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BTC 84,045 −0.3%ETH 2,668 +0.1%SOL 117 +2.1%BABA 111 +0.2%AMZN 249 +0.0%TSM 448 +0.3%MarketsSep 24, 18:02 UTC

CryptoSep 24, 18:02 UTC

Asset	USD	24 h
BTC Bitcoin	84,045	−0.3%
ETH Ethereum	2,668	+0.1%
SOL Solana	117	+2.1%
XRP XRP	1.53	+1.9%
BNB BNB	778	+1.5%
DOGE Dogecoin	0.10	+3.9%
ZEC Zcash	1,551	+2.3%
HYPE Hyperliquid	93	+0.2%

AI stocksSep 24, 18:02 UTC

Asset	USD	Day
BABA	111	+0.2%
AMZN	249	+0.0%
TSM	448	+0.3%
AMD	618	+0.6%
GOOGL	341	+1.1%
NVDA	224	−0.8%
META	770	+3.5%
MSFT	495	−1.1%

Price per million tokensSep 24, 18:02 UTC

Model	Input	Output
Claude Fable 5.1 Anthropic	10.00	50.00
GPT-6 Astra OpenAI	10.00	50.00
Gemini 3.8 Flash Google	0.75	3.75
Grok 4.7 xAI	1.60	4.80
DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek	0.46	1.39
Qwen3.8 Max Prime Alibaba	4.00	12.00
Kimi K3 Moonshot	3.00	15.00
GLM-5.3 Prime Zhipu	2.80	8.80

All models by lab

Tokens: USD per million, input and output. Stocks: last price of the day. Sources: CoinGecko (crypto, live) · Yahoo Finance (stocks) · OpenRouter (models, live).

CryptoSeptember 23 edition · No. 1

Kalshi denies a CFTC probe as Democrats call for a public hearing on prediction markets

Kalshi told CoinDesk the CFTC has not contacted it and that the repeated USD 5,500 trades in its ether futures come from liquidity incentives.

Every Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee asked committee chair Tim Scott for a public hearing on prediction markets. Today the committee's Republicans met privately with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour, according to The Block.

Patrick Witt, the White House crypto adviser, blamed Democrats and banks for the Clarity Act's defeat in the Senate and said the work now shifts to regulators such as the SEC, according to CoinDesk. A financial disclosure filed today shows Trump's accounts bought up to USD 115,000 in Strategy shares in July, according to Unchained.

Sources: CoinDesk · The Block · CoinDesk · Unchained

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BlackRock: AI could become one of crypto's biggest drivers
In a paper published today, the world's largest asset manager says the demand AI agents could generate is underappreciated. On X, a post about the paper passed 8,000 likes.
Anthropic says Claude found an unknown enzyme system in bacterial viruses
It is the first result from Anthropic's new biology lab. Nearly 1,000 Claude agents worked for 21 hours and used 210 million tokens, according to the company.
Altman and Amodei call for international AI cooperation at the UN
The CEOs of OpenAI and Anthropic spoke at the United Nations after Trump rejected what he called a "globalist scheme" to control AI, according to CNBC.
ChatGPT Voice now uses email, calendar and Slack; Muse is the most downloaded app in the US
OpenAI said on X that voice mode can use plugins, run on GPT-⁠6 Astra, Sol and Luna, and work inside ChatGPT Work on web and mobile.
China probes DeepSeek and Moonshot over possible data leaks to Claude
According to The Information, China's internet regulator is examining whether those companies sent user data to Anthropic.
Coinbase traces USD 1.1 million behind EvilTokens, an AI phishing service
The service was sold by subscription and used AI to find, inside stolen email, who can approve payments at a company.
Bitcoin drops to USD 84,000 and hundreds of millions are liquidated
Around 14:15 UTC, USD 157 million in long positions were liquidated in 15 minutes. Shortly after, another post put the figure at USD 230 million in the past hour. Both figures circulated on X.
Chainalysis: crypto activity fell 1.6% in a year when the market lost half its value
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NYSE signs with Blockchain.com, MoonPay buys North Capital and six Canadian banks test tokenized deposits
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