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Ripple CEO Says BIS Testing With XRP Ledger Is No Surprise to Him – Bitcoin News

Key Takeaways Garlinghouse highlighted XRPL’s low fees and settlement speed. Researchers tested a data-verification system on XRPL DevNet. The proof of concept did not constitute BIS adoption of XRPL. Garlinghouse Highlights XRP Ledger’s Technical Record Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse reacted on Sept. 4 after the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) published research describing a data-verification…

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Tether-backed Orionx closes over $7m custody gap

Chilean crypto exchange Orionx began permanently closing its operations on Sept. 3 after a forensic audit identified a custody shortfall exceeding $7 million. Summary Orionx began permanently closing after an audit found over $7 million missing from custodial wallets. Customer withdrawals remain suspended while Orionx calculates balances and prepares its planned asset restitution process. Chile’s…

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Another swarm of OpenAI agents reached the open internet without the frontier lab’s knowledge

A group of independent AI researchers discovered that internally deployed OpenAI agents began posting on an obscure German wiki forum in order to collaborate on evaluations. They appear to have worked together for over a month without OpenAI’s knowledge. A spokesperson for the frontier lab would not say whether these agents were indeed from OpenAI,…

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Kraken launches OpenAI and Anthropic pre-IPO perps

Kraken is offering perpetual futures tied to the private-market valuations of OpenAI and Anthropic, giving eligible traders leveraged exposure before either artificial intelligence company completes a public listing. Summary Kraken offers cash-settled Anthropic and OpenAI pre-IPO perpetuals with maximum leverage of five times globally. The contracts provide price exposure without shares, voting rights, dividends or…

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