CryptoSlate

Dario Amodei wants coordinated limits on frontier AI, starting with outside evaluators inside Anthropic.
Scrutiny at one lab cannot slow its rivals. His next steps call for common US rules and verifiable agreements between governments.

Lightning Development Kit v0.2.6 fixes bugs that could let a peer divert small amounts of funds or prevent a node from restarting.
Affected app developers need to integrate the update. The release reports no observed losses or exploited applications.

Bitcoin fell below $77,000 on Sunday, extending losses that began before AI leaders called for slower development.
Monday brings the first regular US stock session since those remarks, followed by the Fed’s Sept. 15–16 meeting.

The IEA cut its 2026 oil supply forecast by 1.3M barrels a day and now expects full Gulf recovery in 2027.
Demand is weakening, but inventories are still falling. Persistent energy inflation could delay borrowing-cost relief for Bitcoin investors.

DWF Ventures estimates proprietary market makers handle over 90% of SOL-to-stablecoin trades routed through Jupiter.
Trades settle publicly onchain, but pricing models and access to those liquidity pools can remain private.

Satsuma sold its entire 669 BTC reserve. A court-approved capital reduction clears the way for a £30.72M cash return to eligible B-share holders.
The payout is fixed at £0.002734 per B share, with payment expected by Sept. 28.

Commercial wallet makers covered by the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act now have 24 hours from awareness to report actively exploited flaws or severe security incidents.
The rule took effect Sept. 11. Coverage depends on the product, not simply its wallet label.

Bitcoin stopped at $79,890 on Sept. 11 as US stocks gained about 1% despite Treasury yields near 5%.
QCP puts resistance at $80K–$82K and support at $76.3K–$76.5K. The Sept. 16 Fed decision will test whether BTC can sustain a move beyond that range.

Bitcoin held near $78.7K Friday as September Fed hike odds rose to 85%, then slipped toward $77.5K Saturday.
Annual core CPI eased, but monthly core inflation accelerated. August’s report also missed September’s sharper oil-price rise.

A stablecoin transfer can arrive in seconds while the recipient waits a day to turn it into local money.
Conversion fees, exchange rates and withdrawal options determine how much they can spend—and when. The blockchain fee covers only one step.

An AI agent can book a hotel within budget and still choose a room you would reject.
Spending limits alone don’t cover cancellation terms or duplicate charges. Agent payments also need clear purchase permissions and a way to resolve mistakes.

XRPL’s stablecoin supply reached $1.126B as monthly DEX volume more than doubled to $253M.
That growth doesn’t establish sustained XRP demand. Trades can bypass XRP, and the data doesn’t show how much volume uses it or how long market makers hold it.

🗞 Top Crypto Gainers & Losers: Sat, Sep 12 (24H)
📈 Biggest Gainers
龙虾 (Lobster) +140.06%
Lisk (LSK) +113.80%
NOCK Nockchain (NOCK) +23.45%
📉 Biggest Losers

Ape and Pepe (APEPE) -19.86%
Hunter Biden’s Laptop (LAPTOP) -15.07%
Quack AI (Q) -9.99%

Revolut handed over customer records after accepting a fake government request sent from a genuine agency’s email infrastructure.
The data could include passports, selfies and Bitcoin histories. The number affected remains undisclosed.

XRP Ledger activated fixCleanup3_3_0 on Sept. 11, making transaction and AMM fixes part of its live rules.
Servers without support risk losing transaction and consensus functions. The separate Lending Protocol amendment remains disabled.

Capital B’s Bitcoin holdings rose roughly 12% from Aug. 17 to Sept. 7. Its reported BTC per diluted share barely changed: 736.4 to 736.6 satoshis.
The diluted share count grew almost as fast as the treasury.

DBS says it completed a dollar payment to Citi in New York from Singapore in minutes using tokenized deposits.
Faster transfers could reduce cash companies park ahead of payments—and help banks retain their balances, FX fees and lending business.

Bitwise is closing BWOW, the lowest-fee US Dogecoin ETF, with just $700K in assets and $1.23M in net outflows.
Trading ends Oct. 14. Remaining holders are expected to receive cash around Oct. 22, based on the fund’s Oct. 21 net asset value.