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DefiLlama’s September 22 snapshot and longer-window totals show why fee generation, staking receipts and holder returns require separate measures. The post Solana flips Ethereum in fees, while ETH holds the burn lead appeared first on CryptoSlate.

US President Donald Trump previously tapped David Sacks as his AI and crypto czar before Sacks stepped down from the role earlier this year after reaching his service limit as a special government employee. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is reportedly being considered as US President Donald Trump’s next artificial intelligence czar, days after Trump announced plans for an “AI Force” amid mounting concerns about the technology’s risks. Bessent is a frontrunner for the position, three sources familiar with the matter told Semafor. Other candidates include the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios and Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor, a former managing partner of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross. However, White House spokesperson Kush Desai told Semafor that “any reporting about personnel decisions that have not been officially announced by the administration should be regarded as baseless speculat...

SlowMist said malicious FomoPeek versions distributed through Apple’s App Store used iOS kernel exploits to escape the sandbox and access sensitive data from other apps. A malicious iOS app distributed through Apple’s App Store has been linked to nearly $580,000 in stolen crypto after researchers found it contained multiple kernel exploits capable of escaping Apple’s sandbox and accessing sensitive wallet data. According to an investigation published by blockchain security firm SlowMist, the app, called FomoPeek, introduced two malicious modules that could exploit iOS vulnerabilities, gain elevated privileges and access Keychain data and files belonging to other apps.  SlowMist said the affected versions were released on Sept. 9 and Sept. 12, while version 1.3, released Sept. 17, removed the malicious components. Read more

Alpenglow would let exchanges, bridges and merchants treat payments as irreversible almost immediately.

Bitcoin’s 10% September gain puts it on track for a rare three-month winning streak last seen in 2012.

BlackRock says AI agents could drive demand for stablecoins and programmable payment rails, while tokenized computing capacity could create another opportunity for digital assets. The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, says broad AI adoption could represent an underappreciated source of demand for digital assets.  In its latest research paper, “The Machine-Native Economy,” BlackRock said the rise of AI and machine-to-machine payments could increase demand for blockchains and other programmable payment infrastructure, including stablecoins and other on-chain assets. It also sees a potential opportunity for digital assets to support the compute market, allowing claims on computing capacity to be tokenized, traded and used as collateral.  “Together, these developments position AI as a structural catalyst for digital asset adoption and digital assets as a potential facilitator of the AI economy,” BlackRock’s Will Su, Robert Mitchnick, Jay Jacobs and William Helm wrote. “This relationship remains underappre...

Binance XRP deposits ran about 663% above their quarterly baseline, while withdrawals also rose substantially in recent sessions.

Falling oil eased inflation worries through the Asian session, while a bill to make the government's bitcoin stockpile permanent moved further through Congress than any before it.

The repaired amendment closes the disclosed signer gap, but nodes, clients, wallets and explorers now face the production test. The post XRPL fixes critical pre-mainnet flaw, but client apps remain at risk appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are expected to brief the UN Security Council as it examines AI risks and global security. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are expected to brief the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday as the body examines artificial intelligence risks and their implications for international security.  According to CNBC, the UN confirmed Altman and Amodei’s participation. Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue and Yoshua Bengio, co-chair of the UN’s Independent International Scientific Panel on AI, are also expected to take part. Reuters reported that the Security Council meeting will examine growing concerns over AI’s impact on international security. Chinese AI companies DeepSeek and Moonshot have been invited to make statements at the meeting, according to Reuters. DeepSeek is expected to participate, though its founder Liang Wenfeng does not plan to attend, the report said, citing a source familiar with the matter. Read more

Circle is doubling down on Binance after USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin customer balances on the exchange nearly quintupled since their first agreement. On Sept. 22, the companies announced a new five-year commercial agreement alongside Binance’s $100 million equity investment in Circle, extending a relationship that has turned the world’s largest crypto exchange into one of […] The post Circle pays millions for Binance distribution while its margins collapse appeared first on CryptoSlate.

CME leveraged funds cut 46.3 million XRP of net short exposure, while three Coinbase products barely moved. The post XRP volume explodes to $7.4B, and a massive CME short squeeze is blamed appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The warning comes weeks after the CFTC fined a former White House teleprompter operator who made more than $107,000 trading prediction contracts tied to President Trump’s speeches. The top US derivatives regulator has warned that prediction market contracts tied to what a person says or does carry a heightened risk of manipulation, putting exchanges on notice as the industry faces increasing scrutiny over market integrity.  The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight on Tuesday said it issued an advisory to some of its regulated entities, advising that there are only “limited circumstances” in which “mention markets” — event contracts based on whether an individual will say certain words, attend or appear at an event or interact with another person — can be listed consistently with the Commodity Exchange Act.  “These contract types present a heightened risk of manipulation because their settlement turns on the discrete conduct of a person that may be neither independently generated...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a new advisory to flag the unique dangers of markets based on individuals' behavior.

Microsoft Copilot AI predicts that if a full-blown bull market returns in Q4, Bitcoin could hit $180,000 before January 1, 2027. The bullish range is listed at $140,000–$180,000, with a genuine late-cycle blow-off potentially pushing Bitcoin toward $200,000+.At roughly $85,000, $180,000 would be about a +110% move. The interesting thing about Bitcoin’s current setup is […] The post Microsoft Copilot AI Predicts a Huge Move for Bitcoin by 2027 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Fomopeek, a malicious iPhone app distributed through Apple’s App Store, has been linked to nearly $580,000 in stolen USDT. Blockchain security firm SlowMist began investigating the app over the weekend after receiving reports of stolen assets linked to exposed private keys. Some victims had previously installed versions 1.1 or 1.2 of the Fomopeek app, which […] The post Rogue iPhone app escapes iOS sandbox to hijack $580,000 in USDT appeared first on CryptoSlate.

DeepSeek will address the UN Security Council on AI risks this week, sharing a stage with Dario Amodei—who has spent a year calling China's government the industry's biggest threat.

The suspension does not rule out a future deal with Currenc Group, Animoca said in its statement.

In welcome news for the Ripple army, Google Gemini AI predicts XRP could hit $8.50 by the end of 2026 if certain conditions are met. The update comes as CoinGecko data shows XRP trading at $1.30, up a modest +0.4% over 24 hours but down -6.6% for the week, following a significant drop after the […] The post Google Gemini AI Predicts XRP Could Hit $8.50 by 2027 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Senator Cynthia Lummis said the crypto industry should "pin it on the Democrats" in her first public remarks after last week's failed Clarity Act vote.