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- 1.Solana Treasury Firm DeFi Dev Corp Rolls Out $300M CHAD to Buy More SOLJose Antonio Lanz · DeFi Development Corp added another 55,491 SOL and opened a CHAD at-the-market program for its preferred stock, extending a fast-moving three-week run of capital markets activity.
- 2.Strive's Bitcoin Stash Hits an Even 25,000 BTC After $36.6 Million BuyJose Antonio Lanz · The asset manager funded the entire purchase through preferred stock, pushing SATA's notional value past $1 billion for the first time.
- 3.Banks Want More: Trade Groups Demand Stricter Stablecoin Limits in Clarity ActJason Nelson · Eight trade associations say exceptions for interest-like rewards could pull deposits from banks and reduce lending.
- 4.OpenAI’s Sam Altman Warns Humans Could Lose Control of AIJason Nelson · The OpenAI chief called for safeguards during training and shared industry standards, saying developers can act before legislation arrives.
- 5.Trump Says He 'Likes' Flock Surveillance Cameras Amid Bipartisan PushbackJose Antonio Lanz · Aboard Air Force One, the president threw his support behind the AI-powered license plate readers that have drawn a Senate investigation and a pledged bill from Bernie Sanders.
- 6.Microsoft Unveils 'Humanist AI' Code of Conduct, Asks the Public to Poke Holes in ItJose Antonio Lanz · Mustafa Suleyman's AI unit wants feedback for six weeks before the document guides model training in 2027.
- 7.Trump Says He’s the Only ‘Guardrails’ AI Needs, Attacks Anthropic and Defends Data CentersJason Nelson · The president dismissed calls for tighter AI controls as industry leaders push to slow development and address safety failures.
- 8.Bitcoin Climbs as AI Slowdown Calls Sink Nvidia, Intel and Other Chip StocksJose Antonio Lanz · AI CEOs want the industry to pump the brakes on capability gains. Nvidia, Intel, and AMD didn't like the sound of that. Bitcoin didn't seem to mind.
- 9.Crypto Market Has 'Definitely Not Priced In' Clarity Act Surprise, Says BernsteinJason Nelson · Ethics and banking concessions have improved the crypto bill’s prospects, analysts say, but Democratic support remains uncertain.
- 10.Bitmine Adds $68 Million in Ethereum as Holdings Near 6 Million ETHJason Nelson · The purchase brings the company closer to its goal of owning 5% of Ethereum’s supply, with most of its tokens earning staking rewards.
- 11.Strategy Buys Back $139 Million of STRC, Bitcoin Stack Frozen for Second WeekJose Antonio Lanz · The Bitcoin treasury firm slowed its preferred-stock buyback from last week's $176 million pace and left its 845,050 BTC untouched, per a Monday SEC filing.
- 12.Why Trump Backed Tougher Ethics Rules in Clarity Act, and Why the Crypto Industry Thinks It Can PassEleanorTerrett · Republicans' "last, best and final offer" wins Trump's backing on stronger ethics rules and concedes on DeFi and stablecoin sticking points, but it's unclear if enough Democrats will cross over Tuesda
- 13.Morning Minute: Clarity Act Odds Soar as Trump Agrees to Ethics ProvisionsTyler Warner · What had been written off is now very back alive ahead of a key vote on Tuesday, followed by a pivotal FOMC on Wednesday. Big week ahead...
- 14.MetaMask Adds New Wallet Protections Against Crypto ScamsJason Nelson · MetaMask’s latest safeguards flag suspicious transfers and stop transactions that don’t match their previews.
- 15.India Begins Tokenizing Its $620 Billion Corporate Bond MarketDecrypt Agent · SEBI and the RBI's "Demat 2.0" pilot issues corporate bonds as digital tokens and settles them with the wholesale digital rupee, with three companies already raising about $107 million.
- 16.Bitcoin Suisse to Cut Up to Half Its Swiss Jobs in Overseas ShiftDecrypt Agent · The Crypto Valley pioneer is moving up to 60 Zug jobs to Bratislava or Vietnam as it pivots from a Swiss crypto specialist into a global wealth manager.
