TL;DR ▶ The attackers who obtained Revolut customer data via a fake government request on September 12 have begun publicly posting stolen passports and selfies on X and Telegram, starting September 13. ▶ Their demand: “We are going to start…
Hoskinson: If You Share Ideas With AI, They Are Not Yours Anymore. Midnight Fixes This
TL;DR ▶ Hoskinson said in a September 2026 YouTube video: “If you share your ideas in AI with these frontier models in the cloud, they are not your ideas anymore.” ▶ The trigger: mathematician Jay Cummings alleged ChatGPT used his…
Revolut Handed Passports and Bitcoin Records to Fake Government Request. Here Is Everything We Know
TL;DR ▶ Revolut confirmed on September 12, 2026 that it disclosed passports, selfies, IBANs, and full Bitcoin transaction histories to an unauthorized third party who impersonated a government agency. ▶ The fake request used a legitimate government domain email that…
India Just Put $620 Billion of Corporate Bonds on a Blockchain and The RBI Is Settling Them
TL;DR ▶ India’s SEBI launched Demat 2.0 on September 10, 2026: a pilot that issues corporate bonds as native digital tokens on a permissioned distributed ledger and settles them against the RBI’s wholesale digital rupee. ▶ Three companies have already…
LAPTOP Memecoin: Hunter Biden Launched It. It Crashed 99%. Here Is the Full Story
TL;DR ▶ Hunter Biden launched $LAPTOP on Coinbase’s Base network on September 9, 2026. One billion tokens. Founders including Biden hold 30% locked for six months. ▶ The token hit $316 in the first two minutes of trading then crashed…
Fake IRS Letter Scam Is Targeting Crypto Holders. Here Is Exactly How It Works
WARNING If you received a physical letter claiming to be from the IRS about a “Digital Asset Compliance Portal” or “DACP”: do not scan the QR code, do not visit the website, do not call any number listed. The IRS…
Coldcard Hardware Wallet Hack: $116M in Bitcoin Stolen From 5,200 Addresses. Here Is Exactly What Happened.
URGENT: Are You Affected? If you generated a Coldcard wallet seed between March 2021 and July 2026, your seed may be compromised regardless of your current firmware version. Update firmware and migrate funds to a new seed immediately. A firmware…
Midnight Told the US Treasury Its Stablecoin Rule Would Accidentally Ban Privacy-Preserving Chains
TL;DR ▶ The Midnight Foundation filed a formal comment (FINCEN-2026-0100-0022) with FinCEN and OFAC on July 29, 2026 on the GENIUS Act stablecoin proposed rule. ▶ The problem: the rule never bans privacy chains but its compliance tests quietly assume…
BitConnect: The $2.4 Billion Crypto Fraud That Changed Everything
TL;DR ▶ BitConnect raised over $2.4 billion from investors worldwide between 2016 and 2018 promising up to 1% daily returns via a proprietary trading bot. ▶ The trading bot never existed. Returns were paid using new investor deposits. Classic Ponzi…
QBT Gets USPTO Approval for Bitcoin Mining Patent That Cuts SHA-256 Work by 7%
TL;DR ▶ Quantum Blockchain Technologies (AIM: QBT) received a USPTO Notice of Allowance for US Application No. 18/696,073 on July 24, 2026. ▶ The patent covers ASIC UltraBoost: eliminating redundant computations in SHA-256 message scheduling, reducing total operations by approximately…