Raw News Items
90 itemsSeptember 2, 2026
- Decrypt
Anthropic Admits Security Failures Behind Claude Hacking Incidents
After Claude models accessed real systems during cyber tests, Anthropic tightened its safeguards and warned that flawed training can encourage dangerous behavior.
- Decrypt
An AI Training Data Startup Just Became Y Combinator's Fastest-Ever Unicorn
Afterquery's valuation jumped more than tenfold in five months, making it Y Combinator's fastest unicorn ever.
- CryptoSlate
XRP’s $2.14 bull case just met a $474 million ETF tailwind
XRP could climb above $2.14 by late November as sustained exchange-traded fund (ETF) demand adds momentum to its recent rebound. CryptoSlate’s 90-day model places the bullish outcome at the 80th percentile, nearly 59% above its $1.35 reference close. The median forecast is far lower at $1.47, leavin...
- CryptoSlateScore: 90
The SEC is rewriting 50-year-old Wall Street rules to let public blockchains decide who legally owns a stock
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants to let Wall Street’s official shareholder records move onchain while keeping regulated transfer agents in control. On Sept. 1, the financial regulator proposed its first major overhaul of transfer-agent rules since regulations were adopted in the...
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Bitcoin ETFs notch best month of 2026 as BTC gains 25% in August
US spot Bitcoin ETFs reduced their year-to-date net outflows by 66% as Bitcoin gained about 25% in August, while Ether ETFs turned positive YTD at $732 million and XRP ETFs reached $502 million.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Leaked compliance records shatter anonymity of 291 crypto users by matching names directly to wallet activity
The Pocket Bitcoin breach exposed more than email addresses and support conversations for 291 customers, the company said. Some copied records linked real-world identities to public Bitcoin activity. The finding expands the scope described in the Swiss non-custodial Bitcoin service's Aug. 21 disclos...
- CoinDeskScore: 85
OpenAI says its new 'Astra' AI can build attacks without human help
Astra is the first OpenAI model to reach its “Critical” cybersecurity threshold, meaning it can find previously unknown vulnerabilities and develop ways to exploit them across hardened systems.
- DecryptScore: 85
SEC Proposes First Transfer Agent Overhaul in 40 Years, Citing Tokenization
New Form TA-2 questions would make agents report how many share registers they keep on distributed ledgers.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
North Korea’s $30M crypto cashout just handed legacy finance its best weapon to kill DeFi’s US debut
CME and ICE told Washington in May that Hyperliquid's pseudonymous, always-on markets could let sanctioned state actors circumvent enforcement. On Aug. 31, an Arkham analysis reviewed by CoinDesk found that wallets linked to North Korea's Lazarus Group had sold more than $30 million of Bitcoin throu...
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
TAC blockchain remains frozen for over 10 days after a massive exploit forces a 1.26 billion token bailout
The TAC network halt continues at block 24,671,475, more than 10 days after an exploit emptied the bonded staking pool. The network is an EVM-compatible Layer 1 connected to the TON ecosystem. An RPC query by CryptoSlate at 2:33 a.m. UTC still showed the final block from Aug. 22, meaning normal bloc...
- DecryptScore: 85
FBI Seizes $560K in Crypto Bound for Hamas, Takes Over Fundraising Sites
Agents seized digital assets, domains, and servers allegedly used by Hamas’ military wing to collect donations and recruit supporters.
- The BlockScore: 80
G20 finance leaders vow to establish ‘clear pathways’ for digital assets innovation
The G20 officials acknowledged that digital assets can support economic growth and private sector innovation.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Solana, ether, xrp lead majors slide as Iran strikes drive a broad risk selloff
Every large-cap token fell over the past 24 hours, and the high-beta majors gave up roughly triple what bitcoin did.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Live updates: BlackRock's IBIT drives $236 million bitcoin ETF outflow
Bitcoin slipped below $77,500 and every major is red on the day. The smaller crypto ETFs kept taking money while the bitcoin funds gave some back.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
Crypto industry urges SEC to avoid blanket novel ETF restrictions
Grayscale, a16z, and the CCI asked the SEC to preserve existing classification rules and avoid treating novel exchange-traded products as a single category, while proposing different routes to clearer and faster reviews.