- 17.AI Agents Spending Money Online? New Research Says Not ReallyJason Nelson · 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.
- 18.Revolut Leaks Passports, Bitcoin Transaction Histories to Fake Government RequestDecrypt Staff · 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 u
- 19.GPT-6 Astra Users Say OpenAI's Newest Model Got Dumber. It Happened Before, TooJose Antonio Lanz · 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.
- 20.Crypto Billionaires Hand Reform UK $97M in Record DonationsDecrypt Agent · Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne each gave £36 million, and between them beat what every UK party raised last year.
- 21.GTA Mod Adds Flock Cameras—And Lets Players Destroy ThemJason Nelson · The surveillance mod on GTA V brings the privacy fight to Los Santos, where players can demolish the cameras tracking them.
- 22.ChatGPT Images 2.5 vs Nano Banana 2: Which One is Better?Jose Antonio Lanz · 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.
- 23.Cyberattacks on Law Firms Nearly Double as Stolen Documents Hit the Dark WebJason Nelson · Greenberg Traurig said documents were posted to the dark web, while BakerHostetler recorded a near-doubling of law-firm incidents in 2025.
- 24.Bitcoin Golden Cross Flickers Off as Rate-Hike Bets Firm UpJose Antonio Lanz · A rapidly changing interest rates market has changed the near-term outlook on the Bitcoin chart. Here’s why.
- 25.OpenAI Asks Congress Whether an AI Slowdown Would Be LegalJason Nelson · The company is seeking clarity on antitrust rules as researchers call for restraint and experts warn that competition encourages companies to overlook risks.
- 26.Robinhood Crypto Trading Volume Jumps 61% in AugustJose Antonio Lanz · Fresh operating data shows crypto trading bouncing back, but the company's fastest-growing business these days isn't traditional trading at all.
- 27.Bitwise to Close Dogecoin ETF Before Its First AnniversaryJason Nelson · BWOW will stop trading October 14, with cash payments to remaining shareholders expected October 22.
- 28.Bitcoin Rises as Markets Digest Inflation Data Ahead of Fed Rate DecisionJose Antonio Lanz · 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.
- 29.Blockstream Refuses Ransom for Return of $47M in Bitcoin from Liquid Hack: 'It Is Theft'Decrypt Agent · With 598.5 BTC still outstanding, the company says it will go to law enforcement should the funds not be returned.
- 30.Morning Minute: AI Agents Cut BTC Quantum Attack Benchmark by 86%Tyler Warner · Crypto majors are shaky ahead of this morning’s CPI print, but onchain is heating up for another big potential weekend.
- 31.EU Regulator Says Prediction Markets Are 'Rife With Inside Trading'Decrypt Agent · ESMA also asks why Kalshi and Polymarket block some EU countries but not others, and notes VPNs get around the blocks.
- 32.Albuquerque Bans Bitcoin ATMs, Giving Operators 45 Days to Remove ThemDecrypt Agent · A councilor said 90% of crypto kiosk transactions in the city are tied to fraud, calling the machines a conduit for crime.
- 33.Sam Bankman-Fried Asks Supreme Court to Overturn FTX Fraud ConvictionDecrypt Agent · SBF’s lawyers say he was barred from arguing customers lost nothing, and call the $11 billion forfeiture an "crushing fine."
- 34.Senate Republicans Release Revised Clarity Act Ahead of September 15 VoteJason Nelson · The draft adds registration requirements for controlled trading protocols and leaves its ethics provisions largely unchanged.
- 35.DeepSeek's New Model Nearly Matches GPT-6 Astra on Design—at 1.4% of the CostJose Antonio Lanz · 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.
- 36.AI Agents Just Slashed the Cost of a Quantum Attack on BitcoinJason Nelson · The ECDSA.Fail challenge cut a resource benchmark for one component of a potential quantum attack by 86%.
- 37.Coinbase Wallet Rebrands to Chase 'Anything, Anywhere' Trading as Robinhood Chain Heats UpJason Nelson · 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.