Stablecoin Boom puts “cryptography” at risk in emerging markets

As Stablecoin and Cryptocurrency adoption accelerates worldwide, emerging markets face increasing risks to financial sovereignty and economic stability, according to a new report from Moody’s ratings. The credit rating service warned that widespread use of Stablecoins (where the token has fixed 1:1 in another asset, usually Fiat currency, such as the US dollar) could undermine…

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AI systems learn from many types of scientific information and run experiments to discover new materials | MIT News

Machine learning models can speed up discovery of new materials by making predictions and proposing experiments. However, most models today only consider some specific types of data or variables. Compare it with human scientists who work in a collaborative environment and consider experimental results, broader scientific literature, imaging and structural analysis, personal experiences or intuition,…

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Curve DAO Approves $60 Million CRVUSD Credit Line for Yield-Based Bitcoin Pool

Curve’s Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) has approved a proposal to offer Regie Base, a new protocol developed by Curve Founder Michael Egorov, with a $60 million credit line from CRVUSD Stablecoin prior to the launch of MainNet. The vote cleared a yield-based method to introduce a Bitcoin-centric liquidity pool compared to simple retention when liquidity…

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Sol Leverage Longs Jump Ship, $200 next?

Important takeouts: Sol’s funding rates show cautious sentiment, but historic patterns highlight potential short-term price increases. Although network use and reduced competition weigh SOL, financial strategies and foundations remain supportive. Solana’s native token, Sol (SOL), fell to a two-week low of $213 on Tuesday, reflecting an increase in risk aversion across the cryptocurrency market. The…

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MIT affiliates win AI for mathematics grants to accelerate mathematics discovery | MIT News

Researchers David Roe ’06 and Andrew Sutherland ’90, PhD ’07 are among the first recipients of Mathematics Grant Renaissance Charitable and AI at XTX Markets. Four MIT alumni – Anshula Gandhi ’19, Viktor Kunchak SM ’01, PhD ’07; Gireeja Ranade ’07; also recognized for Damiano Testa ’05 – separate projects. The first 29 winning projects…

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New tools make it more likely that the generated AI model will create groundbreaking materials | MIT News

Artificial intelligence models that turn text into images can also help generate new materials. Over the past few years, generative material models from companies such as Google, Microsoft, and Meta have utilized training data to help researchers design tens of millions of new materials. However, these models are difficult when it comes to designing materials…

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