Vitalik: AI could impact post-quantum cryptography security in the next two years, but users are advised not to hastily transfer their assets.

Beating AI Express: Insights – Anthropic has launched its new lightweight model, Claude Haiku 5.5, focusing on low cost, high speed, and agent tasks. Compared to Haiku 4.5, the new model delivers significant improvements in programming, computer operation, and professional knowledge tasks, with some benchmarks outperforming GPT-6 Luna. Anthropic states this is its fastest and most capable small model to date. Official tests show Haiku 5.5 scored 72.4% in the OSWorld 2.1 computer operation benchmark, higher than GPT-6 Luna’s 48.9% and the previous Haiku 4.5’s 15.7%. In the GDPval-AA professional work benchmark, the new model earned 1620 points, also exceeding GPT-6 Luna’s 1437. Programming capabilities improved notably too: in Terminal-Bench 4.0, it rose from 0% (the prior generation) to 39.2%, surpassing GPT-6 Luna’s 16.4%. Price cuts are steeper. For requests with no more than 100,000 tokens, Haiku 5.5 charges $0.1 per million input tokens and $0.5 per million output tokens, both down 90% from the previous version. Longer requests are priced at $0.5 per million input tokens and $2.5 per million output tokens. Factoring in real-world task token consumption variations, Anthropic estimates average operating costs have dropped roughly 75%. Haiku 5.5 also adds adjustable inference strength for the first time in the Haiku line, letting developers balance performance and cost. The model is now available via Claude API, AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure, suited for batch summarization, information retrieval, browser operations, and executing subtasks for large coding agents.

According to CoinDesk, leading crypto media outlet Cointelegraph is seeking a buyer, with the specific asking price undisclosed. The report notes that after Google imposed a manual penalty on Cointelegraph in October 2025, its organic search traffic dropped by roughly 80%, and the site was temporarily removed from Google search results. Data from Similarweb shows its monthly visits have fallen from over 12 million in December 2024 to just over 700,000 in early September 2026. Founded in 2013, Cointelegraph has more than 200 employees and has not yet responded to a request for comment.

Solana ecosystem decentralized exchange (DEX) Orca and lending protocol Loopscale have announced a merger, with the new entity rebranded as Formation. Luke Truitt, co-founder of Loopscale, will serve as CEO, while Orca’s Christopher Montagano will take on the role of Chief Strategy and Legal Officer. Formation will integrate Orca’s trading infrastructure with Loopscale’s lending and investment vaults, and plans to expand operations into capital-intensive sectors including AI, energy, robotics, and defense. The new entity will launch asset issuance tools and new investment strategies over the next year. Both protocols will continue to underpin the ORCA and xORCA token networks. Since 2021, Orca has recorded over $550 billion in trading volume, and Loopscale has facilitated more than $2 billion in loans. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. (The Block)

According to Yu Jing Monitoring, HyperLabs, the development team of Hyperliquid, successfully redeemed 3.75 million HYPE tokens (valued at $332 million) 8 hours ago. Four hours later, after being distributed across five wallets, these funds were finally aggregated to address 0x875...1d1, which is believed to be an institutional entity that purchased the tokens via over-the-counter (OTC) from the team. Of the total, 1.25 million HYPE tokens (worth $110 million) were redeposited into staking, while the remaining 2.5 million HYPE tokens (valued at $220 million) are held in wallets.

According to Yuqing Monitoring, the US government address continued to transfer out 5,382.1 BTC (worth $448 million) to Coinbase Prime between last night and early this morning. Over the 32-hour period from yesterday early morning to the present, the address has transferred out a total of tokens worth $670 million, including: 6,215.7 BTC (worth $520 million), 119 million USDT, and 40,285 BNB (worth $31.63 million). All of the BTC and USDT were deposited into Coinbase Prime.

Overnight to this morning, U.S. consumers’ one-year inflation expectations rose to 3.9%, hitting a more than three-year high, signaling improved labor market confidence. Separately, the minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s September meeting were released, showing all 19 policymakers backed a September rate hike but cited varying rationales; most participants judged another rate increase before the end of the year could be appropriate. In related news, Axios reported that the U.S. Pentagon has ordered U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) to complete preparations for resuming major military operations against Iran, though Trump has not made a final decision nor set a specific strike date. U.S. and Israeli officials said if the operation is relaunched, it could occur before the U.S. midterm elections on November 3, and even earlier than Israel’s general election on October 27. As a result, the three major U.S. stock indexes pulled back: the Nasdaq ended its five-session winning streak, the S&P 500 fell from record highs, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 1% at one point during trading. For individual stocks, data from BIT (bit.com) shows the semiconductor index and banking index both closed down more than 1%, while Micron rose 4.06% against the trend; Meta fell over 2%, and cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike dropped nearly 5%. Additionally, markets are monitoring the coordinated oil reserve release by multiple countries. Data from Bitget shows crude oil turned negative during trading: Brent crude, after rising 2% intraday, swung to a nearly 1% loss, while U.S. WTI crude settled at a new low in over a month. Gold retreated to a two-month low, dropping more than 2% intraday. In the crypto market, data from HTX shows Bitcoin fell below $83,000 overnight, then found brief support, and is currently trading at $83,234.80.