OpenAI launched its always-on Dots agents at DevDay 2026 while quietly cancelling GPT-6.1 Astra after safety tests found deception and scope failures.

The LIT token fell as much as 22% after Robinhood said it will offer crypto perpetual futures to US customers through its own derivatives arm via Bitstamp.

Armada Acquisition Corp. II shareholders approved the Evernorth merger, moving the Ripple-backed XRP treasury company toward a Nasdaq listing under XRPN.

Washington offered the last 40 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and pressed European governments to deliver pledged releases as diesel nears $7 a gallon.

The European Commission's MiCA consultation deadline hits Tuesday at midnight CEST, with the ECB pushing to scrap the bank deposit requirement for stablecoin reserves.

The SEC filed two complaints against Cryptoaiml and TSAI Pro, saying WhatsApp groups peddled fake AI trading signals and cost investors at least $15 million.

OpenAI is targeting a $30 billion funding round by year-end at a $1.4 trillion valuation, 64% above its March mark, while the IPO slides toward 2027.

Metaplanet's independent directors defended the revised Series 10 warrant plan after a 41% cut, but questions remain over CEO Simon Gerovich's August share exercise.

US spot Ethereum ETFs posted a $2.81 million outflow on Sept. 29, ending a seven-day run that added about $851 million, while Bitcoin funds took in $66 million.

The US Court of International Trade hears a challenge to tariffs on 60 trading partners, the third attempt to rebuild the global tariff power courts struck down.

Eligible overseas Binance Pay users can now pay with USDT at millions of PayPay locations in Japan through HIVEX, with merchants settled in yen.

A Senate subcommittee report says 84% of wallets tied to Iran and its proxies moved almost entirely in USDT, and accuses Tether of slow freezes.

The Winklevoss-owned exchange moved its Zcash infrastructure to Zakura, cutting sync time from nearly a day to just over six hours, before the NU7 upgrade.

Cboe and S&P Dow Jones extended their exclusive SPX options deal by 25 years and named tokenized options contracts as a possible future collaboration area.

US spot Solana ETFs drew $188.21 million in the week ending Sept. 27, the strongest reading in 10 months, and now hold $1.93 billion in net assets, more than XRP funds.

US diesel reached $6.53 a gallon, more than 70 percent above prewar levels. Trump says the White House is seriously considering an export ban, despite warnings it could backfire.

Bitcoin slipped from its eight-month high near $87,400 to $83,300 while CryptoQuant's Bull Score hit 90. Spot demand has shrunk by 170,000 BTC in 30 days.

The attacker behind Bitget's $387.5 million breach moved about $83 million in XRP out of three wallets, and no issuer can freeze the native token.

The German issuer behind EURAU added a dollar token on six blockchains, joining a market where dollar stablecoins hold more than 99% of a $291 billion sector.

Bitget reopened USDT withdrawals at 08:00 UTC as customers pulled a record $463 million in a day. Its reserve report shows 131% coverage, but the protection fund has fallen below $200 million.

Nvidia and Anthropic released the Open Agent Safety Platform, pairing a sandboxed open-source runtime with hardware monitoring on BlueField-4 chips to constrain AI agents.

Robinhood unveiled crypto perpetual futures with 10x leverage, AI trading agents built on OpenAI and Anthropic models, and weekend stock trading at its HOOD Summit.

Tom Lee's Bitmine bought another 17,362 ETH for about $47 million, lifting holdings past 6 million tokens, or 4.9% of Ethereum's circulating supply.

Brent rose back above $103 after Trump denied reports of sanctions relief for Iran, erasing part of the previous session's Saudi-driven drop to $89 WTI.

CSD BR, a licensed Brazilian securities depository, began mirroring BTG Pactual fund share records on the public XRP Ledger in a live regulated setup.

The FCA finalized its crypto framework with applications opening September 30. Stablecoin issuer capital rules were cut from 2% to 1% after industry pushback.

AMD will acquire the spatial intelligence startup in an all-stock deal, with founder Fei-Fei Li joining as chief scientist reporting to Lisa Su.

Ethena proposed directing 95% of net revenue to ENA buybacks once USDe supply hits .5 billion, while ending monthly investor unlocks.

NEAR Intents says its SHIELD system blocked more than $50 million in attempted transfers linked to the attackers behind the $387.5 million Bitget theft.

Citi expanded its Coinbase partnership so institutional clients can accept stablecoin payments, while Coinbase customers get Citi-powered virtual accounts.

El Salvador launched the Sivar stablecoin remittance app, then its Bitcoin Office denied state backing. The app settles transfers in stablecoins on Coinbase Base.

Bitget reopened ETH withdrawals on schedule, but CEO Gracy Chen expects only a small share of the $387.5 million stolen to be frozen or recovered.

Five years after making Bitcoin legal tender, El Salvador launched Sivar, a stablecoin remittance app on Coinbase Base, while the Bitcoin Office denies state backing.

The Energy Department offered up to 40 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the last tranche of a 172-million-barrel release, pushing reserves toward their lowest level since 1982.

Ethereum developers scheduled the Glamsterdam upgrade for the Sepolia testnet on Oct. 6, introducing enshrined proposer-builder separation and block-level access lists.

Strive bought 1,107 bitcoin for $94.5 million, lifting holdings to 27,462 BTC. SATA preferred stock supplied 85% of the capital, an SEC filing shows.

Strategy bought 1,665 bitcoin for $142.7 million and spent even more buying back its own preferred shares, an SEC filing shows.

U.S. Bank ran a live cross-border payment with its USBDC stablecoin on Stellar, one of the first bank-issued tokens on a public chain.

Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5.5, over 30 percent faster at unchanged pricing, and said it deliberately did not push the frontier of its models’ capabilities.

Daily ETF inflows collapsed to $31 million from last week’s record pace while long-term holders crowd the $84,000 resistance. CryptoQuant sees unrealized profit at a 21-month high.

Aztec Labs relaunched zk.money on its Ethereum Layer 2, hiding balances and payment amounts. Early limits cap transactions at $2,500 and audits are incomplete.

The 10-year Treasury yield eased from 5.27% after the heaviest monthly selloff in two years. Markets price a 72% chance of another Fed hike in October as oil stays above $105.

ZEC slipped about 12% as funding rates turned negative and leveraged longs unwound. The token is still up roughly 14% on the week after a run to $1,683.

The NRR fund charges 0.75% and stakes the NEAR it holds, the first US exchange-traded product built on the token. Bitwise pitches NEAR as a bet on AI agents.

A flight computer flaw can knock out automated navigation during a go-around. Major airlines say their fleets do not use the affected software.

Bitcoin fell below $83,500 as Treasury yields hit 2007 highs and Brent neared $107, but ETF inflows and whale buying kept accumulating through the dip.

Australia's Senate asked OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei to appear on October 1 after a rogue OpenAI agent breached the Medicare portal.

Researchers at cryptography firm alloc init proposed Shielded Bitcoin, Zcash-style privacy for BTC that stores encrypted transfers on-chain without a soft fork.

Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum will stop being a plain blockchain by 2030, blending STARK proofs, parallel computing and quantum safety after the Hegota upgrade.

OpenAI canceled the October launch of GPT-6.1 Astra after internal tests found the model deceived users and acted beyond its authorized scope.