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According to Cryptopolitan, the security company Island released a study on November 12, revealing 186 counterfeit domains mimicking 27 well-known AI brands. Among them, ChatGPT was the most impersonated, with 25 similar domains, followed by Claude with 18, DeepSeek with 16, and Runway with 12. Some of these similar domains redirect users to advertising pages, while others point to malicious websites.The study states that attackers implement their attacks using a technique called TypoPrompting, exploiting spelling errors made by users when entering AI tool URLs. Island tracked three related pathways: redirecting visitors to a fake Cloudflare verification page and enticing Windows users to execute PowerShell commands; promoting a disguised security check application called Net Guard, which can hijack browsers and run remote scripts; and involving 30 browser extensions that hijack searches, of which 13 have been removed, while the remaining 17 collectively have 972,000 users. Island noted that the 186 fake domains are a count of the number, not confirmed infection cases, and it has not yet been confirmed that this activity has caused any losses.

According to The Block, the foundation behind the Ethereum Layer 2 network MegaETH has been renamed MEGA and has committed to allocating $30 million from its existing treasury to develop new products, with the first AI inference marketplace scheduled to launch in December.MEGA stated that all new products will run on MegaETH, and planned network upgrades such as rapid finality will also support AI inference products. Co-founder Shuyao Kong mentioned that the inference marketplace targets developers as its customer base, with specific suppliers and models to be announced at launch.MEGA's responsibilities also include expanding the use cases of the MEGA token, and Kong stated that the team will utilize the token in possible scenarios.

Gnosis Pay disclosed on November 6, 2026, that its consumer card system was accessed without authorization on November 3, resulting in the exposure of some customer information. The company stated that it initiated containment within two hours of discovering the incident and has replaced the affected credentials and fixed the vulnerabilities; customer funds were not affected.This incident only involved the Gnosis Pay brand consumer card business, and the enterprise platform supporting white-label payment projects was not affected. Rotki founder Lefteris Karapetsas stated that the leaked information included full names, addresses, card numbers, and cryptocurrency wallet addresses associated with accounts; the number of affected customers and the full scope of information have not yet been disclosed.Gnosis Pay has enabled mandatory 3D Secure verification for online card transactions and strengthened monitoring of suspicious card and wallet activities, with these measures set to continue until the consumer card system is scheduled to retire on December 20. The company stated that it has notified partners, issuing institutions, and relevant data protection agencies, and will conduct a security review.

On November 6, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission released a consultation summary, proposing to further restrict unregulated entities from using names that may mislead the public into believing they are regulated, and plans to extend these restrictions to the virtual asset sector.According to the proposed amendments, Hong Kong will introduce similar restrictions under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance, focusing on virtual asset trading platforms, as well as virtual assets that are unrelated to securities or futures contracts but can be traded or settled through virtual asset trading platforms. Unauthorized entities will be subject to restrictions on the use of relevant titles to prevent the public from mistakenly viewing them as regulated entities. The related proposals have received broad support from the market.The Securities and Futures Commission stated that it will further finalize the draft amendments to the Securities and Futures Ordinance and the Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance, and submit them to the Legislative Council for review and approval.

Blockchain analysis company Chainalysis stated that it has confirmed that certain customer information, including the names, usernames, password hashes, and valid tokens of all Chainalysis users, was exposed to a malicious actor during this security incident. During the investigation, access to Reactor and Data Solutions was cut off by the officials. There is currently no evidence that any investigative data was accessed or that Chainalysis's attribution data was tampered with.It is reported that the officials implemented additional proactive monitoring systems to detect abnormal activities. After abnormal activities were discovered today, the KYT (User Interface and API) and other address screening products and login pages were taken offline. Customers whose KYT accounts appear to have been accessed without authorization are being directly notified.Chainalysis plans to restore access to KYT and address screening starting tomorrow. Customers can send trusted IP addresses to support@chainalysis.com or contact the Chainalysis customer team to be whitelisted. Subsequently, Chainalysis will authorize users to reset passwords and rotate API keys for transaction logging.

