What's new in crypto and the advent of the decentralized web. en https://decrypt.co/feed Decrypt Media Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://decrypt.co/379516/coinbase-now-owns-every-layer-of-its-derivatives-stack-after-cftc-approval Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:38:57 +0000 Coinbase Clearing will take USDC as collateral and settle around the clock, though margined products stay with partners. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=379516 Business https://decrypt.co/379508/openai-ai-agents-target-us-government-sites Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:46:03 +0000 OpenAI says its agents keep landing on government websites because they treat them as reliable sources, but it's pausing training while it adds safeguards. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=379508 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/379505/rsa-attack-without-stealing-key-what-it-means-crypto Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:16:03 +0000 A UC San Diego-led team impersonated a hardware security module without extracting its key. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=379505 Technology https://decrypt.co/379497/citi-stablecoin-payments-coinbase-without-touching-crypto Mon, 28 Sep 2026 20:36:03 +0000 Coinbase and Citi expanded an existing deal so Citi's institutional clients can accept stablecoin payments, while Coinbase business accounts run on Citi's banking rails. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=379497 Business https://decrypt.co/379482/anthropic-claude-sonnet-5-5-release Mon, 28 Sep 2026 20:06:03 +0000 Anthropic's mid-tier model tops its own flagship on Terminal-Bench 4.0 and costs half as much per token, but an independent tester found it burns more tokens than any model it has measured. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=379482 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/379481/australia-sam-altman-dario-amodei-ai-hack Mon, 28 Sep 2026 19:36:21 +0000 Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has invited the OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs to a Canberra hearing on October 1, after an OpenAI agent quietly accessed Australia's Medicare data and nobody said a word for months. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=379481 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/379468/nvidia-kill-switch-ai-agents Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:46:03 +0000 OpenShell and Sentry give AI agents a hardware-enforced leash, arriving after a summer of agents breaching a government site, hacking their own tests, and going rogue during a security evaluation. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=379468 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/379465/strive-buys-94-5-million-in-bitcoin-pushing-holdings-past-27000-btc Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:16:02 +0000 Strive bought 1,107 BTC for $94.5 million last week, lifting its holdings to 27,462 BTC, with its SATA preferred stock supplying 85% of the capital. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=379465 Coins https://decrypt.co/379463/chainlink-institutions-add-bridge-checks-kelp-hack Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:51:14 +0000 Chainlink's CCIP 2.0 lets banks run their own security checks on cross-chain transfers, five months after a rival's setup lost $292 million to hackers. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=379463 Technology https://decrypt.co/379461/vitalik-buterin-outlines-cryptographic-world-computer-plan-for-ethereum Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:29:42 +0000 Hegota will be Ethereum's last 'normal' fork, he argues, with everything after built on recursive STARKs and formal verification. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=379461 Technology https://decrypt.co/379438/bitcoin-price-falls-trump-iran-oil-yields Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:26:28 +0000 Bitcoin extends last week's pullback as Trump rejects Iran's ceasefire plan, sending oil above $100 and yields higher ahead of Wednesday's PCE report. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=379438 Markets https://decrypt.co/379418/tom-lees-bitmine-buys-another-47m-of-eth-taking-it-to-4-9-of-ethereum-supply Mon, 28 Sep 2026 13:27:40 +0000 Bitmine has staked 84% of its tokens, a position it projects will generate some $358 million a year in staking rewards. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=379418 Business https://decrypt.co/379415/strategy-sets-new-btc-holdings-record-after-143m-bitcoin-purchase Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:45:41 +0000 Michael Saylor's Bitcoin treasury firm bought 1,665 BTC last week, taking its holdings above its previous record to 847,666 BTC. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=379415 Business https://decrypt.co/379412/morning-minute-sec-clears-token-buybacks-for-crypto-networks Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:03:21 +0000 The Gary Gensler era is long gone and now the SEC is providing clarity on what crypto protocols can and can’t do with their tokens. Tyler Warner https://decrypt.co/?p=379412 Opinion https://decrypt.co/379404/california-bans-public-officials-from-issuing-meme-coins-under-new-newsom-law Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:16:25 +0000 Governor Gavin Newsom’s legislation bars public officials from issuing meme coins and exchanges from listing tokens tied to politicians. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=379404 Law and Order https://decrypt.co/379402/ai-agents-keep-escaping-creators-control Sun, 27 Sep 2026 16:01:03 +0000 An OpenAI agent's breach of an Australian government website is the starkest example yet of a pattern building for months—and of how hard autonomous AI is to contain. Decrypt Staff https://decrypt.co/?p=379402 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/379400/bitcoins-quantum-problem-three-ways-researchers-are-trying-to-fix-it Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:01:03 +0000 Three developments this week—a cost breakthrough, a new privacy design, and a custody playbook—show a field moving from theory to logistics, even as "Q-Day" remains hypotheti Decrypt Staff https://decrypt.co/?p=379400 Technology https://decrypt.co/379398/sec-staff-token-buybacks-dont-make-crypto-security Sun, 27 Sep 2026 13:01:03 +0000 New SEC staff guidance says announcing a token buyback on a functional network isn't a promise that turns the token into a security, a shift one attorney says makes securities laws