What's new in crypto and the advent of the decentralized web. en https://decrypt.co/feed Decrypt Media Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:16:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://decrypt.co/378667/zcash-upgrade-make-private-payments-3x-faster Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:16:03 +0000 A new upgrade would cut Zcash block time from 75 seconds to 25, while quietly rewriting how the network pays for its own security after 2031. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=378667 zcash Coins https://decrypt.co/378664/kevin-oleary-bitcoin-1-million-quantum-catch Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:35:54 +0000 Kevin O'Leary believes Bitcoin could hit $1 million if crypto beats its quantum computing problem, and explained why he's ditching Ethereum. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=378664 Business https://decrypt.co/378641/xrp-surges-bitcoin-rebound-reopens-golden-cross Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:42:32 +0000 XRP is roaring back as Bitcoin claws its way above $800,000 again, but the charts continue to give traders mixed signals. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=378641 Markets https://decrypt.co/378638/cftc-crypto-rules-white-house-congress-clarity-act Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:08:13 +0000 The agency submitted a prerule on crypto asset transactions and markets to the White House for review, signaling it will build a derivatives framework on its own authority after the Clarity Act's collapse. Decrypt Staff https://decrypt.co/?p=378638 Law and Order https://decrypt.co/378630/bitcoin-blasts-short-squeeze-crypto-liquidations Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:22:49 +0000 Bitcoin just ripped 5.88% higher in a single session, tearing back toward its 2026 highs. The charts say the move is real, but they also say it's gotten ahead of itself. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=378630 Markets https://decrypt.co/378622/microsoft-staff-asked-if-ai-scraping-was-largest-theft-of-labor-in-human-history Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:52:03 +0000 Internal memos warned of a "doom loop" threatening the quality of the very models it was building with OpenAI. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=378622 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/378619/morning-minute-sec-approves-innovation-exemption-moving-tokenized-stocks-forward Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:34:50 +0000 It came just hours after S&P Global announced its acquisition of OpenZeppelin, as everything TradFi moves onchain. Tyler Warner https://decrypt.co/?p=378619 Opinion https://decrypt.co/378611/uae-sweden-arrest-seven-over-7-1m-crypto-laundering-ring-linked-to-contract-killings Fri, 18 Sep 2026 09:57:33 +0000 Investigators say tracing the network's crypto transactions exposed links to organized crime and murder-for-hire. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=378611 Law and Order https://decrypt.co/378604/treasury-sanctions-crypto-exchange-behind-irans-bitcoin-tolls-on-hormuz-ships Fri, 18 Sep 2026 09:01:55 +0000 OFAC says hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin moved through BitBank to the Revolutionary Guards in two months. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=378604 Law and Order https://decrypt.co/378582/openai-models-ai-jailbreak-instructions-obeying Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:31:03 +0000 OpenAI's new transparency framework reveals AI models that invented fake "breach alerts," coached themselves to hide mistakes, and smuggled a file onto the public internet to talk to each other. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=378582 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/378575/us-china-never-let-ai-control-nukes Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:46:03 +0000 Brookings researchers in the US and China are urging Washington and Beijing to agree to keep humans in control of nuclear weapons. Jason Nelson https://decrypt.co/?p=378575 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/378573/elon-musk-spacex-buy-startup-data-train-ai Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:16:03 +0000 SpaceX's AI division has held internal talks about buying customer records from dead startups—cheap fuel for Grok, no questions asked, because there's nobody left to ask them. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=378573 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/378553/why-chipotle-working-with-palantir Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:46:03 +0000 Chipotle is piloting a Palantir-built food safety dashboard after a summer of outbreaks, putting employee data in the hands of a company seeded by the CIA's venture arm. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=378553 Technology https://decrypt.co/378560/cftc-crypto-apps-regulated-derivatives-access Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:16:04 +0000 In a no-action letter, the CFTC said certain software providers can connect users to regulated derivatives markets without registering as brokers. Jason Nelson https://decrypt.co/?p=378560 Law and Order https://decrypt.co/378551/openai-progress-second-millennium-prize-math-problem Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:32:22 +0000 Days after its disputed Navier-Stokes claim, OpenAI says it's made "substantial progress" on another Millennium Prize math problem—and won't say which one yet. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=378551 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/378544/ethereum-vitalik-buterin-ai-crypto-security Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:01:05 +0000 The Ethereum co-founder said AI could help developers mathematically verify entire software systems, turning the same technology powering new attacks into a tool for defense. Jason Nelson https://decrypt.co/?p=378544 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/378522/andrew-yang-ai-kill-switch-safety-fears Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:06:03 +0000 The former presidential candidate said lawmakers should impose liability rules and waiting periods on frontier AI firms as autonomous agents raise new cyber and labor concerns. Jason Nelson https://decrypt.co/?p=378522 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/378504/king-charles-openai-anthropic-nvidia-google-deepmind-ai-safety Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:36:02 +0000 King Charles hosted senior AI executives at his Scottish estate to discuss keeping the technology "in the service of humanity," days after industry leaders called for a slowdown. