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Prediction markets are favoring higher oil prices after Brent moved above $100. Myriad’s $120 outcome overtook its $55 side in early September, while Polymarket assigns WTI a 59% chance of reaching $100 this month.
OpenAI says 10,000 AI agents helped produce a proposed solution to one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems. Mathematicians are now debating how independently the internal model generated the work and whether it can be verified.
U.S. agencies have accused Moonshot, the Chinese company behind Kimi, and five other Chinese AI firms of systematically extracting capabilities from American models. Kimi had rattled markets earlier this year, according to CoinDesk.
NYU mathematician Tristan Buckmaster accuses OpenAI’s Sébastien Bubeck of claiming credit for a Navier-Stokes proof after learning about unpublished work Buckmaster conducted with Anthropic’s Levent Alpöge.
NYPD memos sent to Homeland Security warn that Meta’s smart glasses could be used for covert filming inside jails and police facilities, Decrypt reports. The documents highlight potential privacy and surveillance concerns around the devices.
A Polish court has detained a fifth suspect in the Zondacrypto exchange probe, Decrypt reports. The platform’s two chief executives have disappeared four years apart, while 1.3 million clients remain locked out.
Hunter Biden reportedly plans to launch the LAPTOP memecoin on Sept. 9, targeting traders who lost money on TRUMP. The project would turn a politically charged 2020 election episode into a crypto asset.
Bit2Me has established a specialized unit to help law enforcement track crypto assets, formalizing previous cooperation with agencies including Interpol and Europol. The exchange processed €1.5 million in seized cryptocurrency during 2025.
Middle East crypto activity has tripled to $350 billion during the ongoing Iran conflict, the Bitcoin Policy Institute says, citing stronger demand for digital assets and continued Gulf business operations despite disruption.
Polish prosecutors charged Romana Ż. with organized crime and misappropriation offenses involving $2.1 million in Zondacrypto user funds. They are seeking pretrial detention, according to Cointelegraph.
Hunter Biden is launching LAPTOP, a Base-based memecoin aimed at TRUMP holders. Nearly one-third of its supply could be burned if specified political and market outcomes occur, including a Democratic win in 2028.
Polish prosecutors have charged a fifth suspect in a major crypto investigation linked to the exchange formerly known as BitBay. The platform became Zondacrypto in 2021 and halted trading in April after frozen withdrawals and losses estimated at $94 million.
Ukrainian police dismantled an alleged crypto scam that investigators say stole up to $1 million monthly. Authorities identified 62 victims and believe more than 46 Ukrainians were involved, CoinDesk reported.
Bitcoin slipped below $80,000 after August payrolls changed expectations for Federal Reserve policy. Crypto markets now await the Sept. 11 CPI report, identified by CryptoSlate as Bitcoin’s next major volatility test.
