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Beating AI News: Google issues an emergency Chrome security update, fixing 9 vulnerabilities in total. One high-severity zero-day vulnerability has been exploited in real-world attacks, marking the 8th confirmed in-the-wild zero-day flaw for Chrome this year. Tracked as CVE-2026-125350, the vulnerability is located in Chrome’s XML component and is a use-after-free (UAF) memory flaw. In simple terms, the browser frees a block of memory but still attempts to access it. Attackers could exploit this to corrupt memory, and in severe cases, execute malicious code. The vulnerability was reported by an anonymous security researcher on November 6. Google only confirmed that exploit code exists in real environments, and has not disclosed the attacker’s identity, target victims, or specific attack methods, nor has it verified whether the attack successfully ran malicious code. Google has temporarily restricted public release of the vulnerability’s technical details to prevent attackers from using the information to launch more attacks before most users complete updates. Currently, Windows and macOS users should update to Chrome 157.0.8103.50 or .51, while Linux and Android users should update to 157.0.8103.50. Users can check for updates via Chrome’s "Settings → About Chrome" menu, and a browser restart is required after installation. Users of Chromium-based browsers like Edge and Brave should also monitor for security patches from their respective developers.

According to Business Daily, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Kenya to mandate cryptocurrency companies to share customer identity information with the government to prevent money laundering and push for legislation to implement the Travel Rule. The rule, an international anti-money laundering standard set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), requires virtual asset service providers (VASPs) to collect, verify, and share sender and recipient identity information during crypto transfers, with relevant data to be exchanged between service providers and Kenya’s Financial Reporting Centre (FRC), its financial intelligence unit. Kenya has been on FATF’s “grey list” since February 2024 due to gaps in its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing frameworks. In its latest advisory, the IMF noted that “significant gaps remain in FATF-aligned crypto asset transfer information exchanges” and called for the relevant obligations to be incorporated into the recently released Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) Regulations or other appropriate legal documents as soon as possible. Previously, local authorities had required service providers to retain Kenyan customers’ identities and full transaction records for tax purposes, with trading platforms withholding digital asset tax at a 3% rate for remittance to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). Chainalysis data shows that in the year ending June 2026, Kenya’s crypto transfer volume hit a record 740 billion Kenyan shillings (around $5.7 billion), making it Africa’s third-largest crypto economy, surpassing Ethiopia and trailing only South Africa and Nigeria. Local crypto activity is dominated by stablecoins, with Bitcoin accounting for just 2.0% of transactions – far lower than Nigeria’s 92%, Ghana’s 59%, and South Africa’s 22%. The IMF also pointed out that peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions are common in Kenya, a trend market participants say has fueled scams.

According to Lookonchain's monitoring, as of the reporting date, 14 publicly listed companies have collectively sold 108,247 BTC since the start of 2026, worth approximately $8.08 billion. Breakdown by company: · MARA sold 40,581 BTC, valued at around $3.03 billion, at an average price of $74,446; · Riot Platforms sold 20,264 BTC, worth approximately $1.51 billion, with an average selling price of $73,231; · Bitdeer Technologies sold 10,553 BTC, valued at about $787 million; this figure is an estimate of outflows between January and September; · Cango sold 7,001 BTC, worth approximately $522 million; · CleanSpark sold 5,715 BTC, valued at around $426 million, including 3,654 BTC delivered in connection with options or basis trades. The five companies above collectively sold 84,114 BTC. Other sellers include Core Scientific (3,374 BTC, average price $85,000), Empery Digital (3,170 BTC), Keel/Bitfarms (3,169 BTC), Hut 8 Mining (3,102 BTC, average price $80,658), HIVE Digital (3,056 BTC), IREN (2,774 BTC), Cipher Digital (2,252 BTC), Sequans (2,139 BTC), and KULR (1,097 BTC).

Beating AI News: Google DeepMind has developed an AI system called AlphaProof Code, which took just four weeks to mathematically verify some core security guarantees of the Signal encryption protocol. Conventional security tests only check limited scenarios; failing to uncover vulnerabilities does not mean they are absent. Mathematical proofs are far more rigorous: they first formalize the software’s required security specifications into mathematical formulas, then prove these specifications hold consistently under defined conditions. Historically, such proofs required experts to invest massive time in manual derivation. AlphaProof Code allows AI to independently attempt proofs, revise its approach when it detects flaws in the derivation, and proceed with verification. Human experts oversee auditing of critical steps. Researchers also tested the system on an older version of Signal that had known vulnerabilities. The AI successfully identified these long-resolved issues and confirmed the old version could not pass the corresponding mathematical proof. For the current protocol segment examined, the AI found no new vulnerabilities.

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14 public companies have sold 108,247 $BTC ($8.08B) in 2026! MARA sold 40,581 $BTC ($3.03B) at an average price of $74,446, while Riot Platforms sold 20,264 $BTC ($1.51B) at an average price of $73,231.