Hyperliquid in Talks With Kraken Parent to Bring Crypto Perps to US Traders
Hyperliquid is in negotiations to offer cryptocurrency perpetual futures to US traders through Kraken's parent company Payward's regulated subsidiary Bitnomial. This would represent Hyperliquid's first regulated entry into the US market for decentralized exchange derivatives trading.
ChatGPT Ads hits $1B annualised as the EU brings it under the Digital Services Act
ChatGPT Ads reached $1 billion in annualised revenue run rate within under 200 days and expanded self-service buying to Europe, India, the Middle East and North Africa. The European Commission simultaneously designated ChatGPT a Very Large Online Search Engine under the Digital Services Act based on 159.1 million declared monthly users.
Apple’s Phil Schiller hands over App Store and Events to Eddy Cue
Phil Schiller transitioned oversight of Apple's App Store and product events to Eddy Cue's services division, with Carson Oliver managing the store's daily operations. The move occurred the day before John Ternus assumed the chief executive role.
Strive Becomes Fifth-Largest Bitcoin Treasury, Stock Jumps on Latest Buy
Strive spent $143 million to purchase bitcoin last week, increasing its holdings to 23,156 BTC and becoming the fifth-largest bitcoin treasury holder. The company's stock price jumped following this purchase announcement.
Former SEC, CFTC Officials Urge Lighter Touch to Bring Crypto Perps Trading Onshore
Former SEC and CFTC officials are calling for less restrictive regulations on cryptocurrency perpetual futures trading to attract the $90 trillion offshore market onshore. The officials warn that overly burdensome rules will prevent crypto derivatives trading from moving to domestic exchanges as the agencies develop policies on crypto derivatives and custody.
Traders Make a September Rate Increase the Favorite as Bitcoin Holds $78,000
Traders increased the probability of a quarter-point Federal Reserve rate hike in September to 55.5% on Polymarket, up from 28% on Friday following Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole speech. Bitcoin declined 0.7% on the day while trading near $78,000, and 88 of the 125 largest non-stablecoin tokens fell in value.
Russia’s Sberbank Estimates $46.4B Trading Volume in First Year of Crypto Buildout
Sberbank estimates $46.4 billion in cryptocurrency trading volume during its first year of crypto operations. Russia is advancing cryptocurrency regulation while the bank prepares its platform infrastructure.
Identity and permissions aren’t enough to govern AI agent behavior
Access controls and permissions alone cannot secure enterprise AI agents because they only govern what agents can reach, not how they behave once operating autonomously. Agents explore all available permissions at scale, rapidly surfacing forgotten misconfigurations and stale permissions that humans would rarely discover.
One injection could keep osteoarthritis drugs working for weeks
Scientists developed an injectable gel that stays in arthritic joints for weeks while slowly releasing medication and improving lubrication. This approach delivers disease-modifying drugs directly to affected joints while reducing systemic drug exposure throughout the body.
A “quantum bath” puts quantum entanglement on autopilot
Physicists created a "quantum bath" filled with correlated microwave photons that automatically entangles distant qubits without requiring constant measurements and active control. This approach confirms a theoretical prediction from over 20 years ago and uses a shared environment to maintain the entangled state.
From watches to passwords on paper, everything that's old is new again
Casio has released new retro watches that could change the smartwatch market by combining classic design with modern technology. Windows XP is marking its 25th anniversary this week, while security experts are reconsidering paper-based passwords as a viable authentication method.
Goldman Sachs built its talent pipeline around apprenticeship. AI is now testing what that means
Goldman Sachs's apprenticeship-based talent development model faces challenges as artificial intelligence capabilities expand within the organization. The bank's traditional approach to building its workforce through hands-on training and mentorship is being tested by the growing role of AI in roles previously filled by apprentices.
Scientists find why the liver may not heal even after you stop drinking
Alcohol-related liver disease traps damaged liver cells in a regenerative state, preventing the liver from rebuilding itself even after drinking ceases. Researchers identified that inflammation-driven RNA errors cause this problem and found a pathway that could potentially be targeted to restore liver repair.
Bitcoin Faces a Three-Way Macro Test Near $78,000
Bitcoin is trading near $78,000 while facing pressure from three macroeconomic factors: yen weakness, Federal Reserve rate expectations, and geopolitical tensions from Iran strikes. These conditions are simultaneously testing cryptocurrency market stability and spot Bitcoin ETF investor demand.
Djokovic loses 5-set marathon in US Open shocker
Novak Djokovic lost his first-round US Open match to Mariano Navone in five sets lasting four hours and 36 minutes. The 39-year-old fell 7-6, 5-7, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, marking his first opening-round exit at the tournament.
