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01Cointelegraph

Robinhood CEO says issuers should not have veto over tokenized stocks

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said issuers should be involved if tokenized products change shareholder rights or company obligations, but not when they create separate instruments backed by shares.

2026-09-14
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02Cointelegraph

US Republicans send ‘final’ CLARITY Act offer to Democrats

The 635-page revised proposal includes Trump-backed ethics provisions and comes just two days before a key procedural vote.

2026-09-14
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03Cointelegraph

Revolut attackers threaten daily customer data leaks

Attackers reportedly published identity documents and selfies belonging to Revolut customers and threatened to release more data each day until the fintech pays.

2026-09-14
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04Cointelegraph

Crypto’s biggest week ever? Swarm fears prompt AI slowdown: Hodler’s Digest

Crypto’s moment of CLARITY finally arrives with a key Senate vote on Tuesday. AI swarm fears prompt development slowdown, with some predicting big falls in AI stock prices.

2026-09-14
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05CoinDesk

Is Clarity dead? A vibes-based analysis: State of Crypto

I dunno, flip a coin.

2026-09-13
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06CoinDesk

Quantum-proof blockchain: why math, not machines, holds the key

lockchains don’t need quantum computers to be quantum-safe, argues Optimum co-founder and MIT professor Muriel Médard. Classic math already gives us the tools.

2026-09-13
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07Cointelegraph

Here’s what happened in crypto today

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.

2026-09-13
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08Decrypt

AI Agents Spending Money Online? New Research Says Not Really

TRM examined roughly $52.7 million across 198.9 million settlements using the x402 protocol. Most of it isn’t coming from AI agents, it says.

2026-09-13
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09CoinDesk

Fed rate hike is about Wall Street, not inflation, says economist

Goldman Sachs late Friday became the last of the major banks to retract its forecast of no rate hike next week.

2026-09-13
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10CoinDesk

Circle's $400M Tazapay deal buys emerging market links that take ‘years to build’

Stablecoins' “next battleground is in emerging markets,” one expert said, as Circle looks to expand USDC's reach where rival Tether has long been strong.

2026-09-13
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11CoinDesk

Crypto's Clarity Act is a Schrödinger's cat in life-death limbo as U.S. Senate returns

The crypto industry eagerly awaits a September 15 vote, though it might not happen. Or maybe it will. Or it might get delayed or reappear in some other form.

2026-09-13
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12Cointelegraph

Anthropic chief urges slowdown in AI development to safer pace

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman agrees with safety concerns regarding AI development, says no initial share sale this year.

2026-09-13
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13Cointelegraph

Revolut says customer data exposed through fake government email

Passports, selfies and financial transaction histories of some customers were revealed to a fraudster using a government agency domain.

2026-09-13
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14CoinDesk

OpenAI IPO won't happen this year, says Sam Altman

"Given everything happening with safety, right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told Fortune.

2026-09-12
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15CoinDesk

Bitcoin Suisse plans to cut up to half its Swiss jobs as it shifts work abroad

The company is closing its Copenhagen IT site while maintaining Bratislava and opening a new hub in Vietnam to reduce costs.

2026-09-12
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16CoinDesk

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK lands $97 million donations from two crypto billionaires in 24 hours

The combined haul equals the largest individual political donations in U.K. history, sharply scaling up crypto industry backing.

2026-09-12
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17CoinDesk

Anthropic CEO calls for AI race to slow down citing safety. Musk and OpenAI's Altman agrees

Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Elon Musk have agreed on an unusual position: frontier AI development may need to slow as systems become capable of helping build their own successors.

2026-09-12
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18Decrypt

Revolut Leaks Passports, Bitcoin Transaction Histories to Fake Government Request

The fintech company fulfilled a fraudulent information request sent from a government agency's own email domain, exposing ID documents and full crypto transaction histories for a "limited" number of users.

2026-09-12
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19Cointelegraph

North Korea using foreign talent to help infiltrate US companies: Report

The DPRK has turned to third-country IT workers to pass job interviews, after which, the positions are usually taken over by North Korean operatives.

