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01 / NEWSROOM

News, without the panic

The latest events, each with a clear source and timestamp.

Cointelegraph 25
Market news

Cuomo Warns Partisan Crypto Spending Could Stall US Legislation

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says crypto’s lopsided political spending could complicate efforts to pass federal market-structure legislation. Speaking at Token2049, he argued that the industry needs support from both parties rather than concentrating its backing on Republicans. Cuomo also rejected the idea that Democrats are inherently hostile to digital assets, pointing to prior bipartisan votes on the CLARITY and GENIUS acts.

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Regulation

Canton CEO Urges Faster Institutional Adoption Before US Policy Turns

Digital Asset CEO Yuval Rooz says the crypto sector should capitalize on today’s US regulatory environment by accelerating institutional blockchain adoption. Speaking at Token2049, he argued that deeply embedded use could make future policy reversals harder, drawing parallels with Uber and Airbnb. Binance co-CEO Richard Teng and Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson also stressed the value of regulatory certainty, while noting agencies are already moving ahead.

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Security

Ethereum Researcher Warns AI Could Threaten Wallet Signatures Before Quantum Era

Ethereum researcher Justin Drake is urging crypto users to prepare cautiously for a scenario in which advanced AI compromises the ECDSA signatures protecting many wallets before quantum computers become capable of doing so. He recommends gradually moving assets to fresh addresses, which can keep public keys concealed behind cryptographic hashes until funds are spent. Drake stressed that any migration must be controlled, warning that a rushed response could cause more harm than the threat itself.

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Partnership

Circle and Tereina Bring USDC, EURC Into SAP Payment Workflows

Circle is partnering with SAP-backed Tereina to integrate USDC and EURC into SAP Cloud ERP and related enterprise payment workflows. Eligible businesses will be able to send and receive dollar- and euro-denominated stablecoin payments without leaving their existing finance applications. The companies plan customer proof-of-value programs over the coming months, targeting cross-border payments and treasury operations.

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news

Hunter Biden Details LAPTOP Token Flows, Points to Market Makers in Launch Fallout

Hunter Biden published an accounting of the LAPTOP memecoin, saying 300 million founder-linked tokens have remained unmoved since launch and will stay locked for six months. He attributed the sharp post-launch collapse to two hired market makers, which he said extracted about $686,000 and $2.18 million respectively. Biden framed the project as a transparent parody of political memecoins, with plans to burn unclaimed airdrop tokens and allocate 5% of supply to charity.

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news

Sui Offchain Tunnels Reach 40.6M TPS in AI-Agent Stress Test

Sui says its programmable offchain tunnels processed 40,614,180 transactions per second during a live stress test at Sui Basecamp, up from roughly 6.1 million in July. The channels handle activity away from the blockchain and settle to Sui mainnet when closed. More than 10,000 tunnels opened during the demonstration, which modeled high-frequency payments, games and chat activity, including interactions between AI agents.

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news

Tether and Kazakhstan Central Bank Explore Tenge Stablecoin Pilot

Tether, Kazakhstan’s central bank and the Alatau City Authority have signed an agreement to study a tenge-pegged stablecoin and real-world asset tokenization. The parties plan to assess international issuance models, identify use cases and develop a stablecoin pilot proposal. They will also explore an asset-tokenization framework, potentially using Tether’s Hadron platform in Alatau, alongside training on reserves, issuance and investor safeguards.

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02 / YANA'S PICKS

Opportunities worth a closer look

Only signals scoring 60 or higher make this list. The score sets research priority; it does not predict returns.

Yana's score 75/100
Strong signal
Security

Drift exploiter sends $109M in Ether to Tornado Cash in 2 days

Wallets linked to the $295 million April hack still held $138 million in Ether after sending another $46 million to the mixer Wednesday.

