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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 Financial infrastructure firm ALT5 Sigma Corporation plans to sell 100 million of its shares to raise funds for a WLFI treasury. The shares will be priced at $7.50 each, and the sale is expected to close on August 12. The planned sale comes shortly after World Liberty Financial community members voted to make…
In brief BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has moved $8.4 million in ETH and other tokens over the past 24 hours Institutional wallets linked to a “mysterious” buyer and SharpLink Gaming accumulated over $1.1 billion in ETH in two weeks. Analysts cite ETF flows, macro catalysts, and fresh regulatory clarity as reasons for ETH’s surge, but…
In brief Ethereum’s recent surge, driven by institutional ETF inflows, has sparked increased market confidence in potential altcoin season. Top altcoins like Solana, Dogecoin, XRP and meme coins are likely to see an increased speculative activity. Analysts believe this phase could last until November Ethereum-betas could catch a headwind due to the cautiously optimistic due…
In brief Another pro-crypto executive order from Donald Trump has markets feeling bullish again. Bitcoin got a modest bump, but altcoins like XRP, Ethereum, and Dogecoin are flying high. What happens next? Let’s take a look at the charts. The cryptocurrency market regained some lost ground this week, with altcoins such as Ethereum, XRP, and…
In brief Ripple CTO David Schwartz thinks experimentation is good for blockchains. The XRPL EVM Sidechain debuted in June. The network features smart contracts and uses XRP as its native token. XRP Ledger’s Ethereum sidechain could lead to more experimentation within the network’s ecosystem, while potentially attracting fresh talent, according to Ripple CTO David Schwartz.A…
In brief OpenAI’s cryptic teaser shows the sign “GPT-4o” morphing into what seems to be “GPT-5.” CEO Sam Altman has been fueling the hype with memes and no-so-accidental screenshots featuring the model. Github leaks point to different GPT-5 variants touting agentic-like logic and unified architecture, with leaks benchmarks showing outstanding scores OpenAI dropped a teaser…
In brief OpenAI released its first open-source models in years, GPT-OSS-120b/20b, hyped for jailbreaking resistance. Pseudonymous jailbreaker Pliny the Liberator cracked them in hours. Pliny’s GitHub of jailbreaks has a library of prompts to “liberate” the most important AI models. OpenAI just released its first open-weight models since 2019—GPT-OSS-120b and GPT-OSS-20b—touting them as fast, efficient,…
In brief Bitcoin is up around 1.3% in the last 24 hours, reclaiming $115,000 while Ethereum has jumped 2.8% and is above $3,600. ETH ETFs regained inflows on Tuesday despite Bitcoin ETFs posting another day of outflows. Analysts seem unfazed by the market movement, noting that dips are expected in bull markets. Crypto markets rebounded…
In brief The broader crypto market rally has stalled, with total market cap falling again today. But one token is swimming against the current: Mantle, or MNT. Mantle is building an Ethereum treasury, and ETH charts tell an interesting story of their own. The cryptocurrency market is catching its breath after Monday’s exuberance, with the…
