UNDER EXPOSED EP20 – Tariff Mania, A New Reserve Currency & Crypto VC Spend UNDER EXPOSED brings you coverage of the biggest macro news of the week impacting crypto and broader markets, with a focus on the newest trends, trades and narratives. Join hosts TylerD, Deeze, Geebz and Peter Jennings as they have longer conversations … Read more
Nouriel Roubini, the economist who predicted the 2008 global financial meltdown to earn himself the nickname Dr. Doom, warned traders against relying on the Federal Reserve for a swift resolution to the financial market instability sparked by President Donald Trump’s tariffs on international trade. A week ago, Trump announced sweeping tariffs against many nations, including … Read more
Lawmakers in Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies backed an investigation into President Javier Milei’s alleged involvement in the Libra (LIBRA) cryptocurrency scandal. According to an April 8 report by local news outlet Buenos Aires Times, deputies in the lower house voted 128 to 93 in favor, with seven abstentions. The same proposal previously failed to move … Read more
Investment manager ARK Invest, which is known for buying the dip when markets go south, has purchased 199,401 Coinbase (COIN) shares in the past three days. The Cathie Wood-run company bought 83,157 shares of the crypto exchange on Friday, followed by 84,514 and 31,730 on Monday and Tuesday, respectively, according to the company’s daily emailed … Read more
International buyers can order a Laptop 12 today, but US fans will have to wait. Framework has confirmed it will no longer be opening US preorders for the new Laptop 12 today, or announcing a price, as it evaluates the impact of Trump’s tariffs. The modular, convertible laptop will still be available later today for … Read more
Hey there! I’m Dominik Tomicevic, the founder and CEO of Memgraph. Back in 2011, I was one of just four people worldwide to receive the Microsoft Imagine Cup Grant, personally awarded by Bill Gates, for developing game-changing technologies in data processing. In 2016, I co-founded Memgraph, an open-source graph database designed for high-performance, real-time connected … Read more
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 LongFact: Using LLMs to generate a multi-topic benchmark for long-form factuality 3 Safe:LLM agents as factuality autoraters 4 LLMs agents can be better factuality annotators than humans 5 F1@k: Extending F1 with recall from human-preferred length 6 Larger LLMs are more factual 7 Related Work 8 Limitations … Read more
Opinion by: Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos, general counsel at StarkWare As Washington takes a softer stance on crypto, regulators are counting down to even stricter regulations in the UK. The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is working on plans for a new “gateway” authorization regime by 2026, targeting a broader spectrum of crypto activities. It … Read more
As the cryptocurrency market matures, advanced trading instruments like perpetual swap contracts are increasingly influencing the value of altcoins, according to BitMEX CEO Stephan Lutz. Perpetual swap contracts are a type of crypto trading contract that lets traders bet on the price of a coin without actually owning it. The derivatives product functions similarly to … Read more
Singapore, Singapore, April 8th, 2025/Chainwire/–ZKcandy, an AI-driven gaming and entertainment Layer-2 powered by ZKsync and iCandy Interactive, launches its mainnet chain today. The announcement comes after the successful testnet phase and a $4 million seed round funded by Wemix Pte. Ltd., Animoca Ventures, and renowned institutional and angel investors. With a strong backing behind it, … Read more
As a project manager, you might have encountered various frameworks. How many do you employ when faced with a new product? Despite the abundance of management frameworks available, only 28% of product managers find it feasible to optimize development processes. It is a big deal, and you might be sleeping on a 34.2% increase in … Read more
The bitcoin (BTC) price is likely to become more volatile after dipping below $75,000 twice in the past week as it extends its drop from the all-time high of $109,000 reached on Jan 20. That’s taken it into what Glassnode shows as an “air pocket” between $70,000 and $80,000 created after the largest cryptocurrency soared … Read more
The evolving relationship between Bitcoin and traditional financial markets is under renewed pressure as global investors flee risk assets amid intensifying US trade tensions. US-listed spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded their fourth consecutive day of outflows on April 8, with more than $326 million in net redemptions across products, according to data from … Read more
Copilot Vision running on Windows 11. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft has started testing a new update to its Copilot app on Windows that will let you share your screen or apps with the AI assistant. Copilot Vision was originally limited to Microsoft’s Edge browser, but it’s now extending to any app on your PC. Copilot … Read more
Argentina’s lower house of Congress has approved a series of measures aimed at probing the LIBRA cryptocurrency that rocked the country after being promoted by President Javier Milei earlier this year. In a special session called by the “Democracy Forever” bloc, deputies passed three resolutions: the formation of an investigative commission, the summons of top … Read more
The American legal tradition of federalism, balancing state authority with federal control, is being tested by a new frontier: online prediction markets. At the center of everything is Donald Trump Jr., advised Kalshi. Nevada and New Jersey have issued cease-and-desist orders against Kalshi over the prediction market’s sports contracts, claiming they violate state gambling laws. … Read more
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President Donald Trump’s promised higher tariffs have gone into effect today, targeting many countries whose goods imported to the US were already subject to a 10 percent base tariff that started on April 5th. The White House announced the tariffs on April 2nd, dubiously claiming they were “reciprocal” based on a nonsensical formula that far … Read more
Majors XRP, Solana (SOL), and Cardano (ADA) are each seeing a roughly 6% price slump in the past 24 hours amid broader macroeconomic pressures. Recent market narratives show uncertainty around U.S. policies, including tariffs and a hawkish Federal Reserve stance with fewer expected rate cuts in 2025, providing the fundamental backdrop for a move further … Read more
Former policy chief Sarah Wynn-Williams said Meta allegedly compromised U.S. interests and misled lawmakers about its AI dealings with China.
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 LongFact: Using LLMs to generate a multi-topic benchmark for long-form factuality 3 Safe:LLM agents as factuality autoraters 4 LLMs agents can be better factuality annotators than humans 5 F1@k: Extending F1 with recall from human-preferred length 6 Larger LLMs are more factual 7 Related Work 8 Limitations … Read more
Bitcoin and Ethereum plunge as the trade war intensifies, triggering $411 million in total liquidations over the past 24 hours.