🦑 Leviathan News Daily Digest - January 09, 2026

1. A crypto user lost $5,000 after connecting to a hotel’s public Wi-Fi, unknowingly approving a malicious wallet permission that was later used to drain funds. No phishing link, no fake site — just one “harmless” approval. The real question: how many of us would’ve clicked it too? - 𝕏/@the_smart_ape

💬 "First, I should never have connected to the hotel’s public Wi-Fi. I should have used a mobile hotspot from my phone instead. My second mistake was feeling so safe that I talked about crypto in a public area of the hotel, where many people could have overheard the conversation. My father always told me that no one should know I’m involved in crypto. It could have been much worse, some people get kidnapped or even killed for their crypto. Another mistake was approving the wallet request without paying full attention. Because I was convinced it came from Jupiter, I didn’t analyze it carefully. Every wallet request should be reviewed with maximum attention, even on trusted applications. Requests can be intercepted and may not actually come from the app you think they do." — @Spencer420

2. Polygon Labs unveils ‘Open Money Stack’ to power borderless stablecoin payments. The system will bring together various elements of the payment stack, including liquidity, orchestration, and regulatory controls. - 𝕏/@0xMarcB

🏷️ Borderless • Stablecoin Liquidity • Polygon

💬 Definitely a good vision there, will this affect Visa in any way? — @Danicjade

3. Bitnomial wins U.S. regulator's nod on prediction markets push, joins growing crowd. The approval letter was issued on Thursday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. - Coindesk

🏷️ Futures • Prediction Markets • Regulation

💬 Yeah, this is good news — @0x964...f0f

4. More on cybercrime kingpin Chen Zhi built a globe‑spanning, award‑winning business empire allegedly funded by industrial‑scale human trafficking and crypto sextortion that generated billions of dollars a year. - 𝕏/@vxunderground

💬 Poster child of modern day capitalism — @🧐

5. Akshit (Epoch Protocol) lost over $20k after running a malicious repo linked to the “contagious interview” malware, allegedly tied to DPRK hackers. The code granted root access, leaked env keys, and drained multiple EVM and Solana wallets—highlighting how dev hygiene lapses can be fatal. - 𝕏/@OstwalAk

🏷️ Web3 Development • DPRK • Solana

💬 Why was env raw keys included with the repo in the first place. — @0x964...f0f

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🏷️ App • $SQUID • Auction

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