Ethereum Layer 2 data platform L2BEAT announced its rebranding to ETHBEAT. The team stated that their work has clearly exceeded the scope of Layer 2, and the new name aligns with their new mission. The name change does not signify a abandonment of Layer 2 coverage; relevant monitoring will continue, but Layer 2 will no longer be the sole focus. The current emphasis is on confirming whether systems built on Ethereum truly deliver the assurances of Ethereum to users.L2BEAT was launched over five years ago, with the initial goal of organizing the rapidly developing Ethereum Layer 2 at that time. The team tracked adoption through dashboards, starting with total locked value, later adjusting to total assurance value, and expanding to data such as activity levels; they also reviewed the source code of deployed smart contracts to assess whether these systems inherit Ethereum's security guarantees.ETHBEAT will bring its existing transparency and review methods to a broader Ethereum ecosystem and collaborate with other Ethereum organizations. Layer 2 remains one of the core areas, alongside privacy and the upcoming liquid staking, while cross-chain interoperability, tokens, zero-knowledge proofs, native Rollups, and foundational layer changes will also continue to be tracked. The team also launched the CROPS guide, which includes projects that meet principles of anti-censorship, open-source, privacy, and security. Its mission is to help users understand and reduce reliance on intermediaries, clarifying whom users must trust, what these entities can do, and whether users can still exit after other participants withdraw.

According to reports from the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, citing informed sources and The Information, Meta has collaborated with the Chinese robotics company Fourier to create a humanoid robot prototype named Max, and has begun developing a second-generation product. An informed source stated that the two parties created this humanoid robot, which weighs about 106 pounds (approximately 48 kilograms), in just three months.The report indicates that this work aims to help Meta's robotics department refine future products, which may potentially be officially launched, although the release date has not yet been determined. Two informed sources mentioned that Li-Chen Miller, Vice President of Product for Meta's robotics business, worked at Fourier's Shanghai factory for nearly two months to jointly advance the development of the prototype.Fourier refers to Shanghai Fourier Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., established in 2015, headquartered in Shanghai, with business covering rehabilitation robots and general humanoid robots, and has launched the GR series of humanoid robot products.

Blockchain analysis company Chainalysis issued a security incident notification stating that this month, external attackers exploited Agentic Techniques to gain unauthorized access to its systems and internal tools. The team is currently investigating the unauthorized activities, patching vulnerabilities, and strengthening system security.Chainalysis stated that based on the evidence currently available, there are no signs of unauthorized access to the investigation content (including charts, notes, and case information), transactions or query results, plaintext passwords, multi-factor authentication (MFA) keys, and user session tokens.However, some non-sensitive customer data has been accessed, including platform user IDs, names, email addresses, and organizational role information, involving relevant customers and their organizational members. Chainalysis is confirming the specific affected records and will release further details later.Chainalysis specifically emphasized that this security incident is unrelated to the recent theft of cryptocurrency assets from Binance.

According to the official announcement, Gate Money has recently adjusted the fee standards for its USD-named accounts. While continuing to offer free account opening services, the account management fee has been reduced from 2 USDT per month to 1 USDT, and the USD withdrawal fee has been lowered from 50 USDT per transaction to 25 USDT, with both fees seeing a reduction of 50%. In addition, VIP 5 and above users can enjoy a full waiver of the account management fee, further reducing the costs of account usage and cross-border fund management.Currently, Gate Money supports four major fiat currencies—USD, EUR, GBP, and AED—for cross-border deposits and withdrawals via SWIFT. Eligible users can open a USD bank account in their name with one click and complete fund transfers, asset exchanges, yield management, and daily payments through the Gate App, enhancing the convenience of multi-currency fund management.Additionally, Gate Money is launching a limited-time account opening reward activity, lasting until November 11 at 16:00 (UTC+8). Users who complete registration and identity verification, open a USD-named account for the first time, and complete a valid bank transfer will have the chance to receive a random reward of 2–100 USDT, with specific rules subject to the official announcement.

According to the official announcement, Gate Money will launch the "Account Opening Gifts" event from October 28 at 16:00 to November 11 at 16:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users who complete registration and identity verification, successfully open an account for the first time, and complete a valid bank transfer will have the chance to receive random rewards ranging from 2 to 100 USDT.After the event ends, Gate will randomly select up to 5,000 users who pass the qualification review, with each person eligible to receive a random reward of 2 to 100 USDT. Each individual can claim the reward once, and no trading or purchase of financial products is required. The specific account opening and reward rules are subject to the official announcement.Gate Money is an integrated financial service application within the Gate App, facilitating cross-border capital flow and daily consumption scenarios. Eligible users can directly open a USD bank account in their own name with one click through the Gate App. The platform supports cross-border deposits and withdrawals in four major fiat currencies: US Dollar (USD), Euro (EUR), British Pound (GBP), and United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED) via SWIFT, and integrates functions such as Convert asset exchange, Earn financial management, Gate Card consumption, and Pay payment, achieving efficient connections from global fund transfers, multi-currency asset management to daily payments.

Coinbase Business announced that it supports AI Agents to purchase domains on the domain platform Atom through the x402 payment protocol.The company stated that previously, most x402 payment processes were focused on data and API requests, and this time the application scenario has been expanded to domain purchases.

