# Blog - Octet

Source: https://octetproof.com/blog/

> Announcements, releases, and notes from the Octet team.

For the whole site in one file, read https://octetproof.com/llms.txt

Blog

Latest - November 2026

6 November 2026 Analysis - Binance

## [Stealing $6.3B without entering the building](https://octetproof.com/blog/stealing-6-3b-without-entering-the-building/)

Every step, from the first infected laptop to the last transfer, was done remotely.

[Read ->](https://octetproof.com/blog/stealing-6-3b-without-entering-the-building/)

2 November 2026 Analysis - Prediction markets

## [Prediction markets need evidence of where their users were.](https://octetproof.com/blog/prediction-markets-need-evidence-of-where-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.

[Read ->](https://octetproof.com/blog/prediction-markets-need-evidence-of-where-users-were/)

28 September 2026 Analysis - Frontier model access

## [Frontier AI access is a location problem.](https://octetproof.com/blog/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.

[Read ->](https://octetproof.com/blog/frontier-ai-access-is-a-location-problem/)

23 September 2026 Comment - Utah Rule R152-78B

## [Age verification is a location problem.](https://octetproof.com/blog/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.

[Read ->](https://octetproof.com/blog/age-verification-is-a-location-problem/)

6 August 2026 Explainer - Cryptographic proof of location

## [Cryptographic proof of location.](https://octetproof.com/blog/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.

[Read ->](https://octetproof.com/blog/cryptographic-proof-of-location/)

25 June 2026 Launch - Octet is live

## [Octet is live.](https://octetproof.com/blog/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.

[Read ->](https://octetproof.com/blog/octet-is-live/)