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Markets Mark Ninth Consecutive Day of Buyer Dominance Markets have entered a ninth consecutive day characterized by net buying activity across multiple asset classes and trading venues globally. Broker reports and public order books often reflect such patterns, with volume and price dynamics shiftin…

Decentralized liquidity: can wallets replace AMMs and pools A proposed design moves trading liquidity into users’ wallets to address fragmented assets and persistent slippage in decentralized finance markets. Principle of wallet-native liquidity The model aims to make each wallet a source of tradabl…

Meta to Cut 8,000 Jobs as It Refocuses on AI Meta plans to lay off about 8,000 employees, roughly 10% of its workforce, with reductions effective from 20.05.2024 . Restructuring and financial context The company attributes the move to cost optimisation amid rising artificial intelligence investments…

OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 with enhanced agent capabilities OpenAI has introduced GPT-5.5 , a model oriented toward autonomous agent tasks that plan, manage, and complete multi-step objectives. What the update brings The new release extends the model’s ability to structure multi-step workflows, maintai…

US special forces member charged over Polymarket insider betting A US special forces servicemember has been arrested on charges of placing insider bets on Polymarket using classified operational information. Incident overview Prosecutors say the defendant used secret details about an operation to de…

Markets Extend Rally Into Eighth Consecutive Buying Day Markets recorded an 8th consecutive day characterized by net buying activity, with no single sector or index explicitly singled out in reports. Market overview Trading sessions showed persistent demand from a range of participants, resulting in…

Family kidnapped in France for €700,000 crypto ransom Two armed attackers burst into a house in the commune of Pludalmézeau in north-west France and took a family hostage. They demanded a ransom of €700 000 in cryptocurrency and insisted on receiving access to the household’s digital wallet. Sequenc…

Getting the Most from ChatGPT Images 2.0 GPT-Image-2 currently leads public comparisons of image-generation models, outpacing Google DeepMind by more than 200 points . Performance and context The reported rating advantage highlights improvements in fidelity and controllability, but effective use dep…

Film argues bitcoin’s Satoshi may have been two people The documentary Finding Satoshi proposes that bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator may have been two individuals collaborating on the project since its inception. Film's claim According to the filmmakers, Hal Finney handled software development and te…

United States military operates a Bitcoin node for testing The United States military confirmed it operates a Bitcoin node to support cybersecurity testing and research into protocol capabilities. Statement from leadership According to Admiral Samuel Paparo, the node helps evaluate how the protocol …

FTX sold $200,000 stake in Cursor that could be worth billions FTX’s investment arm disposed of an early stake in Cursor at its original entry price during bankruptcy-related asset sales. Deal background In 2022 Alameda invested $200 000 into Anysphere, the developer behind Cursor, acquiring roughly…

User Reports Feeling Familiar With Game Experience A participant reported a sense of familiarity and suggested they had previously played a similar online game on an earlier occasion. The remark appeared in a short message, offering minimal context while prompting further clarification from other on…

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Analysts Propose Ethereum Could Reach $250,000 Analysts increasingly frame Ethereum as a different category of monetary asset, arguing it may capture part of existing monetary premium. The emerging narrative According to analysts, Ethereum is considered not only a platform but potentially a new type…

Adobe announces $25 billion buyback amid market pressure Adobe announced a $25 billion share buyback, which influenced pre-market trading and reduced the potential magnitude of a one-day sell-off. Details of the repurchase program The company set the buyback size at $25 billion , allocating capital …

Aave Faces Liquidity Outflows After KelpDAO Hack The DeFi protocol Aave experienced significant liquidity withdrawals after the KelpDAO exploit, which amounted to $293 million . What happened Following the exploitation, Aave paused the rsETH and wrsETH markets across both V3 and V4 implementations t…

South Korea to Deploy Nationwide Crypto Transaction Tracking System South Korea's tax authority is preparing a nationwide system to monitor cryptocurrency transactions, including funds held in non-custodial wallets. Scope and capabilities The platform will analyze fund flows in real time between add…

Saylor-led Strategy Surpasses BlackRock in Bitcoin Holdings Michael Saylor's firm has increased its bitcoin reserves to 815,061 BTC , overtaking BlackRock's reported 802,823 BTC holdings. Holdings and recent activity The company led by Saylor continued to acquire bitcoin, raising its total to 815,06…

Ethereum prioritizes privacy and security over throughput Vitalik Buterin outlined Ethereum's development priorities, placing emphasis on resilience, decentralization and security rather than raw transaction throughput. The network is framed as a settlement and data layer for assets, NFTs and DAOs g…

Arbitrum freezes 30,766 ETH after KelpDAO exploit Arbitrum Security Council froze 30,766 ETH (about $71 million) that were held at an address on Arbitrum One tied to a KelpDAO exploit. What happened The funds were moved from the compromised address to an intermediary wallet that has been placed unde…