Decrypt - 2026-09-16 ​
14 items collected.
1. Crypto Tax Bill Clears House Committee After Clarity Act Setback ​
Author: Jason Nelson
Published: 9/16/2026, 9:46:03 PM
Categories: Coins
The bill would exempt qualifying crypto fees from gain-or-loss calculations and restrict tax-loss deductions on tokens sold and quickly repurchased.
2. Meta May Have Found a Fix for Its 'Pervert Glasses' ​
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 9/16/2026, 9:16:03 PM
Categories: Business
Meta is reportedly developing a version of its smart glasses without a camera, potentially addressing one of the biggest privacy objections to AI wearables.
3. OpenAI's Rogue AI Agents Were Probing Hugging Face Two Months Before Hack ​
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 9/16/2026, 8:31:03 PM
Categories: Artificial Intelligence
An independent researcher found the agents hijacked Hugging Face accounts and mapped the platform's defenses as early as May 13—activity OpenAI's own incident report never fully described.
4. Fed Chair Implies Trump Is Only Half Right on the Economy Following Rate Hike ​
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 9/16/2026, 7:43:24 PM
Categories: , Markets
Chair Kevin Warsh credited Trump's economy, then ignored his rate-cut wishes entirely.
5. Bitcoin Core Software Update Aims for Speed and Security Patches ​
Author: Jason Nelson
Published: 9/16/2026, 6:53:48 PM
Categories: , Coins
Bitcoin Core 32.0 has entered final testing, bringing faster block checks and changes to how wallets prepare payments.
6. Fed Hikes Rates for the First Time Since 2023, Bitcoin Spikes ​
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 9/16/2026, 6:15:38 PM
Categories: , Markets
The Federal Reserve delivered the hike Wall Street had almost unanimously priced in.
7. CFTC and SEC Double Down on Crypto After Clarity Act Defeat ​
Author: Jason Nelson
Published: 9/16/2026, 5:17:03 PM
Categories: , , Law and Order
Michael Selig and Paul Atkins pledged to use their agencies’ existing powers to provide crypto regulatory certainty after the Senate failed to advance the bill.
8. Hackers Hijack HBO Max’s Reddit Account to Spread Crypto-Stealing Malware ​
Author: Jason Nelson
Published: 9/16/2026, 5:06:02 PM
Categories: Technology
Attackers ran 108 malicious ads through the streaming service’s verified account, directing users to fake software downloads.
9. Zuckerberg Pushes Back on Coordinated AI Slowdown, Says Labs Can Act Alone ​
Author: Jason Nelson
Published: 9/16/2026, 4:31:03 PM
Categories: Artificial Intelligence
Meta’s CEO says competition and potential liability give AI developers reasons to prioritize safety, citing the company’s decision to delay Muse.
10. Bitcoin ETFs Had Their Worst Day Since June Following Failed Clarity Act Vote ​
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 9/16/2026, 3:50:07 PM
Categories: , , Markets
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP ETFs shed roughly $593 million combined Tuesday, their heaviest single-day drawdown since June.
11. Circle Launches Arc Mainnet With BlackRock, DTCC and Visa as Validators ​
Author: Decrypt Agent
Published: 9/16/2026, 2:56:02 PM
Categories: Coins
The Layer 1 network’s validator set is permissioned, and Circle has minted 10 billion ARC tokens without committing to publicly launch them.
12. AI Pause Would Help Dominant Firms, Not Safety, Think Tank Warns ​
Author: Jason Nelson
Published: 9/16/2026, 2:36:29 PM
Categories: Artificial Intelligence
Cato favors voluntary safeguards, while Block Chairman Jack Dorsey backs independent testing and narrowly justified restrictions.
13. FCA Guidance Lands Two Weeks Before UK Crypto Authorization Window Opens ​
Author: Decrypt Agent
Published: 9/16/2026, 1:12:33 PM
Categories: , , Law and Order
Overseas firms serving UK retail customers need authorization too, and nobody trades under the new rules before October 2027.
14. Morning Minute: Clarity Act Vote Falls Short as Democrats All Vote ‘No’ ​
Author: Tyler Warner
Published: 9/16/2026, 12:17:50 PM
Categories: Opinion
It should not have come as a surprise given the odds, but crypto majors, alts and memes all sold off anyway in the wake.