6 November 2026
Analysis · Binance
Stealing $6.3B without entering the building
Every step, from the first infected laptop to the last transfer, was done remotely.
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2 November 2026
Analysis · Prediction markets
Prediction markets need evidence of where their users were.
The CFTC is again asking whether Polymarket kept Americans out after its 2022 settlement. State licensing boards ask the same kind of question about the past.
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28 September 2026
Analysis · Frontier model access
Frontier AI access is a location problem.
Congress wants AI chips to prove where they are, but the models only get an IP lookup. The location check belongs on the device.
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23 September 2026
Comment · Utah Rule R152-78B
Age verification is a location problem.
Utah’s proposed rule specifies how to measure age to a tenth of a percent and prices the location check as an IP lookup. A VPN turns the whole scheme off. Our comment to the Division of Consumer Protection.
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6 August 2026
Explainer · Cryptographic proof of location
Cryptographic proof of location.
A signed artifact stating that a specific device was inside a specific region at a specific time, which a third party can verify without trusting who produced it. The four approaches and their failure modes.
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25 June 2026
Launch · Octet is live
Octet is live.
Octet is a new primitive for proving location: a hardware-signed proof that a real device is where it claims to be. Live on iOS and Android, for jurisdictional compliance and fraud prevention.
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