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[BitStrange @Threadit_us]

The future is bright! ☀️

[Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph]

🇮🇱 LATEST: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has requested a plan to use crypto as one way to bypass potential banking sanctions.

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

Layoff Announcements in 2026:

1. UPS: 30,000 Employees
2. Oracle: 30,000 Employees
3. Amazon: 16,000 Employees
4. Omnicom: 15,000 Employees
5. Meta: 8,000 Employees
6. Microsoft: 4,800 Employees
7. Dow Chemical: 4,500 Employees
8. Cisco: Fewer Than 4,000 Employees
9. American Express: 3,840 Employees
10. Uber: 3,300 Employees
11. Renault: Up to 2,400 Employees
12. Nike: 1,400 Employees
13. General Motors: 1,300 Employees
14. Disney: 1,000 Employees
15. Citigroup: 1,000 Employees

The tech sector alone has seen 135,000 layoffs so far in 2026 across 330 companies.

Amid rising prices and AI adoption, US corporations are looking reduce expenses and increase efficiency.

Keep watching the labor market.

[Coin Bureau @coinbureau]

🇮🇱 JUST IN: Israel's Prime Minister is considering crypto to get around possible banking sanctions.

Netanyahu said Israel must prepare an economy that can bypass banking sanctions, and that he's working on currencies that get around them.

On blockchain, he said: "One of them, certainly. I have already asked for a plan to be prepared for that."

[Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby]

BREAKING: New footage shows the moment Islamists entered a church in Jordan and began slaughtering worshippers.

Six have been confirmed dead, with dozens more injured.

[Lo 🍑 @patriotofga3]

Well now… is that so?

[Chad Steingraber @ChadSteingraber]

It's the bears teeth... 😂👀

[Coin Bureau @coinbureau]

🚨CrowdStrike CEO urges fast patching after AI proved the PHP flaws can be exploited, putting tens of millions of servers at risk.

George Kurtz says exploiting the almost 20-year-old flaws was only "theoretical" until AI proved it could be done.

That has forced everyone into a "very quick patch cycle."

PHP is the language that "drives the internet," and the flaws let attackers run commands on vulnerable web servers.

Kurtz says large companies will patch their systems and modern PHP versions will get patched, though some older versions may not.

What people aren't talking about enough, he says, is old routers and firewalls running outdated PHP that "will never be patched."

He warns that long tail will lead to "a lot of breaches" in the coming months.

"You need to be looking at your watch, not a calendar."

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

JUST IN: 🇮🇱 Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu calls for plan to use crypto and blockchain technology to counter potential financial sanctions.

[Brad Garlinghouse @bgarlinghouse]

Earlier this week I lost someone close to me.  Death is abstract - until it is incredibly real.  

He was the wisest, most thoughtful, and most generous person I have known.  

I was incredibly fortunate to call him:
- a friend
- a mentor
- a role model
- an inspiration

But most of all, I was fortunate to call him Dad.  

B. Kent Garlinghouse, Sr
1941 - 2026

[Coin Bureau @coinbureau]

The world is preparing for the internet to SHUT DOWN.

Yesterday, the UK government urged households to keep 3 days of food, water and cash at home.

Among the risks are CYBERATTACKS that could disrupt power, internet access and card payments.

And this week showed how quickly that can happen.

As news of critical PHP flaws spread, attempts to exploit them climbed into the MILLIONS.

Several websites gone dark while they worked to secure them.

Now imagine a wider outage affecting several essential services at once.

You’re buying groceries, but the checkout can’t process your card.

You try withdrawing cash, but the ATM is offline.

Your rent is due, but your banking app won’t load.

You need medication, but the pharmacy can’t access your prescription.

You arrive for surgery, but the hospital’s systems are down.

You’re stranded at the airport because your airline can’t check you in.

You log in for work, but your company’s systems are locked.

You try calling your family, but the mobile network is down.

These are ALL possible consequences of major outages.

Your own phone or laptop doesn’t have to be hacked for you to feel the impact.

The services you depend on just have to stop working.

Prepare while everything still works.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

LATEST: @HSBC launches RedCoin for 3.3 million PayMe users in Hong Kong, a HKD-backed stablecoin for everyday payments, with plans to expand into tokenized money market fund investments and corporate use cases.

[Coin Bureau @coinbureau]

🇨🇳BREAKING: Nearly ¥1.4 Trillion wiped out from Chinese stocks as Shanghai index continues to fall more than -2% to a fresh 52-WEEK LOW.

The selloff is being driven by fears of overstretched AI valuations, fading hopes for fresh Chinese stimulus and surging oil prices adding to global market jitters.

[Ledger @Ledger]

48h until the XRP Ledger Hackathon in NYC 🗽

$10K in bounties + Ledger devices for builders shipping device-backed security on XRPL. 3 tracks, 36 hours.
Hosted by @xrpl_commons👇

https://t.co/XWLSGmkkWZ

[Wendy O @CryptoWendyO]

Your privacy is gone. I don’t think you understand how bad this is.

[BitStrange @Threadit_us]

@pocketiguana Praying for you twin

[XRPee @XRPee3]

Everyone's reaction when XRP moons 36.

[Coin Bureau @coinbureau]

🚨Gold is on the MOVE.

Central banks are BUYING gold at more than FOUR TIMES their historical pace, while shifting reserves out of U.S. vaults.

Amid rising geopolitical tensions and trade disputes, central banks are not only stockpiling gold but are also increasingly reluctant to REVEAL where their reserves are stored, per Fortune.

Goldman Sachs estimates 79 TONNES purchased in August, compared with a pre-2022 monthly average of just 17 tonnes.

France sold 129 tonnes of gold held in New York and bought an equivalent amount in Europe.

Netherlands shifted 86 tonnes of its gold reserves from North America to European vaults.

The MOVE reflects growing concerns over financial sovereignty, reserve security and dependence on U.S. custody.

[Digital Perspectives @DigPerspectives]

Black Swan event that is helping to usher in blockchain and digital assets like XRP.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

JUST IN: @Arf_one partners with @Ripple to bring $RLUSD powered settlement liquidity to the XRP Ledger, giving licensed cross-border payment companies access to short-duration working capital backed by Arf’s $10B annual settlement volume.