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Hedge Funds Are Short Ether CME Futures Like Never Before. Is It Carry Trade or Outright Bearish Bets?

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Hedge funds hold record short positions in ether (ETH) futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), raising questions about the motivations behind these positions. At first glance, the data could suggest that sophisticated market players anticipate price slides, as discussed on social media. However, this isn’t entirely accurate; carry trades or arbitrage plays primarily … Read more

Two senior partners are leaving Peak XV amid strategy shift

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Two senior partners are leaving Peak XV, the largest India-focused venture capital firm, four sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch.  Shailesh Lakhani, a 17-year veteran of the firm, and Abheek Anand, who co-led Southeast Asian investments, are departing, said the sources, who asked not to be identified discussing private matters. The exits follow Peak … Read more

The Chinese Software Industry is Shifting From the Dinosaur Model to the Monkey-Troop Model

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During the Chinese Spring Festival, two major events in the IT industry continued to make waves. One was the open-sourcing of China’s large language model DeepSeek R1, which shocked the global AI community, enabling affordable large language models to reach thousands of households and bringing pride to the Chinese tech community. The other was that … Read more

Grayscale ETF Application Helps Cardano’s ADA Outshine Bitcoin and Ether

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Cardano’s ADA token surged 11%, outperforming bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH), after Grayscale Investments applied for the first-ever spot ADA exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the U.S. ADA jumped to 80 cents, with the move starting late Wednesday, according to CoinDesk data. However, the ninth-largest cryptocurrency by market value, is still down 36% from its December … Read more

Quick Dark Matter Facts You Should Know About

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Table of Links Acknowledgements 1 Introduction to thesis 1.1 History and Evidence 1.2 Facts on dark matter 1.3 Candidates to dark matter 1.4 Dark matter detection 1.5 Outline of the thesis 2 Dark matter through ALP portal and 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Model 2.3 Existing constraints on ALP parameter space 2.4 Dark matter analysis 2.5 Summary … Read more