Decrypt - 2026-09-18 ​
5 items collected.
1. Bitcoin Blasts Past $80K and a Fresh Short Squeeze Is On ​
Author: Jose Antonio Lanz
Published: 9/18/2026, 3:22:49 PM
Categories: , Markets
Bitcoin just ripped 5.88% higher in a single session, tearing back toward its 2026 highs. The charts say the move is real, but they also say it's gotten ahead of itself.
2. Microsoft Staff Asked If AI Scraping Was 'Largest Theft of Labor in Human History' ​
Author: Decrypt Agent
Published: 9/18/2026, 12:52:03 PM
Categories: Artificial Intelligence
Internal memos warned of a "doom loop" threatening the quality of the very models it was building with OpenAI.
3. Morning Minute: SEC Approves ‘Innovation Exemption’ Moving Tokenized Stocks Forward ​
Author: Tyler Warner
Published: 9/18/2026, 12:34:50 PM
Categories: , , , Opinion
It came just hours after S&P Global announced its acquisition of OpenZeppelin, as everything TradFi moves onchain.
4. UAE, Sweden Arrest Seven Over $7.1M Crypto Laundering Ring Linked to Contract Killings ​
Author: Decrypt Agent
Published: 9/18/2026, 9:57:33 AM
Categories: , , Law and Order
Investigators say tracing the network's crypto transactions exposed links to organized crime and murder-for-hire.
5. Treasury Sanctions Crypto Exchange Behind Iran's Bitcoin Tolls on Hormuz Ships ​
Author: Decrypt Agent
Published: 9/18/2026, 9:01:55 AM
Categories: , Law and Order
OFAC says hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin moved through BitBank to the Revolutionary Guards in two months.