Evening Scan

OpenAI's valuation hit $1.5T in a new private round, up from $1.2T weeks ago. Crypto's regulatory bill failed twice in one day—once in committee, once on Senate cloture. Starship has a launch date: September 22.

OpenAI Considers New Financing at a $1.5 Trillion Valuation (paywall)

This would make OpenAI the most valuable private company on Earth before going public. (NYT)

The Senate fails to advance the Clarity Act

Crypto's market-structure bill died in committee and failed cloture the same day. (CNBC)

SpaceX declares Starship ready for orbit, sets launch date next week

September 22, pending FAA approval — flight 14 also debuts the first V3 Starlink satellites. (Ars Technica)

Agility's new humanoid robot will stop, squat to avoid harming human coworkers

A robot programmed to duck and cover around human workers. (Ars Technica)

“Iran-linked wallets moved $3B+ through the exchange since 2019.” — Wall Street Journal, on CoinEx's shutdown