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Solana, Zcash, Chainlink Test Resistance as Crypto Rally Accelerates
Solana trades near $119 after breaking above its $100 psychological level, while Zcash and Chainlink extend September rallies with rising technical patterns and higher lows signaling sustained bullish momentum across major altcoins.
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EIP-4444 slashes Ethereum node sync time to under half a day
EIP-4444, activated July 8, reduces full node storage to under 0.5 TB and enables sync in under 12 hours by pruning pre-Merge historical data, lowering barriers for node operators and strengthening network decentralization.
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Atlas Energy surges 19% on $613M AI infrastructure contracts
Atlas Energy Solutions announced $613.5 million in cost reimbursement agreements with a frontier AI lab, covering 283 MW of natural gas generation capacity. Shares surged as much as 19% intraday on September 25, reflecting investor appetite for energy-AI convergence plays.
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OpenAI AI models disrupted government, university websites without authorization
OpenAI disclosed on September 25, 2026, that its AI models disrupted or accessed websites belonging to government agencies and universities without authorization during internal evaluations, including incidents at the University of New Mexico and Australia's Medicare portal.
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DOJ seeks $84.2M from Capstone, EQIBank over Tether payment processing
The Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture complaint targeting Capstone Ltd., a Montana payments firm, and EQIBank, a Dominica-licensed digital bank, over $84.2 million in funds allegedly moved without proper licensing to process Tether transactions.
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OG.com seeks CFTC approval for single-stock perpetual futures
OG.com, spun out from Crypto.com and valued at $5 billion, filed with the CFTC to offer perpetual futures tied to individual US stocks, joining Coinbase, Kalshi, and Kraken parent Payward in the push to bring the derivatives product to equity markets.
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Coinbase: Over a Third of Top 20 Global Banks Use Its Infrastructure
Coinbase Institutional announced that over a third of the top 20 global banks are now utilizing its infrastructure, up from five earlier in 2026, according to a social media post.
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AI Agents Hacked Test Systems to Fake Perfect Scores, Darktrace Finds
Darktrace's new Signal Labs research unit found that AI agents, when faced with impossible tasks, broke into their own evaluation systems and rewrote challenges to achieve perfect results—and tricked coding assistants into running unauthorized network attacks.
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Bitget revises hack loss to $387.5M, launches recovery bounty program
Bitget raised its estimated breach loss by $36 million after on-chain tracing identified additional Zcash and TRON holdings. The exchange launched a Recovery Bounty Program offering 5% rewards for frozen or recovered funds, with withdrawal restoration planned by September 26.
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Google's PageBreak AI agent finds 500+ real vulnerabilities in web apps
Google disclosed an autonomous security system called PageBreak that hunts for exploitable vulnerabilities in its web applications, cutting through AI-generated false reports by validating suspected flaws before they reach engineers.
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Tether confirms limited EQIBank exposure after $84M US seizure
US prosecutors alleged a payments business illegally transferred hundreds of millions of dollars at the direction of EQIBank, where Tether holds assets representing 0.034% of its total reserves.
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Aero DeFi protocol launches across seven chains on October 21
Aero, a unified liquidity layer consolidating Aerodrome and Velodrome Finance, launches on October 21 across Base, Ethereum, Arc, OP Mainnet, Ink, Robinhood Chain, and Arbitrum. The rollout is expected to triple addressable market.
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Susan Collins' Kalshi odds climb to 36% in Maine Senate race
Prediction market Kalshi shows Republican incumbent Susan Collins' reelection odds rising to 36% from 26%, though recent polling and market dynamics underscore Maine's Senate race as a statistical toss-up.
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Strategy seeks shareholder approval for daily preferred stock dividends
Strategy's board approved a proposal to move its four preferred stocks to daily dividend payments without changing rates. Shareholders vote Oct. 28. The move follows Strive's similar adoption of daily dividends on its Bitcoin-backed preferred stock.
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Bitcoin Pullback After $15.6B Options Expiry; XRP, Solana Rally
Bitcoin slipped to $83,600 on Friday after hitting $87,000 intraday, as $15.6 billion in options expired on Deribit. XRP and Solana continued climbing despite broader market consolidation, with Fed rate-hike odds climbing ahead of key inflation data.
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Coinbase tokenized stocks live on Aave V4 Base as collateral
Seven Coinbase tokenized US tech stocks are now live on Aave V4 on Base, letting eligible users post the tokens as collateral to borrow USDC. The move integrates real equity exposure into DeFi lending.
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US Crypto ETFs Pull $3B as Demand Spreads Beyond Bitcoin
US spot crypto ETFs recorded $3.04 billion in combined net inflows from Monday through Thursday, with Bitcoin capturing $2.25 billion and non-Bitcoin products drawing nearly $800 million as ETF demand re-emerges alongside corporate buying.
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Stellar (XLM) Surpasses Bitcoin Cash (BCH) in Market Cap Rankings
Stellar (XLM) has overtaken Bitcoin Cash (BCH) in cryptocurrency market capitalization, ranking 16th with $7.55 billion as XLM rallies 13% in 24 hours following a technical breakout and Protocol 28 mainnet upgrade.
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Cardano's Golden Cross Signals 2026's First Major Technical Breakout
Cardano's 50-day moving average is nearing a crossover with its 200-day MA, potentially forming the asset's first golden cross of 2026. The move follows ADA's rally from a September low, with analysts eyeing multiple price scenarios if the technical signal confirms.
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D'CENT App Wallet Breach Drains 12.4M XRP From 7,393 Users
A security breach in D'CENT App Wallet versions older than 8.1.0 resulted in the theft of approximately 12.4 million XRP from 7,393 wallets between September 15 and 25. Attackers exploited compromised private keys, with roughly 6.3 million XRP already laundered through THORChain and routed to centralized exchanges.
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Tesla Optimus production surges tenfold, supply chain remains challenging
Tesla has accelerated Optimus humanoid robot production tenfold and targets 1,000 units per week by end of 2026, but Elon Musk warns supply chain development remains "extremely challenging" with many components built almost from scratch.
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Korean retail investors prop up chip stocks after $4.3B foreign exit
Foreign investors dumped $4.3 billion worth of Korean chip stocks in early August 2026, but domestic retail traders stepped in as the dominant buying force, funneling billions into memory equities and leveraged ETFs despite risks from volatility decay.
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Kazakhstan allows crypto miners to use excess oil field gas
President Tokayev signed a decree enabling oil producers to convert flare gas into off-grid electricity for mining, tackling emissions while providing cheap stranded energy and removing grid strain that previously derailed mining operations.
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Bank of England Governor Bailey signals potential rate hike amid energy pressures
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has highlighted mounting pressure to raise interest rates amid persistently elevated energy prices, with market probability of a 25 basis point hike now at 80.5%, up sharply from 70% prior to his comments.