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According to NBC, North Korea is recruiting IT workers from Iran, Lebanon, and other countries to infiltrate U.S. companies and steal funds for weapons programs. Workers are identified on LinkedIn and paid approximately $500 per month in cryptocurrency to act as "interview facilitators," helping secure job contracts that are later taken over by North Korean operatives. U.S. and foreign agencies issued alerts in July warning that North Korean IT staff pose internal security threats, including dat

According to CoinDesk, Ripple's stablecoin RLUSD saw its circulating supply increase more than 50% over the past month to $2.4 billion, with approximately $1 billion on XRP Ledger and $1.4 billion on Ethereum, according to Jack McDonald, senior vice president of stablecoins at Ripple. McDonald noted that daily active volume has more than doubled since the start of the year, climbing from approximately $200 million last month to around $750 million. The growth is driven by Ripple's Treasury busin

Users and developers reported that OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra model experienced a noticeable performance decline just one week after its September 4 launch, with multiple developers posting comparisons showing worse output quality compared to launch-day versions. Developer Md Ismail Sojal and others ran identical prompts against the model on launch day versus September 11, 2026, confirming degraded results. OpenAI has not issued a statement addressing the feedback, though the company previously faced

According to CNBC, White House National Economic Council (NEC) Director Kevin Hassett held between $1 million and $5 million in Coinbase stock as of year-end 2025, financial disclosure documents show. Hassett previously served as a Coinbase advisor from 2021 to January 2025 before joining the White House. The holdings have drawn scrutiny given the NEC's prominent role in the Trump administration's crypto agenda, including overseeing a digital assets market working group tasked with developing re

According to Odaily Meme Monitor, ANTHROPIG on Robinhood surged to a $6 million market cap today (September 12).

According to Solana Mobile's official statement on X, the company's third-party email service provider Brevo experienced a security incident that compromised part of its account. The company confirmed that unauthorized access occurred to its Brevo account and has since disabled it. Solana Mobile is working with Brevo to determine the scope of accessed information. As of now, no unauthorized emails have been sent from the account, though the company is continuing to verify this. Users are reminde

According to ChainCatcher, B.AI launched pricing updates today for its popular AI models. The high-concurrency flagship models DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash and GLM-5.3-Flash are now available at 90% discount, allowing users to access them at 10% of standard pricing. Additionally, Qwen3.8-Flash, Hy3, and MiMo-V2.5 continue to offer free access, providing developers with zero-cost options.

According to analyst Vibhu featured on The Big Picture, Solana's real-world assets (RWAs) have recently surpassed $4 billion, underscoring the growing momentum in blockchain-based tokenization. Vibhu noted that while this milestone is significant, it represents only a fraction of the potential market, with substantial room for further expansion as the crypto landscape continues to evolve.

In the past 24 hours, global cryptocurrency futures contracts experienced $188 million in total liquidations, with long positions accounting for the majority of the losses.

According to ChainCatcher, Maharashtra, India's wealthiest state, is developing a policy to tokenize government power transmission assets on September 12. Chief Economic Advisor Praveen Pardeshi outlined the plan at an event in Mumbai, stating that 40% to 50% of transmission lines could be tokenized, with investors receiving a share of revenues from Maharashtra Transco. Funds raised would support construction of new transmission lines and renewable energy storage facilities to address the state'

According to Reuters, Anthropic is planning to raise $100 billion, which would set an IPO record with an estimated valuation of $2 trillion. Nvidia is considering participating in the fundraising with a $10 billion investment.

In a recent statement, U.S. President Donald Trump accused Iran of being behind drone strikes on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline. The attack resulted in the shutdown of a critical oil export route for the kingdom, escalating tensions in the region. The accusation comes amid broader U.S.-Iran conflict and follows previous military incidents involving both parties and their allies. Trump's statement could further strain U.S.-Iran relations and complicate ongoing diplomatic efforts.

On September 12, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed embedding independent third-party evaluators directly inside AI labs with full employee-level access and publication rights, according to his essay titled "We Must Pace the Frontier." Under the model, external reviewers would receive office desks, company access badges, and laptops, maintaining ongoing access to Anthropic's AI development environments. Crucially, evaluators could publish findings with minimal redaction and without Anthropic ex

Danmarks Nationalbank raised its key interest rates by 25 basis points on September 10, bringing its current-account and certificates of deposit rates to 2.10%. This marks the second rate increase by Denmark's central bank in 2026, following a similar 25 basis point hike on June 11 that lifted rates to 1.85%. The lending rate climbed to 2.25%, effective September 11. The move mirrored the European Central Bank's own 25 basis point increase on the same day, as Denmark's monetary policy is designe

According to Federal Reserve data, US households and nonprofits held a record 48.23% of their financial assets in equities in Q2 2026, up from 44.66% in Q1 and surpassing all prior peaks including the dot-com bubble. The historical average since 1945 stands at 24.5%. Household net worth surged by approximately $12.8 trillion in Q2, bringing total wealth to around $183 trillion, with equity markets as the primary driver. However, approximately 87% of equity wealth is concentrated in the top 10% o

Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa concluded their recent summit in New Delhi by issuing a joint declaration condemning sanctions, nuclear threats, and terrorism. The statement emphasizes peaceful dispute resolution and calls for United Nations reform as part of BRICS' commitment to promoting a multilateral world order and addressing global issues through dialogue and cooperation.

According to Anthropic's threat intelligence report released on September 11, 2026, Russian developers used Claude Code to build autonomous kamikaze drone software designed to identify targets and detonate without human input. The 154-page report, tracking the project as GTG-27005, details how the developers began work around mid-May 2026 and created a system with computer vision capabilities trained on Ukrainian combat footage, allowing drones to distinguish between friendly and enemy forces, s

According to BaFin, Germany's financial regulator placed the Frankfurt branch of Iran's state-owned Bank Sepah into formal insolvency on September 10, triggering liquidation under German law. The branch held approximately €50 million in assets and served 11 depositors, making it one of the smallest bank failures BaFin has ever managed. The closure resulted from EU sanctions cutting off the branch's access to European payment infrastructure. The 11 affected depositors have been directed to file c

According to Today India, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated on Saturday that Iran "currently cannot" make the decision to engage in direct negotiations with the United States. He emphasized that the U.S. must first stop its blockade and sanctions against Iran and cease what he described as "bullying" in diplomatic communication. "There must be an atmosphere of trust," Pezeshkian said.

According to Fortune, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman hinted on Friday (Sept 12) that OpenAI and other leading AI companies may soon announce cooperation to slow AI development and jointly address safety risks. When asked whether he would work with Anthropic's Dario Amodei, SpaceX's Elon Musk, and Google's Demis Hassabis to develop safety plans, Altman said "I think that will happen" but declined to pre-disclose private discussions.