Crypto news today

August CPI lands at 3.4% YoY, matching forecasts; monthly CPI jumps to 0.4%. Core CPI hits 2.4% YoY, but monthly core inflation ticks up. Impact on crypto marke

Novo Holdings reports that 70% of $13.9B in quantum investments since 2014 went to hardware, leaving business applications and algorithms underfunded.

China aims for mass adoption of autonomous vehicles by 2030, with stricter safety and software update rules for self-driving tech on highways and city streets.

Robinhood's crypto trading volume jumped 61% in August, but it’s still 38% lower than last year. Bitstamp handled $10.1B of the flow; in-app trades dropped 46%

A California man is suing OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging ChatGPT worsened his mania and convinced him he was Jesus. The lawsuit cites bipolar I and TBI.

SlowMist flags a hack on DeFi protocol ether.fi, with losses around 15.45 ETH (~$38K) due to a vulnerability letting attackers assign victim addresses as operat

UniCredit is reportedly seeking a tech partner to roll out crypto trading, custody, and tokenized investment products for its clients.

OpenAI wants Congress to clarify if a coordinated slowdown of advanced AI model development could violate antitrust law among rivals like Google and Anthropic.

LUMI AI Factory picks IQM for LUMI-IQ: Halocene H4 with 150 physical qubits arrives in 2027, Halocene H5 with up to 9 logical qubits and real-time error correct

Anthropic identified and stopped several cases where its Claude AI was used in dual-use biological research, highlighting the risks in a new abuse report.

HODL Waves data shows a surprisingly muted reaction as Bitcoin falls under $58,000 in July, casting doubt on $58K as a solid bear market bottom.

Colosseum kicks off the Crypto World’s Fair, a multichain hackathon with $3.3M+ in prizes and investments. Open to Solana, Ethereum, and other blockchain projec

Standard Chartered forecasts SKY token price to hit $0.325 by 2028, driven by USDS adoption and increased borrowing capacity. See the full outlook.

UniCredit is gearing up to enter crypto: scouting custody and brokerage tech, exploring stablecoins and tokenization. Project is still in early stages.

Visa, Mastercard, and Ant International are teaming up on Know Your Agent (KYA), a unified framework for vetting AI agents making purchases for users.

ESMA flags Polymarket and Kalshi for operating without required EU licenses and questions their selective geo-restrictions for event contracts.

Ethereum devs aim to activate the Glamsterdam upgrade on Sepolia testnet by October 6. Mainnet launch tentatively eyed for December, pending stable test results

Blockstream rejects ransom demand after hackers linked to Liquid steal almost 600 BTC. If funds aren’t returned, law enforcement and exchanges will get involved

India launches Demat 2.0 pilot for tokenized corporate bonds settled in digital rupee. SEBI and RBI lead the project, with ₹10.25B already issued.

Ted Cruz says he'd rather see US 'killer robots' than China's, calls AI pause impossible. Hawley probes OpenAI, Altman open to slowing AI development.

Clearview AI is piloting InquiryIQ, an AI prototype that auto-builds digital profiles by linking social accounts, addresses, and employers. Journalists found it

Ripple has upgraded Ripple Treasury with GSmart AI agents to monitor liquidity, risks, forecasts, and reconciliation—flagging anomalies and suggesting actions f

OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Financial Services, a GPT-6 Astra-powered tool packed with real-time financial data and research tools for banks and market analysts

Anthropic's September 2026 report reveals it stopped AI-driven cyberattacks and efforts to extract or clone features from its Claude models. Details inside.