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Banks Want More: Trade Groups Demand Stricter Stablecoin Limits in Clarity Act

Eight trade associations say exceptions for interest-like rewards could pull deposits from banks and reduce lending.

2026-09-14
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OpenAI’s Sam Altman Warns Humans Could Lose Control of AI

The OpenAI chief called for safeguards during training and shared industry standards, saying developers can act before legislation arrives.

2026-09-14
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Trump Says He 'Likes' Flock Surveillance Cameras Amid Bipartisan Pushback

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.

2026-09-14
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Microsoft Unveils 'Humanist AI' Code of Conduct, Asks the Public to Poke Holes in It

Mustafa Suleyman's AI unit wants feedback for six weeks before the document guides model training in 2027.

2026-09-14
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Trump Says He’s the Only ‘Guardrails’ AI Needs, Attacks Anthropic and Defends Data Centers

The president dismissed calls for tighter AI controls as industry leaders push to slow development and address safety failures.

2026-09-14
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Bitcoin Climbs as AI Slowdown Calls Sink Nvidia, Intel and Other Chip Stocks

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.

2026-09-14
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Crypto Market Has 'Definitely Not Priced In' Clarity Act Surprise, Says Bernstein

Ethics and banking concessions have improved the crypto bill’s prospects, analysts say, but Democratic support remains uncertain.

2026-09-14
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08Decrypt

Bitmine Adds $68 Million in Ethereum as Holdings Near 6 Million ETH

The purchase brings the company closer to its goal of owning 5% of Ethereum’s supply, with most of its tokens earning staking rewards.

2026-09-14
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Strategy Buys Back $139 Million of STRC, Bitcoin Stack Frozen for Second Week

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.

2026-09-14
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Why Trump Backed Tougher Ethics Rules in Clarity Act, and Why the Crypto Industry Thinks It Can Pass

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 Tuesday.

2026-09-14
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Morning Minute: Clarity Act Odds Soar as Trump Agrees to Ethics Provisions

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...

2026-09-14
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MetaMask Adds New Wallet Protections Against Crypto Scams

MetaMask’s latest safeguards flag suspicious transfers and stop transactions that don’t match their previews.

2026-09-14
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India Begins Tokenizing Its $620 Billion Corporate Bond Market

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.

2026-09-14
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Bitcoin Suisse to Cut Up to Half Its Swiss Jobs in Overseas Shift

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.

2026-09-14
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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24Decrypt

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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