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Grayscale's bitcoin-free model hands XRP 26.11%, second only to ether
Grayscale gave the XRP Trust ETF a 26.11% weight in its bitcoin-free Next Gen model, second behind ether at 42.34%.
Wed, Sep 16
OpenAI holds early funding talks at roughly $1.2 trillion valuation
OpenAI has held early talks with major investors about a funding round that could value the ChatGPT maker at roughly $1.2 trillion before an IPO, Reuters reported on September 15, citing the Financial Times. That would put the company about 41% above the $852 billion post-money valuation from its March round. The larger issue is...
Wed, Sep 16
US House moves to curb rising power bills linked to AI data centers
The US House is fast-tracking a vote to block data center-driven power bill hikes before the 2026 midterms. Reportedly, lawmakers may vote on the bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act as early as this week. If this legislation passes, US states can require AI data centers that consume over 100 megawatts of energy to finance their own...
Wed, Sep 16
JAN3 pauses Indra forward swaps after denial-of-service attack
Within hours of the September 15, 2026 launch of the open beta version of Indra, the new Bitcoin swap system of JAN3, it became the victim of a denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. As the team was investigating the matter, they paused swap services temporarily. The attack was one more in the recent series of service interruptions...
Wed, Sep 16
US presses Mexico for tighter AI server sourcing rules under USMCA
As per a Wall Street Journal report, Washington is pushing Mexico for stricter rules of origin for AI servers and related equipment. The proposition would restrict materials coming from outside of North America for AI hardware produced in Mexico. USTR has confirmed that talks are underway over broader issues of rules of origin and economic...
Wed, Sep 16
Kamino names Michael Weisz CEO as its RWA push shifts to credit
On Tuesday, Kamino has appointed Michael Weisz as the chief executive and announced the establishment of an institutional team in New York City, which focuses on a more important question than whether real-world assets (RWAs) can be tokenized: can the approximately $4 billion worth of RWAs on Solana be leveraged for loans instead of sitting...
Tue, Sep 15
Senate cloture on H.R. 3633 falls 11 votes short with four Republicans opposed
Senate cloture on the CLARITY Act failed 49-50 on Sept. 15, eleven votes short, after four Republicans broke ranks to vote no.
Tue, Sep 15
Factory triples valuation to $5 billion on a bet beyond coding copilots
According to reports from Reuters, Factory, which is a startup located in San Francisco that builds AI agents for enterprise engineering teams, has raised $200 million, ushering its valuation to $5 billion, which is 3 times the initial valuation of $1.5 billion in April this year. Such a leap—of about 3.3 times in basically five...
Tue, Sep 15
Starship goes orbital on Flight 14 only if a mid-flight check clears it
SpaceX will decide mid-flight whether Starship reaches orbit on Flight 14, its first orbital attempt, targeted for September 22.
Tue, Sep 15
Redwood Research scientist opens a hotline for AI agents to report misbehaving peers
Two new hotlines let AI agents report misbehaving peers by curl command or plain URL fetch, after breaches where agents escaped sandboxes and cheated on tests.
Tue, Sep 15
Robinhood engineers charged for trading listing secrets on Hyperliquid perps
Federal prosecutors charged two Robinhood engineers on Tuesday with purportedly exploiting insider information about impending token listings to trade perpetual futures on Hyperliquid, a decentralized derivatives platform. This case brings the previously seen theme of insider trading in the cryptocurrency world to the derivatives market, where trades can be viewed, but tracking the identities behind...
Tue, Sep 15
Dragonfly managing partner, Uniswap founder defend Robinhood Chain from short-term critics
Two notable figures in the crypto space have pushed back against a wave of commentary declaring Robinhood Chain a failure. They say that a drop in the network’s fee revenue is not a sign of fading demand. They said it reflects a deliberate cut to trading costs. Why the revenue chart turned down Robinhood raised...
Tue, Sep 15
Germany's KBA grants Einride's cab-less truck its first driverless freight permit
Einride's cab-less driverless truck cleared Germany's toughest safety permit and now runs daily Lidl deliveries with no driver aboard.
Tue, Sep 15
Standard Chartered calls ARB to $10 but flags little value reaching token holders
Standard Chartered set a $10 ARB target for end-2030, but its own note says Arbitrum Expansion Program fees reach the DAO treasury, not ARB holders.
Tue, Sep 15
OpenAI backs provision for federal AI safety framework from bipartisan FRONTIER Act
OpenAI has endorsed a core provision of the bipartisan FRONTIER Act, which would force the largest AI developers to let independent safety assessors inside their operations. This marks the first time that OpenAI has publicly backed a federal mandate regarding AI safety. Does OpenAI support the FRONTIER Act? Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer,...
Tue, Sep 15
Ark Invest cuts $65 million in Coinbase, Circle stakes before Senate's crypto vote
Ark Invest sold more than $65 million in crypto stocks including Coinbase and Circle on Monday, hours before the Senate's Clarity Act cloture vote.
Tue, Sep 15
Meta launches new Meta One subscription tier to better monetize AI
Meta rolled out Meta One on Tuesday, a new paid subscription lineup covering Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and its Meta AI assistant. The plans range from $2.99 to $499 a month, giving users access to additional features across Meta’s apps. Meta wrote in its announcement that the core apps and Meta AI assistant will remain free...
Tue, Sep 15
Sanders and Bannon share a stage to press Congress on AI curbs
Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon, two figures who agree on almost nothing, are joining lawmakers to request that AI is slowed down. Sanders and Bannon will appear together in Washington on Tuesday to make their demands to Congress as they remain deadlocked, and President Trump rejects the new rules for artificial intelligence. What do Bernie...
Tue, Sep 15
More Bitcoin miners completely exit hashrate lane as AI, HPC cash continues to flow
The group of Bitcoin miners that have stopped hashing entirely to focus on something else, in most cases, AI, continues to receive more entrants. To them, power is now worth more AI tenants than whatever is coming from the Bitcoin Network. Keel hits zero, Core Scientific pays to quit The clearest sign of a full...
Tue, Sep 15
Intel and Silver Lake backed Altera officially files for US IPO
Altera has confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering, the programmable-chip maker said Tuesday, moving the company closer to a return to the public markets. Reuters previously reported that the IPO could raise more than $2 billion as early as this year. The filing also puts Altera back on the radar of semiconductor investors...
Tue, Sep 15
