Decrypt - 2026-09-23 ​
18 items collected.
1. Anthropic Says Claude Found Something Big in DNA. It Just Doesn't Know What ​
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 9/23/2026, 10:56:03 PM
Categories: Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic says Claude autonomously found a new CRISPR-like enzyme system. Even Dario Amodei admits nobody knows what it actually does.
2. An AI Agent Just Hacked a Government Website for the First Time, Australia PM Says ​
Author: Decrypt Staff
Published: 9/23/2026, 10:31:45 PM
Categories: Artificial Intelligence
Anthony Albanese said the agent accessed public and non-public files on a Medicare statistics portal in June, calling OpenAI's three-month delay in disclosing the breach "unacceptable."
3. OpenAI Gives Ukraine Access to Daybreak AI Cyber-Defense Tool ​
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 9/23/2026, 10:06:04 PM
Categories: Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI is giving Ukraine's government access to Daybreak, its AI vulnerability-hunting system, as the country's cyber defenders face a record wave of attacks on hospitals, power grids, and government networks.
4. China Probes DeepSeek and Moonshot Over Alleged Data Leaks to Anthropic's Claude ​
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 9/23/2026, 9:31:03 PM
Categories: Coins
China's internet regulator is investigating DeepSeek and Moonshot AI after Anthropic accused both of secretly routing millions of user exchanges through Claude to train their own models.
5. Meta's Muse AI Agent Read a User's Private iMessages. Then It Lied About How ​
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 9/23/2026, 8:44:20 PM
Categories: Technology
A tech columnist declined to give Meta's new AI agent access to his messages. It read them anyway, then invented an explanation for how it knew.
6. Zcash's Wall Street Moment Reaches Europe With Its First ETP Listing ​
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 9/23/2026, 7:36:15 PM
Categories: zcash, Coins
21Shares listed Europe's first Zcash exchange-traded product on Euronext Paris and Amsterdam this week as ZEC continues its banner year.
7. $15.6 Billion in Bitcoin Options Expire Friday—Here's What It Means ​
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 9/23/2026, 6:46:03 PM
Categories: , Markets
Deribit's strike-by-strike data shows a book stacked with calls, and one price level drawing hedging pressure from both sides at once.
8. Borrow Against Your Bitcoin at a Fixed Rate: Coinbase Expands Morpho Loans ​
Author: Decrypt Staff
Published: 9/23/2026, 6:15:06 PM
Categories: Business
The product lets users lock in their rate and repayment date when borrowing USDC against Bitcoin, marking the first enterprise-scale deployment of Morpho Midnight and a shift away from on-chain lending's variable-rate norm.
9. Crypto Exchange That Invented 100x Leverage Is No More: Here’s What BitMEX Users Need to Know ​
Author: Decrypt Staff
Published: 9/23/2026, 5:31:03 PM
Categories: , Business
BitMEX ended trading at 04:00 UTC Wednesday and is urging users to withdraw their remaining funds, as fees now apply to balances left on the exchange.
10. Canada's Six Biggest Banks Team Up on a Shared Digital-Dollar Network ​
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 9/23/2026, 5:01:03 PM
Categories: Coins
RBC, TD, BMO, Scotiabank, CIBC and National Bank are jointly exploring a Canadian-dollar tokenized deposit system, starting with transfers between the banks themselves.
11. NYSE Taps Blockchain.com to Reach Crypto Investors With Tokenized Stocks ​
Author: Decrypt Staff
Published: 9/23/2026, 4:36:03 PM
Categories: Business
Blockchain.com and NYSE Group signed a preliminary agreement to give the crypto exchange's users access to tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs, pending regulatory approval.
12. Americans Would Use Stablecoins—If They Came With Bank Protections, Visa Study Finds ​
Author: Decrypt Agent
Published: 9/23/2026, 4:26:03 PM
Categories: , , Business
A Visa survey found U.S. willingness to use stablecoins for cross-border transfers rises from 36% to 56% when paired with hypothetical bank-level fraud protection and deposit insurance.
13. Bitcoin Dips, But Its Forks Are Flying Again ​
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 9/23/2026, 3:56:03 PM
Categories: , , bitcoin-cash-sv, Markets
A CME futures listing and a fresh Grayscale ETF filing sent Bitcoin's two biggest forks soaring, even as the flagship coin cooled off its seven-month high.
14. BlackRock: AI Agents Could Drive Crypto's Next Demand Wave ​
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 9/23/2026, 3:41:46 PM
Categories: , Business
The world's largest asset manager argues that autonomous AI agents buying data, paying for services, and renting computing power could quietly become one of the biggest forces pushing money into crypto.
15. Morning Minute: Bitcoin Hits $86,000 as Oil Slides and ETFs Bid ​
Author: Tyler Warner
Published: 9/23/2026, 12:26:07 PM
Categories: Opinion
Crypto majors continue their climb while alt leaders hit new ATHs. What’s driving the recent run up?
16. North Korea's Fake Job Interviews Drained $11M From 7,000 Crypto Wallets ​
Author: Decrypt Agent
Published: 9/23/2026, 12:15:18 PM
Categories: , , Law and Order
A seven-agency advisory ties the WaterPlum hacking crew and Pyongyang's remote IT worker scheme to the same bureau.
17. CFTC Staff Advisory Says Prediction Market 'Mention' Contracts Invite Manipulation ​
Author: Decrypt Agent
Published: 9/23/2026, 10:43:46 AM
Categories: Law and Order
Three weeks after fining a teleprompter operator who traded on speeches he had already read, regulators set out what exchanges must show.
18. Former Polish Police Officer Charged as Zondacrypto Probe Searches Fuel Depot ​
Author: Decrypt Agent
Published: 9/23/2026, 9:53:07 AM
Categories: , , Law and Order
Investigators are combing the site where the exchange's founder was last seen in 2022, using experts and forensic equipment.