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  1. 1.Why an AI Slowdown Could Collapse Under Commercial and US-China PressureJason Nelson · Atlantic Council experts argue corporate pledges need enforceable safety standards, while U.S.–China distrust limits prospects for an international agreement.
  2. 2.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.
  3. 3.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.
  4. 4.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.
  5. 5.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.
  6. 6.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.
  7. 7.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.
  8. 8.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.
  9. 9.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.
  10. 10.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.
  11. 11.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.
  12. 12.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.
  13. 13.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
  14. 14.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...
  15. 15.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.
  16. 16.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.
  17. 17.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.
  18. 18.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.
  19. 19.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
  20. 20.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.
  21. 21.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.
  22. 22.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.
  23. 23.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.
  24. 24.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.
  25. 25.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.
  26. 26.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.
  27. 27.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.
  28. 28.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.
  29. 29.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.
  30. 30.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.
  31. 31.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.
  32. 32.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.
  33. 33.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.
  34. 34.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."
  35. 35.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.
  36. 36.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.
  37. 37.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%.
  38. 38.Trump sues JPMorgan for $5B! Ledger prepares for $4B IPO! “Crypto Adoption is no longer reversible” says PWC!Crypto majors are red while Gold nears $5,000 and Silver closes in on $100; BTC -1% at $89,100; ETH -2% at $2,925, SOL -2% at $127; XRP -2% to $1.90. ZRO (+15%), AXS (+10%) and DASH (+8%) led top move
  39. 39.From Stellar to Canton: How Franklin Templeton Adopted TokenizationRoger Bayston, Head of Digital Assets at Franklin Templeton, unpacks how one of the world's largest asset managers embraced tokenization.
  40. 40.Crypto rebounds after Trump TACO’s on Tariffs! BitGo $2.1B IPO! Solana’s SKR token soars 250% FDV!Crypto majors are green and rebounding after Trump pivoted on EU tariffs; BTC +2% at $89,900; ETH +2% at $2,995, SOL +2% at $130; XRP +3% to $1.94. CC (+15%), SKY (+11%) and SAND (+10%) led top movers
  41. 41.Trump’s speech at Davos gives small boost to Crypto! Saylor buys $2.13B BTC! Blondish Interview!Crypto majors are very red following a red Tuesday across markets; BTC -3% at $88,200; ETH -6% at $2,905, SOL -2% at $127; XRP -2% to $1.88. MYX (+11%) and ZRO (+10%) led top movers. Bitcoin and Solan
  42. 42.Trump Tariffs 3: Return of the Bull Market! NYSE Tokenising, what that means for $Hype! Claude Meme Meta!Crypto majors are red following Trump’s tariff turmoil; BTC -2% at $91,100; ETH -4% at $3,105, SOL -3% at $129; XRP -2% to $1.93. CC (+12%), MYX (+5%) and SYRUP (+4%) led top movers. The NYSE began pr
  43. 43.Crypto sells off amidst Trump Tariff Turmoil! $Trove falls 90% in awful TGE! Pump Fund announced!Crypto majors are red following Trump’s tariff turmoil; BTC -2% at $91,100; ETH -4% at $3,105, SOL -3% at $129; XRP -2% to $1.93. CC (+12%), MYX (+5%) and SYRUP (+4%) led top movers. The NYSE began pr