- DecryptScore: 80
Sality Botnet Dismantled After Eight Years of Stealing Bitcoin and Ethereum
CrowdStrike and the DOJ isolated more than 15,000 infected machines in a malware takedown spanning four countries.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
CrowdStrike and federal authorities dismantle Russian malware that secretly stole crypto for 8 years
Russia-based Sality watched for copied bitcoin and Ethereum addresses and quietly replaced them with the attacker’s. CrowdStrike and law enforcement have now isolated more than 15,000 infected machines.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
A major layer-1 chain will pause new transactions for 24 minutes to unlock a 10x speed boost
MultiversX has given node operators nine days to prepare for an upgrade designed to make its blockchain 10 times faster. The Supernova upgrade is scheduled to activate Sept. 10 during epoch 2233, cutting block times to 600 milliseconds from six seconds and forcing more than 5,000 nodes to migrate on...
- CoinDeskScore: 75
XRP ETFs pull in $170 million over eleven days. Goldman tops institutional holders
Spot XRP funds have logged nine straight sessions of inflows, while Q2 filings show Goldman Sachs, Jane Street and Millennium among their biggest professional holders.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Bitcoin slips below $76,500 as U.S. strikes on Iran send oil above $93
Bitcoin fell 1% since midnight as Brent jumped past $93 and Treasury yields climbed toward 4.8%.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Wall Street is now racing to control the $1.9T stablecoin shift to avoid losing its customer base
Standard Chartered estimated in January that stablecoins could pull about $500 billion from US bank deposits by the end of 2028. Regional banks looked especially exposed given how much they depend on the spread between what they pay depositors and what they earn on loans. Now, 21 major financial ins...
- CoinDeskScore: 75
New Jersey becomes first state to ask Supreme Court to weigh in on prediction markets
After multiple appeals courts ruled differently about whether states can crack down on prediction markets' sports products, New Jersey asked SCOTUS to step in.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Coinbase launches regulated crypto derivatives in Canada
Coinbase is offering eligible Canadian traders perpetual and dated futures with up to 10x leverage as major US trading platforms expand their crypto presence in Canada.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
DOJ says Hamas crypto seizures reached $560,000 as FBI took over fundraising sites
FBI agents took control of domains and servers, specifically Alqassam.ps, to intercept donations and prevent further fundraising for the Al-Qassam Brigades.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
DeFi Technologies misses Nasdaq $1 deadline as DEFT faces delisting review
DeFi Technologies reached its Sept. 1 Nasdaq minimum-bid deadline after its US-listed DEFT shares closed Aug. 31 at $0.6032, making it impossible to complete the required 10-business-day streak at or above $1. The threshold miss moves the company into an eligibility review, with either a second comp...
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Bitcoin’s 316-day hashrate drought shows why AI could make this mining downturn harder to reverse
Bitcoin’s hashrate has spent 316 days below its record as miners redirect power toward AI. The seven-day network average stood near 914 exahashes per second on Aug. 31, about 20.6% below its October 2025 peak of 1,151.6 EH/s. The stretch without a new high is the longest in a decade, exceeding the p...
- CointelegraphScore: 70
HYPE treasury firm Hyperliquid Strategies boosts equity facility to $2.5B
The Nasdaq-listed company previously raised $647 million through the facility and accumulated about 29.3 million HYPE tokens.
