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New Workshop Stage Speakers Announced for Conference 2026
2049.news · 25.05.2026, 16:15:04

New Workshop Stage Speakers Announced for Conference 2026 The programme has added two practical-session speakers who will present hands-on cases and skills for professionals entering Web3. Speakers and topics The Worksho…

Indonesia blocks Polymarket after presidential resignation bets
2049.news · 25.05.2026, 14:30:02

Indonesia blocks Polymarket after presidential resignation bets Indonesia's communications ministry has blocked prediction market Polymarket after markets opened betting on the early resignation of President Prabowo Subi…

Doxing and Donations Surround Researcher ZachXBT
2049.news · 25.05.2026, 13:05:02

Doxing and Donations Surround Researcher ZachXBT Claims linking blockchain researcher ZachXBT to doxed personal data and large donations have circulated on social platforms, with on‑chain evidence cited by several users.…

Bitcoin Apparent Demand Hits Lowest Level in 2026
2049.news · 25.05.2026, 12:20:04

Bitcoin Apparent Demand Hits Lowest Level in 2026 Analysts at CryptoQuant reported that the Apparent Demand metric for BTC fell to -147,000 BTC , the weakest reading since the start of the year. What the metric represent…

Binance expands hiring with hundreds of new positions amid AI
2049.news · 23.05.2026, 15:05:03

Binance expands hiring with hundreds of new positions amid AI While many technology firms reduce headcount due to artificial intelligence adoption, Binance announced a global workforce expansion. The company said it plan…

Kraken’s Ink launches L2 aiming for CEX-to-DeFi onboarding
2049.news · 23.05.2026, 11:30:01

Kraken’s Ink launches L2 aiming for CEX-to-DeFi onboarding Ink is a layer‑2 built on the OP Stack that Kraken launched in December 2024, intending to onboard exchange users into DeFi. The network started without a token …

Polymarket Loses $700,000 after Private Key Compromise
2049.news · 23.05.2026, 10:00:02

Polymarket Loses $700,000 after Private Key Compromise On 22.05.2026, the Polymarket prediction-market contract on the Polygon network suffered an attack that drained funds quickly through multiple transactions over seve…

Why oil will not be allowed to reach $200
2049.news · 22.05.2026, 17:05:02

Why oil will not be allowed to reach $200 Oil prices are unlikely to reach $200, and the decisive constraint stems from Middle Eastern production dynamics rather than market speculation. Most investors underestimate how …

Open-source LoRA Training Maintains Oversight of Aleph
2049.news · 22.05.2026, 15:50:04

Open-source LoRA Training Maintains Oversight of Aleph Open-source LoRA workflows on LTXV 2.3 continue to provide practical oversight of Aleph through targeted in-context training. Background A practitioner who trains IC…

AI Is Rewiring the Internet’s Physical Infrastructure
2049.news · 22.05.2026, 12:00:02

AI Is Rewiring the Internet’s Physical Infrastructure Analysis by veteran technology journalist Om Malik outlines how artificial intelligence is reshaping the internet’s hardware and network topology. Asymmetry of traffi…

Expert Proposes $1 Billion Fund to Support Ethereum
2049.news · 22.05.2026, 10:15:04

Expert Proposes $1 Billion Fund to Support Ethereum Former Ethereum Foundation researcher Dankrad Feist proposed creating a new organization with dedicated funding and decision-making powers. The plan aims to secure long…

Rising US Treasury Yields Pose Systemic Economic Risk
2049.news · 21.05.2026, 17:35:10

Rising US Treasury Yields Pose Systemic Economic Risk According to The Kobeissi Letter, a sustained rise in US government bond yields is beginning to create systemic risks for the broader economy. Assessment by The Kobei…

Why Institutional Demand Is Driving Hyperliquid’s Recent Rally
2049.news · 21.05.2026, 10:30:01

Why Institutional Demand Is Driving Hyperliquid’s Recent Rally Hyperliquid’s native token $HYPE trades around $58 after a +20% move in 24 hours and +53% over the week, reflecting renewed institutional interest. Wall Stre…

