Sergei Sergienko

⚠ Kraken reports a new scam trend: fraudsters are impersonating recruiters and support agents, even using real employee photos and copying official job posts. As I keep saying: if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

📊 DeepSeek showed a 120% return in just nine days during an AI trading competition. Six neural networks started with equal funds and the same instructions. The goal is to maximize profit. The contest runs until November 3. Qwen 3 Max (Alibaba) is currently second, while OpenAI and Google DeepMind are down about 60%. An interesting experiment. But then again, would you really trust AI with your money?

❤ And then a new Bitcoin soft fork proposal from core dev Luke Dashjr has stirred chaos on X. The update reignited the debate between Bitcoin Core and Knots over Bitcoin’s purpose, should it serve only financial use, and should non-financial transactions be filtered? The clause hinting at legal consequences for rejecting the fork only added fuel to the fire. Bitcoin was built for freedom. Any form of censorship goes against that idea.

☄ Vitalik Buterin brought up a tough point: even if the chain stays secure, giving validators power beyond it opens room for collusion. Real freedom in crypto comes from knowing where decentralization ends, and responsibility begins.

💸 Western Union is launching a pilot for stablecoin transfers. What an ironic twist for a company that once symbolized the old financial system! Even they now admit it: the future belongs to digital assets.