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Anthropic’s Pentagon battle shifts from courtroom to chain of command
The Pentagon will continue its existing ban on Anthropic, regardless of other cabinet members stating that the bigger battle has ended. For now, the remaining designation by the Department of Defense will either have to be reversed by a court ruling or by the Pentagon itself. On Thursday, high-ranking officials from the Pentagon made it...
Fri, Sep 4
Crypto Trading Terminals Post First $1 Billion Daily Volume Day Since TRUMP Launch
Crypto trading terminals are seeing a remarkable recovery in activity ever since early August. This week, on Wednesday, September 2, data from onchain analyst adam_tehc, showed that daily volume across the sector crossed the $1 billion mark for the first time since the Official Trump token launch in January 2025. The $1.03B daily volume figure...
Fri, Sep 4
a16z says blockchain speed is no longer enough for onchain markets
According to a blog by venture capital company a16z crypto published in September 3, it is becoming less important to regard raw transaction speed as a criteria for determining the viability of a blockchain for heavy trading. The more relevant considerations involve whether transactions arrive on time and in a predictable order. In the case...
Fri, Sep 4
TrendForce says a 400% memory cost spike will push Apple's Pro pricing up
TrendForce expects Apple to raise iPhone 18 Pro prices 10-20% at its September 9 launch after memory costs for the Pro model rose about 400% in a year.
Fri, Sep 4
Tectonic attacker moves escaped ETH into Tornado Cash
According to PeckShield, the address associated with the Tectonic hack sent approximately 2,658.9 ETH, equivalent to $6.65 million, into Tornado Cash on September 3, UTC time. This transaction is a significant part of the money that was unrecovered by Cronos after validators rolled back the chain after the incident on August 30. The destination is...
Fri, Sep 4
Nvidia's N1X chip ships in two configurations starting in October
Nvidia's RTX Spark N1X chip launches in October with two memory ranges, 24-128GB on the 20-core model and 24-32GB on the 18-core model.
Fri, Sep 4
Hyperscale Data turns off Michigan bitcoin miners for $1.2B AI deal
Another segment of Bitcoin’s global mining capacity came offline this week. Hyperscale Data (NYSE American: GPUS) turned off its Bitcoin miners at its facility in Dowagiac, Michigan, on September 1 and is now converting the site to an AI co-location cash contract worth over $1.2 billion as detailed by the company’s statement on September 2....
Fri, Sep 4
Revolut clears the OCC but still faces FDIC and Fed review
Revolut won conditional OCC approval for a US bank charter on September 3, but still needs FDIC insurance and Fed approval before it can open in 2027.
Fri, Sep 4
SEC considers removing two-year restriction connected to advisers’ political contributions
The SEC’s Rule 206(4)-5, known as the “pay-to-play” rule, prohibits an investment adviser from getting paid by any governmental client for two years if the adviser or anyone covered by the rule has made a political contribution to any such official or candidate having the ability to influence the selection of the adviser. On September...
Fri, Sep 4
Payward joins SoFi's settlement network as Kraken lists the SoFiUSD stablecoin
SoFi and Kraken owner Payward linked their networks on September 3, listing SoFiUSD on Kraken and enabling 24/7 dollar settlement for institutional clients.
Fri, Sep 4
Michigan blocks Kalshi sports bets as Supreme Court fight nears
A Michigan judge has instructed prediction market company Kalshi to remove from the state any sports event-based contract, imposing a penalty of up to $500,000 per day for noncompliance, increasing the pressure on a company facing legal challenges from over a dozen states. Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie E. Aquilina signed the temporary restraining...
Fri, Sep 4
Chainlink deal to move $16 trillion with Bottomline lifts LINK
On September 4, Chainlink’s LINK was being traded at $11.88, which translates to a change of 6.8% in the last 24 hours. This follows the announcement of a joint venture of Chainlink and Bottomline, a provider of payments technology. It will enable Bottomline’s bank clients to connect their payments infrastructure with public and private blockchains...
Thu, Sep 3
OpenAI rolls out Astra, gives Daybreak testers for first look
OpenAI released Astra to Daybreak's cybersecurity testers first, the first OpenAI model to clear its Critical threshold for finding and exploiting flaws.
Thu, Sep 3
Bitcoin tops $81,000 after Fed Governor Christopher Waller signaled support for keeping rates steady
Bitcoin broke above $81,000 after Fed Governor Christopher Waller said he may back rate cuts. This reduced the chances of a September rate hike. As a result, more than $415 million in short positions were closed in crypto derivatives in a single day. Waller’s remark in an interview sparked the momentum. He stated that he...
Thu, Sep 3
Developers get 21x cheaper Muse Spark access if they let Meta train on their prompts
Meta launched Muse Spark 1.3 with a Contributor tier priced up to 21x below standard rates for developers who let it train on their prompts.
Thu, Sep 3
App developers drag Apple to London court over app tracking rules
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been accused of holding third-party developers to stricter standards than Apple applied to itself. The accusation was made in a £2 billion ($2.7 billion) collective action filed Thursday at London’s Competition Appeal Tribunal. UK app developers say Apple’s App Tracking Transparency rules are unfair because developers rely on advertising to fund...
Thu, Sep 3
Hargreaves Lansdown opens crypto ETNs to UK retail investors
Hargreaves Lansdown, the UK’s largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, has begun offering crypto exchange-traded notes to everyday clients. The new offering gives millions of retail investors regulated exposure to Bitcoin and Ether, nearly a year after the ban on retail access was lifted. How do crypto ETNs work? Hargreaves Lansdown, which holds over a third of...
Thu, Sep 3
Saudi's Humain goes all out in tech push with $2.5B data center fund
The CEO of Saudi Arabia’s HUMAIN has said that they will be launching a large venture capital fund, and it could top a planned $10 billion vehicle. Tareq Amin said this in an interview published Wednesday, as the Public Investment Fund (PIF)-owned company presses its bid to turn the kingdom into a hub for global...
Thu, Sep 3
More suspects arrested in Poland over Zonda crypto collapse
Police have arrested more people in Poland as part of the probe into the collapse of a leading coin trading platform in the country and the region, Zondacrypto. Among the recently detained is a prominent Polish stock market trader. The latest arrests come amid growing allegations of fraud, money laundering and political ties. New suspects...
Thu, Sep 3
Nvidia closes deal to own Hugging Face for $12.93 billion
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has agreed to buy Hugging Face, the open-source platform where more than 18 million developers share and test AI models, for $12,930,300,000. The company’s CEO Jensen Huang announced the deal on its blog on September 3, 2026. Nvidia, which is the world’s largest AI chipmaker, will now control the most-used neutral hub...
Thu, Sep 3