- The BlockScore: 70
Bitcoin hovers near $77,000 as global bond selloff tests post-rally resilience
Bitcoin hovers near $77,000 as global bond yields surge and renewed U.S.-Iran tensions push oil prices higher.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Lawsuit challenges Tether for allegedly freezing $42.4 million USDT before U.S. warrant
The plaintiffs allege that Tether acted in response to an informal U.S. law-enforcement request more than three months before a seizure warrant was issued.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Thai businessmen sue Tether for freezing $42M in $61M pig butchering case
The plaintiffs didn’t dispute their involvement in the pig butchering scam, but claimed that Tether did not have the authority to freeze the $42 million at the time.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Hashkey joins DTCC working group as first Asian crypto service provider
Hashkey joined the DTCC’s working group on tokenization innovation as the first Asian crypto service provider to join with over 100 financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
What the $344M crypto political spending spree wants from Congress next
Corporate political donations hit a record $646 million over the 18 months through June, according to Public Citizen's analysis of FEC filings. Crypto political spending led every other corporate sector at $206 million, while crypto, AI, and online betting together accounted for $344 million, more t...
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Bitcoin’s apparent demand turns negative as price struggles with $77K
One of Bitcoin’s onchain demand indicators turns negative again after a brief August rebound, as BTC price slipped below $77,000 amid a broader bond and equities sell-off.
- The BlockScore: 70
Securitize and Socios team up to tokenize equity in pro sports teams
It's the first project launched through Securitize’s fully authorized European Trading & Settlement System under the EU DLT Pilot Regime.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Wyoming adds Chainlink reserve verification to state-issued stable token
Wyoming is using Chainlink to bring near-real-time reserve verification onchain for FRNT as the oracle provider expands its footprint across tokenized financial markets.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Uniswap trading volume explodes to record levels over 7 million per day – but actual fees lag far behind
Uniswap's new swap record is testing whether the protocol's wider fee footprint can turn rising activity into measurable UNI burns. Uniswap founder Hayden Adams said Tuesday that the decentralized exchange was handling roughly 82 swaps per second across chains. He was responding to Blockworks Resear...
- DecryptScore: 70
Goldman Sachs, BofA Among 21 Banks Planning Joint Dollar Stablecoin Launch
The bank-led consortium wants a U.S. dollar token live by the first half of 2027, with a euro version queued up next.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
US officials work with CrowdStrike to fight malware behind crypto theft
Federal authorities and private-sector partners were part of an operation to disrupt malware that redirected about $150,000 in crypto over the last eight years.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF barely beat the S&P 500 after putting investors through a 53% crash
BlackRock’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) has narrowly outperformed the S&P 500 since launch despite subjecting investors to a drawdown nearly three times as deep. The iShares Bitcoin Trust, or IBIT, returned 67.74% from its Jan. 11, 2024 debut through Aug. 31, compared with 66.14% for Vanguard...
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Core DAO plans emergency hard fork after validators drew excess rewards
Core says the incident is contained and its planned forward upgrade will not roll back the network or reverse previously confirmed transactions.
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
Deribit already holds 96.6% of Coinbase’s derivatives open interest ahead of Sept. 9 migration
Nearly all the open interest displayed on Coinbase’s derivatives dashboard already sits at Deribit, its global derivatives venue, eight days before institutional positions at the much smaller Coinbase International Exchange are scheduled to move there. A Coinbase derivatives dashboard snapshot retri...
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
Binance deepens TradFi push with physically settled options on over 1,000 US equities
Binance is putting options on more than 1,000 selected US stocks and exchange-traded funds inside the same account that already offers crypto and several forms of equity exposure. The product is limited to eligible users outside the US, and the securities machinery behind the offer does not belong t...
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
A layer-1 blockchain froze for 4 hours to stop a $4.9 million hack, then claimed it was just an upgrade
Injective, a layer-1 blockchain network, produced no new block for nearly four hours during an emergency response to an exploit that researchers traced into core modules. On Sept.1, the foundation said the blockchain was “upgraded, not halted” and that its consensus, native INJ, and staked assets we...