Gemini Omni Video Prioritizes Conversational UX Over Production
2049.news · 20.05.2026, 18:35:04

Gemini Omni Video Prioritizes Conversational UX Over Production I tested Gemini Omni Video and found its principal strength in the interactive production workflow rather than final output quality. How the system operates…

EU’s 20th Sanctions Package Bans Russian Crypto Transfer Services
2049.news · 20.05.2026, 18:25:04

EU’s 20th Sanctions Package Bans Russian Crypto Transfer Services From 24.05.2026 , the EU’s twentieth sanctions package introduces a sectoral ban on Russian crypto services that perform transfers and settlements. Scope …

Series of crypto hacks in May expose keys and bridge flaws
2049.news · 20.05.2026, 11:25:04

Series of crypto hacks in May expose keys and bridge flaws Over recent weeks the crypto sector experienced multiple breaches, ranging from token mint exploits to administrator key compromises and supply‑chain attacks. Ec…

Google I/O 2026 outlines next wave of AI products
2049.news · 20.05.2026, 06:15:01

Google I/O 2026 outlines next wave of AI products At I/O 2026, Google presented a set of generative and agent-driven products that sketch the next wave of AI-enabled user tools. New foundational models Google unveiled Ge…

Experts Flag Macro Risks Ahead for Bitcoin Next Year
2049.news · 19.05.2026, 15:25:01

Experts Flag Macro Risks Ahead for Bitcoin Next Year Delphi Digital warns that liquidity indicators have reached levels last observed before the 2008 crisis, signaling elevated macroeconomic stress and potential realloca…

Hermes Agent emerges as independent agent framework
2049.news · 19.05.2026, 11:05:03

Hermes Agent emerges as independent agent framework Hermes Agent from Nous Research positions itself as an alternative agent framework with broad model compatibility and persistent memory features. Overview According to …

Man Robbed During Cash Cryptocurrency Purchase in Moscow
2049.news · 19.05.2026, 07:20:02

Man Robbed During Cash Cryptocurrency Purchase in Moscow On 19.05.2026 a buyer of digital assets was robbed in western Moscow, and ₽2 000 000 in cash was taken. Police report that the attack occurred on a parking lot nea…

Insider Blogs

AI Quality Assurance as a National Security Imperative: Workforce Gaps, Validation Failures, and the Case for Specialized Education in the United States
Kira Avilova-Lays, Founder & CEO, PragmaAI Academy, Los Angeles, California · 12.03.2026, 08:34:57
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Why users don't trust AI recommendations (it's not what you think)
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AI in cybersecurity: The arms race nobody's winning
Daniel Okonkwo, Security Engineer · 15.02.2026, 00:23:32
AI agents in product development: What changed in twelve months
Elena Voronova, Product Lead · 15.02.2026, 00:14:29
Five myths about AI in backend systems (and what actually works)
Mamikon Arakelyan, Senior Backend Engineer · 03.02.2026, 22:42:41
Hybrid Intelligence: Why the future of software belongs to human-AI teams
Vagan Gulyan · 03.02.2026, 21:58:09
Tokenized AI models: Who profits from open source?
Pavel Krylov · 25.01.2026, 20:17:13
AI content detection: Can blockchain prove what's real?
Jennifer Walsh · 15.01.2026, 20:11:08
Prediction markets meet AI: The future of forecasting
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GPU wars: How crypto miners became AI infrastructure
Maxim Orlov · 15.01.2026, 18:07:10
AI-generated smart contracts: Can LLMs write secure code?
Dmitry Volkov · 01.01.2026, 15:52:00
Bitcoin Layer 2: Why 2025 is the year of scaling
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Decentralized AI: Who owns the models?
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Next-gen wallets: Account Abstraction explained
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RWA Tokenization: Real estate on the blockchain — Anna Volkova
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Synthetic data: Training AI on blockchain-verified datasets
Aisha Patel · 01.09.2025, 12:36:22
AI and KYC: Deepfakes are breaking identity verification
Lisa Müller · 01.08.2025, 19:08:51
On-chain AI: When smart contracts meet machine learning
Viktor Semenov · 15.07.2025, 19:29:22