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In brief OpenDesign Arena scored DeepSeek V4.1 Flash at 81.2 out of 100 on real-world design tasks, 98% of GPT-6 Astra’s 82.7, while charging $0.023 per finished design against Astra’s $1.61. Of the 13 models tested—including Claude Fable 5.1, Grok 4.6, and Qwen 3.8-Max—11 scored lower than DeepSeek’s model and cost more to run. Only GPT-6 Astra scored higher. DeepSeek’s technical paper for V4.1 Flash shows the model activates just 8 billion of its 552 billion parameters to read a prompt, the design choice behind its low price. OpenDesign, the company behind the benchmark site OpenDesign Arena, ran 13 AI…

Europe’s securities regulator has warned that growing links between crypto and traditional finance could increase the risk of shocks spreading across the broader financial system.In its latest risk monitoring report published Thursday, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) called for closer monitoring of the “growing linkage between increasingly vulnerable crypto-asset markets and the broader financial system.”ESMA pointed to growing adoption of tokenized equities and recent decentralized finance (DeFi) exploits as areas that could deepen links between crypto and traditional markets and increase the potential for financial spillovers.ESMA risk indicators for EU financial markets. Source: ESMAThe regulator said tokenized equities…

In brief Senate Republicans released an updated Clarity Act on Thursday. The draft would require non-decentralized trading protocols to register with the CFTC. A Senate procedural vote is scheduled for September 15. Senate Republicans released a revised Clarity Act on Thursday that targets “decentralized-in-name-only” crypto trading protocols.The new language would require non-decentralized protocols, that is those controlled by people or groups, to register with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.Myriad: Will Congress pass the Clarity Act? Click to make your prediction.Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R., Wyo.) unveiled the 630-page updated legislation ahead of the September 15 procedural vote to pass the Clarity…

ZEC flashed a bearish signal that has previously been a precursor to a 64% price drop. ZEC has undoubtedly become crypto’s rock star lately, with its price skyrocketing to a ten-year high above $1,200. However, certain worrying signals suggest that a short-term pullback may abruptly replace the rally. Are the Bears Coming? Earlier this month, ZEC surpassed $1,200 for the first time since 2016 and reached almost $1,300. Currently, it trades around $1,220 (per CoinGecko), representing a 150% monthly increase and a staggering 2,450% explosion on a yearly scale. The main drivers behind the spectacular surge include the launch of…

Samson Mow warned the hackers that dreaming of walking away with the remaining assets unscathed is nothing but delusion. The dispute between Blockstream and the party claiming to be a white-hat hacker has taken a sharper turn, according to Samson Mow’s latest update. The hacker has accused Blockstream of serious security failures, while claiming that the company allocated only $1.5 million, or possibly nothing, to secure $5 billion in assets. Fresh Clash With Blockstream Calling this a “flagrant neglect of security,” the hackers demanded that Blockstream pay a 10% bug bounty from its own funds and warned that failure to…

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, September 10th, 2026, Chainwire Tech entrepreneur and angel investor Alessio Vinassa today announced the expansion of his investment framework focusing on the convergence of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, applying strategic risk-mitigation model lessons derived from managing high-pressure financial turnarounds to emerging enterprise technologies. Before he began investing across artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, Web3 and innovative finance, he faced a financial collapse that changed how he understood risk. Alessio reached a point where approximately €180,000 was due while only about €2,200 remained in his bank account. The situation left him facing the possibility of bankruptcy and forced him…

Dubai, UAE, September 10th, 2026, Chainwire Zamanat Fund CEIC Limited is the company’s first live proof point for regulated fund tokenization on ZIGChain focused on GCC private credit. Zamanat today announced its sponsorship of Zamanat Fund CEIC Limited (the “Fund”), a DIFC-domiciled tokenized private credit fund with a target size of up to USD 100 million. The Fund targets the GCC’s estimated $250 billion SME financing gap, with only 11 percent of SMEs across the region having access to credit. Closing a $250 billion structural gap in GCC SME credit Across the GCC, SMEs are central to economic growth yet…

Returning for its third year, Zoomex’s flagship global trading competition expands across crypto perpetuals, stock contracts, AI-powered trading, team competition, and interactive rewards Global, 10 September 2026 — Zoomex, a global cryptocurrency trading platform focused on derivatives, has announced the launch of the Zoomex World Trading Championship 2026 (ZWTC 2026). Returning for its third year, the flagship competition features a total prize pool of up to 5,000,000 USDT, the largest announced in ZWTC history. ZWTC 2026 introduces an expanded multi-asset competition format built around three participation areas: the Team Competition, the Solo Battle, and the Rewards Zone. Across these areas,…

Bybit democratizes access to enterprise-grade AI across trading, account management, and customer service DUBAI, UAE, Sept. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, announced the official launch of Bybit AI, a conversational assistant that unifies the exchange’s core services, starting with trading and customer support, within a single chat interface inside the Bybit app. Bybit AI lets users describe what they need in plain language. The assistant interprets user intent and executes the requested action on the user’s behalf, functioning as an intelligent co-pilot for everyday trading and account management. Chat to Trade: A New…

Bitmine owns 4.9% of the total ETH coin supply of 122.0 million Bitmine is 97% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 15 months Crypto equities are largest contributor to Russell 1000 quarter to date, representing 4 of the top 21 stocks Bitmine common stock gain of 99% quarter to date is 4th best of the Russell 1000 ETH is the best performing macro asset in Q3 of 2026 to date, outperforming the S&P 500 by 5,430bp Bitmine was added to the Russell 1000 Large-cap index on June 26, 2026 Bitmine’s Series A Preferred Stock is trading…