Tuesday 8 September 2026
Top stories today:
Anthropic walks away from ~$6B Decart acquisition after due diligence
Blockstreamās Liquid Network attacker returns 3.4K BTC
Mistral raises ā¬3B at ā¬21B valuation as it expands into data centers
OpenAIās GPT-6 Astra rolls out broadly across ChatGPT Work, Codex, API
Huaweiās Mate XT 2 debuts with Kirin chip free from U.S. restrictions
0. Data & Calendar
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All times are ET.
1. Anthropic said to walk away from ~$6B Decart acquisition after due diligence
Anthropic and Decart may still pursue other opportunities to collaborate.
Decartās software helps AI chips run more efficiently, potentially allowing Anthropicās existing infrastructure to handle more demand.
Separately, Anthropic is expected to file publicly in late Sep. and list before U.S. midterms in Nov.
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3. Blockstreamās Liquid Network attacker returns 3.4K BTC after bridge nodes patched
~4K BTC were withdrawn from Liquidās federation wallet by a white-hat hacker, Liquid said Sun., then worth ~$320M.
Liquid halted new transactions on its platform as a result of the attack.
The hacker told Blockstream to āfix the bug firstā and ensure every node was patched before transferring the funds.
26 cross-chain hacks, 10%+ of all crypto hacks in 2026 YTD, vs. 3 identified in 2025, per DefiLlama
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5. Mistral raises ā¬3B at ā¬21B valuation, led by Samsung, as it expands into data centers
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7. OpenAIās GPT-6 Astra rolls out broadly across ChatGPT Work, Codex, API
Available to ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Enterprise, Business, and Premium users.
OpenAI also quietly updated some of Astraās evaluation metrics, apparently favoring the new model.
