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Verus-Ethereum Bridge was attacked
It was reported that assets worth about $11.58 million
or approximately 378 million baht
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The main assets drained were
about 1,625 ETH
103.57 tBTC
and 147,000 USDC
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An interesting point is that Verus had communicated that their bridge has no smart contract risk
because it uses protocol-level validation, cryptographic proofs, and notary witnesses
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But from the preliminary analysis
The problem was not due to signature hacking
Not due to stolen notary keys
And not a parser bug
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But a gap in verifying whether
the value to be paid out on Ethereum
is actually backed by assets on the source side
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Simply put, the bridge correctly checks many things
but missed the most critical point that
"Is the money being paid out truly backed?"
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The attacker’s cost was identified as only a few dollars in fees
but they were able to extract assets worth over $11 million
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And this is not a small case in the overall DeFi landscape
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According to PeckShield data
In 2026, crypto bridge exploits caused total damages of about $328.6 million
from 8 major incidents
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This means bridges remain one of the most vulnerable points in crypto
because they have to connect chains, liquidity, proofs, validators, contracts, and multiple verification systems together
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This case reiterates once again that
cross-chain bridges are still a major risk point in DeFi

Yesterday @Figure_robot held a live event
between a “human” and a “robot”.
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The challenge was to sort parcels on a continuous conveyor belt for 10 hours.
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- The human side was Aime, an intern kid
- The robot side was Figure 03 or F.03 named Bob
working fully automatically with AI Helix-02.
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The task seemed very simple
which was to look at the barcode → pick up the parcel → place it on the conveyor belt with the barcode facing down.
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But it had to be repeated thousands of times, so it wasn’t easy at all.
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In the end, the human still won
- Aime managed 12,924 pieces (averaging 2.79 seconds per piece)
- Bob managed 12,732 pieces (averaging 2.83 seconds per piece)
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Only a difference of 192 pieces after competing for 10 hours.
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And although Aime won, after the competition she said her left arm was almost broken, her fingers blistered, and she was very tired.
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Meanwhile, the robot could keep working continuously
- No need to take lunch breaks
- No need to use the bathroom
- No fatigue
- And no injuries
(Actually, it’s not that great; it still makes mistakes often or throws things off the side sometimes.)
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Brett Adcock, CEO of Figure AI, even posted somewhat boastfully, “This is the last time a human will ever win.”
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Meaning, this might be the last time a human wins
because the next generation of robots will be faster, tougher, and able to work continuously better.
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In summary, today humans still win
but it’s a very close victory (not sure if they tried to make it close because humans have to take lunch and bathroom breaks, etc.)

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan, believes that AI will greatly improve people's lives.
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He didn't just say that AI will take people's jobs,
but said that AI might improve human life on a whole different level.
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From his perspective,
in the next 30 years, our descendants might only work 3 and a half days a week,
live up to 100 years old,
and many diseases that are hard to treat today might no longer be a major problem.
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He gave examples that AI might help cure cancer,
discover new materials,
reduce road accidents,
and make many industries much more efficient.
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The phrase he said was
“Life will be better.”
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But what's interesting is that Dimon doesn't see AI in an overly optimistic way only.
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He said the real risk is not just AI getting better,
but AI changing the world too fast.
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If productivity surges too quickly,
some types of jobs might disappear before people can adapt.
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And this is the point where he thinks the public and private sectors must seriously cooperate,
not just let people lose jobs and then tell them to “go learn on their own.”
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What should happen is
those affected must be guided to new jobs,
there must be reskilling,
there must be labor shifts to industries still lacking workers,
such as advanced manufacturing or other key industries.
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This perspective is very interesting
because it shows that AI is not just a technology issue.
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But it is about managing the social transition.
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In the long term, AI might really improve life,
people might work less,
be healthier,
and the economy be more efficient.
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But in the short term, many people might have to face the pain of changing jobs,
learning new skills,
or accepting that the jobs that were once stable might no longer be stable.
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In simple summary,
AI might make the world better.
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But whether the world gets better for everyone
depends on how well we help people adapt in time.

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Uncle Jerome Powell's term as Fed Chair has ended
after serving a full 8 years since 2018
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Throughout these 8 years, it has been one of the toughest periods for the Fed
- The COVID-19 pandemic that halted the economy
- U.S. inflation soaring to the highest in 40 years
- And the rising interest rate cycle that pressured the stock market, housing, and loans
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One of the most talked-about points was
that initially Powell viewed inflation as “transitory”
but eventually had to raise rates aggressively to bring inflation down
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However, he will remain as a Fed Governor
to help maintain continuity of monetary policy until 2028
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And the person the market will watch next is Kevin Warsh
who will take over as the new Fed Chair
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Many will be watching how interest rates, inflation, and the Fed's independence will change under the new leadership

This image hardly needs much explanation
Corruption Perceptions Index: CPI
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Thailand scored only 33/100 on the CPI in 2025
Ranking 116/182 in the world
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Thailand is in the group of countries with severe corruption problems
(below the global average of 42 and the Asia-Pacific average of 45)
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Ranked 8th out of 11 ASEAN countries (below Laos by 34 points)
Moreover, our trend has been continuously declining since 2012, with the ranking dropping steadily
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Honestly, you don’t even need to look at this data; many people probably already know
from those around them or from their own work experience how our country is doing 😅







