Looks like it’s been shaky, but if it drops more, that could be a solid buy. I for one can't go all in too fast, don't have too much funds. You stacking for the long run?
the L2 coins like Leo have dropped beyond what I expected. But I'm surprised Hive hasn't gotten to some all time low looking at what happened to RUNE and others
The AI Agent narrative cooled off after explosive gains in late 2024, with many early projects failing to sustain momentum. However, innovation is driving the next evolution of specialized, profit-focused agents. The next wave, dubbed DeFAI agents, will focus on high-value crypto tasks like yield farming and automated trading, using fine-tuned models and high-quality data to deliver real profitability while outdated agents that fail to adapt will fade from relevance.
Meta’s going big on AI, dropping up to $65 billion by 2025. They’re not just investing in tech—they’re building a huge new data center and beefing up their AI teams. It’s like Meta's gearing up for a major tech revolution. Expect faster, smarter AI tools and even bigger projects, all powered by this massive financial push. Could this be the next game-changer? Only time will tell.
There should be community and governance tools like an agent-associated governance or agent grading of contribution quality. Agents are great for spinning up quick prediction markets or market making on existing pools. Since their primary mode of interaction is on social, they could further advance via memecoin launching, reputation-based trading, content production, and for connecting users together. In DeFi, agents could create indices and abstract complex DeFi management away from the agent.
The AI agent market is in a severe downturn, with total market cap dropping 55% from $21.5B to $9.5B over the past month, impacting the Solana and Base ecosystems equally. The seven major sectors, including DeFAI, Trading Agents, Gaming, and Frameworks, experienced drawdowns. The market is entering a consolidating phase marked by natural selection, where projects maintaining development momentum are likely to emerge stronger. The current fragmentation across thousands of agents is expected to resolve through market-driven consolidation of mindshare and capital.
A groundbreaking project is changing how self-driving cars see the world! Researchers have developed a fresh method for creating accurate 3D bounding box annotations for traffic lights and road signs—essential for safe navigation. These 3D labels help autonomous vehicles better understand their surroundings, ensuring smoother and safer rides. Think of it like giving cars a clearer map to follow in a busy city.
Alibaba's Qwen team just launched Qwen2.5-VL, an AI model that competes with OpenAI and Google. It stands out in text, image analysis, and software interaction. Available on Alibaba's Qwen Chat app and Hugging Face, it comes with some restrictions due to Chinese regulations. The flagship Qwen2.5-VL-72B model requires Alibaba's permission for commercial use by big companies. Think of it as the next level of AI, but with a China-specific twist.
Over a year and a half after the original announcement, Uniswap v4 is now live on mainnet across 10 supported chains. Uniswap v4 introduces hooks, a modular plugin system allowing for customizable pool logic, with over 150 hooks already developed for features like dynamic fees and automated liquidity management. It also achieves up to 99.99% gas savings for pool creation and improved efficiency for multi-hop swaps. The deployment follows extensive security measures including nine independent audits and a $15M bug bounty program.
Stanford’s "Virtual Lab" is like a think tank that never takes a break. It uses AI agents to collaborate on complex scientific problems—like a 24/7 research team that never gets tired. One early test? Simulating expert discussions to help develop COVID-19 treatments. This could change how scientists work, letting AI act as specialists in different fields and accelerating discoveries in ways human teams alone never could.
AI Is About to Scale Like Crazy—Humans Can't Compete
AI agents aren’t just getting smarter—they’re evolving in ways we can’t. Unlike people, they can be copied, merged, and improved instantly. Imagine a company cloning its best employee a million times overnight. That’s the future of AI firms: scaling, optimizing, and outpacing human organizations at breakneck speed. The companies that master this will dominate, and the rest? They’ll struggle to keep up.
Despite a community effort that raised nearly $700,000, The Las Vegas Sphere has denied any agreement to display the Dogwifhat memecoin and revealed that no such deal was ever in place. The controversy led to a 35% price spike to WIF following a cryptic social media post from the team that coincided with a $700,000 move from the project treasury to an unnamed wallet. The Dogwifhat team claimed that they were working with an “established brand” to facilitate the advertisement, but Sphere representatives have explicitly stated that it only accepts advertising from exchanges and Bitcoin-related content.
