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In brief GPT-5 is fast, accurate, and cost-effective at code generation, beating most rivals in logic and technical tasks. However, with its relatively small context window, it’s weak in creative and right-brain output. It’s still a work in progress and will likely get better as OpenAI iterates with updates. OpenAI finally dropped GPT-5 last week,…
In brief Bitcoin’s daily profit-taking plummeted from $2 billion to $1 billion over the past six months. Short-term profit-taking has slowed, but supply in profit remains high. Macro uncertainty and growing risks have pushed investors into capital protection mode. On-chain metrics are flashing potential signs of stabilization for Bitcoin as profit-taking activity declines amid uncertainty…
In our latest Kraken Trading Spaces, Dentoshi unpacked one of the most valuable edges in trading: Spotting outperformers before the rest of the market does. With the crypto markets in a period of chop, earnings season heating up and broader macro catalysts in play, Dentoshi shared timely insights on how to identify early winners before…
In brief A Welshman has quit his pursuit of recovering 8,000 Bitcoin from a hard drive that was accidently thrown into a landfill in Newport, Wales in 2013. James Howells attempted “everything humanly possible” to recover his buried BTC from legal battles to multi-million dollar bids but nothing worked. Now, he’s pivoting his plan to…
In brief The Pentagon has awarded $50 million contract to Auterion for 33,000 AI drone strike kits for Ukraine. The Kits turn commercial drones into autonomous weapons. Experts say autonomous commercial drones are a growing part of modern warfare. The Pentagon has awarded a $50 million contract to Swiss defense software firm Auterion to deliver…
In brief Z.ai’s GLM-4.5 and Air models leapfrog Western AIs, hitting No. 3 globally in industry tests. The startup, blacklisted by Washington, raised $1.5B as Chinese state funds pile in. New models are open-source, super-efficient, and cost a fifth of Western rivals to use. Beijing-based Z.ai, recently added to the U.S. Entity List and backed…
In brief The Wyoming Stable Token (WYST) won’t initially offer a yield, but there is support for enabling the feature later, Wyoming State Senator Chris Rothfuss said. Wyoming’s Select Committee on Blockchain urged the Commission issuing WYST to “resist pressure to act as a political or financial gatekeeper.” The GENIUS Act’s passage could increase crypto…
In brief Bitcoin was up 1.1% in Thursday trading, even as major altcoins like XRP, Solana, and Dogecoin were in negative territory. BTC volatility dropped to 1.49%, with experts noting this decreased volatility indicates BTC is maturing into an institutional-grade asset. Marathon Digital upsized its latest offering to $950 million to purchase Bitcoin and expand…
In brief XRP has hit a new all-time high, with other altcoins seeing explosive gains. Solana jumped 11.44% to $175 this week, breaking key price resistance zones and technical indicators confirming trend strength. Will SOL follow XRP and Ethereum “higher”? Let’s take a look at the charts. It certainly feels like altcoin season is in…
If you’ve ever dreamed of snagging life-changing money with almost no effort while half asleep on your couch, your time is now! Beginning May 22 – Bitcoin Pizza Day – Barstool Sports and Kraken are making that dream a potential reality for anyone bold enough to take a stab at the future price of the…
