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Perplexity AI has launched a free Fast Search feature for users of the Hermes Agent platform, making web searches more efficient. This innovation comes as part of an initiative to enhance user experience within the Nous Portal tiers. As reported by NousResearch, this could significantly improve the way users interact with web content and applications in the crypto landscape. The Key Development The broader crypto market is currently exhibiting mixed signals, and this development from Perplexity AI adds an interesting layer to the conversation. With the Fast Search feature, users can expect quicker access to information, which aligns well with…

Bitcoin’s price rose on Friday — despite data revealing that U.S. inflation had risen. The biggest cryptocurrency by market cap was recently trading for close to $78,749 after jumping 2% over a 24-hour period. At one point on Friday morning in New York, bitcoin rose as high as $79,607. Bitcoin’s price spike came after news dropped that U.S. consumer prices accelerated in August, reinforcing ​expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next week. The consumer price index, excluding food and energy, climbed 0.3% in August from a month earlier, which was higher than expected. Inflation in the U.S.…

Investor Ownership Retreats From Its 2025 Peak U.S. investors pulled back from cryptocurrency after ownership reached a record level in 2025. Gallup, the Washington-based research and analytics company, released its latest survey on Sept. 21, placing crypto ownership at 11% among investors with at least $10,000 in investable assets, six percentage points below last year’s 17% reading. The June 1-15 poll of 2,043 U.S. adults, including more than 1,000 investors, also placed ownership among all adults at 9%, down from 14% in Gallup’s initial measurement last year. Even after the decline, the investor rate remains above the 6% recorded in…

Zcash gained about 20% over the past 24 hours as Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang disclosed that the crypto investment firm made an unspecified purchase of $ZEC, the privacy-focused token that has been outperforming a broader rise across crypto markets. Zcash ($ZEC), a cryptocurrency that enables users to make shielded transactions that conceal addresses and transaction amounts using zero-knowledge proofs, traded around $1,338 at last look on Thursday. Its surge came in the wake of Huang’s Wednesday post revealing that Paradigm is an investor in the Zcash Open Development Lab (ZODL) as well as a $ZEC token holder. Today’s more than…

Senator Cynthia Lummis is intensifying her efforts to pass the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act, which aims to provide essential consumer protections for seniors using crypto ATMs. This legislation has gained significant bipartisan support and is nearing a critical Senate floor vote, highlighting the urgency of regulatory clarity in the crypto industry. Failure to pass the Act could leave seniors vulnerable to scams, as noted in Lummis’ recent tweet. Inside the Move The rejection of the CLARITY Act by Democrats has sparked significant concern among crypto advocates and stakeholders. The Act seeks to establish regulatory clarity for digital assets, which…

South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb announced that it has added the HEMI token to its delisting watchlist. The decision reportedly comes after a security vulnerability was discovered in the smart contract used for token distribution. According to a statement by Bithumb, a security vulnerability was discovered in the smart contract used by the organization responsible for operating the HEMI ecosystem to distribute initial reward claims. Due to this vulnerability, some tokens were withdrawn from the contract in an unusual manner, and assets were unauthorizedly liquidated. The security incident led Bithumb to re-evaluate the trading status of the HEMI token on…

AxLabs has released its Simple Agent Wallet, a command-line wallet designed for AI agents to autonomously pay for resources across multiple blockchains using the x402 payment protocol, with Neo X as a supported settlement chain. The open-source tool, now at v0.3.1, enables agents to inspect and execute payments without human intervention. Traditional crypto wallets assume a human is present, with browser extensions that open popups and mobile apps that require a tap to confirm. For AI agents operating programmatically, these interaction models create friction that effectively blocks autonomous commerce. SAW addresses this by providing a wallet built entirely around CLI…

Bitcoin is approaching a decisive technical point after failing to sustain its September advance above $82,000. The token has since pulled back to around $76,900 as sellers regained control following the latest rejection. Source: TradingView That retreat has brought Bitcoin back toward a crucial area on the daily chart. The advance had followed roughly 32 days of upward delivery from the August low near $62,200, but momentum has now weakened. As a result, price is testing a daily Change in State of Delivery, or CISD, near $77,150. A decisive move around this level could determine whether the recent rally remains…

The European Banking Authority has asked the European Commission to examine new MiCA rules for crypto firms that connect customers to DeFi loans. Its September 24 response calls for a cost-benefit analysis of possible duties for intermediated borrowing and lending, and for crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) that give clients access to DeFi lending through interfaces or products. A loan can run on an on-chain protocol while a company supplies the app that brings a customer to it. The EBA’s recommendation puts that company-controlled route within the Commission’s review, and it is a request to assess legislation, so the EBA’s response…

The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, says broad AI adoption could represent an underappreciated source of demand for digital assets. In its latest research paper, “The Machine-Native Economy,” BlackRock said the rise of AI and machine-to-machine payments could increase demand for blockchains and other programmable payment infrastructure, including stablecoins and other on-chain assets. It also sees a potential opportunity for digital assets to support the compute market, allowing claims on computing capacity to be tokenized, traded and used as collateral. “Together, these developments position AI as a structural catalyst for digital asset adoption and digital assets as a potential facilitator…