Who is Malone Lam? Singaporean Fraudster Pleads Guilty to $245M Bitcoin Theft
Malone Lam, 22, from Singapore, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal racketeering conspiracy charge tied to the theft of more than 4,100 Bitcoin from a Washington, D.C., resident. Prosecutors valued the theft at roughly $245M when it occurred and described it as one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts involving a single victim in U.S….
OpenAI adds a prominent AI doomer to its board of directors
Paul Christiano, an influential AI researcher focused on keeping AI systems aligned with human interests and under human control, is joining the OpenAI Foundation board, the frontier lab said Wednesday. “I now believe there is a meaningful risk that rapid acceleration in AI capabilities leads to catastrophic and irreversible loss of control in the very…
Trump’s $5K Proposal Could Ignite an ‘Insane’ Altcoin Season: Analyst
The proposed payout would be smaller than the pandemic-era stimulus but could still represent a huge injection of liquidity. President Donald Trump has proposed a $5,000 “dividend” payment to every adult US citizen if Republicans hold Congress after the midterm elections. Crypto traders picked up on it almost instantly, with at least one well-followed…
DealHub MCP Brings Agentic Control to Quote-to-Revenue
Austin, Texas, September 9th, 2026, TechnologyWire This article was provided by TechnologyWire and does not represent the editorial content of eWeek. DealHub AI, the leading Agentic Quote-to-Revenue platform, today announced MCP for Admin, a new AI capability that transforms the way organizations configure and manage their revenue systems. Through autonomous workflows and natural language prompts,…
Gen Z Is Twice as Likely to Call Sports Betting an Investment, BofA Finds
Key Takeaways BofA survey found 20% of Americans call sports betting an investment; 40% of Gen Z do. Across all generations, event contracts were seen as more investment-like than betting. Bettors recovered under 75 cents per dollar every month from January through July. A Perception Gap Matching Industry Positioning The survey ran from March 24…
PayPal launches PYUSDx after $100M milestone
PayPal, M0 and MoonPay officially launched the PYUSDx custom stablecoin platform on Sept. 9 with three active projects that the companies said have collectively processed more than $100 million. Summary PYUSDx lets businesses issue customized stablecoins backed by PayPal USD through modular token infrastructure services. Saturn, Concrete and Cap launched tokens that collectively processed more…
Instead of paying monthly for cloud storage, you can get 100TB for life
TL;DR: Through Sept. 10, you can get a 100TB Internxt Cloud Storage Lifetime Subscription on sale for $974.97. $974.97 $9,900 Save $8,925.03 Most cloud storage works like a rental. You pay every month to keep your files online, and the price jumps each time you need more space. Stretch that across several years and…
Another Major Pi Network (PI) Update Is Here
Pi Network rolled out another update as it continues expanding the utility of its vast Node ecosystem. The Core Team outlined the introduction of Pi Desktop 0.6.3, carrying several important updates to SoloHost in another attempt to provide a further glimpse into the project’s plans to expand Pi Nodes far beyond blockchain validation. In…
Trump Offers Every American $5,000 If Republicans Win The Midterms
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he would pay $5,000 to every American if Republicans retained control of the U.S. House and Senate in the midterm elections, seemingly in an effort to incentivize votes for his party. “Here is my promise: If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate,”…
Singapore Grants Gemini Major Crypto License for Trading Push
Key Takeaways Gemini secured a Major Payment Institution license from MAS. The license covers digital tokens and cross-border transfers. Gemini has served customers in Singapore since 2020. Gemini Clears Singapore’s Major Licensing Hurdle Retail and institutional customers in Singapore can continue accessing Gemini’s regulated digital asset services after the exchange cleared a major licensing hurdle….
