CZ: "People often want to ask me if their startup idea is good, as if my opinion means anything."

"I think 99% of ideas are good if the team can execute well."

"The problem is, 98% of teams fail at execution."

"So, no need to sell me your idea, show your execution."

INFORMATIVE: What if your AI could spend your money while you sleep?

From paying for services to sending crypto to other AI agents, autonomous payments could change how money moves online.

But one wrong transaction could be costly.

Would you trust an AI with your wallet?

Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth-based messaging app Bitchat has hit #1 on France’s App Store in social networking.

Downloads surged amid nationwide protests and an Orange network outage that disrupted calls and mobile data on October 21.

@jack

🚨 Tether has frozen $2.2M in USDT on TRON linked to the CoinDCX exploit, according to @AMLBotHQ.

The freeze could help prevent the funds from being moved further as investigators track the stolen crypto.

@tether @CoinDCX

🚨 A @Pumpfun co-founder’s repost sent $KIMCHI soaring to a $14M market cap.

Then the repost disappeared and the memecoin crashed 98% in just 30 minutes.

The token plunged to around $284K as traders rushed in and out.

A viral repost, a brutal crash, and a big lesson in Pumpfun @a1lon9 @kimchi1x

🚨 $1.37 BILLION DEMAND! New York AG is seeking around $1.37B from NovaTech founders over an alleged crypto pyramid scheme that collected over $1.16B in crypto deposits.

The AG has also secured nearly $6M in settlements from four promoters, who are now banned from the crypto industry.

ICYMI: Senator Cynthia Lummis says, "Democrats wanted higher civil monetary penalties enforced by the Justice Department for digital asset violations."

"The Clarity Act raises them."

"Democrats voted no on the motion to proceed, effectively saying they felt imposing tougher me wasn’t even worth a debate, let alone passing."

WazirX says trust is back. But what about the money?

More than 2 years after the $235M hack, 15% of approved user claims remain unpaid.

Around 1 billion Recovery Tokens are still untradeable, with zero buybacks publicly announced so far.

Nischal Shetty says profits will help I_News

🚨 INTERPOL’s Operation Serengeti III has resulted in 1,462 arrests and over $105 million recovered across 21 countries, with authorities dismantling illegal crypto mining centers in Angola and uncovering crypto laundering in Nigeria.

🚨 An Ethereum OG who bought 3,000 $ETH at $18.83 each nine years ago has reportedly sold for around $7.23 million, marking a roughly 128x return, according to Arkham data.

🚨 A UAE-led international operation has tracked over $39 billion in fraudulent funds and crypto assets, resulting in more than 960 arrests.

Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand are teaming up to develop cross-border payment standards for regulated stablecoins and tokenized bank deposits.

Elon Musk has reportedly donated around $366 million to support Republicans in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, according to Reuters.

@elonmusk

ARK Invest’s Venture Fund returned 3.3% in Q3 2026, with Kalshi among its top contributors and SpaceX among its biggest detractors.

Meanwhile, tokenization firm Securitize completed its SPAC merger and went public.

@ARKInvest @SpaceX @Kalshi

CME and other commodity exchanges are urging the CFTC to block Kalshi’s proposed perpetual oil futures contract, citing concerns over market integrity, Bloomberg reports.

🚨 Polymarket has reportedly dismissed CMO Matthew Modabber following an internal investigation, according to the New York Post.

Modabber was a close ally of CEO Shayne Coplan.

@Polymarket

ICYMI: Ethereum Foundation postpones the Glamsterdam upgrade on the Hoodi testnet, pushing back its October 26 rollout to assess how EIP-8037 could affect mainnet smart contracts.

CZ says AI hacking fears around crypto are overblown since the internet and banking run on weaker encryption, but warns:

“AI doesn’t need to break Bitcoin’s cryptography to cause damage, leaked data already enables more phishing, social engineering, etc.”

🚨 Aave V4 rolls out its first externally curated markets with Sentora on Ethereum, allowing users to borrow RLUSD, PYUSD and OUSD against yield-bearing assets and blue-chip collateral.

@aave @StaniKulechov

Trump says the U.S. has “knocked the hell out of Iran” and may carry out further strikes.