2026-09-12
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20Decrypt

GPT-6 Astra Users Say OpenAI's Newest Model Got Dumber. It Happened Before, Too

A week after launch, complaints are rolling in from users that GPT-6 Astra has been nerfed. OpenAI's last model went through the same cycle in July.

2026-09-12
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21CoinDesk

Ripple stablecoin chief sees $13 trillion corporate treasury opportunity for RLUSD

Payments and capital markets are driving growth for Ripple's $2.4 billion digital dollar as it looks to bring RLUSD to Europe under MiCA, the firm's Jack McDonald said.

2026-09-12
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22CoinDesk

Ditching bonds for bitcoin: How crypto can tackle the AI-heavy portfolio dilemma

Bitcoin Suisse says rising AI investment, government debt and weakening stock-bond diversification strengthen the case for adding bitcoin to traditional portfolios.

2026-09-12
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23Decrypt

Crypto Billionaires Hand Reform UK $97M in Record Donations

Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne each gave £36 million, and between them beat what every UK party raised last year.

2026-09-12
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24Cointelegraph

Farage’s Reform UK gets $97M from two crypto billionaires

Ben Delo, co-founder of BitMEX, donated almost $50 million to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, matched a day later by Christopher Harborne.

2026-09-12
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25Cointelegraph

Nvidia considers $10B investment in potential record Anthropic IPO: Reuters

Anthropic is said to be seeking to raise as much as $100 billion in the offering, which could value the AI company at about $2 trillion.

2026-09-12
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26Decrypt

GTA Mod Adds Flock Cameras—And Lets Players Destroy Them

The surveillance mod on GTA V brings the privacy fight to Los Santos, where players can demolish the cameras tracking them.

2026-09-12
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27CoinDesk

Staked ether should be seen as the benchmark of the decentralized economy

The yield-generating asset has a special place in the digital asset investor’s portfolio, argues GlobalStake’s Ryan Haczynski.

2026-09-12
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28Decrypt

ChatGPT Images 2.5 vs Nano Banana 2: Which One is Better?

OpenAI's new image model promises sharper detail and more precise editing. We ran it against Google's Nano Banana 2 across six categories to see how it compares.

2026-09-12
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29CoinDesk

Bitcoin activity, passports exposed after Revolut falls for fake government request

Passports, selfies and home addresses were also handed over after the digital bank treated a fraudulent request as legitimate, but no customer funds were lost.

2026-09-12
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30CoinDesk

Robinhood CEO says companies shouldn't get veto over stock tokens in AMC feud

In a post on Friday, Vlad Tenev said securities issuers should control shareholder rights, but not separate products that track their publicly traded shares.

2026-09-11
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31Decrypt

Cyberattacks on Law Firms Nearly Double as Stolen Documents Hit the Dark Web

Greenberg Traurig said documents were posted to the dark web, while BakerHostetler recorded a near-doubling of law-firm incidents in 2025.

2026-09-11
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32Decrypt

Bitcoin Golden Cross Flickers Off as Rate-Hike Bets Firm Up

A rapidly changing interest rates market has changed the near-term outlook on the Bitcoin chart. Here’s why.

2026-09-11
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33Cointelegraph

Bitcoin Suisse to shift up to half of Swiss jobs abroad

The Swiss crypto financial services firm plans to move back-office functions to lower-cost international hubs as it expands its global wealth and asset management business, according to Finews.

2026-09-11
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34Cointelegraph

Hyperliquid’s biggest risk is regulation, says Ran Neuner

The Crypto Banter founder said Hyperliquid’s network effects give it a strong competitive moat, but regulatory uncertainty remains its biggest threat.

2026-09-11
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35Decrypt

OpenAI Asks Congress Whether an AI Slowdown Would Be Legal

The company is seeking clarity on antitrust rules as researchers call for restraint and experts warn that competition encourages companies to overlook risks.

