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Raheim Hamilton, co-creator of the Empire Market dark web site, gets 40 years and a $5m fine and agrees to forfeit about 1,230 bitcoin, DOJ says.

Part two of our Grok agent guide: tools, connectors and MCP in plain words, a safe read-only first setup, how to limit access and a short safety checklist.

What Grok Bot connects to, how sign-in and custom MCP connections work, what it can do inside Gmail, Drive, Notion and more, and how to limit its access.

Spot a made-up AI answer in 5 minutes: a numbered checklist covering sources, numbers, dates and cross-checks, plus what to do when you find a mistake.

CoinDesk reports that MARA moved about 996 BTC ($81.13m) to an address labelled Galaxy Digital. Nobody has confirmed a sale, and MARA has not commented. What the transfer does and does not show.

Thailand's SEC has issued the rules for bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds, effective 16 October 2026, though no Thai crypto ETF has launched. Separately, Bitcoin Core 32.0 is still at release candidate 3, with its final tag aimed for 10 October and a privacy fix included. What changes, and what doesn't.

Three bitcoin business items from 8 October 2026: Block's preliminary, unaudited Q3 Cash App bitcoin figures, an EDX Markets deal to list VerifiedX's tokenised bitcoin (vBTC), and CryptoQuant's reading that miners have made no "extreme" outflows since 21 August. What each says, and what it doesn't.

Sui reports 40.6 million transactions per second through off-chain "tunnels", not its base chain, and says Hashi, its Bitcoin collateral layer, goes live this month. Polygon's payments stack adds TRON's USDT. Lido contributors propose a security-first lending market that still needs a DAO vote. What each claim does and does not mean.

Bitcoin slipped below $83,000 as Brent rose above $102 on an Iran strike-plan report, a day after about $550m of leveraged bets were liquidated. Robinhood added $25m of bitcoin to its balance sheet, and Ledger launched self-custodial bitcoin-backed loans via Morpho. What happened, what each move means, and the risks. No price predictions.

Europol’s cybercrime centre says the quantum threat to crypto sits with exposed wallet keys, not blockchains, and urges a phased upgrade now. Separately, Ethereum researcher Justin Drake calls for “bunker mode” over AI-driven maths, with Vitalik Buterin backing caution. What is analysis, what is opinion, and what has not been broken.