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Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Elon Musk have agreed on an unusual position: frontier AI development may need to slow as systems become capable of helping build their own successors.

Gasoline drove much of August's headline jump, but faster monthly core inflation kept Waller's warning alive. The post Why Bitcoin initially held its gain as rate traders put September hike odds at 85% appeared first on CryptoSlate.

XRP has endured a difficult 2026 price-wise, but 21Shares believes the asset now has a considerably stronger fundamental setup than in previous years.

When you send money to someone abroad, the confirmation on your phone is only your half of the transaction: the other half belongs to the person who has to use it. Their rent may be due in local currency. Their nearest cash collection point may be across town. They may want to spend some of […] The post Stablecoins make sending money easy until someone needs to spend it appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The fintech company fulfilled a fraudulent information request sent from a government agency's own email domain, exposing ID documents and full crypto transaction histories for a "limited" number of users.

Imagine asking an AI assistant to book a decent hotel for a weekend away. You give it a budget and say you’d like somewhere near the center, then it finds a room, pays, and sends you the confirmation. The hotel is within budget and in a solid location, but the room has no window, breakfast […] The post The challenge for AI agents is deciding who pays for automated errors appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Monthly DEX volume more than doubled, yet XRP routing and market-maker holding time remain unmeasured. The post XRP’s 30% monthly rebound meets a $4.6 million liquidity trial inside XRPL’s $1.1 billion stablecoin boom appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin's impressive recovery that started in mid-August ran into trouble. The question is what's next?

The DPRK has turned to third-country IT workers to pass job interviews, after which, the positions are usually taken over by North Korean operatives. North Korea (DPRK) is now using remote workers from third countries, including Iran and Lebanon, to aid its efforts to infiltrate US companies and obtain money to fund its weapons programs, NBC reported on Friday. An alert issued in July by the US government and several foreign agencies said North Korean IT workers “seek out contracts with the intent of remitting their salaries to their parent North Korean agencies. They also pose an insider threat to companies and are involved in data exfiltration, cryptocurrency theft, and theft of sensitive information.” As the US and other governments have moved to counter North Korea’s efforts, the DPRK has turned increasingly to third-country IT workers to pass job interviews, the report said. After work contracts are obtained, the positions are usually taken over by North Korean operatives. Read more

A week after launch, complaints are rolling in from users that GPT-6 Astra has been nerfed. OpenAI's last model went through the same cycle in July.

Bitcoin Suisse says rising AI investment, government debt and weakening stock-bond diversification strengthen the case for adding bitcoin to traditional portfolios.

Payments and capital markets are driving growth for Ripple's $2.4 billion digital dollar as it looks to bring RLUSD to Europe under MiCA, the firm's Jack McDonald said.

Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne each gave £36 million, and between them beat what every UK party raised last year.

Ben Delo, co-founder of BitMEX, donated almost $50 million to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, matched a day later by Christopher Harborne. Update (Sept. 12, 2026): This article has been updated to include Christopher Harborne’s matching 36 million pound donation. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has received 72 million pounds ($97 million) from two cryptocurrency billionaires after Christopher Harborne matched a record donation from Ben Delo. Harborne announced his 36 million pound contribution on Saturday, following Delo’s announcement a day earlier. The donations are jointly the largest ever made to a British political party. Harborne also gave 9 million pounds to the party in August 2025. Read more

Revolut disclosed customers’ passports, verification selfies and Bitcoin transaction histories after treating a fraudulent government request as legitimate. Affected customers were told Friday that the disclosed information could include passport or driver’s license copies, verification selfies, names, dates of birth, occupations, home addresses, phone numbers, IBANs, and account statements. Withdrawal records and complete transaction histories, […] The post Revolut tricked into handing hackers the passports and Bitcoin histories of wealthy customers appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Anthropic is said to be seeking to raise as much as $100 billion in the offering, which could value the AI company at about $2 trillion. Anthropic is in talks with Nvidia about a potential $10 billion investment in what may be the biggest IPO in history, Reuters reported on Saturday, citing people familiar. The people said Anthropic is seeking to raise as much as $100 billion in the offering, which could value the AI company at about $2 trillion. The discussion is ongoing and could change, the people told Reuters, remaining anonymous amid the confidential negotiations. Read more

It's a simple yet very effective strategy. At least, it has been for the past decade.

The surveillance mod on GTA V brings the privacy fight to Los Santos, where players can demolish the cameras tracking them.

fixCleanup3_3_0 corrects AMM, vault, lending, Checks and pseudo-account code paths without launching XRPL’s pending feature amendments. The post XRP Ledger just quietly activated critical foundation for its upcoming new lending protocol appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The yield-generating asset has a special place in the digital asset investor’s portfolio, argues GlobalStake’s Ryan Haczynski.