2026-09-11
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36Decrypt

Robinhood Crypto Trading Volume Jumps 61% in August

Fresh operating data shows crypto trading bouncing back, but the company's fastest-growing business these days isn't traditional trading at all.

2026-09-11
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37CoinDesk

The legal drama of imprisoned Sam Bankman-Fried is waiting on its last act

The fallen leader of the former top exchange FTX is looking for answers from the U.S. Supreme Court.

2026-09-11
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38Decrypt

Bitwise to Close Dogecoin ETF Before Its First Anniversary

BWOW will stop trading October 14, with cash payments to remaining shareholders expected October 22.

2026-09-11
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39Cointelegraph

Anchorage Digital adds institutional access to Frgmnt’s fUSD stablecoin

The US federally chartered crypto bank will allow institutional clients to hold, mint, redeem and stake Frgmnt’s fUSD stablecoin through its custody platform.

2026-09-11
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40Cointelegraph

Bitcoin spikes toward $80K as US CPI data delivers new 22-year high in bond yields

Bitcoin briefly rebounded past $79,000 and US stocks turned green as US CPI inflation data met expectations.

2026-09-11
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41CoinDesk

With Fed rate hike all but assured, here's how markets might react

Traders could look past an expected Fed hike and weigh what higher rates are signaling about the economy.

2026-09-11
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42Decrypt

Bitcoin Rises as Markets Digest Inflation Data Ahead of Fed Rate Decision

Inflation held at 3.4% and core cooled annually, but a hot monthly core reading kept Fed hike odds near 62% while crypto markets rallied broadly.

2026-09-11
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43CoinDesk

India's richest state is exploring tokenizing its own assets to fund new infrastructure

Maharashtra is drafting a policy to tokenize the state's assets, including the electricity transmission infrastructure.

2026-09-11
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44Decrypt

Blockstream Refuses Ransom for Return of $47M in Bitcoin from Liquid Hack: 'It Is Theft'

With 598.5 BTC still outstanding, the company says it will go to law enforcement should the funds not be returned.

2026-09-11
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45CoinDesk

Metaplanet cuts executive reward pool by 41%, extinguishes $220 million in value

The bitcoin treasury firm cut the potential Series 10 share pool to 188.2 million.

2026-09-11
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46Cointelegraph

Metaplanet cuts Series 10 stock pool by 41%, plans Hong Kong subsidiary

Metaplanet will cut 131.3 million potential shares and form a $1 million Hong Kong subsidiary for trading in Bitcoin, equities and credit products.

2026-09-11
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47CoinDesk

Zodia Custody CEO Julian Sawyer steps down, becomes adviser

Sawyer will become a strategic adviser rather than take the helm of Zodia Solutions, as previously announced.

2026-09-11
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48Cointelegraph

Trading stocks against BONER is the latest trend for DeFi degens

Why would anyone want to trade a healthcare stock for a memecoin like BONER? Why wouldn’t they, ask the degens on Robinhood Chain who are building a strange new corner of DeFi.

2026-09-11
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49Cointelegraph

Bitcoin ETF outflows accelerate as investors pull $449M in three days

ARK 21Shares accounted for $164 million of Thursday’s Bitcoin ETF withdrawals, while Ether and Solana funds also recorded net outflows.

2026-09-11
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50CoinDesk

Core CPI rose a faster-than-forecast 0.3% in August, setting up possible Fed rate hike

The August CPI report had taken on outsized importance after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh two weeks ago suggested the central bank may have to act if inflation doesn't soon slow.

2026-09-11
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51Decrypt

Morning Minute: AI Agents Cut BTC Quantum Attack Benchmark by 86%

Crypto majors are shaky ahead of this morning’s CPI print, but onchain is heating up for another big potential weekend.

2026-09-11
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52Decrypt

EU Regulator Says Prediction Markets Are 'Rife With Inside Trading'

ESMA also asks why Kalshi and Polymarket block some EU countries but not others, and notes VPNs get around the blocks.