look "opt-in." Decrypt Staff https://decrypt.co/?p=379398 Law and Order https://decrypt.co/379391/bitcoin-etfs-notch-seven-day-winning-streak-as-2026-flows-turn-green Sat, 26 Sep 2026 17:01:03 +0000 Bitcoin ETFs have drawn nearly $3 billion over seven straight sessions, erasing post-Clarity Act losses and pushing 2026 flows back into positive territory. Decrypt Staff https://decrypt.co/?p=379391 Coins https://decrypt.co/379383/how-crypto-stopped-waiting-congress-learned-love-regulators Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:06:03 +0000 After the Clarity Act failed in the Senate, the SEC, CFTC, and the Fed moved within days to write crypto's rules themselves. Will it be enough? Decrypt Staff https://decrypt.co/?p=379383 Law and Order https://decrypt.co/379378/ai-agents-racing-make-quantum-safe-bitcoin-cheap Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:01:05 +0000 An open competition run by StarkWare, Yukon Research, and Eigen Labs drove the estimated cost of building a quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction from about $320 to roughly $67, with AI models topping the leaderboards. Decrypt Staff https://decrypt.co/?p=379378 Technology https://decrypt.co/379353/google-free-1080p-ai-video-generation Sat, 26 Sep 2026 13:01:03 +0000 Google Vids now lets any Google account holder generate free HD AI video using Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, with new scene, timing, and watermark controls. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=379353 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/379380/us-prosecutors-84-million-bank-tether-and-bitfinex Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:25:35 +0000 Federal prosecutors are targeting a Montana payments firm and a Caribbean bank accused of moving money without a license. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=379380 Law and Order https://decrypt.co/379369/ai-agents-hacked-test-environment-cheat-darktrace Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:45:39 +0000 Darktrace's new Signal Labs found AI agents hacking their own evaluation environment to fake a perfect score—and tricking coding assistants into running unauthorized network attacks. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=379369 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/379364/google-built-ai-hunts-security-bugs Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:16:04 +0000 Google's PageBreak agent autonomously finds and verifies real vulnerabilities in its own web apps, cutting through the flood of noisy AI-generated security reports. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=379364 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/379365/circle-tether-freeze-stablecoins-bitget-hack Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:42:51 +0000 The two stablecoin issuers blacklisted a wallet labeled "Bitget Exploiter 8," locking about $318,000 in USDC and USDT—but the attacker swapped most funds into unfreezable ETH before they could act. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=379365 Coins https://decrypt.co/379359/openai-500-per-month-chatgpt-pro-max-plan Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:46:05 +0000 Leaked code strings and screenshots point to a new tier that would cost 25 times more than ChatGPT Plus, aimed at people who need the bot to work faster, not just longer. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=379359 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/379350/bitget-hack-387m-what-happened-why-north-korea-suspect Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:08:57 +0000 An attacker faked internal transfer requests to drain $387.5 million from Bitget's hot and warm wallets, and the exchange's CEO says the fingerprints look like Pyongyang's. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=379350 Business https://decrypt.co/379342/magic-eden-old-ethereum-nft-listings-exposed-exploit Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:17:19 +0000 A flaw in Limit Break's Payment Processor V2 put old Magic Eden Ethereum listings at risk, prompting a whitehat rescue of more than 23,000 NFTs. Decrypt Staff https://decrypt.co/?p=379342 NFTs https://decrypt.co/379319/bitcoin-slows-billion-options-expiry-xrp-solana Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:06:23 +0000 Pullback or reversal? Here's what the charts suggest for BTC. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=379319 Markets https://decrypt.co/379309/strategy-wants-its-preferred-stock-dividends-to-accrue-365-days-a-year Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:22:00 +0000 STRF, STRC, STRK and STRD would accrue dividends on weekends and holidays, in a move Strategy says will dampen volatility. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=379309 Coins https://decrypt.co/379218/morgan-stanley-joins-nextpredict-as-prediction-markets-bet-on-more-institutional-play Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:16:03 +0000 The bulk of prediction market trades are still sports bets, while valuations are predicated on rising institutional interest. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=379218 Business https://decrypt.co/379292/morning-minute-blackrock-leans-deeper-into-tokenization-with-ondo Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:04:06 +0000 The biggest financial institutions in the world are bringing more products onchain, and the pace is accelerating. Tyler Warner https://decrypt.co/?p=379292 Opinion https://decrypt.co/379290/defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-holds-bitcoin-in-a-coinbase-wallet-filing-shows Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:01:15 +0000 Two entries in his annual disclosure put the holding somewhere between $16,000 and $65,000, alongside more than $1 million in cash. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=379290 Business https://decrypt.co/379288/kelpdao-developer-sues-layerzero-over-292m-bridge-exploit Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:09:52 +0000 Evercrest says LayerZero approved the single-verifier configuration in writing multiple times, then warned a different developer about it. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=379288 Law and Order https://decrypt.co/379280/researchers-publish-zcash-style-design-for-private-bitcoin-transfers Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:50:01 +0000 The Shielded Bitcoin spec hides senders, receivers and amounts, but leaves how BTC enters and exits the system to a later paper. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=379280 zcash Technology