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  • Meta claims new Muse Wonder AI models rival OpenAI, Anthropic
    by Felix Ng on October 13, 2026 at 1:54 am

    Meta co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said its newest models are a step toward “personal superintelligence.”Meta has unveiled two new artificial intelligence models, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, which it called its most capable models to date and a step toward “personal superintelligence.” Meta on Monday said the models introduce two capabilities Meta calls Active Memory and Active Focus. The first carries relevant information across conversations, and the second helps the agent sustain work on difficult tasks. Independent evaluation platform Artificial Analysis scored Wonder Full at 56 on its Intelligence Index and the standard Wonder at 52, both at maximum reasoning effort. Read more

  • Aptos rolls out Encrypted Mempool to curb frontrunning, sandwich attacks
    by Felix Ng on October 13, 2026 at 12:52 am

    The optional feature hides transaction details until their order is finalized, preventing bots from exploiting pending trades.Layer-1 blockchain Aptos has launched an optional new feature that could help shield traders from attacks involving maximal extractable value (MEV), including frontrunning and sandwich attacks. On Monday, Aptos said its Encrypted Mempool feature is now live on its mainnet, allowing users to opt in to keep pending transactions encrypted until their block ordering is finalized. Aptos said the feature was built for institutions submitting large transactions to the chain, traders wanting to avoid MEV risk, AI agents and builders. “When you send a transaction on any major chain today, anyone watching the network can see the details before it executes, the function you’re calling, the assets and amounts involved, and the contracts you’re interacting with,” Aptos said. “Bots use that visibility to trade against you or copy your strategy.”  Read more

  • FTX’s crypto mining venture is now used to advance AI
    by Turner Wright on October 12, 2026 at 9:11 pm

    The defunct exchange acquired a 20% stake in Genesis Digital Assets before FTX declared bankruptcy in November 2022.The investment company SWI Group has raised about $900 million in capital as part of plans to scale its data center and AI computing capacity, which includes a mining operation previously tied to cryptocurrency exchange FTX.In a Monday notice, SWI Group said the 800-million-euro, or about $900 million, capital raise would fund its AI and data center expansion plans in Europe and the United States. The group reportedly now has majority control over one of FTX’s mining companies, Genesis Digital Assets, which will now be a part of the network of data centers’ computing capacity.SWI announced in June that it had acquired “significant shareholding” in Genesis for $500 million. At the time, the company reported that Genesis had 15 facilities with 1.3 gigawatts of capacity. The firm said that it held a 70% stake in Genesis as of August, allowing it to rename the mining venture to SWI Digital.Read more

  • Here’s what happened in crypto today
    by Sam Bourgi on October 12, 2026 at 7:26 pm

    Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.Today in crypto, a new report from Stripe-backed blockchain Tempo argues that proposed US accounting rules could remove a major barrier to corporate stablecoin adoption, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) warned G20 officials about stablecoin oversight gaps and AI-related financial risks and XRP Ledger developers defended an emergency security patch that bypassed the network’s usual voting process.A proposed change to US accounting standards could make it easier for corporations to hold and use stablecoins without compromising their reported cash positions, according to a new report from Stripe-backed blockchain Tempo.The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is considering allowing qualifying stablecoins to be classified as cash equivalents on corporate balance sheets. Currently, companies may have to report stablecoin holdings as other assets, which can affect liquidity ratios and compliance with loan covenants.Read more

  • Crypto PACs report $2.7M spending blitz on House races as midterms loom
    by Turner Wright on October 12, 2026 at 6:55 pm

    With just 22 days until the US midterm elections, a crypto-aligned committee has announced another major ad expenditure to support “pro-crypto” candidates in 2026.Affiliate entities of Fairshake, the US political action committee (PAC) funded largely by contributions from investment banking company Cantor Fitzgerald, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and Ripple Labs, reported millions of dollars worth of ad buys to support candidates they considered in favor of pro-digital asset policy with the country’s midterm elections less than a month away.On Saturday, filings with the US Federal Election Commission (FEC) showed a combined $2.7 million in spending on media by the Defend American Jobs and Protect Progress PACs. The two Fairshake affiliates reported expenditures on media and direct mail productions to support Democratic and Republican candidates running for US House of Representatives seats in 2026.The expenditures included more than $76,000 for House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, $73,000 for House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn Thompson, $512,000 for California Representative Pete Aguilar and $500,000 for New Jersey Representative Josh Gottheimer. Read more