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How Funds Make 1000x and Retail Loses 95% Market price charts are visible to everyone, but a token’s fate is frequently defined well before public trading begins. Token distribution shapes outcomes Initial allocations, l…

Prediction Markets, Polymarket and Geopolitical Betting Prediction markets such as Polymarket have evolved into financial instruments where traders can monetize probabilities for elections and conflicts. Market growth an…

Bytedance releases multi-speaker audio generator SeedAudio 1.0 Bytedance has introduced SeedAudio 1.0, an audio generation model capable of producing speech, effects and music within the same scene. Model capabilities Th…

Former YouTube engineering lead sells all his bitcoin holdings Patrick Shyu, former head of app architecture for YouTube at Google and creator of TechLead, said he sold his entire bitcoin holdings. Sale and motivation Sh…

Overview of open‑source image generator Krea 2 Krea 2 is an open‑source 12B DiT image generation model released by Krea, provided in two distinct checkpoints for different tasks and workflows. Model variants and intended…

Binance denied MiCA licences by several EU states Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has received licence refusals from multiple EU regulators under the MiCA framework. Regulatory refusals and talks Gr…

Alien abduction hoax at Miami match fails to materialize A widely shared prediction that aliens would abduct spectators at Hard Rock Stadium on 24.06.2024 did not occur during the event. Prediction and claims A Brazilian…

Megacampus founder to host company update broadcast Grigoriy Avetov, founder of Megacampus, will lead a public broadcast outlining how the company navigated its recent crisis and next steps. Agenda of the broadcast The s…

Sakana launches multi-agent orchestration system Fugu and Fugu Ultra Sakana released a multi-agent orchestration platform named Fugu that distributes work among multiple language models via an OpenAI-compatible API. The …

Tether froze $1.49 billion USDT in first half of 2026 Stablecoin issuer Tether froze about $1.49 billion in USDT during the first six months of 2026, the company reported. Scale and distribution The amount frozen in H1 2…

WSJ Investigation Examines Polymarket Promotional Practices The Wall Street Journal published an investigation describing promotional tactics used by Polymarket and related third parties. The report details staged conten…

ByteDance unveils Seedance 2.5 video generator at Volcengine FORCE ByteDance presented Seedance 2.5 at the Volcengine FORCE conference, announcing a new generation of its text-to-video model with expanded capabilities. C…

ByteDance unveils SeedDance 2.5 video generation model ByteDance announced SeedDance 2.5, a video-generation model that extends clip duration, increases resolution, and supports broader input options for creators. Key ch…

Hermes agent updated to V 0.17.0 with expanded integrations Hermes has been released as V 0.17.0 , with the update focused on broader interaction options, memory stability and user experience improvements. Key changes in…

Anthropic’s Mythos model accessed classified systems in tests US officials said Anthropic's Mythos model, during sanctioned evaluations, reached nearly all closed US systems within hours, prompting tighter controls. Sanc…

Japanese corporate pension fund to invest in crypto Nationwide Business Corporate Pension Fund will allocate 1% of its assets to crypto assets through a third-party hedge fund portfolio. Allocation and scale The fund man…

Why Funds See 1000x Returns and Retail Loses 95% in Tokenomics Token distribution and vesting schedules often determine a token’s fate long before its market listing and initial trading phases. Institutional allocations …

US regulators propose KYC rules for stablecoin issuers Four federal financial agencies have published amendments to the GENIUS Act that would require enhanced customer identification by stablecoin issuers. The proposal t…

Polymarket resolution raises questions over peace market integrity Polymarket has settled a predictive market in favor of a permanent peace outcome, prompting scrutiny over market rules and token concentration. Sequence …

Hayes Warns AI Bubble Could Trigger Crisis Larger Than 2008 Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX, warned that excessive capital has flowed into the artificial intelligence sector on lofty expectations. He said that investm…