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A New York federal judge rejected nine alleged fraud victims’ attempts to challenge forfeiture of about 127,271 Bitcoin, finding they did not link their losses to the seized wallets. Victim remission may offer another recovery route, but eligibility and payment are not guaranteed.
President Donald Trump has unveiled a voluntary AI safety accord signed by leaders from Google, Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, X and Nvidia. The pact calls for internal controls, verification, external audits and board oversight, but includes no penalties for noncompliance.
Altcoin deposits to exchanges rose 160% in two weeks to their highest level since October 2025, while depositing addresses nearly tripled. CryptoQuant said the broad-based increase may signal selling preparation as smaller tokens gain market share relative to Bitcoin.
OpenAI, Google, Meta, Anthropic, Nvidia and xAI signed a voluntary White House agreement to permit independent reviews of AI safety controls. The pact covers cyber, biological and chemical risks, but includes no penalties, disclosure requirement or deadline for implementation.
A Senate report says 84% of 846 Iran-linked sanctioned wallets used Tether’s USDT almost exclusively, while more than $603 million moved through two Iranian smugglers’ network. Tether cited $550 million in 2026 Iran-linked freezes but did not directly address the findings.
Metaplanet’s independent directors defended a revised executive stock-rights plan after shareholder backlash, citing management’s early financial risk and restructuring role. The letter cuts the potential pool to 188.2 million shares but leaves questions about CEO Simon Gerovich’s exercised shares and MMXX Ventures unresolved.
Gemini has moved its Zcash infrastructure from Zebra to Zakura, cutting reported blockchain synchronization time from nearly a day to just over six hours. The change precedes Zcash’s planned NU7 upgrade, which would reduce block intervals from 75 seconds to 25 seconds.
The Clearing House has chosen Quant to provide technology for a planned US bank network for tokenized deposits, targeted for the first half of 2027. The deal supports Quant’s infrastructure role, but does not require participating banks to buy, hold or use its QNT token.
Lido’s committee can now change a 1,500 ETH reserve that prioritizes validator deposits over some withdrawal liquidity. No motion had opened by Sept. 27, while modeling showed larger reserves could lengthen stETH finalization times during periods of heavy demand.
Anthropic has launched Claude Sonnet 5.5 at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens. The model outscored Opus 5.5 on key coding tests, but maximum-effort use can consume substantially more tokens and cost more per task.
Apollo Chief Economist Torsten Slok warned that AI agents could automatically move household cash from low-interest checking accounts to higher-yield alternatives, draining the inexpensive deposits banks use to fund loans and creating a slow-motion bank-run risk.
A Balancer fork’s proposed 6 million BAL request could lower holders’ redemption value. The impact depends on eligible granted BAL before the treasury snapshot, while the proposed return remains conditional.
CryptoSlate reports that Sygnum is holding trading collateral for Bitget’s institutional clients, while a withdrawal pause leaves retail balances dependent on Bitget’s own controls and available funds.
IBM has connected 17 banks to the SWIFT ledger, while Digital Asset Haven’s ISO 20022 adapter supports tokenized-deposit instructions. Final settlement remains with existing systems, and CryptoSlate says cloud risk persists.
Cardano’s revised proposal would set pool fees at 75 ADA, representing a 55% reduction. DReps and the committee will decide the measure, while the impact on delegators depends on fees charged by individual pools.
Coinbase is expanding Morpho loans with fixed-rate USDC borrowing against Bitcoin. Users can lock in the interest rate and repayment date, in what Decrypt describes as the first enterprise-scale deployment of Morpho Midnight.
