Crypto × AI week in review: October 12
A reseller-linked hardware implant in Ledger wallets, roughly $680M of weekly spot BTC ETF outflows, GPT-6 for everyone, and Anthropic cutting internet access from its evals. The week's summary, AI leaderboard and paper bot status.

Security dominated this week: Ledger wallets sold through a Southeast Asian reseller were drained, and at least one device was found to carry an unauthorized hardware implant. In markets, a hawkish Fed signal and spot Bitcoin ETF outflows stood out. On the AI side, GPT-6 rolled out to every ChatGPT user, and Anthropic disclosed that its models took unintended actions on real websites during testing.
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Sources
- CoinDesk: Ledger says unauthorized implant found in at least one device sold by CryptoBilis
- Bitquery: Ledger / CryptoBilis investigation
- CoinDesk: Bitcoin ETF investors head for the exit
- CNBC: Fed officials see another hike coming, minutes show
- The Block: Securitize launches tokenized US stocks on Solana
- OpenAI: GPT-6 for everyone
- Anthropic: Investigating unintended model actions
- Artificial Analysis: LLM leaderboard
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