+75 Event type
AI analysis Models agree
hermes-openaiwatch · 87%

Facts

  • The candidate identifies a security event, marks its source as unofficial, and assigns a score of 75 based on the security-event category rather than investment fundamentals.
  • The retrieved Cointelegraph article is dated October 21, 2026, and reports approximately $109 million in Ether transferred to Tornado Cash over two days by wallets linked to the Drift exploit. These are reported claims, not independently verified blockchain findings. ([cointelegraph.com](https://cointelegraph.com/news/drift-exploiter-moves-109m-eth-tornado-cash-2-days))
  • The article reports that exploit-linked wallets retained approximately $138 million in Ether and describes the original exploit as occurring in April, distinguishing the recent transfers from a new exploit. ([cointelegraph.com](https://cointelegraph.com/news/drift-exploiter-moves-109m-eth-tornado-cash-2-days))

Risks

  • Wallet attribution, transfer amounts, and remaining balances have not been independently verified against transaction hashes or primary-source records in this assessment.
  • Treating movement of previously stolen funds as a fresh protocol exploit could produce a misleading trading signal.
  • Current protocol safety, recovery prospects, liquidity, and token-specific exposure remain unestablished.
Cointelegraph · 2026-10-21Source ↗
Yana's score 75/100
Strong signal
Security

Qubic restarts blockchain, opens recovery claims after $1.4M hack

The network’s validators approved a recovery plan and opened claims until May 1, 2027.

+75 Event type
AI analysis Models agree
hermes-openaiwatch · 86%

Facts

  • The candidate identifies a third-party security report, not an official project announcement; its score of 75 is supplied metadata, not independent evidence.
  • The retrieved Cointelegraph article reports approximately $1.4 million stolen from 1,404 accounts through predictable wallet seeds. This is a reported wallet vulnerability, not demonstrated compromise of the blockchain consensus mechanism. ([cointelegraph.com](https://cointelegraph.com/news/qubic-restarts-blockchain-opens-recovery-claims-after-14m-hack?utm_source=openai))
  • Cointelegraph reports that network processing resumed on October 19, 2026, and validators approved recovery arrangements. ([cointelegraph.com](https://cointelegraph.com/news/qubic-restarts-blockchain-opens-recovery-claims-after-14m-hack?utm_source=openai))
  • The article reports a May 1, 2027 claim deadline and a project warning concerning wallets created before web-wallet version 4.26.4. ([cointelegraph.com](https://cointelegraph.com/news/qubic-restarts-blockchain-opens-recovery-claims-after-14m-hack?utm_source=openai))
  • No primary-source postmortem, independent remediation audit, or completed reimbursement evidence was verified in this assessment.

Risks

  • Potential continuing exposure from previously generated predictable seeds; the reported project warning extends beyond accounts already drained. ([cointelegraph.com](https://cointelegraph.com/news/qubic-restarts-blockchain-opens-recovery-claims-after-14m-hack?utm_source=openai))
  • Unverified reimbursement coverage, timing, eligibility, and execution.
  • Potential recovery-claim phishing or seed-disclosure scams; this is a precautionary inference, not a verified incident finding.
  • Recurrence and operational-interruption risk remain unresolved in the evidence reviewed.
Cointelegraph · 2026-10-20Source ↗
Yana's score 75/100
Strong signal
Security

Crypto’s 2026 shutdown wave claims 82 projects. What went wrong?

Crypto projects are struggling to survive as falling revenues, depleted funding and security breaches force closures across DeFi, blockchain infrastructure and gaming.

+75 Event type
AI analysis Models agree
hermes-openaiwatch · 86%

Facts

  • The candidate identifies Cointelegraph as its source and marks it as non-official.
  • The supplied title claims that 82 crypto projects shut down in 2026.
  • The supplied summary attributes closures across DeFi, blockchain infrastructure and gaming to falling revenues, depleted funding and security breaches.
  • The supplied publication timestamp is 2026-10-20T19:59:39+00:00.
  • The candidate is classified as security with a score of 75; its scoring explanation references a breach.
  • The supplied material does not identify individual affected projects, document a specific breach or provide supporting financial data. The linked article has not been independently verified.

Risks

  • The shutdown count and stated causes remain unverified claims from the supplied material.
  • An aggregate shutdown count without a baseline or project-level breakdown can give a misleading impression of sector-wide failure.
  • A breach-based score could incorrectly prioritize a general industry article as an urgent security alert.
  • Investment or security decisions based solely on this candidate could conflate financial distress, discontinued development and security compromise.
Cointelegraph · 2026-10-20Source ↗
Yana's score 75/100
Strong signal
Security

Drift exploiter sends $61M ETH to Tornado Cash, holds $194M

The April 1 hack caused about $295 million in losses and was later attributed to a North Korean threat group in a Mandiant investigation.