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=378504 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/378506/bitcoin-bounces-wall-street-fed-next-move Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:01:03 +0000 The Federal Reserve's first rate increase since 2023 barely dented crypto prices, but what comes next could change calculations on Wall Street. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=378506 zcash Markets https://decrypt.co/378505/sp-global-acquire-crypto-openzeppelin Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:33:12 +0000 S&P Global is expanding into the technology risks underpinning stablecoins, tokenized funds, and other onchain financial products. Jason Nelson https://decrypt.co/?p=378505 Business https://decrypt.co/378495/fca-targets-three-more-london-sites-over-unregistered-p2p-crypto-trading Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:21:19 +0000 "Anyone running an unregistered peer-to-peer crypto business should assume we are looking at them," the FCA's enforcement chief said. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=378495 Law and Order https://decrypt.co/378492/sec-innovation-exemption-tokenized-stocks-clarity-act Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:52:03 +0000 The "innovation exemption" lets qualifying venues trade tokenized versions of U.S. stocks on public blockchains without registering as exchanges—though it excludes price-tracking "synthetics" and lets companies block tokenization of their shares. EleanorTerrett https://decrypt.co/?p=378492 Law and Order https://decrypt.co/resources/what-is-arc-the-stablecoin-blockchain-from-usdc-issuer-circle Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:40:07 +0000 Arc is a new layer-1 blockchain developed by USDC issuer Circle, designed specifically for stablecoin-native finance. Jason Nelson https://decrypt.co/?p=340212 Technology Guides https://decrypt.co/378472/revolut-hackers-demand-3m-monero-ransom-threaten-to-sell-customer-data-report Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:53:01 +0000 The group says it chose whom to target by scanning the blockchain for Revolut accounts holding significant crypto. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=378472 monero Law and Order https://decrypt.co/378462/morning-minute-crypto-rebounds-after-the-feds-first-hike-since-2023 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:13:20 +0000 The Clarity Act failed to pass and FOMC hiked rates, and yet, crypto majors are green and alt leaders are flying. What does it mean? Tyler Warner https://decrypt.co/?p=378462 zcash Opinion https://decrypt.co/378460/zcash-closes-on-1400-after-coinholders-vote-to-keep-bitcoin-style-halvings Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:05:13 +0000 The privacy coin rose double digits Thursday and 168% over the past month in the wake of the NU7 upgrade vote. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=378460 zcash Markets https://decrypt.co/378457/house-committee-advances-us-bitcoin-reserve-bill-on-party-line-split Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:24:21 +0000 A substitute text adopted before the vote strips out the Federal Reserve funding routes and thins the transparency rules. Decrypt Agent https://decrypt.co/?p=378457 Coins https://decrypt.co/378449/crypto-tax-bill-clears-house-committee Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:46:03 +0000 The bill would exempt qualifying crypto fees from gain-or-loss calculations and restrict tax-loss deductions on tokens sold and quickly repurchased. Jason Nelson https://decrypt.co/?p=378449 Coins https://decrypt.co/378448/meta-fix-pervert-glasses Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:16:03 +0000 Meta is reportedly developing a version of its smart glasses without a camera, potentially addressing one of the biggest privacy objections to AI wearables. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=378448 Business https://decrypt.co/378446/openai-rogue-agents-hugging-face-two-months-before-hack Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:31:03 +0000 An independent researcher found the agents hijacked Hugging Face accounts and mapped the platform's defenses as early as May 13—activity OpenAI's own incident report never fully described. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=378446 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/378433/fed-hikes-rates-warsh-implies-trump-only-half-right Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:43:24 +0000 Chair Kevin Warsh credited Trump's economy, then ignored his rate-cut wishes entirely. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=378433 Markets https://decrypt.co/378430/bitcoin-core-software-october-update Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:53:48 +0000 Bitcoin Core 32.0 has entered final testing, bringing faster block checks and changes to how wallets prepare payments. Jason Nelson https://decrypt.co/?p=378430 Coins https://decrypt.co/378417/fed-hikes-rates-first-time-since-2023-bitcoin Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:15:38 +0000 The Federal Reserve delivered the hike Wall Street had almost unanimously priced in. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=378417 Markets https://decrypt.co/378408/cftc-sec-double-down-crypto-clarity-act Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:17:03 +0000 Michael Selig and Paul Atkins pledged to use their agencies’ existing powers to provide crypto regulatory certainty after the Senate failed to advance the bill. Jason Nelson https://decrypt.co/?p=378408 Law and Order https://decrypt.co/378401/hackers-hbo-max-reddit-account-crypto-malware Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:06:02 +0000 Attackers ran 108 malicious ads through the streaming service’s verified account, directing users to fake software downloads. Jason Nelson https://decrypt.co/?p=378401 Technology https://decrypt.co/378381/zuckerberg-pushes-back-ai-slowdown Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:31:03 +0000 Meta’s CEO says competition and potential liability give AI developers reasons to prioritize safety, citing the company’s decision to delay Muse. Jason Nelson https://decrypt.co/?p=378381 Artificial Intelligence https://decrypt.co/378382/bitcoin-etfs-clarity-act-vote Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:50:07 +0000 Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP ETFs shed roughly $593 million combined Tuesday, their heaviest single-day drawdown since June. Jose Antonio Lanz https://decrypt.co/?p=378382 Markets