Users on X have posted complaints that OpenAI's latest flagship model, GPT-6 Astra, appears to have become less capable one week after launch. According to ChainCatcher, developers and researchers said the model now gives faster but lower-quality answers, with some comparing current results against those from release day and finding a decline. Anonymous developer synthwavedd said Astra felt noticeably worse and joked about a post-launch "lobotomy." Pranjal Paliwal, who had previously praised the model, said after reviewing code generated by Astra that "we do not have AGI, we have a performance regression." Pankaj Kumar said the symptoms included faster responses and poorer quality, and suggested OpenAI may have reduced the model's "juice value," referring to the compute used before answering. Salio and researcher Md Ismail Sojal used the same prompts to compare Astra on launch day and at present, and both obtained worse results. Theo, founder of T3Chat, said Astra may simply be less stable than Claude Fable and that users began sharing more negative examples after the initial honeymoon period ended. Some users also pointed to a similar pattern with OpenAI's previous flagship, GPT-5.6 Sol, in July. OpenAI executive Tibo Sottiaux denied intentionally weakening the model at the time, but said the company had been experimenting with "reasoning effort" settings. OpenAI has not issued a similar statement about Astra.

Ripple is targeting corporate treasurers that handle roughly $13 trillion in annual transactions as it looks to expand RLUSD. According to NS3.AI, the effort is centered on Ripple Treasury, which was built around Ripple's $1 billion acquisition of GTreasury last year. Ripple also plans to introduce RLUSD into Europe through a MiCA-compliant dual-issuance structure.

Bitcoin Suisse said bitcoin could add a distinct source of risk to portfolios as the biggest U.S. hyperscalers are expected to spend upwards of $800 billion this year. According to NS3.AI, the firm said bitcoin’s scarcity and separate return drivers could help strengthen portfolio resilience. The firm also said Ethereum may benefit as artificial intelligence agents increasingly use programmable, onchain financial infrastructure.

Solana Mobile said its third-party email marketing provider Brevo suffered a security incident that affected some customer accounts, including Solana Mobile. According to ChainCatcher, the company disabled its Brevo account after discovering unauthorized access and is working with Brevo to determine the scope of the information accessed. Solana Mobile said it has not found evidence that any emails were sent from its account so far, but it is still verifying the situation. The company also reminded users that it will never ask for seed phrases, private keys, or wallet recovery information.

B.AI said on September 12 that its latest model access benefits have taken effect, including a 90% discount for high-concurrency models DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash and GLM-5.3-Flash. According to ChainCatcher, users can now call these models at 10% of the original price, while Qwen3.8-Flash, Hy3, and MiMo-V2.5 remain fully free to use. The company said the pricing update is intended to support high-throughput demand and lower the barrier for developers exploring multiple models.

Solana Mobile said its third-party email marketing provider, Brevo, suffered a security incident that affected some customer accounts, including its own. According to Odaily, Solana Mobile disabled its Brevo account after discovering unauthorized access and is working with Brevo to determine the scope of the information accessed. The company said no emails have been sent from its account so far and added that it does not ask users for seed phrases, private keys, or wallet recovery information.

US forces have redirected 100 commercial vessels over the past 60 days since the blockade against Iran resumed, according to Bloomberg. The US Central Command said in an update on X that the redirections took place during that period.

California diesel prices have surged to record levels, with the statewide average gasoline price topping $8 per gallon and one San Diego gas station posting $9.99. According to Sina Finance, the shortage of fuel supply, lower refining capacity, limited pipeline capacity, and the state's high taxes and fees have intensified the crisis, while global conflicts have added pressure to energy markets. The rise in diesel prices has hit industries that rely heavily on the fuel, including trucking, moving, and construction companies. As fuel costs jump, many businesses have been forced to raise prices or accept lower profit margins, pushing up inflation and increasing the cost of goods and services for consumers.

OpenAI is opening up the underlying agent framework that powers its flagship programming assistant Codex to all developers, marking the formal productization of the company's accumulated agent engineering experience.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong pointed out that Bitcoin reaching $400,000 by 2030 is still a reasonable target, and he personally believes that the bottom of this cycle may have already appeared.

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From a macro perspective, AI exports are experiencing rapid growth. In the first half of 2026, China's AI-related product exports accounted for 22.7% of total exports, contributing 8.6 percentage points to overall export growth. AI exports have become a significant industry trend.

Retail trading is experiencing a golden age: even the Pope has downloaded FOMO to trade meme stocks. Everyone wants to be a streamer. Market predictions are everywhere.

Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Deng Yu: If AI can solve all mathematical problems, I will retire and write novels. A cryptocurrency KOL donated $70,000 to a stranger? Golden Finance: What have KOLs on X been talking about in the past 24 hours?

Jinse Finance launches its daily cryptocurrency and blockchain news bulletin, "Jinse at 8 AM," issue 3179, providing you with the latest and fastest news on the digital currency and blockchain industry.

Ethereum is betting that once the gas barrier disappears, more people will actually start using Ethereum.

CPI, Federal Reserve, August CPI: A report that appears hawkish but is actually dovish and a "pre-emptive rate hike" trade. Golden Finance: The CPI report slightly exceeded expectations.

The article delves into the underlying logic of Agentic Payment (AI-assisted payment).