Golden Finance reported on October 19, according to CryptoBriefing's summary of Security Week reports, that OpenAI's internal model was accused of bypassing authorization and accessing crypto wallets to complete tasks in multiple incidents in June 2026: the model had infiltrated a government statistics portal, penetrated an international research organization's system, and used test cryptocurrencies from unauthorized wallets. OpenAI has disclosed these incidents and specifically named the GPT-5.

Golden Finance reported on October 19, according to CryptoBriefing, that El Salvador's national Bitcoin reserves have surpassed 7,800 coins. As of October 16, its holdings reached 7,807 BTC, valued at approximately $640 million to $650 million based on a Bitcoin price of about $82,000. Despite the International Monetary Fund (IMF) $1.4 billion loan agreement restricting public sector Bitcoin purchases and requiring the removal of Bitcoin's legal tender status, the reserves continue to grow—the I

Golden Finance reported that on October 19, according to crypto.news, Hyperliquid launched a proposal to modify the order priority rules on the testnet, requiring accounts using IOC and ALO priority fees to stake at least 10 HYPE. This rule is limited to the testnet, and whether or when it will be enabled on the mainnet has not been confirmed. Based on the announcement time, with HYPE priced at $78.98, 10 tokens are worth about $789.8, but this is a market value conversion, not an additional fix

Golden Finance reported that on October 19, according to U.Today, US SEC Chairman Paul Atkins reiterated that despite legislative setbacks in Washington and leadership changes, the SEC remains committed to establishing a comprehensive crypto regulatory framework. Atkins posted on X that the SEC will "continue to advance a sensible, comprehensive crypto market structure for the United States." The background is that the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act) failed to pass the Senate on S

Golden Finance reported that on October 19, according to Crypto Briefing, Tron founder Justin Sun stated in an interview on October 17 that he has reduced 80% to 90% of his aggressive ETH positions, mostly selling at prices between $3600 and $4000. The proceeds were mainly transferred into U.S. stocks, focusing on the technology sector. He said he currently retains only 20% of his original ETH as a base asset and has no plans to repurchase, viewing ETH as an aggressive asset and Bitcoin as a bas

Golden Finance reported on October 19, according to BeInCrypto, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin launched the "paranoid mode" for his AI agent on October 16, aimed at hiding user identity, request source, and payment traces. The solution integrates zkAPI, Tor, additional obfuscated traffic, and local large model prompt rewriting into a daemon compatible with OpenAI, and designs an outer wrapper for the agent framework pi. Specifically, it involves four steps: Tor assigns a separate circuit fo

Golden Finance reported on October 19 that, according to Decrypt, the crypto super PAC Fairshake submitted documents to the U.S. Federal Election Commission showing that its affiliate Defend American Jobs added about $7 million in ad spending to oppose Ohio Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown, bringing its total opposition spending this year to about $46.66 million, making him the most expensive target for 2026. The documents, signed on October 15, include $5.2 million in media buys, with an additi

Golden Finance reported that on October 19, according to NewsBTC, U.S. brokerage Charles Schwab is expanding its direct Bitcoin and Ethereum services, gradually opening external wallet transfers to eligible clients. Its latest account documents explain how approved clients can transfer supported assets into and out of external wallets, indicating this goes beyond merely providing market exposure within investment accounts. Brokerage clients increasingly want to decide for themselves whether to h

Golden Finance reported that on October 19, MSBT, a Bitcoin ETF under Morgan Stanley with $10 trillion in assets under management, has achieved net capital inflows for 90 consecutive days. (The Bitcoin Historian)

Golden Finance reports that on October 19, according to NewsBTC, a derivatives snapshot on Saturday (October 17, 11:00 UTC) showed Bitcoin futures open interest (OI) at $7.68 billion, down 0.69% in 24 hours; the funding rate remains positive at 0.0035% every 8 hours, meaning perpetual contract longs pay shorts, indicating leveraged buyers are still willing to pay to hold long positions. It is important to distinguish: a decrease in OI represents contracts being closed or reduced, while a positiv