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Federal prosecutors are making an example out of one Web3 founder. The man behind NFT marketplace Few and Far allegedly raised ten million dollars from investors with promises of building a legitimate platform, then quietly funneled the money into personal gambling, speculative trading, and a DJ career. It's a reminder that the absence of guardrails in crypto fundraising can invite exactly this kind of abuse.
On the security front, Chinese researchers have demonstrated something that should put every AI developer on alert. They've shown that large language models can be weaponized to behave like adaptive computer viruses, capable of spreading and evolving in ways traditional malware detection wasn't built to catch. The research isn't a product, but it is a warning shot about the next frontier of cyber threats.
And in Washington, the crypto industry's deep-pocketed political ambitions hit a speed bump. The industry PAC Fairshake spent two million dollars trying to shape a Detroit Democratic primary and came up short. Several other PAC-backed candidates did win elsewhere, and analysts expect the overall number of crypto-friendly lawmakers in Congress to grow, but the Detroit result shows that money doesn't always close the deal.
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