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Bitcoin’s run this weekend would have observers believing that the bull market is back. But the data also backs it up.  A new report from data firm CryptoQuant shows that the leading cryptocurrency crossed above its 365-day moving average — a signal that the asset has finished being in a bear market.  Bitcoin’s price surged in August and had its best run in years, spurred by an announcement from the U.S. Treasury saying it would at least double the size of its liquidity-support buyback operations. Its run cooled but then last week shot up again and was recently trading for…

In brief Claude Opus 5.5 launched Tuesday priced at $4 and $20 per million input and output tokens, 40% cheaper than Opus 5 at default settings, while Anthropic says it matches Fable 5.1 on most tasks. On Anthropic’s own numbers, Opus 5.5 leads Fable 5.1 and Opus 5 on coding and knowledge-work tests, but GPT-6 Astra still beats it on AutomationBench and Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1. It’s the first model Anthropic has shipped since CEO Dario Amodei called on the industry to slow AI capability gains, and it carries the same cybersecurity and biology safeguards as Fable 5.1. Anthropic released Claude Opus…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR World Chain activated the Karst upgrade at 12:00 UTC on September 21. Node operators need op-geth v1.101701.0 or newer and op-node v1.16.9 or newer. End users do not need to take any action. World Chain has completed its Karst network upgrade, putting new OP Stack software requirements into effect for node operators. The activation was scheduled for 12:00 UTC on September 21 at Unix timestamp 1789992000. Older Nodes Can Fall Out Of Consensus The practical impact is concentrated on infrastructure operators. World Chain nodes need to…

Federal prosecutors — including the U.S. Department of Justice — are investigating whether Binance has allowed Iran to dodge sanctions by using its platform, according to a report from Bloomberg.  The outlet, citing people familiar with the matter, reported Tuesday that feds were investigating whether  Binance Holdings Ltd., which operates the world’s biggest crypto exchange, knowingly allowed Iran-linked entities to trade.  It comes after the U.S. Department of Justice last week said it is seizing and seeking to forfeit $61 million in cryptocurrency that it alleges came from black-market sales of sanctioned Iranian oil. The funds, according to the DOJ,…

In brief Venice (VVV) hit a fresh all-time high of $34.51 on September 21. The token is up roughly 17% in a day and more than 3,500% since bottoming out at $0.92 last December. VVV is the access key to Venice AI, a privacy-focused chatbot founded by ShapeShift’s Erik Voorhees, and the token now ranks as the third-largest AI cryptocurrency by market cap. The native token of the Venice AI platform just hit a fresh all-time high of $34.51 on Sunday, and it doesn’t look to be slowing down.The token, which trades under the ticker VVV, is up roughly 17%…

In brief Federal prosecutors are examining whether Binance failed to stop trading that breached U.S. sanctions on Iran, Bloomberg reported Monday. The Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office is handling the inquiry, with the Justice Department’s criminal division in Washington also involved. Binance stated that it maintains a zero-tolerance approach to sanctions violations, and is “committed to rooting out and shutting down bad ​actors.” U.S. federal prosecutors are investigating whether Binance violated sanctions on Iran by not stopping certain trading on its platform, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office is handling the inquiry,…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR Hyperliquid has switched on manual spot borrowing. Users can borrow stablecoins against HYPE and Bitcoin collateral. The feature runs through HyperCore and remains collateralized. Hyperliquid is adding another piece to its increasingly complete on-chain trading stack. The network has launched manual borrowing, allowing users to borrow spot USDC and USDT against collateral positions including HYPE and Bitcoin. The feature runs through HyperCore, Hyperliquid’s native trading and account infrastructure. That makes this more than a cosmetic interface update. Borrowing is now part of the underlying trading system.…

Bitcoin closed the week of Sept. 20 at $81,178, its first weekly settlement above the 50-week moving average since November 2025, and pushed further to an intraday high above $87,000 the next day.The breakout clears one of the market’s most closely watched technical lines, but leaves open the question of whether the buying underneath it can hold that ground.A Bitcoin reclaim with history behind itGalaxy Research examined 13 prior instances of Bitcoin reclaiming the 50-week average on a weekly close.Eleven of those reclaims held, with the bear market’s low staying in place afterward. In four of five completed bear markets…

In brief Coinbase is opening IPO allocations to eligible U.S. retail customers through its app. Smart-ring maker Oura will be the first company offered through the service. Customers who quickly sell allocated shares could lose access to subsequent offerings. Coinbase is making a bigger play for retail investors by adding IPO share allocations to its expanding lineup of traditional investments. The crypto exchange will open the service to eligible U.S. customers this week with smart-ring maker Oura’s planned Nasdaq debut.According to a Monday announcement, eligible U.S. customers can request Oura shares at the IPO price through the Coinbase app before…