+75 Event type
AI analysis Models agree
hermes-openaiavoid · 84%

Facts

  • The supplied candidate is a security-related article attributed to Cointelegraph and marked official_source=false.
  • Its title claims a Drift exploiter sent $61 million in ETH to Tornado Cash and still holds $194 million.
  • Its summary claims an April 1 hack caused approximately $295 million in losses and that a Mandiant investigation attributed it to a North Korean threat group.
  • The supplied publication timestamp is 2026-10-20T12:38:28+00:00.
  • The candidate assigns a score of 75 based on security-related keywords; that score is not independent corroboration.
  • No article text beyond the supplied summary, transaction hashes, affected contract addresses, or Mandiant report was provided. The claims have not been independently verified.

Risks

  • Potential unresolved protocol vulnerabilities and uncertainty about recovery of stolen assets.
  • Possible liquidity pressure, withdrawal disruption, and reputational damage affecting the protocol.
  • Attribution, amounts, and remaining holdings may be incomplete or inaccurate without primary-source verification.
  • The report concerns an earlier exploit; it does not establish that a new exploit occurred at publication time.
  • Interaction with exploit-linked funds may create legal or compliance exposure depending on jurisdiction.
Cointelegraph · 2026-10-20Source ↗
Yana's score 75/100
Strong signal
Security

Bitget plans Thai crypto exchange acquisition weeks after $388M hack

The proposed acquisition would give Bitget a route into Thailand’s crypto market through a locally licensed operator.

+75 Event type
Cointelegraph · 2026-10-20Source ↗
Yana's score 75/100
Strong signal
Security

Qubic freezes chain after attacker drains 1.4K wallets with weak seeds

Qubic says 87.1% of the stolen funds remain onchain and the rest were frozen at crypto exchange MEXC, as network validators prepare to vote on a recovery plan.

+75 Event type
AI analysis Models agree
hermes-openaiavoid · 90%

Facts

  • The candidate is a third-party security report, not an official project announcement; its score of 75 is a supplied classification score, not evidence of investment quality.
  • The retrieved Cointelegraph article dated October 19, 2026 reports approximately 1,400 affected wallets and a chain halt following exploitation of weak wallet seeds. These are reported claims, not independently verified onchain findings. ([cointelegraph.com](https://cointelegraph.com/news/qubic-freezes-chain-after-attacker-drains-14k-wallets-with-weak-seeds))
  • The article attributes to Qubic the claim that 87.1% of stolen funds remained frozen onchain and 12.9% were frozen at MEXC; frozen funds are not confirmed repayments. ([cointelegraph.com](https://cointelegraph.com/news/qubic-freezes-chain-after-attacker-drains-14k-wallets-with-weak-seeds))
  • At publication, recovery depended on a validator vote, and no restart date had been announced. This does not establish the network's current status. ([cointelegraph.com](https://cointelegraph.com/news/qubic-freezes-chain-after-attacker-drains-14k-wallets-with-weak-seeds))
  • The linked official wallet repository was accessible, but the project's linked X announcement could not be retrieved; primary-source confirmation of incident scope and recovery remains incomplete.

Risks

  • Potential loss from compromised seeds and uncertainty about the complete affected-wallet population. ([cointelegraph.com](https://cointelegraph.com/news/qubic-freezes-chain-after-attacker-drains-14k-wallets-with-weak-seeds))
  • Potential transaction or withdrawal disruption associated with the reported chain halt; current availability was not verified. ([cointelegraph.com](https://cointelegraph.com/news/qubic-freezes-chain-after-attacker-drains-14k-wallets-with-weak-seeds))
  • Recovery timing and outcomes depend on unresolved governance and exchange processes described in the report. ([cointelegraph.com](https://cointelegraph.com/news/qubic-freezes-chain-after-attacker-drains-14k-wallets-with-weak-seeds))
  • Confidence applies to the precautionary screening verdict, not independent confirmation of every incident claim or a prediction of token performance.
Cointelegraph · 2026-10-19Source ↗
03 / FIELD NOTES

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