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An alleged scammer is among the main victims of recent thefts affecting Ledger wallets. Chainalysis reveals on October 15 that an operator suspected of organizing a scam involving fake paid tasks lost over 60 bitcoins, approximately 4.8 million dollars. The funds had been distributed across three addresses before being stolen on October 9. The case takes an unexpected turn: the stolen bitcoins are themselves reportedly from a scam.

Uniswap v4 crosses 44 billion dollars in trading volume over 30 days. The latest version of the crypto protocol now accounts for 49.9% of Uniswap's total activity, ahead of v3. This progress comes as the UNI token tries to recover after defending the 6.80 dollar support. Traders are notably watching a liquidity zone around 11 dollars.

Bitcoin falls below 83,000 dollars this Wednesday, October 14, following a higher-than-expected U.S. inflation release. The CPI reaches 3.7% year-on-year in September, versus 3.6% expected. Core inflation also rises to 2.6%. Investors now fear further interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve, while the crypto market is already struggling to regain momentum.

More than 400 scientists want to seriously strengthen the monitoring of the most advanced AI models. Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio, and Stuart Russell are among the 406 signatories of an open letter published in October. They call for an international body responsible for setting containment standards and recording security incidents. Their first recommendation is even more concrete: by default, isolate from the Internet models capable of conducting cyberattacks.

China wants to build a national blockchain network. In a strategic document published on October 9, 2026, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council list this infrastructure among the priorities of economic modernization. The goal is to better connect businesses, IT systems, and data nationwide.

The Ledger case takes a new turn. The crypto wallet manufacturer confirms having discovered an unauthorized hardware implant in the device of a user affected by recent thefts in Southeast Asia. The theory of physical tampering before delivery is gaining strength. The suspected losses now approach 93 million dollars, but this amount has not been validated by Ledger.

FTX arrives on Netflix, but not everyone appreciates the storyline. Constance Wang, former chief operating officer of the crypto exchange and then co-CEO in its final months, strongly criticizes the trailer for The Altruists. She believes the series turns a bankruptcy that destroyed billions of dollars into a love story between Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison. Netflix will air all eight episodes on November 19.

The United States puts 215 million dollars on the table to accelerate the development of fault-tolerant quantum computers. The Department of Energy's goal is to demonstrate machines with hundreds of logical qubits by 2028. For Bitcoin, the news deserves attention. A sufficiently powerful quantum machine could one day attack the signatures that protect certain bitcoin. And this week, an Ethereum researcher added another concern: AI could accelerate the threat even before the arrival of the famous "Q-Day".

Bitcoin brushed 80,900 dollars before bouncing back towards 82,000 dollars. At the same time, the AI sector takes another bad surprise: OpenAI communicated to its investors an annualized revenue close to 50 billion dollars for September, about 20 billion less than the previously mentioned 70 billion. The two events do not have the same origin. However, they arrive in a market where expensive oil, high rates, and gigantic expenses are starting to make investors much more demanding.

American Bitcoin ETFs have just experienced their worst session since June. On Wednesday, 484.9 million dollars left spot funds, wiping out in one day all the inflows accumulated since the beginning of October. BlackRock accounts for more than 207 million dollars in withdrawals. Bitcoin followed the trend, returning around 82,700 dollars.

Kazakhstan brings its financial system closer to crypto again. The country’s National Bank, Tether, and the Alatau city administration signed an agreement to study a stablecoin backed by the tenge, the national currency. The project first involves a concept and a pilot. The partners also want to tokenize real assets potentially using Tether’s Hadron platform. No new stablecoin has been launched yet.

Nvidia is no longer far from a threshold never reached before on the Stock Market. The AI chip giant is now worth about 5,780 billion dollars, after a new peak of its stock at 239.24 dollars. At constant capital, a rise of just under 4% would be enough to raise its valuation to 6,000 billion. The global race for artificial intelligence infrastructures continues to fuel the movement.

Ethereum has just activated Glamsterdam on the Sepolia testnet. The crypto upgrade was launched on October 6 at 13:53 UTC, at epoch 353,024. Several important changes are now being tested on a public network: new organization of block construction, preparation for parallel processing, and revision of certain gas costs. The mainnet will still have to wait.