Evening Wrap · October 10, 2026
The US Treasury designated multiple crypto-linked terrorist and criminal networks, while Ethereum developers outlined a timeline to transition to post-quantum cryptography.
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Treasury sanctions crypto-linked criminal and terrorist networks
The US Treasury and OFAC sanctioned Iranian crypto exchanges tied to the IRGC, individuals linked to Latin American gang Tren de Aragua over $40.73 million in ATM thefts, and Hamas financiers who moved over $2 million…
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Ethereum targets 2029 for post-quantum infrastructure overhaul
Ethereum developers plan to finalize core post-quantum cryptography by 2029 to defend against advances in quantum computing, with an initial proposal for voluntary quantum-safe signatures potentially arriving in late…
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Ant Digital and HSBC test AI agent micropayments
Ant Digital Technologies and HSBC completed an exploratory test using AI agents to execute automated service interactions and micropayments using tokenized bank deposits.
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Bitcoin is at $82,974, Ether trades at $2,508, and total market capitalization stands at $2.76 trillion.
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