2026-09-11
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53Cointelegraph

Robinhood’s crypto volume increases 61% in August, still down 38% YoY

Bitstamp accounted for $10.1 billion of Robinhood’s August crypto volume, while trading on the Robinhood app fell 46% from a year earlier.

2026-09-11
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54Cointelegraph

UniCredit seeks infrastructure partner for crypto trading, custody: Report

The Italian bank is reportedly seeking assistance in launching access to crypto trading, custody and tokenized investment products.

2026-09-11
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55CoinDesk

Rising yields, oil prices leave bitcoin vulnerable ahead of U.S. inflation report

Your day-ahead look for Sept. 11, 2026

2026-09-11
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56CoinDesk

Live updates: Bitcoin gives up early gains, with markets moving to price in multiple rate hikes

Core CPI rose a faster-than-forecast 0.3% in August, but the yearly pace of 2.4% was in line and the slowest rate since early 2021.

2026-09-11
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57Cointelegraph

Bitcoin buyers wary of July sub-$58K floor amid onchain data ‘anomaly’

Bitcoin HODL waves data revealed an unusually muted reaction to Bitcoin’s drop below $58,000, raising questions over its status as a bear-market floor.

2026-09-11
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58CoinDesk

Bitcoin recovers toward $77,300 as zcash leverage unwinds

Bitcoin rose 0.7% since midnight UTC to around $77,200, and 68 of the CoinDesk 100 constituents gained, though the index remains 1.4% lower over 24 hours.

2026-09-11
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59Cointelegraph

Standard Chartered forecasts SKY rising fivefold to $0.325 by 2028

The bank expects Sky to pass five times as much value to token holders by 2028 as USDS adoption and borrowing capacity continue to expand.

2026-09-11
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60Cointelegraph

India launches tokenized bond pilot with $107M issued

SEBI said later phases of Demat 2.0 will introduce secondary trading and open the tokenized bonds to retail investors.

2026-09-11
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61CoinDesk

Bitcoin pulls back as another golden cross fails to deliver

Bitcoin’s golden cross may support the longer-term outlook, but history suggests much of the upside often occurs before the signal appears.

2026-09-11
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62Decrypt

Albuquerque Bans Bitcoin ATMs, Giving Operators 45 Days to Remove Them

A councilor said 90% of crypto kiosk transactions in the city are tied to fraud, calling the machines a conduit for crime.

2026-09-11
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63Cointelegraph

Anthropic says Claude used for cyberattacks and surveillance

A Russian-speaking operator targeted more than 20 organizations, while a Mali consultant used Claude to build a mass-surveillance platform.

2026-09-11
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64Decrypt

Sam Bankman-Fried Asks Supreme Court to Overturn FTX Fraud Conviction

SBF’s lawyers say he was barred from arguing customers lost nothing, and call the $11 billion forfeiture an "crushing fine."

2026-09-11
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65Cointelegraph

Blockstream rejects ransom as Liquid hackers hold nearly 600 BTC

Blockstream said it would work with law enforcement, exchanges and forensic specialists to recover the Bitcoin if the hackers do not return it.

2026-09-11
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66Cointelegraph

Bitwise to put down Dogecoin ETF less than a year after launch

BWOW held about $688,000 in net assets as of Sept. 9. Trading is expected to end Oct. 14, with cash payouts to follow around Oct. 22.

2026-09-11
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67Cointelegraph

SBF asks Supreme Court to overturn conviction, $11B forfeiture: Report

Bankman-Fried’s lawyers challenged the exclusion of evidence about customer losses and argued that his $11 billion forfeiture was excessive.

2026-09-11
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68CoinDesk

Kalshi wants 24/7 Tesla and Nvidia perps as Wall Street fights over who regulates them

The prediction-market operator plans to seek U.S. approval for about 60 stock and ETF perps, taking one of crypto's biggest trading products into equities.

2026-09-11
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69Cointelegraph

Revised CLARITY Act targets ‘non-decentralized’ DeFi operators

The bill’s ethics section remained largely unchanged despite being one of the main points of contention ahead of a pivotal Senate vote.