  44. 44.Massive Coinbase News! Bitcoin Rips to $96,750! Football.Fun TGE Interview with Founder!Crypto majors are very green with Bitcoin making a new another 2-month high; BTC +2% at $96,7500; ETH +2% at $3,360, SOL even at $145; XRP -1% to $2.11. DCR (+30%), DASH (+10%), ICP (+10%) and ZEC (+7
  45. 45.Are we back? Crypto is Green! Solana Intern goes rogue! Pump up 13%! Monero hits another ATH!BTC: 95k (+3%) | BTC.D: 59.2% (-0.1%). ETH: 3313 (+6%) | BNB: 936 (+3%) | SOL: 145 (+2%). Top Gainers: IP, ICP, PUMP, PEPE, ENA. BTC ETFs: +$754m | ETH ETFs: +$130m. Crypto rallies on largest ETF infl
  46. 46.Pump & Memes HEATING up! XMR vs ZEC! How important are these rate cuts? - Under ExposedCrypto majors are green; BTC +1.5% at $92,000; ETH +1% at $3,130, SOL +2% at $142; XRP +1% to $2.06. DASH (+60%), IP (+30%) and XMR (+13%) led top movers; XMR hit another new ATH at $680 (now $640). G
  47. 47.PsyopAnime Meme up 30X! Are Memes back? Monero ATH! Interview W/ Joseph Chalom, CEO of SharplinkCrypto majors are green; BTC +1.5% at $92,000; ETH +1% at $3,130, SOL +2% at $142; XRP +1% to $2.06. DASH (+60%), IP (+30%) and XMR (+13%) led top movers; XMR hit another new ATH at $680 (now $640). G
  48. 48.A16z raise $15B! Jerome Powell vs Trump! Crypto remains flat! Special Guest: Dudas!Crypto majors are mostly flat headed into Monday open; btc even at $90,600; eth +1% at $3,110, sol +2% at $140; xrp -2% to $2.04. Ip (+20%) and xmr (+15%) led top movers; xmr hit a new ath at $590. Fe
  49. 49.ZEC Rebounds 11%! Trump says he won’t pardon Sam Bankman-Fried! Florida revisits it’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve!Crypto majors are mostly flat ahead of today’s supreme court opinion on the trump tariffs; btc +1% at $90,300; eth 13% at $3,090, sol +3% at $138; xrp +1% to $2.10. Polygon (+11%), zec (+11%) and syru
  50. 50.The ZCash situation explained! Interview with ZEC bull Mert! BTC below $90K! ZEC falls 19%!Crypto majors fell again yesterday as btc lost $90k; btc -2% at $89,900; eth -3% at $3,100, sol -3% at $134; xrp -7% to $2.08. Lit (+3%), wlfi (+3%) and xmr (+3%) led top movers. Zec fell 19% after th
  51. 51.First 2026 Dip! BTC at 92K! Morgan Stanley file for BTC, ETH & SOL ETFs! Hyperliquid Airdrop Speculation!Crypto majors fall for first time in 2026; BTC at $92k. Morgan Stanley files for BTC, ETH and SOL ETFs. US Senate schedules key vote for crypto market structure bill for next week. Hyperliquid release
  52. 52.Crypto starts 2026 STRONG! Venezuela Impacts on the market! Lighter TGE reactions!The global crypto market cap pushed another 2% to $3.22T as majors continue to grind up; BTC +1% at $93,780; ETH +2% at $3,240, SOL +3% at $139; XRP led up 12% to $2.37 RENDER (+18%), SUI (+18%) and L
  53. 53.Global Crypto MCap up to $3.22 Trillion! XRP up 12%! Japan Endorse Crypto! Fear & Greed back to Neutral!The global crypto market cap pushed another 2% to $3.22T as majors continue to grind up; BTC +1% at $93,780; ETH +2% at $3,240, SOL +3% at $139; XRP led up 12% to $2.37 RENDER (+18%), SUI (+18%) and L
  54. 54.Crypto is Green! Up 6-9%! Memes outperform! Pepe up 67%! Infinex Founder Interview!The global crypto market cap hit $3.16t (+1.5%) with majors trading higher; btc +2% at $93,000; eth +1% at $3,175, bnb +2.5% at $906, sol +1% at $135. Virtuals (+24%), render (_17%), btt (+11%) and fe
  55. 55.Crypto Wallets Can ‘Directly Compete With Neobanks'Bitget Wallet CMO Jamie Elkaleh tells Decrypt how the platform is evolving from a crypto wallet to a everyday finance app that seamlessly integrates crypto with TradFi, building on its vision of "Cryp
  56. 56.2026 Crypto Predictions! Tom Lee still buying ETH! Rekt tease WorldStar collab!Btc: 87k (0%) | btc.D: 59.0% (0%). Eth: 2975 (1%) | bnb: 855 (+1%) | sol: 124 (0%). Tom Lee bought another $130M in ETH for Christmas, and still holds $1B in cash heading into the new year. REKT drink
  57. 57.The White Whale up 10x in a week! Lighter TGE! Saylor buys $109M BTC!Btc: 87k (-1%) | btc.D: 59.0% (0%). Eth: 2953 (-3%) | bnb: 853 (-1%) | sol: 124 (-3%). The White Whale goes almost 15x in a week, from $5m to $71m mcap. Lighter TGE rumours stirring. YouTuber Nick Shi