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In brief Researchers unveiled Delphi-2M in Nature, an AI that forecasts risk for 1,000+ diseases up to 20 years out. The model outperformed single-disease tools, predicting co-morbidities and generating synthetic health trajectories from medical records. Trained on UK Biobank and validated on 1.9M Danish health records, Delphi-2M shows promise but faces bias, privacy, and deployment…
In brief The crypto market retreated sharply Monday morning, with the total market cap dropping to $3.98 trillion. More than 390,000 traders were liquidated, with longs making up the bulk of the $1.68 billion in losses. Dogecoin dropped by 10%, leading losses among the top 10, while Bitcoin held relatively firm in comparison to altcoins…
In brief The crypto market rebounded to $4.15 trillion as Bitcoin hovered near $116,000, Cardano climbed 5%, and NEAR soared 15%. A $74 billion recovery came as the Federal Reserve cut rates by 25 bps and gold surged to $3,700. September’s cautious sentiment held, but Bitcoin, Cardano, and Near are posting divergent signals. The cryptocurrency…
In brief The plan includes auto-enrolment pensions, tax incentives, and steps toward market integration. Oversight changes could give ESMA a role in supervising crypto and cross-border infrastructures. The push follows warnings on stalled reforms and comes amid debate over the digital euro. The European Union is preparing a year-end push to expand pension savings and…
In brief Kalshi reached $1 billion in monthly volume and now dominates 62% of the global prediction market industry, surpassing Polymarket’s 37% share. Four states including Massachusetts have filed lawsuits claiming Kalshi operates as an unlicensed sportsbook, with Massachusetts seeking to permanently bar the platform. Kalshi operates under federal CFTC regulation as a designated contract…
In brief The first American spot ETF giving exposure to XRP debuted on Thursday. Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas was surprised at the size of the Rex-Osprey XRP ETF’s initial trading volume. The price of XRP has risen over the last day, and Myriad users believe it’ll keep climbing to a new high of $4. The…
In brief The SEC said that Grayscale’s Digital Large Cap Fund conversion into an ETF is approved for listing and trading. The fund tracks the price of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, and Cardano. Other ETFs tracking XRP and Dogecoin began trading on Thursday. An exchange-traded fund from crypto asset manager Grayscale that tracks the price…
In brief The standards bar leveraged and inverse trusts from using the generic path. Eligible assets must already be traded on regulated, surveilled markets or backed by an existing ETF. Solana and Litecoin ETFs could arrive within weeks, with Dogecoin and others in line, Decrypt was told. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission signed off…
In brief Myriad traders see roughly a nearly 50/50 chance Trump visits China before year-end 2025. Reuters and WSJ report that Beijing has invited Trump, while the TikTok deal talks signal warming ties. Kalshi and Polymarket host related markets on a potential Trump-Xi meeting this year. A popular Myriad market asks whether Donald Trump will…
In brief Bitwise, Defiance, Tuttle, and T-Rex filed five new crypto ETFs, from Avalanche and Sui to memecoin Bonk and leveraged Orbs. Analysts say AVAX and tokenization funds have the strongest approval odds, while memecoin and basis-trade ETFs face “more scrutiny.” The filings add to a queue of over 90 crypto ETF applications infront of…