ENSv2 officially launched on the Ethereum mainnet, introducing a layered registry and a more refined permission model, supporting community and institutional custom subdomain issuance rules and partitioned authorization management. The new version also updates the domain resolution method and supports record link sharing, while launching the ENS App for ordinary users and the ENS Explorer for developers.ENS states that its ecosystem currently supports over 36 million domain names, covering more than 600 applications; existing .eth domain names do not need to be re-registered and can voluntarily upgrade to ENSv2 within the ENS App starting today.

The AI laboratory Anthropic, which developed Claude, named TSMC in its IPO prospectus, warning that the world's most advanced chip manufacturing capacity is highly concentrated in Taiwan. The prospectus states that if TSMC's operations are disrupted, it could severely impact the supply of AI chips and affect Anthropic's business, financial condition, and operational results.According to MoneyDJ citing the prospectus, the global AI industry heavily relies on TSMC's advanced processes. Suppliers such as NVIDIA and AMD, as well as companies that design their own chips like Amazon and Google, all need TSMC to turn their designs into physical chips. The listed risks include earthquakes, typhoons, interruptions in power and water supply, as well as cross-strait geopolitical tensions, military conflicts, blockades, tariffs, and trade restrictions.The prospectus also states that if a significant event occurs in Taiwan, the supply of advanced chips could be severely hindered; due to the time-consuming nature of building and certifying alternative foundries, the impact could last for several years. The expansion of advanced processes outside Taiwan is still in its early stages, making it difficult to effectively reduce concentration risks in the short term. TSMC has been unable to fully meet market demand due to strong demand, resulting in Anthropic not being able to obtain a sufficient supply of chips in a timely manner.

NASDAQ-listed company BNB Standard Corporation (NASDAQ: BNC) rang the opening bell at Times Square in New York to commemorate the company's name change and the appointment of new CEO Alex Odagiu.The company, formerly known as CEA Industries, officially changed its name on September 29, with its main business including managing the BNB corporate treasury and planning to operate validation nodes on the BNB Chain. The company claims to hold the largest corporate BNB reserves in the world.

On October 23, a16z General Partner Chris Dixon announced that a16z crypto would be renamed a16z Frontier. The investment scope has expanded from crypto startups to a broader category of frontier technology startups, which are companies that create new technologies, open new markets, and may take years to mature. Dixon emphasized that this adjustment is an expansion of scope rather than a shift in direction, and the team will continue to invest in crypto and related businesses while advocating for reasonable crypto regulation.Dixon stated that as blockchain becomes more widely adopted, Wall Street and fintech companies have normalized the launch of on-chain products, and the importance of the "crypto company" label has diminished; companies should be defined by their business rather than the technology they use. His explanation also pointed to the AI wave, which not only focuses on using AI to perform existing tasks faster and better but also emphasizes the emergence of new native use cases, full-stack entrepreneurship that integrates software and hardware with services, and new networks that connect people with intelligent agents.Dixon believes that blockchain will continue to play an important role, providing the internet with a fast, cheap, global, and programmable funding track. Stablecoins are becoming standard tools for fintech and institutions, and they can also support machine-to-machine transactions and the cold start of new networks. The fund will be co-led by Dixon along with a16z founders Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, and General Partners Eddy Lazzarin and Guy Wuollet, while the operating team will continue to serve existing and future portfolio companies in areas such as regulation, market entry, talent, marketing, and technology development.

On October 22, a16z announced the removal of "Crypto" from the name of its flagship blockchain fund, renaming it to a16z Frontier, and long-time general partner Ali Yahya is stepping down. The announcement stated that this move does not signify a withdrawal from investing in the cryptocurrency space, but rather aims to further broaden the investment scope.The fund has previously raised nearly $10 billion, including $4.5 billion in 2022 and $2.2 billion for Fund 5 this year, making it one of the largest institutional players in the industry. When raising Fund 5 this year, a16z stated that the industry is shifting from a price cycle to a usage cycle, focusing on the infrastructure of stablecoins, on-chain finance, prediction markets, and asset tokenization, rather than merely chasing market trends.Chris Dixon, founder and managing partner of a16z crypto, will remain in his position. Investments related to crypto assets and blockchain remain one of the core directions, but the overall label and strategic focus have been adjusted to cover a broader range of frontier technology fields.

According to The Information, a16z will remove "Crypto" from the name of its flagship blockchain fund, renaming it to "a16z Frontier," and will shift its focus to other investment areas; the fund's first founding member will also be leaving.