Australia investigates whether the OpenAI agent that got into a Medicare portal broke the law

In August, StarkWare made a Bitcoin transaction with this method that took about 3,100 GPU hours across roughly 100 graphics processors, for about $320. The top contest entry checks about 881 million candidates per second, against 146 million for the original code on the same GPU. The estimated drop is 79%.

According to CoinDesk, the $66 is an estimate: the improved code has not yet prepared another transaction mined on Bitcoin. The method requires sending the transaction straight to miners and does not protect coins whose public keys are already exposed.

In a CNBC interview on Wednesday, Selig said the CFTC has to review all of its rules for the move to "24-⁠7 on-chain" markets and to automated markets run by algorithms and agentic finance, according to Bitcoin Magazine. The same outlet reports that the agency sent the White House a proposal this week to regulate crypto transactions and markets.

According to a post on X by BSC News, Selig said the agency is updating its rules for 24/7 trading, tokenization and AI agents that trade on their own, and that the first public roundtable on agents will be held on October 28.

The Information cites two people with direct knowledge of the matter. According to them, growth comes from a recent price increase and the popularity of its models, and CEO Liang Wenfeng shared the figure at a meeting with investors. DeepSeek aims to complete the round by the end of October. Reuters also reported the figure, citing The Information.

Kavukcuoglu spoke on Wednesday at The Information's AI Agenda Live conference, in his first media appearance in the role. Alphabet shares steadied after their worst drop in a month, according to Yahoo Finance.

SoftBank issued $11.1 billion in bonds to help pay for its OpenAI investment, according to CNBC. The bonds carry yields of up to 9.75%, according to the Financial Times. A Bloomberg analysis published today says that debt has become costlier, riskier and bigger.

Both actions came two days after the Senate blocked the CLARITY Act and a day after the SEC and CFTC chairmen said they would write crypto rules without it, The Defiant reports. Uniswap's token rose 19.8% over 24 hours.

Separately, the SEC's new rule on digital-asset custody for investment advisers and investment companies entered White House review. It follows the withdrawal of a separate 2023 proposal, the same outlet reports.

A SoFi spokesperson said the shift does not remove intermediaries from card settlement and provides an alternative blockchain-based settlement rail. For cardholders, the change largely happens behind the scenes, the outlet reports. Visa's stablecoin settlement pilot reached a $7 billion annualized run rate in April, according to Cointelegraph.

The goal would be to reinforce the dollar as a reserve currency and raise demand for Treasuries. According to CoinDesk, the stablecoin market is worth $292.49 billion, USDT and USDC make up nearly 90%, and issuers together hold about $200 billion in US debt.

The IMF and the Bank for International Settlements have warned that dollar stablecoins can speed up capital flight from emerging economies and weaken their currencies, the same outlet reports.

The Fed raised rates on September 16 to a target range of 3.75%-4%, Decrypt reports. The 10-year Treasury note closed Wednesday at 5.11%, up 15 basis points in one day, and the five-year note auction cleared at the highest yield since 2006, according to CoinDesk.

On Friday, September 25, $15 billion in bitcoin options expire on Deribit. The put-to-call ratio is 0.70, and calls are concentrated at $85,000, $90,000 and $100,000, according to Bitcoin Magazine.