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TheMarkPenney retweeted
Chamath says bitcoin “eventually gets hacked and then it goes to zero.”
He’s right that everything is getting stress tested right now. This week alone:
-AI-assisted audits found two critical holes in PHP, the code behind a huge share of the web. Patches are already out.
-The Switch 2 got its first public jailbreak.
That’s what a stress test looks like. Software has bugs. Bugs get found and fixed.
Bitcoin has been through one. In 2018, a bug that could have inflated the supply was reported on September 17 and fixed on September 18.
Finding a bug isn’t the same as breaking the math. And if the math under bitcoin ever breaks, your bank login breaks with it.
The boring defense is what works. Updated wallet software and, eventually, a new private key.
TheMarkPenney retweeted
🦞 OpenClaw v2026.10.5 is out!
🤖 Sidebar keeps your agents within reach
↩️ Skill Workshop 2.0 gets Undo
🔗 Public conversation links need no sign-in
🎉 2,250 PRs and 637 contributors.
Just the highlights. Much more in the full notes 👇
docs.openclaw.ai/releases/20…
TheMarkPenney retweeted
Join us and the @huggingface team this Friday for the Open Together: AI builders unite event!
luma.com/OpenTogether
TheMarkPenney retweeted
Today we announced the preview of Microsoft Autopilot is rolling out to our first customers - "Autopilot is a persistent, proactive and personal agent that keeps working even when you’re not"
It's been a while since I updated you all on what we are building. First Scout is now Autopilot, and my team leads building this personal agent.
We are building Autopilot on @openclaw, working with @steipete and the OpenClaw Foundation to make it a fantastic enterprise grade runtime.
blogs.microsoft.com/blog/202…
Re-introducing Sebastian, my Autopilot - and he is as excited as I am!
TheMarkPenney retweeted
Buy something online → merchants see your address, your balance, and every coin your change touches.
CoinJoin fixes this:
▪️ Full @WasabiWallet setup
▪️ Auto-mix to cold storage
▪️ Your own node
▪️ Private spending
Watch on @SOVsessions 👇
youtu.be/iyWNgmKHkB8
The sincerest form of flattery
We all know openclaw changed the ai game - but it’s nice to see it acknowledged
TheMarkPenney retweeted
I’ve decided it’s time to have a little more fun on X this year! 😄⚡
I get to speak at some amazing events, meet fascinating people, hear great stories, and occasionally find myself in places I never expected to be. So I figured… why not share some of those moments here?
And there’s more!
I’m also excited to launch my new merch. A little Woz spirit, a little fun, and hopefully a few things bring a smile to your face.
This is just the beginning. More adventures, more stories, and more surprises to come!
WozMerch.com
TheMarkPenney retweeted
🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: Canada just resumed MILITARY talks,
WITH CHINA.
China’s defence ministry announced it.
Not Canada. China.
Our own government said nothing.
You’re learning about your country’s defence policy from Beijing’s propaganda outlets.
This is a nightmare for US-Canada trade negotiations when we’re cozying up to the same country Carney called “our biggest security threat.”
THEY INTERFERE WITH OUR ELECTIONS
Carney is talking military with China as a part of his “New World Order.”
THIS IS NO LONGER A CONSPIRACY THEORY.
Credit to @cbcwatcher for exposing this
Openclaw 8.2
While you were playing with other projects ; the lobster got better ! Mid August to September 1 has been a rocket ride.
Nice work, Openclaw team!
Let’s go!
OpenClaw v2026.8.2 is out 🦞
🏠 Home rides shotgun
🐧 Linux joins the party
⚙️ Tasks work backstage
🎨 Fresh skins
🔧 Fewer things go sideways
Update your claw. It’s getting impatient.
docs.openclaw.ai/releases/20…
TheMarkPenney retweeted
Check out the release notes docs.openclaw.ai/releases/20…
TheMarkPenney retweeted
RALLY THE CLAWS! 🦞
We need your support for our proposed talk at SXSW this year! Follow this link and VOTE to make sure @steipete is able to bring the light of Molty to the masses!
participate.sxsw.com/flow/sx…
TheMarkPenney retweeted
🚨BREAKING🚨 You guys... @BitcoinKnots v29+RDTS is now the number #1 🥇 bitcoin node client software version among @LukeDashjr's census of Bitcoin nodes! This just happened. 🔥🏆💯 Keep doing what you're doing, don't stop. #BIP-110.
TheMarkPenney retweeted
🚨 BREAKING: U.S. government will decide who gets access to GPT-5.6
OpenAI will release GPT-5.6 only in a limited preview to a small group of partners.