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Japan’s Remixpoint dumps altcoins, leaves 1,506 BTC as sole crypto bet
Remixpoint sold $5.5 million in ETH, SOL, XRP and DOGE, booking a $736,000 net gain as it narrowed its crypto strategy to focus on Bitcoin.
- DecryptScore: 65
Tether Sued Over Alleged Unlawful Freeze of $42.4 Million in USDT
Two Thai businessmen claim Tether blocked access to their stablecoins months before federal authorities secured a seizure warrant.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Ondo urges SEC, CFTC to bring US stock perpetuals onshore
Ondo says existing US securities laws can accommodate perpetual futures tied to individual stocks as regulators look to bring more derivatives activity onshore.
- DecryptScore: 65
Crypto Groups Push SEC for Tailored Rules on Novel ETFs
Groups including The Crypto Council for Innovation, Grayscale, and a16z urged the regulator to preserve existing fund classifications and streamline reviews for new exchange-traded products.
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
USDC may be only as quantum-safe as its slowest wallet, bridge or blockchain
Circle issued a warning that the quantum circuits needed to attack widely used blockchain signatures are becoming leaner, citing a low-width record of 813 logical qubits. For the USDC quantum migration, the immediate consequence is a dependency problem across every host chain, wallet, custodian, bri...
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Circle processed $32 trillion in USDC transfers, yet 95% of its revenue relies entirely on interest rates
Adjusted USDC transfer volume reached $32 trillion in 2026 through Coin Metrics' August measurement, with each dollar of supply turning over 741 times at an annualized rate. Those figures signal reach and settlement intensity. Circle's second-quarter revenue, however, remained dominated by yield on ...
- The BlockScore: 60
Hyperliquid Strategies expands equity facility to $2.5 billion from $1 billion
As of June 30, Hyperliquid Strategies has sold around $647 million worth of shares, according to its recent filings.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
A China indicator that greases risk-taking in stocks and bitcoin is flashing red
China's "credit impulse" is flashing red for risk assets.So far, bitcoin has mostly shrugged it off.
- The BlockScore: 60
Japan-listed Remixpoint sells all ETH, SOL, XRP and DOGE holdings in shift to bitcoin-only crypto strategy
Bitcoin is now Remixpoint's only cryptocurrency holding, with approximately 1,506 BTC, worth around $115 million.
- The BlockScore: 60
Adam Back invests another $8.8 million in Capital B as bitcoin treasury firm targets 3,521 BTC
Capital B raised $8.8 million from Adam Back in a private placement as the French bitcoin treasury firm targets 3,521 BTC.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Sui DeFi protocol Full Sail to wind down after Switchboard incident
Full Sail is shutting down after an attacker removed about $91,000 from three vaults during a security incident linked to oracle provider Switchboard.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
G20 members tout ‘clear pathways’ for digital asset innovation
Officials in the G20, under the US’ presidency, recognized that digital assets could support “broad-based economic growth” and called for improvements in cross-border transactions.
- The BlockScore: 60
New Jersey asks Supreme Court to decide who regulates sports betting on prediction markets
New Jersey is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to settle, once and for all, how sports betting on prediction markets should be regulated.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
New Jersey officials petition US Supreme Court over prediction markets
New Jersey’s Attorney General and gaming authorities filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the US Supreme Court over Kalshi offering sporting event contracts to residents.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Solana processed 5.2 billion transactions after revenue collapsed 87% – here’s what changed
Solana says it processed a record 5.2 billion non-vote transactions in August, a total it described as 19% above July. The milestone arrived with a sharply different measure: 21Shares calculated that gross network revenue, including fees and tips generated by network use, fell to $141 million in the...
- DecryptScore: 60
Japan’s Remixpoint Dumps Ethereum, XRP in Shift to Bitcoin-Only Treasury
The Japanese company booked a ¥117.8 million profit after selling its ETH, SOL, XRP and DOGE, leaving roughly 1,506 BTC as its only cryptocurrency holding.
