Crypto AI Updates

Analyst calls Bitcoin bear market “weak” and keeps price target at $150,000

Bernstein analysts reiterated their long-term bullish outlook for Bitcoin, calling the current decline in Bitcoin’s price “the weakest bear case” in the asset’s history and maintaining a price target of $150,000 by the end of 2026. The research and brokerage firm argued that the recent drawdown reflects a crisis of confidence rather than structural damage…

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Two Arizona high school students charged with home invasion, stealing $66 million in virtual currency

Two California teenagers are facing felony charges after authorities say they traveled hundreds of miles to commit a violent home invasion in Scottsdale, Arizona, in order to obtain an estimated $66 million worth of cryptocurrency. Important points: Two California teens allegedly traveled more than 600 miles to carry out a violent home invasion for $66…

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Study: Platforms that rank the latest LLMs may be unreliable | Massachusetts Institute of Technology News

Companies that want to use large-scale language models (LLMs) to summarize sales reports or prioritize customer inquiries can choose from hundreds of unique LLMs with dozens of model variations, each with slightly different performance. To narrow down their choices, companies often rely on LLM ranking platforms. The LLM ranking platform collects user feedback on model…

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EF Academic Secretariat Introducing the 2026 PhD Fellowship

EF’s Academic Office team is proud to announce the launch of the inaugural PhD Fellowship Program, a pioneering initiative aimed at strengthening and expanding the frontiers of Ethereum-related academic research by supporting Ethereum-related academic research led by PhD students. round scope The scope of this round includes research broadly relevant to students interested in pursuing…

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Ethereum’s attempt to break away from Bitcoin

// News Reading time: 2 minutes Published date: February 7, 2026 22:03 While Bitcoin struggles with macroeconomic shocks, Ethereum is doubling down on technological evolution. The Gramsterdam upgrade, scheduled for early 2026, has entered its final testing phase. This hard fork is designed as a “Great Decoupling” event. By introducing Enshrined Proposer-Builder Separation (ePBS) and…

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Amid the market crash, interest in “virtual currency” in Google searches falls to the lowest level in a year

Google’s global search volume for “cryptocurrency” is hovering near its lowest level in a year, reflecting weak investor sentiment amid a broader market downturn that has seen crypto market capitalization fall from a record high of more than $4.2 trillion to about $2.4 trillion. As of this writing, the global search volume for “cryptocurrency” is…

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