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Tuesday, October 20, marks the close of the comment period for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed Regulation Crypto Assets (Release No. 33-11434, Docket S7-2026-27). The proposal, published in the Federal Register on August 21, creates a tailored offering regime with a startup exemption for up to $5 million over four years and tiered fundraising…

Avalanche Treasury Company CEO Bart Smith expects artificial intelligence agents to create a sharp increase in blockchain activity as they move deeper into financial markets. Speaking at the Avalanche Summit in New York, Smith argued that low-end projections for agentic activity could challenge the assumption that Layer 1 blockspace is effectively unlimited. His central warning…

Attackers built a website for a fake AI crypto trading agent and used it to install Needle Stealer, malware that replaces a victim’s browser wallet with a copy that sends the wallet password to the attacker. HP caught the campaign between April and June 2026.