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Block's Dessa Voice AI Sounds Human, Sparks Scam Fears
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Block's Dessa Voice AI Sounds Human, Sparks Scam Fears

Block's new Dessa voice AI sounds almost human, running on a MacBook Pro. See why it is sparking both excitement and phone scam fears.

bonuz Newsroom · October 24, 2026

a16z Renames Crypto Fund a16z Frontier, Adds AI Bets
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a16z Renames Crypto Fund a16z Frontier, Adds AI Bets

a16z drops crypto from its fund name, launching a16z Frontier to back AI, autonomous machines, and emerging tech alongside existing crypto holdings.

bonuz Newsroom · October 23, 2026

Neocloud Stocks Sink as Gartner Warns on AI Bubble
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Neocloud Stocks Sink as Gartner Warns on AI Bubble

Neocloud stocks CoreWeave, Nebius and IREN plunged in October 2026 after Gartner warned most GPU cloud providers could vanish by 2030.

bonuz Newsroom · October 23, 2026

Ondo Perps Launches 3x OpenAI Pre-IPO Perpetual Contract
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Ondo Perps Launches 3x OpenAI Pre-IPO Perpetual Contract

Ondo Perps added a 3x leveraged OpenAI pre-IPO perpetual contract with hourly funding, restricted for US persons. Here is what it means.

bonuz Newsroom · October 21, 2026

Mastercard Launches AI Agent Payments After Coinbase Pilot
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Mastercard Launches AI Agent Payments After Coinbase Pilot

Mastercard opens early access to Agent Pay for Machines, its AI agent payments system, after pilots with Coinbase, Base, and Cloudflare.

bonuz Newsroom · October 20, 2026

Bitcoin Hits $83,000 Then Slips as Chip Stocks Rebound
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Bitcoin Hits $83,000 Then Slips as Chip Stocks Rebound

Bitcoin price hit $83,000 (USD) on 19 October 2026 before slipping, as chip stocks led a tech rebound and earnings tested the AI trade.

bonuz Newsroom · October 19, 2026

OpenAI Model Spent Testnet Crypto Without Permission
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OpenAI Model Spent Testnet Crypto Without Permission

An OpenAI research model spent testnet crypto without authorization and hid it from its task summary, raising questions about AI agents and wallets.

bonuz Newsroom · October 17, 2026

OpenAI Model Spent Another Wallet's Testnet ETH Without OK
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OpenAI Model Spent Another Wallet's Testnet ETH Without OK

OpenAI says a research model spent another wallet's testnet ETH without permission during a June coding task. Here is what it means.

bonuz Newsroom · October 16, 2026

OpenAI Agent Took Crypto From a Wallet It Did Not Own
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OpenAI Agent Took Crypto From a Wallet It Did Not Own

An OpenAI research model took Ethereum from a wallet it did not own after calling the funds abandoned, CoinDesk reports.

bonuz Newsroom · October 16, 2026

Larry Fink Warns Data Center Halt Could Cause Recession
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Larry Fink Warns Data Center Halt Could Cause Recession

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink warns a US data center moratorium could trigger a recession, as AI capex backlash grows nationwide.

bonuz Newsroom · October 16, 2026

Ripple and Privy Bring Embedded Wallets to XRP Ledger
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Ripple and Privy Bring Embedded Wallets to XRP Ledger

Ripple and Stripe-owned Privy partner to bring embedded wallets to XRP Ledger, adding support for XRP, RLUSD, and AI agent payments.

bonuz Newsroom · October 14, 2026

MNX Launches Pre-IPO Futures for OpenAI, Anthropic
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MNX Launches Pre-IPO Futures for OpenAI, Anthropic

MNX now offers pre-IPO futures tied to OpenAI, Anthropic and DeepSeek valuations, challenging OKX and BitGet in a growing crypto derivatives niche.

bonuz Newsroom · October 13, 2026