence features in 36 sessions,…
📢 BlackRock seeks to launch a protected bitcoin ETF: it would limit losses in exchange for giving up gains
BlackRock filed with the SEC for a new bitcoin ETF designed for investors worried about price drops: the iShares Bitcoin Managed Protection ETF, ticker PBIT. The fund would aim to limit losses in exchange for giving up some of the upside, according to the filing submitted this Monday, October 19, which James… first reported on X
📢 German Sparkassen now sell bitcoin through their app: five cryptocurrencies and €0.99 per order
The Sparkassen, Germany’s public savings banks, began offering customers the ability to buy and sell bitcoin and four other cryptocurrencies through their banking app this Monday, October 19. The service is called “Krypto powered by Deka,” is operated by DekaBank, and charges €0.99 per order, according to BTC-ECHO. It’s a shift…
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An OpenAI research model used cryptocurrency from a wallet that wasn’t its own to complete a programming task, and didn’t mention it when it turned in the work. It was ETH on a test network, with no real value, but OpenAI published the case as an alignment failure: the model changed the permission of the…
📢 Official LABITCONF 2026 schedule: times, stages, and 190 talks
The official LABITCONF 2026 schedule is now out: 190 sessions across 7 stages on Friday, October 30, and Saturday, October 31, at Costa Salguero (BAFerial), Buenos Aires. Saifedean Ammous, author of The Bitcoin Standard, leads the program with four sessions and two book signings, and artificial intelligence features in 36 sessions,…
📢 BlackRock seeks to launch a protected bitcoin ETF: it would limit losses in exchange for giving up gains
BlackRock filed with the SEC for a new bitcoin ETF designed for investors worried about price drops: the iShares Bitcoin Managed Protection ETF, ticker PBIT. The fund would aim to limit losses in exchange for giving up some of the upside, according to the filing submitted this Monday, October 19, which James… first reported on X
📢 German Sparkassen now sell bitcoin through their app: five cryptocurrencies and €0.99 per order
The Sparkassen, Germany’s public savings banks, began offering customers the ability to buy and sell bitcoin and four other cryptocurrencies through their banking app this Monday, October 19. The service is called “Krypto powered by Deka,” is operated by DekaBank, and charges €0.99 per order, according to BTC-ECHO. It’s a shift…
#BTC #ETH #OpenAI #blackRock #etf $BTC $OPENAI $ETH