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In brief Bitcoin has closed 8 of the last 13 Septembers in the red, averaging a 2.97% loss, the worst month of the year by both average and median return. September 2025 broke the streak with a 5.16% gain, Bitcoin’s third straight green close, only for October to turn negative for the first time since 2018 days before a Trump tariff threat triggered $19 billion in liquidations. Bitcoin opens September 2026 around $77,500 after a near 25% jump in August, with the Fed weighing its first hike since 2023 and a midterm election year stacking its own seasonal drag on…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Dogecoin network activity has picked up sharply, with active addresses rising 35% and daily transactions topping 1.2 million, according to public Dogecoin network data. That is a useful signal for DOGE because the market often talks about Dogecoin only through memes, celebrity posts, and price swings. Those things matter for attention, of course. But network activity gives us something more concrete to look at. More active addresses and higher transaction counts suggest that DOGE is seeing more movement on-chain, not just more chatter around the token. For…

In brief Robinhood Chain generated $1.595 billion in 24-hour DEX volume. DeFi TVL reached $738.11 million. Stablecoin market capitalization rose to $796.74 million. Daily trading volume on Robinhood Chain’s decentralized exchanges jumped 61% between Aug. 28 and Sept. 1, rising from $989 million to $1.595 billion, according to DeFiLlama.The Ethereum Layer 2 also held $738.11 million in DeFi deposits and nearly $797 million in stablecoins as of Sept. 1. Separately, DeFiLlama recorded $353.96 million in daily perpetual futures volume and $2.524 billion in assets bridged to the network.Myriad: Where does Solana price go next? Click to make your prediction.Each figure…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Dogecoin gained 21.4% in August, giving DOGE its strongest monthly performance of the year and putting the original meme coin back into the market’s rotation conversation. CoinGecko market data showed DOGE recovering through the month as broader risk appetite improved across crypto. The move helped Dogecoin regain attention after a quieter stretch, but it should not be treated as proof that a sustained breakout is guaranteed. This is a performance story, not a price target. Dogecoin has shown renewed strength, but the market still needs to see…

In brief Nvidia wrote MediaTek a $3.5 billion check for convertible bonds, its largest direct investment outside the US, covering about 90% of MediaTek’s record $3.9 billion offshore bond offering. Alphabet bought in too without saying how much, and MediaTek shares hit their daily limit Tuesday, up 10% in Taipei trading. MediaTek is adopting Nvidia’s NVLink Fusion platform and expects its AI chip business to clear $2 billion in revenue this year. Nvidia just wrote its biggest check outside the United States: $3.5 billion for MediaTek’s convertible bonds in a deal announced Monday. The purchase covers roughly 90% of MediaTek’s…

An investment firm is boosting its Bitcoin holdings with a major new purchase of 1,800 BTC. The acquisition by the cryptocurrency treasury company Strive (ASST) cost $143 million at an average price of $79,431 per Bitcoin and brings the firm’s total stash to exactly 23,156 BTC. The company says the move underscores its ongoing accumulation strategy amid current market conditions. The firm disclosed the transaction in an 8-K filing with regulators while Bitcoin traded near $78,000, placing the entire position at a market value of $1.76 billion. This latest addition continues the firm’s aggressive Bitcoin buying amid broader market trends.…

In brief OpenClaw shipped version 2026.8.1, branded OpenClaw 2.0, built by 933 contributors including 569 first-timers. The update rebuilds the browser app, adds shared multiplayer cloud sessions, moves session storage and implements features clearly aimed at enterprise buyers. It lands as Nous Research’s Hermes Agent keeps stealing users frustrated with OpenClaw’s setup headaches. OpenClaw shipped its biggest update ever over the weekend. The team calls it OpenClaw 2.0. They also called it “accidental,” which, fine, we’ll get to that.The release notes touch installation, messaging, memory, skills, models, automations, the browser, native apps, plugins, and security—basically everything a user should know.Myriad:…

Morgan Stanley has fired a father-and-son advisory team that managed more than $600 million after alleging improper pay to a family member. The firm terminated them on June 25, according to FINRA BrokerCheck records. E. Bradford Hudgens, a 30-year Morgan Stanley advisor, is accused of using the firm’s Alternative Flexible Grid expense program to pay a family member in ways that did not match that person’s supposed job. The bank also alleges he changed a client’s trust so he would stay on as advisor. A doctor later found the client lacked capacity. His son, John Bradford Hudgens, was fired the…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Shiba Inu’s daily burn rate jumped 1,020% after 20.82 million SHIB were sent to dead wallets, according to Shibburn tracker data. The spike gives SHIB holders another supply-reduction headline, but it needs careful framing. A large percentage increase in daily burn rate can sound dramatic, especially when the prior day’s burn was low. The actual token amount matters just as much as the percentage. In this case, 20.82 million SHIB were burned. That is meaningful as a community activity signal, but it should not be described as…

X users say they’re receiving a deluge of password reset emails that they did not ask for after the company expanded its new money platform to more people. Some inboxes are receiving as many as ten emails in a few hours. X Money is now available to Premium and Premium+ users with U.S. accounts. The messages come from X itself, and it appears attackers are using the public username reset form over and over. Says X engineer Mridul Singhai, “Attackers appear to believe that, now that @XMoney is widely available, they can gain unauthorized access to accounts. We are actively…

Bitcoin is known for its summer slumps. But August was different.  In fact, the leading cryptocurrency had its third best August ever.  As highlighted on Tuesday by Bitwise’s European Head of Research, André Dragosch, bitcoin delivered returns of 25% last month.  “No ‘summer lull’ so far,” Dragosch wrote on X, highlighting that the only better Augusts the coin has had were in 2017 when it gave investors returns of nearly 66%, and 2013, with close to 31%.  OFFICIAL: August 2026 is in the books and it’s been the 3rd best August in bitcoin’s history. 🔥August 2017: +65.6%August 2013: +30.7%August 2026:…

A California financial firm has agreed to a $1.75 million settlement fund over a data breach that may have exposed customer information. CUSO Financial Services says an unauthorized person got into one employee’s account on a third-party system used to archive communications, as FINRA requires. The access ran from Dec. 19, 2023, to Jan. 19, 2024. “On January 19, 2024, CUSO became aware of suspicious activity involving a third-party service provider which CUSO utilizes for archiving communications, as required by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (‘FINRA’).” The incident may have exposed names, Social Security numbers, medical details, driver’s license numbers,…

In brief Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1 on September 1, scoring 52.6% on Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 against Fable 5’s 24.7%, and 55.8% on Terminal-Bench 4.0 against 42.0%. Cache reads now cost 75% less, cutting typical workload costs by roughly 25% and highly agentic workloads by up to 45%, with base pricing unchanged at $10/$50 per million tokens. Fable 5.1 is not included in Pro plans or standard Team seats, which run it on usage credits; Max and premium Team or Enterprise seats get it included for up to 50% of weekly limits. Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.1…

A Pennsylvania resident has admitted to defrauding investors and a credit union in a scheme powered by fake companies and unauthorized borrowing. 47-year-old James Addy of Lancaster County has admitted to numerous fraud counts and identity theft offenses, reports Local21News. Prosecutors say he posed as a high-net-worth entrepreneur running a Beverly Hills consulting firm called the Yarah Group worth roughly $200 million. One victim was persuaded to hire him to manage a business and fund investments, after which he secured loans totaling about $722,000 in that victim’s name without permission. A second person provided a short-term advance to another entity…