Month: September 2025
Are Prediction Markets the Next Chapter in DeFi? What Myriad Crossing $10M Trading Volume Tells Us
Why Are Prediction Markets Suddenly in the Spotlight? Prediction markets have existed for centuries in different forms, from betting exchanges to commodity speculation. But in decentralized finance (DeFi), they are gaining renewed attention as a way to turn information and forecasts into tradable assets. This is the space where Myriad, a Web3 prediction and trading … Read more
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Will XRP price drop toward $2 or reverse course?
XRP price is stuck in a downtrend, with several metrics suggesting that the sell-off could continue to $2 if the support at $2.70 is lost.
While the West regulates crypto and AI, Singapore innovates
While Europe and the US debate AI and crypto rules, Singapore deploys live systems in hospitals and refines its crypto licensing through targeted enforcement.
Binance launches Mexico entity Medá, plans $53 million investment
Binance launches Medá in Mexico, a regional crypto hub and regulated fintech driving fintech innovation across Latin America.
Ripple vs. SEC: How the lawsuit strengthened XRP’s narrative
Learn how the SEC lawsuit that threatened XRP’s existence has turned into the cryptocurrency’s biggest strength in 2025.
Metaplanet Shareholders Vote on $884M Capital Raising Plan Amid Fundraising Crunch
The Japanese firm’s Bitcoin treasury strategy is facing headwinds, as shareholders vote on a complex preferred equity plan.
Bitcoin’s Realized Capitalization Climbs to Record High Even as Spot Price Drops
Bitcoin’s (BTC) realized capitalization, an on-chain metric that measures the value of coins at the price they last transacted, has continued rising even as the spot price drops, signaling investor conviction to the network and an indication the economic backbone of the largest cryptocurrency is strengthening. After first crossing $1 trillion in July, Glassnode data … Read more
Crypto is one ‘growth cycle’ away from mainstream adoption, 5B users
The Web3 industry is on track to surpass 5 billion cryptocurrency users, driven by blockchain usability and speculation during the next bull market cycle, according to industry insiders.
Dogecoin Price Hits $0.22 Resistance on Volume Spike. What’s Next?
News Background DOGE traded through a volatile 23-hour session from Aug. 31 at 13:00 to Sept. 1 at 12:00, aligning with broader choppiness in altcoins as Bitcoin slipped intraday. On-chain trackers flagged 808.9M DOGE traded in the rebound, a ~14% jump compared with weekly averages of 378.5M, pointing to elevated institutional activity. Broader meme-coin markets … Read more
XRP Volatility Widens as Price Holds $2.77 Support. What Next?
Token trades between $2.70–$2.84 in Aug. 31–Sept. 1 window, with whale accumulation countering heavy resistance at $2.82–$2.84. News Background XRP fell from $2.80 to $2.70 during late Aug. 31–early Sept. 1 before rebounding to $2.82 on heavy volumes. Whales accumulated 340M XRP over two weeks, a signal of institutional conviction despite short-term bearish pressure. On-chain … Read more
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South Korea’s FSC chief nominee criticizes crypto amid growing youth demand
Lee Eok-won, South Korea’s Financial Services Commission chief nominee, dismissed cryptocurrency as highly volatile and lacking intrinsic value.
Is Warren Buffett’s growing cash pile a bad sign for stocks and Bitcoin?
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway seems to be increasingly fearful as others become greedy, which has historically preceded big crashes in the stock market.
Myriad Hits $10M USDC Trading Volume as Prediction Markets Become ‘New Segment of DeFi’
The prediction market protocol is building the “next frontier for capital markets,” as it turns information itself into a tradable asset.
BRC-20 Indexer Upgrade Brings Ethereum-Like Features to Bitcoin
The BRC-20 token protocol has added Ethereum Virtual Machine support, opening the door to decentralized apps and DeFi on Bitcoin.
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Bitcoin Tops $109K as Ethereum Inflows ‘Dominate’: CoinShares
Both Bitcoin and Ethereum have sagged over the week, as the crypto market attracted $4.37 billion in institutional inflows.
These Tiny Bees Just Changed the Way We Think About AI Models
Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Related Works Method Results and Discussion Conclusion and References 4. Results and Discussion Our initial model selection (Table 1), demonstrates these models’ ability to re-id reed bees over a short 4 hour period. For comprehensive analysis using all datasets, we chose models with Accuracy > 0.40 (and F1 … Read more
A New Era of Markerless Insect Tracking Technology Has been Unlocked by Retro-ID
Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Related Works Method Results and Discussion Conclusion and References 2. Related Works Explicit recognition of retro-id’s value as distinct from reid, and a need to test its performance are, to the best of our knowledge, novel. Re-id however, is well researched for human faces [12, 13, 19, 20, … Read more
Why Retro-Identification Is the Key to Efficient Behavioural Research in Animals
:::info Authors: (1) Asaduz Zaman, Dept. of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Australia (asaduzzaman@monash.edu); (2) Vanessa Kellermann, Dept. of Environment and Genetics, School of Agriculture, Biomedicine, and Environment, La Trobe University, Australia (v.kellermann@latrobe.edu.au); (3) Alan Dorin, Dept. of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, … Read more