- CryptoSlateScore: 55
Cardano clears key voting thresholds for constitutional committee renewal by 0.18% margin
Cardano’s 2026 Constitutional Committee renewal had crossed both voting thresholds in a pre-boundary snapshot on Sept. 1, but formal ratification still waited for the epoch change. The narrow margin on the stake pool side exposed how non-participation can become an effective veto in the network’s on...
- The BlockScore: 55
Arbitrum DAO reports $6.2 million in first-half income as Robinhood Chain adds new revenue stream
Licensing fees accounted for 35% of the DAO's income in July, the first month Robinhood Chain was live on mainnet.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Bitcoin withstands $90 oil and rising yields while gold slides. A firm dollar is the catch
BTC trades choppy as $90 oil and rising bond yields weigh on stocks and gold.
- The BlockScore: 50
Wyoming expands Chainlink partnership with onchain reserve verification for FRNT
Last month, Wyoming’s Stable Token Commission fully migrated FRNT from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP after a security review.
- CryptoSlateScore: 50
Strategy keeps STRC at 12% as Saylor has seven days to salvage the $10 billion Bitcoin yield product as costs spiral
Michael Saylor has roughly one week to orchestrate STRC’s return to its $100 par value by his informal Sept. 8 target, but the financial machinery required to close the final gap is running hot. Despite deploying $635.2 million on aggressive buybacks, Strategy’s preferred security continues to hover...
- The BlockScore: 50
Hyperscale Data shares hit all-time low as company flips Michigan site from bitcoin mining into AI
The Michigan AI agreement could generate more than $1.2 billion, with expansion options potentially lifting that above $3 billion.
- DecryptScore: 50
OpenAI's Astra Becomes Its First AI Model With 'Critical' Hacking Abilities
The unreleased model can find zero-day vulnerabilities and chain them into working exploits without a human walking it through each step, and access to that capability is starting with a small group of testers.
- The BlockScore: 50
Memecoin shenanigans spill into Nasdaq as microcap mushroom seller Farmmi surges 350%
FAMI quickly corrected while the stock saw more than 720 million shares traded — nearly 90 times more than its daily average.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Kraken parent Payward delays IPO to second quarter of 2027 at earliest
The crypto exchange operator, which confidentially filed for a U.S. listing last November, had already put its IPO plans on hold amid difficult market conditions.
- The BlockScore: 50
Anthony Armstrong, former CFO at Elon Musk’s xAI and X, joins Coinbase board
Anthony Armstrong — no relation to Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong — most recently served as CFO across xAI, X.AI Corp., and X Corp.
- CryptoSlateScore: 45
$2.7 million poured into Robinhood Chain apps in one day, but it barely touches corporate revenue
Robinhood Chain revenue from applications totaled between $2.66 million and $2.82 million over a rolling 24-hour window early on Sept. 1, creating an eye-catching measure of network activity with no disclosed bridge to Robinhood’s corporate accounts. DefiLlama tracks application revenue, chain reven...
- CoinDeskScore: 45
Capital B aims to add 376 BTC to bitcoin treasury following $8.8 million Adam Back investment
The Euronext Growth Paris-listed firm issued 13,181,030 shares with four warrants each at 58 euro cents per share, according to a filing on Wednesday.
- DecryptScore: 45
Norway Moves to Regulate 'Pervert Glasses,' Weighs Facial Recognition Ban
The country's consumer watchdog went further, urging retailers to stop selling the devices until the law is clear.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
Bitcoin hits $77,000 wall as the Fed gets trapped between weak jobs and $90 oil
Bitcoin fell below $77,000 as softer US labor data failed to dislodge expectations for another Federal Reserve rate increase. Data from CryptoSlate shows the largest cryptocurrency traded around $76,985 as of press time after July job openings held at 7.3 million and hiring remained subdued. The rel...
