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πŸ’° Researcher Ethereum Foundation Justin Drake warns β€” in just a few months AI could learn to brute-force private keys to some crypto wallets.

At risk are primarily old addresses, from which transactions have already been sent, so large holders are advised to switch to new ones in advance.

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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ The U.S. government transferred cryptocurrency worth $470,000,000 (BTC, WBTC and USDT) to Coinbase Prime.

The funds are linked to confiscated assets from the Bitfinex and FTX/Alameda cases.

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πŸͺ™ Satoshi-era miner transferred 100 BTC worth $8.3 million, which had been dormant since July 2010.

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🐰 Cointelegraph is seeking a buyer after a sharp drop in audience β€” from over 12 million visits per month, the site's traffic has decreased to approximately 700,000.

The main reason cited is Google's sanctions, due to which the publication almost disappeared from search results.

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πŸͺ™ Samsung will launch USDC transfers on Solana for Galaxy smartphone owners in the US.

Crypto payments will be integrated directly into the Samsung ecosystem, without the need to separately deal with blockchain services.

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πŸ” Vitalik Buterin believes that AI could weaken modern cryptography before quantum computers β€” even post-quantum schemes and ECDSA could eventually be at risk.

He does not advise panicking and urgently moving funds, but recommends, if possible, using addresses from which no transactions have been sent yet.

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😬 Polygon decided to joke about their own closure, but so convincingly that users managed to get scared.

Ultimately, the project's co-founder had to apologize and explain β€” the network is alive, and the team just wanted to mock those who have long been "burying" it.

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🚬 "I was one of the early investors in Bitcoin", β€” stated German Gref.

Also, the head of Sber compared meme tokens to "the worst kind of casino".

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🏦 Sber has started testing cryptocurrency operations for retail investors in Sberbank Online.

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πŸ‡¬πŸ‡· Greece plans to introduce 10% capital gains tax on cryptocurrency.

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☠️ Another DeFi project 79th Vault was hacked for $12 500 000.

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πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί The European Union ordered all crypto companies with a MiCA license to cease operations with NON-compliant stablecoins, including USDT.

Deadline β€” January 8, 2027.

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πŸ‘» According to Glassnode, wallets holding 6,260,000 BTC have their public keys visible on the blockchain.

If quantum computers learn to crack such protection, these coins will be at risk, which is why experts advise transitioning to new addresses in advance.

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βšͺ️ A hacker, who stole $53,000,000 from Uranium Finance, spent part of the money not on yachts, but on the rarest PokΓ©mon and Magic cards, a Roman coin, and even a fragment of the Wright brothers' plane.

As a result, authorities seized part of the collection and about $31 million in cryptocurrency β€” a very expensive way to build the perfect shelf for a geek.

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πŸ”« Charles Hoskinson, who once stood at the origins of Ethereum together with Vitalik Buterin, criticized his predictions about the imminent collapse of modern cryptography due to AI.

According to him, Buterin over-dramatizes the threat without concrete evidence, and such statements could even slow down the internet's transition to post-quantum protection.

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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ In China, the number of wallets that are used for direct peer-to-peer stablecoin settlements, since the beginning of 2024 has grown 43 times β€” despite cryptocurrency restrictions.

And South Korea has already become the largest crypto market in East Asia with a volume of about $449 billion.

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🎦 Netflix released a trailer for the series «The Altruists» about the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange. The premiere will take place on November 19.

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πŸ˜‚ A woman complained on a live broadcast that her husband holds so much BTC that they could completely pay off the mortgage, but refuses to sell.

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πŸ’Έ Head of Cryptography at Coinbase believes, that AI is almost certain to enhance cryptanalysis, but there are no signs yet of an imminent "break of all cryptography".

Instead of panicking, he suggests transitioning to hybrid defense in advance β€” if one cryptographic method is ever broken, the system won't collapse entirely.

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πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡­ In Thailand, a crypto investor was held at gunpoint at night and forced to transfer $820,000 in crypto, while also having a Rolex, cash, and phones stolen.

Money loves silence

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✈️ New built-in wallet Gram Wallet has started appearing for all Telegram users β€” access is granted only after an incoming transfer.

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