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Uhura Bionics, founded by Konrad Zieliński, introduces wearable devices to aid laryngectomees in speaking with emotion, aiming for medical device classification for insurance coverage.

OpenAI introduces Dots, an AI assistant designed to operate independently and continuously, powered by GPT-6 Astra, available for ChatGPT Pro and Business Premium users.

BankPro collaborates with Thredd to improve its debit and credit card offerings, targeting international high-net-worth customers with enhanced payment solutions.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have seen a surge in inflows, adding $2.95 billion over 30 days, despite recent market volatility.

Dutch authorities have arrested a suspected leader of the ShinyHunters hacking group, accused of planning murders and hacking over 140 organizations.

Quartermaster, a maritime intelligence startup, has raised $140 million in a Series B round to expand its SmartMast technology, which provides real-time maritime data.

OpenAI introduces Dots, AI assistants that operate continuously in the background, powered by GPT-6 Astra, to enhance productivity across various platforms.

Apple Pay has launched in India, partnering with Axis Bank for initial support, marking Apple's entry into a market dominated by UPI.

Cboe and S&P Dow Jones Indices have extended their licensing agreement, potentially paving the way for tokenized options contracts.

Peak XV Partners increases its seed investment ceiling to $5 million per startup, unveiling a new cohort of 18 companies under its Surge platform.

Finastra introduces AI-powered Repair Recommendations to streamline payment operations, aiming to reduce errors and improve efficiency in banks' payment processing.

Aztec Labs has reintroduced zk.money, a self-custodial wallet on the Aztec Network, enhancing privacy for Ethereum users by concealing transaction details.

TikTok will pay Alabama at least $100 million to settle claims of misleading users about safety and addicting children. The settlement includes new safety measures.

Supply chain startup Atomic, founded by ex-Tesla team members, raises $12.5 million in Series A funding to enhance its AI-driven inventory management platform.

Reco has raised $55 million to expand its AI agent security platform, addressing the growing need for comprehensive security in AI deployments.

Insurtech startup Outmarket raises $34.5 million in Series B funding to expand its AI solutions for automating insurance processes, led by SignalFire.

Blockchain.com is planning a $500 million IPO by the end of 2026, aiming for a valuation between $4 billion and $6 billion, as crypto markets recover.

A UC San Diego-led team impersonated a hardware security module without extracting its key.

Aiden Pleterski was allegedly behind a crypto Ponzi scheme between 2021 and 2022 that resulted in a kidnapping and related criminal charges.

Coinbase and Citi expanded an existing deal so Citi's institutional clients can accept stablecoin payments, while Coinbase business accounts run on Citi's banking rails.

The crypto company is seeking a valuation of up to $6 billion, well below its 2022 peak, as recently listed crypto stocks struggle to hold their gains.

Anthropic's mid-tier model tops its own flagship on Terminal-Bench 4.0 and costs half as much per token, but an independent tester found it burns more tokens than any model it has measured.

Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has invited the OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs to a Canberra hearing on October 1, after an OpenAI agent quietly accessed Australia's Medicare data and nobody said a word for months.

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OpenShell and Sentry give AI agents a hardware-enforced leash, arriving after a summer of agents breaching a government site, hacking their own tests, and going rogue during a security evaluation.

With the failed cloture vote on the CLARITY Act, the SEC announced updates on how federal securities laws could apply to token issuers, following similar guidance from the CFTC.

Strive bought 1,107 BTC for $94.5 million last week, lifting its holdings to 27,462 BTC, with its SATA preferred stock supplying 85% of the capital.

Eligible institutions can pledge Benji-issued fund shares for stablecoin credit lines while keeping the underlying assets in off-exchange custody.

The bank is bringing its roughly $100 billion Treasury fund to institutional crypto firms without creating a tokenized version of it.

Chainlink's CCIP 2.0 lets banks run their own security checks on cross-chain transfers, five months after a rival's setup lost $292 million to hackers.

Fairshake pledged an initial $30 million on media opposing the Democratic candidate in Ohio’s Senate race in what some see as a repeat of spending by the crypto industry in 2024.

Hegota will be Ethereum's last 'normal' fork, he argues, with everything after built on recursive STARKs and formal verification.

As restaking yields dried up and smart-contract risks mounted, Ethereum's top liquid restaking protocol walked away from its core business to build a crypto neobank instead.

Democrats on the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Intelligence published a report alleging that USDT had become a key tool for the Iranian government.

Bitcoin extends last week's pullback as Trump rejects Iran's ceasefire plan, sending oil above $100 and yields higher ahead of Wednesday's PCE report.

Some stolen assets have been frozen, but Bitget has yet to disclose how much has been recovered as investigators continue to assess a possible North Korea link.

ESMA will focus on CASP resilience, outsourcing and reverse solicitation while pursuing harmonized reporting across national regulators.

Altseason is almost here and early signs suggest traders are becoming more selective, with capital flowing into revenue-generating protocols across a number of different narratives.

Bitmine has staked 84% of its tokens, a position it projects will generate some $358 million a year in staking rewards.

AI agents could trigger a bank run by automatically moving household cash from low-interest checking accounts to higher-yield alternatives, Slok warns.

Michael Saylor's Bitcoin treasury firm bought 1,665 BTC last week, taking its holdings above its previous record to 847,666 BTC.

Strategy sold 1.47 million MSTR shares for $246.2 million, using the proceeds for Bitcoin purchases and STRC preferred stock repurchases.

The new software lets companies add custom security checks so they do not fall victim to the same type of vulnerabilities that plagued rival bridges.

Bitcoin fell below $83,000 to start the week amid US-Iran war developments but remains up more than 40% for Q3 ahead of key inflation and jobs data.

CoinDesk found 27 successful swaps moving about 2,390 ETH into 75.2 BTC, even as Bitget urged THORChain to stop serving addresses tied to the $387.5 million theft.

The Gary Gensler era is long gone and now the SEC is providing clarity on what crypto protocols can and can’t do with their tokens.

Your day-ahead look for Sept. 28, 2026

Ether withdrawals are scheduled to return Tuesday and USDt on Wednesday as Bitget restores services following last week’s $388 million hack.

Franklin Templeton’s tokenized money market shares can be used as collateral for USDT or USDC trading credit lines on Bybit while earning yield on the underlying assets.

Governor Gavin Newsom’s legislation bars public officials from issuing meme coins and exchanges from listing tokens tied to politicians.

Bitcoin fell 1.7% to $83,000, though the CoinDesk 100 dropped 2.6% as Friday's biggest gainers reversed and oil climbed back above $100.

The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield is sharply higher again, rising to a new cycle high above 5.27%.

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Sept. 28.

Overall demand for leveraged exposure remains weak, marked by sliding futures open interest. The capital that's still in the market appears skewed toward bearish positions.