Bitcoin was at one point below a seven-month low of $90,000 and could bottom out as early as this week, according to Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee and Bitwise Asset Management Chief Investment Officer Matt Hogan. Li said in an interview with CNBC on Monday that cryptocurrencies have suffered after the massive liquidation event on October…
More crypto projects should consider using the blockchain-based equivalent of airline miles to expand their user base and boost the economy, according to executives at venture capital firm a16z. In a report released on Thursday, a16z said that one of the most undervalued token types in cryptocurrencies is called “arcade tokens.” These tokens maintain a…
When I first wrote it “Vector Database: Shiny Object Syndrome and the Case of the Missing Unicorn” In March 2024, the industry was full of hype. vector database is next big thing — An essential infrastructure layer for the AI generation. Billions of dollars in venture funding were flowing, developers were rushing to integrate embedding…
Today, in the cryptocurrency space, AJ Scaramucci’s Solari Capital has invested more than $100 million in US Bitcoin, and cryptocurrency executives are weighing investor prospects beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum. Meanwhile, Steak ‘n Shake announced its expansion into El Salvador. Scaramucci Family Invests More than $100 Million in President Trump’s Bitcoin Mining Company: Report The Scaramucci…
Will Peck, head of digital assets at WisdomTree, predicts that exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that hold a diverse basket of cryptocurrencies will fill a big gap in the market over the next few years. “It looks like that’s going to be one of the next waves of adoption,” Peck told Cointelegraph at the Bridge Conference in…
Why Satoshi’s wallet is a prime quantum target Satoshi’s 1.1 million BTC wallet is increasingly viewed as a potential quantum vulnerability as researchers assess how advancing computing power may affect early Bitcoin addresses. Satoshi Nakamoto’s estimated 1.1 million Bitcoins (BTC) are often referred to as the ultimate “lost treasure” of the cryptocurrency world. It is…
Researchers from Google Cloud and UCLA have proposed a new reinforcement learning framework that significantly improves the ability of language models to learn extremely difficult multi-step inference tasks. Supervised reinforcement learning (SRL) reformulates problem solving as a series of logical “actions” and provides rich learning signals during the training process. This approach allows smaller models…
Important points Square enables 4 million merchants to accept fast, low-fee Bitcoin payments through the Lightning Network. This development makes Bitcoin a viable checkout option for instant payments and no fees until 2027. Bitcoin payments can increase customer choice, reduce costs, and streamline cross-border transactions for online sellers. Merchants must consider volatility, compliance, irrevocable payments,…
Essential Python scripts for intermediate machine learning practitionersImage by author introduction As a machine learning engineer, you probably enjoy working on interesting tasks like experimenting with model architectures, fine-tuning hyperparameters, and analyzing results. But how much of your day is actually spent on uninteresting tasks like preprocessing data, managing experiment configurations, debugging model performance issues,…
Just hours after OpenAI updated its flagship platform model GPT-5 to GPT-5.1, promising lower overall token usage and a more comfortable personality with more preset options, Chinese search giant Baidu announced its next-generation platform model ERNIE 5.0, along with a series of AI product upgrades and strategic international expansion. The goal is to position ourselves…
