Governance
DeFi
French regulator calls out DeFi centralization as AWS gains 6% in ETH node market share
ACPR reveals findings on DeFi consultation, hinting at smart contract certification and governance rules
Legal
Gary Gensler’s SEC threatened with forced compliance over alleged obstruction by House committee
Compulsory process threat looms over SEC chair Gensler in intensifying oversight dispute with House committee.
AI
Microsoft, Adobe and Intel take small step against deepfakes with opt-in tool for ‘combined’ media
Open-source tools by tech coalition will give insight into content origination
Bankruptcy
FTX to receive $175M withdrawing up to $1B in other claims against Genesis
Settlement agreement green lights FTX's $175M claim and puts $1B counterclaims to rest.
Legal
Judge Kaplan allows charitable contributions to be admitted while denying SBF’s other pre-trial requests
Bankman-Fried's pretrial evidentiary requests hit a wall in Kaplan's court.
Gaming
Immutable to offer studios up to $100k to build web3 games in partnership with Amazon AWS
Immutable and Amazon forge strategic tie-up to supercharge blockchain gaming adoption
AI
Adobe Firefly 2 brings vectors to generative AI tools in Creative Cloud suite
Adobe's Firefly 2 offers generative vectors and innovative expression.
DeFi
DeFi 2.0 launches with DeFiGPT, smart contract antivirus, social profiles and new L2 chain
Antivirus for smart contracts and user-friendly ecosystems – De.Fi 2.0 sets out to democratize DeFi.
Legal
SBF looks to Anthropic investment as Judge denies cross examination of Gary Wang
Lawyers for SBF look to introduce investment in Anthropic to court case as prosecutors file to block move
Exchanges
Whistleblower accuses Arkham Intelligence of exploiting Binance and FTX backdoors to dox users
Alleged former employee claims misuse of backdoor exploits raises serious questions on user privacy and legality.
Technology
Is Slack down? Global outage highlights need for communication redundancy for remote teams
Outage awakens global workforce to remote communication vulnerabilities.
Mining
Bitdeer grows Bitcoin production by 195% YoY with a 35% September increase in BTC mined
Bitdeer triples Bitcoin mining success with strategic focus and operational efficiency.
