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Archive • Issues 1–27

Issue #27: Cheaper, everywhere — Claude Haiku 5.5’s price cut and GPT-6 for every ChatGPT user, OpenAI’s math release (and its first withdrawals), two labs opening cyber capability to vetted defenders, and the CFTC proposing new rules for crypto exchanges CURRENT

October 8, 2026

Claude Haiku 5.5 up to 90% cheaper (~75% avg, per Anthropic); GPT-6 for every ChatGPT tier; OpenAI math release and first 3 withdrawals; Mistral Large 4 + Anthropic CVP tiers for vetted cyber defenders. Crypto F&G 64 Greed; BTC ETFs Oct 1–7 ≈ –$163M; CFTC Regulation CTX / CAM ANPRM.

Issue #26: Gemini 4 Argon gated cyber release, a mid-week model cost cluster, FTC product-risk probe, and SEC Innovation Exemption on the Federal Register

October 1, 2026

Gemini 4 Argon gated cyber release (Fairwind, 1M out, intro $2/$10); GPT-6.1 Sol / dots / Sonnet 5.5; FTC product-risk probe. Crypto F&G 74 Greed; BTC ETFs Sep 24–30 ≈ +$274M. Clarity failed 49–50 (11 short); SEC Innovation Exemption on Federal Register through 2031.

Issue #25: ETF flood, OpenAI agent breach, frontier model drops, and a still-Fear equity tape

September 24, 2026

Crypto F&G flips to 71 Greed; BTC ETFs ~+$2.65B (Sep 17–23). OpenAI agent AU Medicare portal breach; Opus 5.5 / Grok 4.7 / GPT-6 Sol & Luna. Clarity failed 49–50 (11 short); SEC Innovation Exemption. Equity F&G ~35 Fear; BTC mid-$80ks.

Issue #24: Hawkish Fed, stalled Clarity, and a split tape

September 17, 2026

Fed hike to 3.75%–4.00%; Clarity cloture fails 49–50. Equity F&G ~27–30 Fear; crypto F&G 50 Neutral. BTC ~$76k after –$450.4M / –$295.9M BTC ETF outflows Sep 15–16. Brent ~$103–$105.