The DEA, the country’s lead drug enforcement agency, is yet to find those responsible for the attack but has enlisted the help of the FBI. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/dea-loses-tether-in-address-poisoning-scam

The price of Pepe has plummeted 15% after developers sent nearly 4% of the memecoin’s total supply to exchanges without warning. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/pepe-token-plunges-strange-token-transfers-fears-rug-pull

NFT aggregator Rarible said by October it would cut off aggregate orders from competitors that don’t enforce royalties, such as OpenSea. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/nft-platform-rarible-pledge-royalties-trading-volumes-jump

Nvidia shares soared nearly 10% in after-hours trading, as the company beat Wall Street analyst expectations by more than $2 billion. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/nvidia-q2-earnings-report-revenue-soars-beating-analyst-expectations

BlockFi argues its creditors, not FTX’s, are the “ultimate victims” of FTX’s alleged fraud. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockfi-says-ftx-three-arrows-capital-not-entitled-repayments

The RBA has wrapped up its CBDC pilot program and outlined four key areas that could be improved by the introduction of central bank-issued digital currency. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/australia-rba-cbdc-pilot-finds-uses-payments-tokenization

Friend.tech has hit back at a report which suggested that its API “leaked” personal data of its users. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/friendtech-denies-report-leaked-user-data

Thailand’s digital minister said he would seek a court order to shut Facebook in the country unless it takes action on the alleged scams. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/thailand-to-seek-shutdown-facebook-crypto-scam-ads

Despite the competition between the two sectors, Hive Digital Technologies CEO Aydin Kilic said that blockchain and AI can work to the benefit of each other. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/hive-digital-ceo-sees-blockchain-ai-despite-pivot

Most crypto industry heavyweights have been bullish about the new decentralized social media app friend.tech, but some critics warn it’s getting too hot too quickly. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/friendtech-social-media-app-how-long-will-it-last