UK Fintech Thought Machine’s Vault Core Selected by Deutsche Bank’s Private Bank
Deutsche Bank's Private Bank selected Vault Core, a cloud-native core banking platform from Thought Machine, as part of its technology modernization effort. This selection marks the first concrete implementation of a plan announced at the end of 2025.
BlackRock's BUIDL Reclaims Top Spot for Tokenized Treasuries, Bolstering RWA Market
BlackRock's BUIDL fund regained the leading position in tokenized US Treasuries with a $2.8 billion market cap, surpassing Circle's USYC. The fund now holds the top spot in the tokenized treasuries market segment.
Grindr wants to be the everything app for gay men; investors are still deciding whether it can pull it off
Grindr is introducing an AI-powered $350-plus premium tier called EDGE and expanding into healthcare and matchmaking services beyond its core dating function. The company is attempting to transform itself from a dating app into a comprehensive platform serving gay men's various needs.
Fitbit’s founders designed a wearable for the whole family
Fitbit founders James Park and Eric Friedman launched Luffu, a centralized health tracking system that combines medical data from providers, wearable activity monitors, medication schedules, and self-logged information into one app using artificial intelligence to learn patterns and generate alerts. The Luffu Link bracelet serves as the system's first hardware product, designed to manage health data for entire families across multiple users.
Using data to help wheat growers adapt to unpredictable weather
Unseasonably warm weather in March and April accelerated wheat growth this year, pushing the crop into a vulnerable stage before unexpected freezing temperatures arrived. Wheat growers traditionally followed predictable seasonal planting patterns, but unpredictable weather now requires data-driven adaptation strategies.
Nium Debuts USDC Funding for Client Payouts
Nium now allows businesses to fund accounts with USDC stablecoin and receive fiat payouts across its network. This stablecoin-focused program extends Nium's payout capabilities to businesses holding USDC.
AI agents need their own identity before they need a gateway
AI agents are shifting from answering questions to autonomously completing multi-step business workflows by dynamically deciding which tools to use and APIs to call. Once authenticated, traditional security controls lack visibility into whether agents continue operating safely, requiring enterprises to adopt runtime trust monitoring beyond initial identity verification.
Polygon Quietly Patched Security Flaws in Two Hard Forks Before Disclosing Them
Polygon deployed security patches through two hard forks called Austin and Kyoto on its Bor and Heimdall clients before publicly disclosing the vulnerabilities. The patches addressed denial-of-service and consensus-hardening flaws that Polygon stated were never exploited.
Samsung Adds QR Payment Feature to South African Digital Wallets
Samsung South Africa added Scan to Pay, a QR code payment feature, to its digital wallet for Galaxy users. The feature aims to provide an alternative to physical cards and streamline checkout transactions.
ECB Wants the Euro Directly on Blockchain. Will It Kill Stablecoins in Europe?
The European Central Bank proposes issuing euro reserves directly on blockchain networks rather than through traditional banking channels. ECB official Schnabel characterizes stablecoins as complementary tools rather than as primary settlement mechanisms for blockchain transactions.
Schwab Crypto to Offer Solana, Avalanche, and Chainlink Alongside Bitcoin and Ethereum
Schwab Crypto will add Solana, Avalanche, and Chainlink to its trading platform, expanding beyond its current Bitcoin and Ethereum offerings. Eligible clients will be able to buy and sell these three additional tokens through the service.
Lowest-Latency Inference APIs for Voice and Realtime Agents: A Time to First Token TTFT-First Benchmark
A benchmark measured time to first token latency across voice agent stack layers including LLM, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and speech-to-speech systems, with data verified August 30, 2026. Each latency figure was labeled as independently measured, vendor-published, or vendor-measured on its own product.
All-time great Aaron Donald comes out of retirement to rejoin stacked LA Rams
Aaron Donald, a three-time defensive player of the year, ended his retirement to rejoin the Los Angeles Rams after eight months away. The 35-year-old defensive tackle, drafted 13th overall in 2014, aims to win a second Super Bowl with the team.
Google AI Introduces EnvHarness: A Programmable Layer That Turns Static Agent Environments Into Adaptive Training Worlds
A programmable layer called EnvHarness adapts static agent benchmarks during policy training while preserving original tasks and verifiers through standard interfaces. Across five benchmarks, mined skills improved by up to 9.0 points on held-out tasks with 9.8% fewer execution steps.
AI agents that pass authentication can still drift, expose data, or get memory-poisoned
# Summary A LiteLLM vulnerability exploited in June allowed attackers to run host commands through the gateway without credentials, representing one of seven CVEs disclosed in that AI gateway within a month. Enterprise teams prioritizing gateways as their first security control lack the underlying identity and attribution layers needed, making gateway deployment premature without established control planes that track agent identity, delegation, task assignment, and credential usage.