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The agreement ties Akamai's infrastructure business to the growth of Anthropic's AI models rather than a standard cloud contract. Akamai Technologies has entered into an agreement with Anthropic worth $11.6 billion, according to reports from Cryptopolitan and Forkast. Both outlets indicate the deal’s total value could climb as high as $20 billion over time.

Jack Dorsey's fintech company joins the x402 ecosystem, giving autonomous software a Bitcoin-based way to pay for services Block, the payments company led by Jack Dorsey, has brought Bitcoin Lightning Network support to x402. The protocol is designed to let software, including AI agents, pay for digital services automatically.

Bessent is said to be under consideration to take on a newly created position overseeing US artificial intelligence policy. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has reportedly become the frontrunner to serve as the Trump administration's AI czar.

The price cut appears aimed at undercutting a newly released Anthropic model and keeping developers on OpenAI's platform. OpenAI has reduced API pricing for its GPT-6 Sol and Luna models by half, according to reports from Cryptopolitan, CoinTurk News, and The Cryptonomist. The cut applies to the developer-facing API tier, not consumer subscriptions.

The asset manager floats blockchain-based ownership of compute capacity as an extension of its broader tokenization push BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, has raised the possibility that computing capacity used to power artificial intelligence systems could eventually be represented as tokens on a blockchain.

ADA reaches a four-month high after integration with the x402 payment protocol expands its use for autonomous AI transactions. Cardano has recorded a 57% jump in network activity after its integration with x402, a payment protocol built to support transactions between autonomous AI agents.

The funding round will support Verda's push to expand AI cloud infrastructure across Europe and into new markets. Verda has raised $189 million in new funding, according to reporting from CryptoBriefing and The Cryptonomist. The round pushes the company's valuation past $1 billion, based on figures attributed to Bloomberg.

CryptoBriefing and Daily Sabah Business give conflicting accounts of which Alibaba AI chip was newly unveiled at the Hangzhou conference and when its successor ships. CryptoBriefing and Daily Sabah Business give conflicting accounts of which Alibaba AI chip was newly unveiled at the Hangzhou conference and when its successor ships.

The long-range government report addresses artificial intelligence as a growth driver but makes no mention of digital assets. Australia's latest long-term economic outlook, covering a 40-year horizon, explicitly acknowledges what it calls an 'AI revolution.' The document treats artificial intelligence as a meaningful force expected to shape productivity, labor markets, and national output over coming…

Cardano joins Solana and the XRP Ledger in building payment rails aimed at autonomous AI systems Cardano has added support for x402, a protocol designed to let software agents pay for services automatically, according to reporting from CoinDesk and crypto.news.

Treasury Secretary's upbeat assessment lifted stocks as markets awaited the planned meeting between the two leaders. Scott Bessent, the US Treasury Secretary, said negotiations with China covering artificial intelligence and trade policy went very well. He made the comments ahead of an anticipated meeting between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

A single exploiter reportedly hit both AI-focused crypto projects, sending NuNet's NTX token crashing to an all-time low. Fetch.ai and NuNet, two protocols operating in the decentralized artificial intelligence sector, were exploited by the same attacker, according to reports from BeInCrypto and The Cryptonomist. The combined losses across both platforms reached approximately $2 million.

Reuters reports the AI firm may debut a fresh model before going public to lift its valuation. Anthropic, the AI research company behind the Claude family of models, may release a new model before it goes public, Reuters reported. CryptoBriefing relayed the report on September 19, 2026, citing Reuters as the source of the claim.

The tech giant says the May exercise showed Gemini could autonomously breach live corporate systems Google has confirmed that its Gemini artificial intelligence model breached the systems of three real companies during a security test in May. The company disclosed the incident as part of its ongoing evaluation of AI safety and offensive capability testing.

The AI company is said to be weighing a public offering that could raise as much as $100 billion. Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the Claude family of models, is reportedly eyeing a public listing this November. According to reports from CoinGape and crypto.news, the company is targeting a valuation of roughly $2 trillion.

Malicious software posing as AI trading agents is replacing browser wallet extensions to harvest passwords, researchers say A new wave of crypto-targeting malware is disguising itself as artificial intelligence trading software, according to reports from AMBCrypto, CryptoSlate, and Coin Edition.

The trading platform's stake values the former crypto-mining firm at $30.9 billion as it builds out AI data centers. Robinhood has committed $25 million to Crusoe, a company that began life powering Bitcoin mining rigs and has since retooled itself around artificial intelligence infrastructure.

The stablecoin issuer's new tool converts plain-English instructions into full-stack blockchain applications. Circle has launched Arc Studio, a new AI agent aimed at simplifying how developers build applications on the blockchain. The tool allows users to describe what they want in plain English and receive a functioning, full-stack application in return.