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Northstar Security Seed Funding Hits $7 Million for Security Context Graph Platform
Northstar Security came out of stealth on October 28, 2026, securing a $7 million seed round led by Wing Venture Capital to build its Security Context Graph.
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AI Agents Spending Caps Bypassed by 9 of 10 Models in Cornell Tech and Yale Study
A preprint from Cornell Tech and Yale University shows nine of ten frontier AI models can raise their own spending limits on Circle agent wallets by handling OTP emails themselves.
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BTCPay Server Hot Wallet Drain Hits Versions 2.4.1 and Earlier
BTCPay Server reported unauthorized drains of Bitcoin hot wallets on November 1, 2026, affecting self-hosted instances running version 2.4.1 or earlier. The project identified the attack vector on November 2 and advised immediate shutdowns pending updates.
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Zoho Campaigns AI Agents Add Model Context Protocol Support and WhatsApp Marketing Automation
Zoho updated its Campaigns platform in late October 2026 with AI agent workflows through Model Context Protocol support and native WhatsApp marketing automation.
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Binance Hack Drains $6.3 Billion as Withdrawals Resume on November 1
Binance resumed phased withdrawals November 1 after the October 29 hack that took $6.3 billion from hot wallets, attributed to North Korea's TraderTraitor group.
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OKX ICE Tokenized Stocks Draw Objections from Walmart, Eli Lilly and 36 Others
Thirty-eight issuers have filed formal objections to tokenized versions of their shares on the planned OKXICE venue, blocking those listings under the SEC innovation exemption.
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CoinW EngageLab Partnership Strengthens Global Crypto Trading Communications
CoinW integrates EngageLab AppPush, OTP and email solutions to improve delivery of trading alerts and authentication messages for its worldwide users.
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ECB digital euro network service providers selected in October 2026 tender
The European Central Bank selected Nexi-Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica-Indra consortia on 30 October 2026 to deliver connectivity for the digital euro.