- The BlockScore: 40
Kalshi and Polymarket’s combined volume falls 15% in August, first monthly decline in a year
Kalshi recorded $37.17 billion in volume in August, while Polymarket and its US platform saw a combined $8.16 billion.
- The BlockScore: 40
Strategy CEO says selling bitcoin at $60,000 before buying at $80,000 was the ‘right trade’
Strategy CEO Phong Le defended selling bitcoin at $60,000 before buying at $80,000, citing corporate capital costs.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Bart Simpson pattern feared for bitcoin and XRP as prices pull back
Analysts discuss the cartoon-themed price action as prices for major cryptocurrencies wilt.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
TRON H1 2026 Strategy Report: Dual-Engine Growth via DeFi and AI Delivers Record Traction
Abstract: In H1 2026, TRON bucked broader market headwinds through a twin-track strategy: solidifying its core DeFi engine while aggressively expanding into AI. As recurring deflationary mechanics anchored value across DeFi protocols, a rapid wave of AI product launches unlocked new vectors for ecos...
- The BlockScore: 40
World open-sources ProveKit, a zero-knowledge identity proving toolkit
World has open-sourced ProveKit, a zero-knowledge identity proving toolkit already used in World ID since April.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Crypto made new friends in U.S. primaries, but focus now shifts to general election
Adding Massachusetts incumbent Auchincloss to the list of winning primary candidates Fairshake supported, the industry's influence moves on to November.
- DecryptScore: 40
Is Bitcoin About to Flash Crash? What a 'Bart Simpson' Pattern Would Actually Take
Bitcoin traders are calling August's spike-and-fade a Bart Simpson hairline. Here's what separates an actual flash crash from an ordinary correction.
- DecryptScore: 40
'The Right Trade': Strategy CEO Has No Regrets Selling Bitcoin at $60K Before Buying Back Higher
Phong Le said Strategy’s cost of capital—not Bitcoin’s price—drove its decision to sell nearly 7,000 BTC before resuming purchases above $80,000.
- DecryptScore: 30
Kalshi Suspends House Candidate Laurie Buckhout for Betting on Herself
The North Carolina Republican bought less than $1,000 of contracts on her own race and drew a three-year ban.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss says bond rout could force emergency spending cuts
The former prime minister said U.K. is among the worst examples of rising debt and warns the situation may have gone too far.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
A Fed rate increase would be a mistake, some observers say as bitcoin, gold, stocks fall
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 2, 2026
- CointelegraphScore: 30
BTC will hit $1M by 2030... but Arthur Hayes is buying ETH instead
Arthur Hayes says Bitcoin is going to grind higher from here, but Ethereum is his number one pick due to its potential to increase “3x to 5x pretty quickly.”
- DecryptScore: 30
AI Billionaires Fund Ad Blitz as Data Center Opposition Hits 61%
Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz and OpenAI's Greg Brockman have backed the super PAC behind the campaign, which faces surging opposition.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Crypto Long & Short: Crypto VCs are mistaking consensus for discipline
In this week's Crypto Long & Short, Varun Datta of Truth Ventures writes that crypto venture capital's retreat to later-stage deals is a consensus trade dressed as discipline. With proven companies taking 57% of last quarter's capital, he argues the founding-stage gap is where the returns are, and l...
- DecryptScore: 30
Top Pentagon AI Official Sold Millions in Perplexity Stock, Disclosures Show
Emil Michael's latest financial filings show a summer exit from Perplexity, months after a January sale of xAI stock that reportedly netted him up to $24 million.
- DecryptScore: 20
Morning Minute: Bitcoin Enters ‘Rektember’ After Best August Since 2017
So far, Rektember is living up to its name as Bitcoin slips. Will this September follow the historical averages, or break the trend?
- CoinDeskScore: 20
The token supercycle: everything of value is becoming programmable
Tokenization is not just about increasing access to tokens, whatever they may represent, but a fundamental shift in how value is created, owned, financed and moved, argues Solana Foundation’s Lily Liu.