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In brief Bitcoin broke below $110,000 Thursday morning, dragging top altcoins down in a broad sell-off. The drop triggered $524 million in liquidations as the total market cap fell 3.1% to $3.85 trillion. Options data shows heavy bearish betting, with traders pricing in more downside risk. The cryptocurrency market extended its losses on Thursday with…
In brief Veo 3.1 introduces full-scene audio, dialogue, and ambient sound generation. The launch follows Sora 2’s rapid rise to 1 million downloads within five days. Google positions Veo as a professional-grade alternative in the crowded AI video market. Google released Veo 3.1 today, an updated version of its AI video generator that adds audio…
In brief Microsoft allegedly used an exclusive Azure agreement from 2019 to control compute supply to OpenAI, keeping ChatGPT prices artificially high while developing competing AI products. When OpenAI began buying compute from Google in June 2025, token prices reportedly dropped 80 percent within weeks, which plaintiffs say is evidence of the restraint. The lawsuit…
In brief Friends and collaborators described Pagotto as “super creative” and “discreet and humble.” RTFKT cofounder Steven Vasilev and BAYC’s Greg Solano were among those who paid tribute online. Pagotto helped build RTFKT into one of digital fashion’s most influential brands before Nike acquired it in 2021. Benoît Pagotto, co-founder of the digital fashion studio…
In brief A user on Hyperliquid was hacked for $21 million after their private keys appear to have been leaked. Private keys allow a wallet owner to sign a transaction, meaning anyone in possession of it has control over the wallet. Blockchain security experts say that private keys can be compromised via phishing sites, malware-infected…
In brief Eliza Lab’s Walters said fully autonomous trading agents are not investment-ready and perform best as interfaces that structure unstructured data into executable actions. Eliza is building a “marketplace of trust” that paper-buys shilled tokens to score users’ calls, and an agent-run OTC desk with smart-contract guardrails. He framed the token migration and cloud…
In brief xAI is hiring a “Video Games Tutor” at $45–$100/hour to train Grok on game design and mechanics. Elon Musk says xAI will launch a “great AI-generated game” before the end of next year. The role signals that human oversight is still central as AI transforms video game development. Elon Musk said on Monday…
In brief A former Singapore Armed Forces diver stole $1.7 million in USDT after photographing the victim’s seed phrase in their bedroom. He spent the money on luxury watches, gambling and mortgage payments. Seed phrases are the master keys to crypto wallets and a major target for hackers worldwide. A former Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)…
In brief Defiance ETFs has debuted a new fund tracking the BITA Trillion Dollar Club Index. The ETF gives investors exposure to companies and assets with a $1 trillion market cap or higher. It tracks Bitcoin via BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF. An exchange-traded fund tracking trillion dollar assets, including tech and crypto-related companies and…
In brief A new study has unveiled Titan, an LLM agent that tests MMORPGs by reasoning and exploring game states. Titan found four previously unknown bugs and completed 95% of tasks in two commercial games. Already deployed in QA pipelines, Titan may reshape how games are tested across PC and mobile. Game studios have long…