Sam Altman told staff the government would be "approving access customer by customer."
Commerce Sec Lutnick personally called Altman warning: don't launch without approvals from other agencies.
A de facto licensing regime.
ITS HAPPENING
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🚨THE FBI CREATED A FAKE CRYPTOCURRENCY.. LISTED IT ON UNISWAP.. HIRED MARKET MAKERS TO PUMP IT.. THEN ARRESTED EVERYONE WHO SAID YES..
THIS IS THE CRAZIEST LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION IN CRYPTO HISTORY!!!
The FBI built an actual ERC-20 token on Ethereum called NexFundAI.. 100 billion token supply.. A professional website.. Whitepapers promising "passive income through AI-powered investing"..
It looked exactly like every other crypto project.. Because that was the point..
Undercover agents posed as the founding team.. Then reached out to professional market-making firms and said "we need you to fake our trading volume"..
Every single firm said yes..
Here's what they recorded..
Gotbit.. A firm run by a 26-year-old Russian who publicly bragged in 2019 that he built a business faking trade volumes.. His team kept internal spreadsheets with columns literally labeled "fake volume" vs "market volume"..
When asked how fast they could pump NexFundAI's volume to $1 million per day.. They said "6 hours.. It will cost about $200"..
$200 to fake $1 million in daily trading volume..
MyTrade.. Run by a guy who called himself "the mastermind".. He explained the exact psychology of the scam on camera..
"We make the chart look like a really nice roller coaster ride.. That's where people jump in.. We have to make them lose money in order to make profit"..
He said that on a recorded FBI video call..
CLS Global.. A Dubai-based firm.. Their bots generated 98% of NexFundAI's total trading volume.. When the FBI asked if they could sync fake volume spikes with fake news announcements.. They said absolutely..
ZM Quant.. Bots executing 10 to 20 trades per minute through dozens of wallets to look organic..
All of them knew it was fraud.. All of them did it anyway.. All of it was recorded..
And the clients were even worse..
Saitama.. A meme coin that hit $7.5 billion market cap.. The founders coordinated buys through private Telegram chats.. Sent "pump it" memes while manipulating the price.. Then dumped on retail investors..
$7.5 billion.. Built entirely on fake volume.. Every penny of real money came from retail investors who thought the momentum was organic..
One founder left Saitama and started Robo Inu.. Used Gotbit again.. Another launched VZZN.. Same playbook..
Lillian Finance.. Founder claimed to be a defense contractor who addressed Congress.. Marketed the token as funding children's hospitals.. Pocketed everything..
When the FBI shut it down.. They seized $25 million in one day.. 18 people indicted across the US, UK, and Portugal.. The CEO of Gotbit was arrested in Portugal and extradited.. Sentenced to 8 months plus $23 million forfeiture..
But here's the part that broke my brain..
Real people bought NexFundAI..
The FBI's fake token.. With zero utility.. Zero real developers.. Created solely to catch criminals.. Attracted real retail investors because the fake volume made the chart look bullish..
When the FBI pulled the liquidity to end the operation.. Those people lost real money.. On a government-issued token..
The FBI had to set up a restitution portal to pay them back..
And it gets worse..
Within 24 hours of the DOJ announcing the sting.. Someone cloned the FBI's exact smart contract.. Launched a copycat token.. Rode the viral momentum.. And made $127,000 in a single day..
Using the exact same manipulation tactics the FBI just arrested 18 people for..
Then in 2026.. The FBI did it again.. New token called Lexobit.. 10 more arrests.. Including operators extradited from Singapore..
IRS forensics showed that in one firm's trading.. 1,209 out of 1,221 consecutive transactions went straight back to wallets the firm controlled.. 99% circular..
The FBI proved what everyone in crypto suspected..
The volume is fake.. The charts are painted.. The momentum is manufactured..
And every time you buy a token because "the chart looks bullish".. You might be the exit liquidity.
THIS IS ACTUALLY INSANE!🤯
The FBI launched its own crypto token last year just to trap the scammers.
They were sick of pump and dumps. So they built a real token with a real site and real branding, called it NexFundAI, and waited to see who would show up.
Within weeks, scammers were lining up to fake the volume for undercover agents.
Then one of them got on a recorded call and said it out loud. Their entire business model was making regular people lose money so they could profit.
The FBI had all of it on tape.
18 charged. $25M seized. Arrests across 3 countries.
The wildest part? The FBI ran a cleaner crypto project than half the founders out there. And the whole thing was a trap from day one.
