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In brief Ethereum’s price hit $4,000 on major exchanges on Friday. The coin has made a comeback in recent months amid a surge in ETH treasuries. Ethereum’s blockchain has experienced a flurry of activity this week. Ethereum’s price touched $4,000 per coin on Friday for the first time since last December on a number of…
In brief Predictors on Myriad are leaning bullish on Bitcoin, believing it will hit $125K before it dips to $105K. A new market asks whether or not SharpLink Gaming will reach its 1 million ETH milestone before September 16, though predictors are skeptical. Vitalik Buterin has been vocal about the Ethereum layer-2 roadmap and predictors…
In brief Sharplink Gaming is selling roughly $200 million worth of its common stock to buy more Ethereum. The shares will be priced at $19.50 each. The sports gambling firm holds $1.9 billion in ETH as of writing time. Sharplink Gaming plans to raise roughly $200 million to add Ethereum to its corporate treasury, the…
August 6, 2025 | Asset Listings We’re thrilled to announce that XTER is available for trading on Kraken! Funding and trading XTER trading is live as of August 6, 2025. To add an asset to your Kraken account, navigate to Funding, select the asset you’re after, and hit ‘Deposit’. Make sure to deposit your tokens…
In brief The SEC has formally exempted major Ethereum and Solana staking protocols from securities laws. It’s likely the final clarification needed to give staking ETFs the green light. The precedent is also now set for staking across broader decentralized protocols. GM!Today’s top news: Crypto majors dip after Monday’s rally; BTC at $114,300 SEC gives…
In brief OpenAI open-sourced two mega-models under Apache 2.0, shattering licensing limits The 120B-parameter model runs on a $17K GPU; 20B-parameter version works on high-end gaming cards Performance rivals GPT-4o-mini and o3—beats rivals in math, code, and medical benchmarks OpenAI released two open-weight language models Tuesday that deliver performance matching its commercial offerings while running…
In brief Bitcoin-buying firms offset Galaxy Digital’s massive Bitcoin sale, Mike Novogratz said. Crypto-buying firms should continue to support prices, he added. Galaxy Digital has partnered with 20 crypto asset treasury firms. Institutional crypto firm Galaxy Digital was tasked with executing one of the largest Bitcoin sales in history at a pivotal time, according to…
In brief SharpLink Gaming has bought even more Ethereum, adding $264.5 million in digital coins to its treasury. The Nasdaq-listed firm has pivoted its focus to accumulating ETH. Ethereum was trading above $3,630, down a few fractions of a percentage point over the past 24 hours. Ethereum treasury SharpLink Gaming bought $264.5 million in Ethereum…
In brief Google is launching Kaggle Gaming Arena with top AI models facing off in a live-streamed chess tournament. ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and others will compete in bracket-style matches judged by skill-based rankings. The tournament will test AI reasoning under pressure, with move logic and strategy revealed to the public. On Tuesday, Google will launch…
August is the month of “Remember that Franchise?” Aside from the annual Madden game, a lot of the games we’re looking forward to this month are returns to older franchises—one of which hasn’t seen a new entry in almost 15 years. There are a few remake/remaster-type games on this list, but our first entry, Mafia: The…