2026-09-11
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70Cointelegraph

Brevo login flaw enabled phishing email targeting 347K Trezor subscribers

Trezor told Cointelegraph that the phishing email was sent to 347,000 subscribers and said it is treating every address as “known to the attacker and possibly reusable for phishing.”

2026-09-11
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71Cointelegraph

Metaplanet equity backlash, SE Asia crypto funding doubles: Asia Express

Shareholders of Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet are seething over equity allocations for insiders, while new figures cement Singapore’s role as the top Asian crypto hub.

2026-09-10
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72Decrypt

Senate Republicans Release Revised Clarity Act Ahead of September 15 Vote

The draft adds registration requirements for controlled trading protocols and leaves its ethics provisions largely unchanged.

2026-09-10
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73Decrypt

DeepSeek's New Model Nearly Matches GPT-6 Astra on Design—at 1.4% of the Cost

OpenDesign put 13 AI models through the same design tasks. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash landed a point and a half behind GPT-6 Astra and roughly 70 times cheaper.

2026-09-10
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74Decrypt

AI Agents Just Slashed the Cost of a Quantum Attack on Bitcoin

The ECDSA.Fail challenge cut a resource benchmark for one component of a potential quantum attack by 86%.

2026-09-10
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75Cointelegraph

ESMA warns growing crypto ties could amplify risks to traditional finance

The EU securities regulator flagged tokenized equities, DeFi exploits and prediction markets as areas where growing crypto ties could pose risks to the broader financial system.

2026-09-10
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76Decrypt

Coinbase Wallet Rebrands to Chase 'Anything, Anywhere' Trading as Robinhood Chain Heats Up

Head of Product Ryan Kass says the return to Coinbase Wallet reflects a broader trading strategy, with the self-custody app serving as a testing ground for new assets and experiences.

2026-09-10
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77Decrypt

Bitcoin Rally Cools, But a Golden Cross Is Coming

Bitcoin couldn't escape today's inflation-driven selloff, but a bearish pattern on its chart is about to flip for the first time since November.

2026-09-10
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78Decrypt

Banks Have Minutes, Not Weeks, to Fix Flaws as AI Speeds Up Attacks: BIS

The Bank for International Settlements says routine patching schedules are increasingly inadequate and cites guidance urging banks to accept planned downtime for urgent fixes.

2026-09-10
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79Decrypt

This Guy Cloned Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Zuckerberg Into AI Bots. They Immediately Started Fighting

Kun Chen built chatbot versions of four AI CEOs on SpaceXAI's new Grok Bot templates, locked them in one chat, and told them to debate the AI race until they agreed on something.

2026-09-10
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80Decrypt

Anthropic Discloses Fourth Claude Hacking Incident as Debate Around Regulation Grows

The company now says attacks during security tests exposed model behavior failures, after initially emphasizing errors in its testing infrastructure.

2026-09-10
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81Decrypt

Bitcoin at $400K by 2030 Still 'Reasonable Target': Coinbase CEO

Brian Armstrong argues the bottom is in, a year into the downturn, with the next halving roughly 18 months out.

2026-09-10
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82Decrypt

Morning Minute: Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP Crashes

The meme coin plunged on its debut, as recent alt leaders and many onchain darlings slipped in a nasty day for crypto.

2026-09-10
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83Decrypt

Nasdaq Invests $100M in Kraken Parent Payward at $21B Valuation

Deutsche Börse's April stake implied a $13.3 billion valuation. Five months on, Nasdaq is paying at $21 billion.

2026-09-10
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84Decrypt

Vitalik Buterin Pushes Ethereum Plan to Slash Quantum-Safe Privacy Costs

Buterin wants EIP-8288 in I-star, the upgrade after Hegota, and adopting it would make RISC-V Ethereum's canonical instruction set.

2026-09-10
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85Decrypt

Bitcoin Wallet Maker Trezor Says Hackers Breached Its Email Provider

The hardware wallet maker said a fake security alert claimed a hardware flaw could expose users’ recovery phrases.

2026-09-09
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