Month: August 2025
OpenAI Drops Two Open Source AI Models That Run Locally and Match Premium Offerings
The gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b models are OpenAI’s first open-weight language releases since GPT-2, with the smaller version needing just 16GB of memory to operate.
A Beginner’s Guide to Skyline Queries
Laptop Shopping Imagine you’re buying a laptop. You care about two things: price and battery life. You don’t know which laptop is the best, but you can easily spot laptops that are obviously worse than others. For example, suppose: Laptop A costs $1,000 and lasts 4 hours. Laptop B costs $800 and lasts 6 hours. … Read more
ONyc Launches On Kamino, Unlocking Real-World Yield And Collateral Utility In Solana DeFi
Hamilton, Bermuda, August 5th, 2025/Chainwire/–OnRe’s yield-bearing asset, ONyc, is now accepted as collateral within Solana’s decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. This development enables the integration of real-world yield sources into DeFi applications. Incentive programs from USDG and Ethena have launched to reduce borrowing costs, enhance yield opportunities, and support the use of real-world collateral onchain. Onchain … Read more
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SEC Exempts Liquid Stakers Like Ethereum’s Lido, Solana’s Jito From Securities Laws
The move comes after the agency exempted self-custodial and custodial staking in May.
Build a Command-Line Tool for Skyline Queries in Golang
What are Skyline Queries? Summer is in full swing, and the weather outside is hot and sunny. And here I am at my desk, scribbling away while my mind is sipping margaritas in a hotel bar somewhere in the Caribbean. But how do I decide which hotel? Close to the beach? Good reviews? Cheap? Can … Read more
Strategy, Trump Media Helped Absorb Galaxy’s $9 Billion Bitcoin Sale: Novogratz
Galaxy recently sold 80,000 Bitcoin on behalf of a Satoshi-era investor. The company’s Q2 earnings fell short of expectations.
RATE CUT ODDS SOAR, PROJECT CRYPTO, TRUMP TARIFFS
Crypto rises as Fed pivot bets build, SOL leads. ETH sees ATH ETF outflow. BMNR bought 200k ETH in past week. Vitalik proposes multidimensional ETH fees. US set to fine banks for crypto discrimination. SEC issues guidance on stablecoin accounting. Chainlink launches US equity data streams. Anti-Crypto Warren is a LOSER: Trump. CFTC opens door … Read more
Linda Yaccarino joins health tech platform eMed as CEO after leaving X
Though Yaccarino does not have experience in health tech, eMed said in a press release that they sought her out for her “undeniable ability to negotiate new partnerships.”
Google Gemini can now create AI-generated bedtime stories
Google rolled out a new tool within its Gemini AI chatbot that lets you create an illustrated story by simply describing it. The feature, called “Storybook,” generates 10-page stories, each with a short paragraph of text that Gemini can read aloud, along with an accompanying illustration. You can customize your story by asking Gemini to … Read more
Unlucky Trader Fumbles $36 Million on Troll Solana Meme Coin
Solana meme coin trader Leland King Fawcette bought and sold $1,300 worth of TROLL last summer—that would now be worth $36 million.
U.S Neobank Slash Debuts Stablecoin with Stripe’s Bridge for Global Business Payments
Slash, a San Francisco-based neobank for businesses, launched a payments and treasury platform powered by a new U.S. dollar stablecoin issued by Stripe’s Bridge on Tuesday. The product, called the Global USD Account, is aimed at companies seeking U.S. dollar access and cross-border payments without a U.S. bank account. It introduces Slash’s own stablecoin, USDSL, … Read more
SEC says certain liquid staking activities fall outside of securities laws
In a new staff statement, the SEC clarifies that certain crypto liquid staking practices do not constitute securities offerings, marking a step toward clearer digital asset regulation.
Substack rival Ghost connects to the open social web with its latest public release
While the ActivityPub integration is a main selling point for Ghost 6, this major release includes a number of other changes and new additions.
Debunking XRP Myths With Ripple CTO David Schwartz
Decrypt’s André Beganski interviews Ripple Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz on all things XRP, Ripple, XRP Ledger, and the history of the network.
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Discover insights from Microsoft Exchange with the Microsoft Exchange connector for Amazon Q Business
Amazon Q Business is a fully managed, generative AI-powered assistant that helps enterprises unlock the value of their data and knowledge. With Amazon Q Business, you can quickly find answers to questions, generate summaries and content, and complete tasks by using the information and expertise stored across your company’s various data sources and enterprise systems. … Read more
OpenAI releases a free GPT model that can run right on your laptop
OpenAI is releasing a new open-weight model dubbed GPT-OSS that can be downloaded for free, be customized, and even run on a laptop. The model comes in two variants: 120-billion-parameter and 20-billion-parameter versions. The bigger version can run on a single Nvidia GPU and performs similarly to OpenAI’s existing o4-mini model, while the smaller version … Read more