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ZETA moves to Solana after ZetaChain holders back ending its Layer 1 by 99.4%
ZetaChain holders backed Proposal 68 with 99.4%, turning ZETA into a Solana SPL token, but a second vote must still set the shutdown block.
Mon, Sep 21
Meme coin credit card buys lose digital media coding under Visa deadline this week
Visa told payment processors to stop coding meme coin credit card buys as digital media, ending a rewards loophole after a grace period that closes this week.
Mon, Sep 21
Trump sees AI hitting 25% of GDP as he plans an AI Force and czar
Trump plans an AI Force modeled on Space Force and a new AI czar, saying AI could reach 25% of US GDP as safety warnings grow.
Mon, Sep 21
U.S. and China open AI talks as Trump-Xi Summit puts AI race at center stage
Washington and Beijing have agreed to launch AI discussions ahead of a crucial summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Washington on Thursday. Dire warnings about the threat of unchecked AI have injected a fierce sense of urgency into the talks. Until now, attempts to establish global guidelines for AI safety have faced...
Mon, Sep 21
Polymarket’s $10 million fraud scare tests whether growth outran compliance
In February, Polymarket became a victim of a fraud attempt that tried to steal no less than $10 million from its US app. Shaney Coplan, Polymarket CEO, told employees to continue with their business expansion plans regardless of any subsequent sanctions, the Wall Street Journal reports. The $10 million figure refers to the amount thieves...
Sun, Sep 20
Fetch.ai and NuNet lose $2 million in a private key compromise
An attacker has taken around $2 million from the infrastructure connected with Fetch.ai and NuNet. Both attacks were linked by security firms to the same attacker wallet. Preliminary analysis of Fetch.ai revealed that the attacker used signing credentials that were compromised to gain access to the infrastructure. While a theft of $2 million may be...
Sun, Sep 20
Bastion wins conditional OCC approval for a national trust bank charter
Bastion, a stablecoin infrastructure company, received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to convert its New York trust company to Bastion Platforms National Trust Company. After meeting the remaining conditions, the charter will unify issuance, custody, and conversion of stablecoins in one federally regulated entity and bring stablecoins closer...
Sat, Sep 19
Anthropic pushes $2T IPO to November as AI safety debate intensifies
Investors will have to wait until November for Anthropic’s massive IPO, according to insiders. Initially, there were expectations that the company would hold its historic IPO in October. The timeline change comes against the backdrop of industry giants calling for a temporary slowdown in AI development. Nonetheless, some sources claim the November target was set...
Sat, Sep 19
OpenAI’s $280B compute build-out is repricing Bitcoin miners’ power assets
OpenAI anticipates that it will use about $278 billion in cash from 2026 to 2030 and spend about $856 billion on computing infrastructure. In this context, the expansion of artificial intelligence is not merely about securing sufficient semiconductors, but also securing electricity, land, power lines, and existing sites that are already connected to the grid....
Sat, Sep 19
Google’s Gemini hacked three companies during AI security testing
According to a report by Reuters, three actual companies fell victim to Gemini’s hacking in a May security testing carried out by the company Irregular. This is the first known breakout of this kind by Google’s AI. This was not the case of escaping from a controlled environment but rather finding public information, obtaining and...
Sat, Sep 19
Medical AI’s accuracy gains are outrunning evidence of better patient outcomes
A plethora of studies in 2026 is showing a persistent gap in medical AI: the systems can impact doctors’ choices and achieve impressive diagnostic results without demonstrating that patients actually become healthier. This is important for hospitals purchasing these systems, companies trying to showcase their usefulness, and authorities determining which evidence should be considered once...
Sat, Sep 19
Bessent to raise AI, rare earths with China's He as tech rivalry widens
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is expected to engage in discussions with the Vice Premier of China, He Lifeng, about AI, rare metals, and trade. The fact that these issues are being discussed together indicates that AI has become an intrinsic part of the larger U.S.-China economic competition. AI policy is now welded to the...
Sat, Sep 19
Warren Buffett officially steps down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
Warren Buffett is stepping away from the chairmanship of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B), closing another part of a leadership run that started in 1965. Warren shared that the decision in a Friday letter to shareholders. The company said Warren will immediately take the title of chairman emeritus and will stay on the board as...
Fri, Sep 18
Europe's AI firms warn a frontier slowdown would lock in the US lead
The leading AI developers in Europe, comprising the likes of Mistral of France, are pushing back against US frontier labs that have urged them to ease up in making breakthroughs in AI capabilities. Their worry is not primarily about safety issues but rather the issues surrounding the timing of development. Europe is already lagging behind...
Fri, Sep 18
Bullcheese Review: A Memecoin Launchpad on Circle’s Arc With No Bonding Curve
Circle released the public mainnet of its Arc platform on September 16, 2026, describing the project as an open Layer 1 blockchain created specifically for financial services and fast, agentic movement of money. Gas on Arc will be paid in USDC instead of using a native volatile token and Circle claims that there were over...
Fri, Sep 18
Japan's police agency exposes North Korean hackers in joint action with US, Australia and Germany
The National Police Agency of Japan, alongside the FBI and security agencies in Australia and Germany, have put a name to a North Korean group that pretended to be tech recruiters while stealing cryptocurrency from IT professionals globally. They diverted 1.7 billion yen (about $10.71 million) worth of assets to North Korea. The crew is...
Fri, Sep 18
Grayscale to split Zcash ETF 3-for-1, tripling ZCSH share count
Grayscale said on September 18 that it plans a 3-for-1 forward split of its Zcash ETF (ZCSH). ZCSH is the first U.S. fund tracking a privacy coin. The move will triple each holder’s share count without changing what their stake is worth. What does Grayscale’s share split mean for its shareholders? Grayscale has said that...
Fri, Sep 18
CFTC advances crypto rulemaking proposal for Trump White House review
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has sent a proposal on crypto market rules to the White House budget office for review on Thursday, September 17. A day before the commission filed this proposed rule, its chairman, Michael Selig, said that they would use their existing statutory authorities to help the president deliver a future-proof...
Fri, Sep 18
Zondacrypto creditors seek to recover money lost to the failed crypto exchange
Creditors of Zondacrypto have met in Estonia as part of a legal bid to recover what’s left of the assets of Poland’s largest coin trading platform, which collapsed earlier this year. Bankruptcy proceedings will take place in the Baltic state, where its operator was based, and the first petition was filed, although the company had...
Fri, Sep 18
France launches probe into Meta smart glasses in sexual harassment case
The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened at least one criminal investigation into suspected sexual harassment involving Meta’s camera-equipped smart glasses, according to Reuters. The case could signal that French authorities are prepared to treat covert street filming as a criminal matter, and will not leave it solely to the country’s privacy regulator. The case centers...
Fri, Sep 18
