China’s Industrial Profits Slow to 4.2% Showing The AI Boom Left It Behind
China’s industrial profits grew 4.2% in August from a year earlier, official data showed Monday. Cumulative profit growth for the year has now slowed for a fourth straight month. That cumulative pace peaked at 24.7% through April and has eased to 15.7% through August. Meanwhile, an AI-driven profit boom is lifting rival economies far faster. […]
Australia Senate Summons OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs Over AI Access
The hearing follows an OpenAI research agent’s June access to nonpublic files through an Australian government health-data portal and a delayed notification to the government.
Deputy Finance Minister Estimates 20 Million Russian Crypto Users
Ivan Chebeskov put Russian residents’ cryptoassets and related financial products at 3.7 trillion rubles, or about $44 billion.
Discover How 20 Million Russians Tap Into Over $43B in Cryptocurrency

Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebeskov has estimated that 20 million Russians have invested 3.7 trillion rubles (nearly $44 trillion) in crypto. These funds are being leveraged in three different pools: foreign trading, mining, and held as investment or savings assets on external exchanges. How Are Russians Adopting Crypto? Russia has become a cryptocurrency hotbed, ranking […]
OKX Plans Doppler Finance XDP Spot Listing on Sept. 28
The listing will add XDP to OKX’s spot market, expanding access to trading for the token.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong wants internal teams to compete like startups, with AI agents as the referees

Coinbase’s AI-driven internal competition model could accelerate innovation but risks embedding biases and creating uncharted organizational dynamics. The post Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong wants internal teams to compete like startups, with AI agents as the referees appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Sky (SKY) Jumps 4.0% in One Hour to Reach $0.08478
Sky rose 9.80% over 24 hours. No long or short liquidations were recorded during the same one-hour period.
Alpen Partners With Circle to Bring USDC, CCTP to Mainnet
The Bitcoin infrastructure provider will make Circle-issued USDC and the Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol available when its mainnet launches.
Gold Falls 2.1% to $4,200 an Ounce in Sharp Market Move
Spot gold was last quoted at $4,195.78 an ounce late Sunday, marking a notable move for crypto traders monitoring cross-asset markets.
South Korea’s FSC Considers Crypto Market-Maker System Despite Ban
The review is aimed at improving market efficiency and stability as lawmakers prepare the second phase of digital-asset legislation.