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- Bitcoin Wallet Maker Trezor Says Hackers Breached Its Email ProviderThe hardware wallet maker said a fake security alert claimed a hardware flaw could expose users’ recovery phrases.
- AI Is Solving Math's Best Problems Faster Than They Can Be Replaced, Terence Tao WarnsThe Fields medalist points to a real race between OpenAI and Anthropic as proof: AI can now flatten a hard problem the moment someone starts working on it.
- Crypto, Banks Take Clarity Act Lobbying Fight to Senators' Home StatesCrypto advocates and community bankers are targeting lawmakers in their home states as the Senate prepares for a September 15 procedural vote.
- Apple Unveils Redesigned Siri AI and A20 Pro Chip as CEO John Ternus Makes DebutThe company's first fall keynote under new leadership paired a Gemini-powered Siri overhaul with Apple's first 2-nanometer chip, plus a $1,999 foldable iPhone that won't ship until October.
- Secret Service Freezes $52.8 Million in Crypto Tied to Telegram Bazaar Behind Global ScamsBlockchain sleuths at Elliptic traced the money, Treasury sanctioned the marketplace, and Xinbi—which ran $24 billion through a Telegram scam bazaar—called the freeze unfair.
- While Bitcoin Devs Debate Next Moves, IonQ Unveils Superion 256 Quantum ComputerThe company has built its first chips and begun testing prototypes as it seeks to manufacture quantum computers in larger quantities.
- Mexican Musician and Family Killed Over Bitcoin Cold Wallet Believed to Hold MillionsMexican prosecutors allege suspects targeted Camilo Séptimo keyboardist Jonathan Meléndez and his family while searching for a cold wallet they believed contained millions in Bitcoin.
- Hunter Biden's LAPTOP Meme Coin Crashes 99% on DebutLAPTOP hit a $190.81 peak within minutes of launching on Base, then shed roughly 99% as thin liquidity met a wave of selling.
- Prediction Markets Abandon Cheap Oil as Brent Passes $100Myriad's $120 side overtook $55 at the start of September, while Polymarket puts WTI reaching $100 this month at 59%.
- Consensys Is Splitting in Two as MetaMask Goes Its Own WayConsensys Software Inc. will become MetaMask, while a newly formed Consensys will take over the firm's Ethereum protocols and institutional blockchain infrastructure business.
- German Finance Ministry Drafts 25% Tax on Crypto Gains From 2027Anything bought before 2027 keeps the twelve-month exemption, so the change lands only on Germany's future crypto buyers.
- Morning Minute: Venice’s VVV Token Soars After OpenAI DisputeConcerns over frontier AI labs stealing user data has driven demand for private inference (or at least tokens tied to private inference).
- UK Crime Agency Warns of 'Innovative Use' of Crypto by LaunderersThe agency ranks cryptoassets third among nine economic crime priorities, and says it wants to generate its own targets.
- Mexico Seizes 300 Crypto Mining Rigs Wired Into a Hydroelectric DamForensic accountants are tracing who paid for the mining hardware, and money laundering has not been ruled out.
- Jack Dorsey's Block Applies for Bank Charter to Custody BitcoinBuilders Bank would consolidate custody work Block now runs under more than 50 state money transmitter licenses.
- OpenAI Says It Solved a $1M Math Problem. A Rival Mathematician Says He Did It FirstNYU's Tristan Buckmaster accuses OpenAI's Sébastien Bubeck of racing to claim credit for a Navier-Stokes proof after learning about his unpublished work with Anthropic's Levent Alpöge.
- $47M Still Missing After Liquid Hack as Blockstream Bargains With 'White Hats'The hackers have returned 3,400 of the roughly 4,000 BTC drained from the sidechain, but about 600 BTC remains outstanding—and some doubt the actors' "white hat" claims.
- Bitcoin Holds, Wall Street Stalls as Oil Shock Revives Fed Hike BetsBitcoin is defending its golden zone support while the S&P 500 grinds inside its tightest range yet, both waiting on Friday's inflation report before the Fed's September 16 rate call.
- Visa Taps Onchain Lending to Finance Stablecoin Card ProgramsThe payment processor giant is pairing payment settlement data with blockchain lending tools to help fintechs and stablecoin-linked card programs access working capital.
- Strive Buys $109 Million in Bitcoin, Pushes Preferred Stock Toward $1 BillionThe Vivek Ramaswamy-founded asset manager added 1,375 BTC last week, its third straight week of 5%-plus growth.
- Cronos Erased Two Hours of Transactions to Reverse $111 Million DeFi ExploitThe rollback reversed legitimate activity alongside the attack, while $9.19 million remains unrecovered, according to Cronos.
- US Police Fear Meta Glasses Are Watching Them Back: ReportMemos from the NYPD to Homeland Security warn the devices could be used for covert filming inside jails and police facilities.
- Robinhood Takes Equity Stake in Crypto.com, Taps Exchange to Power Prediction MarketsThe multi-year deal makes OG.com the infrastructure and clearing engine behind Robinhood's fastest-growing business.
- Tom Lee's Bitmine Adds $70 Million in Ethereum, Holdings Reach 5.93 Million ETHThe company says it holds roughly 4.9% of Ethereum’s supply, with most of its tokens staked to earn rewards.
- Strategy's Return to Bitcoin Buying Lasted Exactly One WeekThe Bitcoin treasury firm spent $176.3 million on its own preferred stock, and doubled the buyback program's authorization to $2 billion.
- Morning Minute: The Trenches Just Had Their Biggest Week Since TRUMPIs it a warning sign for a local top? Or is the onchain party just getting started?
- What Is LAPTOP? Hunter Biden's Meme Coin Targeting TRUMP HoldersThe LAPTOP token launches in September on Base, with a fifth of the supply earmarked for traders who lost money on TRUMP.
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