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Vitalik Buterin proposes reset for prediction markets Co-founder of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin said prediction market platforms are turning into casino-like services rather than producing durable informational value. Assessment Buterin argued that many prediction platforms have evolved into short-term…

Logan Paul sells rare Pokemon card for record price Logan Paul has sold a rare Pokemon trading card for a record price of $16.5 million , setting a new high for the market. Sale and provenance He originally purchased the same card five years earlier for $5,275,000 , reflecting a notable increase in …

Early Seedance 2.0 text2video tests before access was closed Seedance 2.0 text2video experiments were carried out before public access was restricted, producing multiple short visual tests and a showreel. Test highlights The set of trials demonstrates a range of approaches, from motion text design t…

Authorities and Market Moves Shift Crypto Landscape This Week Markets paused this week amid regulatory signals and notable on-chain movements that revived discussion about custody and legal seizure of crypto. A transfer to the Bitcoin genesis address attributed to Satoshi Nakamoto drew attention alo…

BlackRock Enters DeFi, Lists Tokenized Treasury Fund on Uniswap On 11.02.2024 BlackRock, with $13.5 trillion in assets under management, listed a tokenized treasury money market fund on Uniswap. The fund and trading mechanism The product, BUIDL, is described as the largest tokenized money market fun…

Telegram username sold for $2,000,000; Discord KYC plans A Telegram username reportedly changed hands for $2 000 000 , while Discord considered passport-based age verification for users. Monobank may add crypto services, and the United States faces a potential government shutdown, the third in the l…

WSJ: Anthropic's Claude reportedly used in operation against Maduro The Wall Street Journal reported that Anthropic's Claude model was used by the U.S. military. The deployment occurred during an operation aimed at capturing former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro. Report details According to the…

Banks shift strategy: major banks hiring crypto specialists In 2026 , major financial institutions that were previously skeptical of cryptocurrencies are actively recruiting specialists in digital assets and blockchain technology. Shift in hiring In 2017 , many labeled crypto a scam, and by 2021 cri…

How to Adjust a Crypto Portfolio Amid Recent Turmoil The crypto market experienced sharp declines this week as Bitcoin fell below $60 K and total capitalization lost almost a trillion. The fear and greed index reached historic lows, while many investors realized losses to preserve remaining capital …

AI agents hiring humans: new marketplaces and platforms New services have emerged where artificial intelligence agents post tasks and hire humans to complete real‑world assignments, reversing common assumptions about automation. Marketplace connecting AI and human freelancers RentAHuman.ai operates …

Monero gains dominance on darknet marketplaces Analysts at TRM Labs reported a significant shift, with darknet marketplaces increasingly adopting Monero as their primary cryptocurrency for transactions. TRM Labs findings According to the report, nearly half of marketplaces launched in 2025 operated …

Coinbase launches wallets for autonomous AI agents Coinbase introduced Agentic Wallets , a wallet infrastructure built specifically to let autonomous AI agents hold funds and execute transactions directly. Capabilities and use cases Under the new model, an AI agent receives a dedicated wallet and ca…

Vitalik Buterin outlines Ethereum integration with artificial intelligence Vitalik Buterin presented a framework for combining Ethereum and artificial intelligence, insisting AI must augment human decision-making rather than replace it. Core principles He set two strategic aims: preserve human influ…

Jan3 founder says Bitcoin market bottom has passed Samson Mo, founder of Jan3 and developer of AQUA Wallet , regards February’s Bitcoin decline as an anomaly rather than systemic weakness. Market structure has changed Mo argues that past cycle analogies no longer apply because ETF activity now excee…

Epstein Allegedly Laundered Funds Through World of Warcraft Economy Reports claim that Jeffrey Epstein used transfers inside the World of Warcraft virtual economy to obscure the origin of funds. Alleged laundering mechanism The described scheme began with real currency converted into in‑game gold, w…

Weekly crypto fund investment roundup 02.02.2026–08.02.2026 Seven funding rounds totaling $413 M were reported between 02.02.2026 and 08.02.2026 , with capital concentrated in CeFi and institutional infrastructure. Investment highlights Jupiter — $35 M in a strategic round led by ParaFi Capital; sec…

Major crypto and geopolitical developments this week The week’s coverage summarises a significant market drawdown, allegations involving prominent industry figures, debates about Ethereum’s scaling, and U.S.‑Iran diplomacy developments. Market shock and liquidations On a single trading session, deri…

I Misinterpreted My Own Bitcoin Theory, Researcher Says A crypto analyst acknowledged a misreading of his own method and released a corrective video clarifying his bitcoin bottom calculation. Admission and context In a follow-up video released after his podcast, the analyst described an error in int…

Binance faces asset outflows and public scrutiny Recent withdrawals exceeding 9,000 BTC from Binance sparked debate after a reported flash-crash episode, prompting scrutiny across the crypto community. Sequence that triggered concern The controversy followed coverage of a flash crash occurring on 10…

China expands bans to stablecoins and tokenization On 06.02.2026 , eight ministries led by the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and the CSRC issued a joint notice broadening prohibitions on crypto-related activity across the country. Scope of the new restrictions The notice extends the ban beyond conve…