OpenAI’s o3-mini: Faster, Cheaper, and Smarter for STEM
openai just dropped o3-mini, and it’s a serious upgrade over o1-mini—especially if you're into STEM. it's optimized for math and science, meaning faster calculations, lower costs, and snappier responses. plus, it cuts down on latency, so no more waiting forever for answers. basically, if you need an ai that thinks like a scientist but runs like a sprinter, this one's for you.
ai doomers think superintelligent machines could outthink, outmaneuver, and wipe out humanity. their solution? crush ai with strict regulations before it’s too late. some want to ban entire technologies, fearing they’ll spiral out of control. others push for tight government oversight, like locking up nuclear weapons. but critics argue this could stall progress, leaving the future in the hands of those who don’t hesitate. the battle over ai’s future isn’t slowing down.
Three factors drive the advance of AI: algorithmic innovation, data, and the amount of
compute available for training. Algorithmic progress has traditionally been more difficult
to quantify than compute and data. In this work, we argue that algorithmic progress has
an aspect that is both straightforward to measure and interesting: reductions over time
in the compute needed to reach past capabilities. We show that the number of floatingpoint operations required to train a classifier to AlexNet-level performance on ImageNet
has decreased by a factor of 44x between 2012 and 2019. This corresponds to algorithmic
efficiency doubling every 16 months over a period of 7 years. Notably, this outpaces theoriginal Moore’s law rate of improvement in hardware efficiency (11x over this period). We observe that hardware and algorithmic efficiency gains multiply and can be on a similar scale over meaningful horizons, which suggests that a good model of AI progress should
integrate measures from both.
Have you ever considered that business may not have been that different 2000 years ago? Oh well, they did not have computers, internet and the digital economy but they still had a buoyant property market, they were trading across the seas and the land, and they were pretty good at financial administration. After all, empires were not built on air but on solid armies, bureaucracies and land expansion exercises (imperialism).
In the Roman World, the wealthiest citizens were focusing on the development of farming businesses. Several handbooks were written during the Republic and the Empire. These Agronomists followed the rich tradition of writers coming from the Greek times, such as Hesiod, Xenophon, Democritus of Abdera, even Aristotle. Even though the Roman writers followed the Greeks, they still managed to become better known and more widely revered than they predecessors. Their instructions became the ‘go to’ manual for Landowners across Europe for centuries to come. The most important works that survived until today are those of Cato, Columella, Varro, Virgil, Pliny and Palladius.
Today we will focus on Cato the Elder’s farming manual, De Agricultura. This is – not surprisingly – the eldest work of latin prose. It’s scope and importance emphasises on what actually mattered for the elite at the time and the manuscript dates from the second century BC, long before the Roman Empire reached the height of its power. In fact, long before Roman Emperors were ‘a thing’!
Let us take a look on what Cato believed of Farming as business. Obviously he preferred it over Commerce and Banking, both of which may have brought profits. However, the first was risky and the second was considered akin to usury and had the potential to confer upon the banker the title of ‘criminal’. As a result, the only moral and sensible option for the Roman Rich were to become farmers.
So, how did they go about it? First and foremost they needed to buy vast expanses of land. Or, alternatively, acquire them through wars. The Romans spent several centuries expanding their lands through military advances. So, there was a lot to be had. Secondly, they needed to learn how to manage these vast expansions of land. And this is where the Agronomists entered the picture. Cato was willing to present his contemporaries with a wealth of advice on how to set up and run a farming business. I will include a few of these comments just to give you an idea of what was expected of a Roman farmer.
As a rule, you should not be an Absentee Landowner. As the Master of the Household you should visit your farm often and upon arrival greet Lar (the Guardian/God/Ancestor of the Hearth). Always partner up with a God, just to be on the safe side. Once you pay your dues to Lar, it would be the right time to go around your property ON THE SAME DAY. Cato insists on this piece of advice and I suspect that the master would have liked to see how the farm is run on an average day and not after anticipating his visit. The element of surprise seems to be essential.
Once the initial checks have been completed, the next day can be dedicated to analysing the statistics “how much of the work is finished, how much remains, whether what is done was done in time and there will be time to do the rest, and how it is with the wine, the grain and everything else singly.” It should not astonish us that analytics were used regularly in antiquity in order to run a business. The owner needed to know how far they are in the production cycle and when the crops would be ready for sale.
Meme coins were some of the biggest winners after the U.S. presidential election, with some traders seeing it as a green light for a new crypto craze. Others have become worried that the latest Trump fueled meme mania was becoming too hot, however, and was likely to result not just in pain for investors but misallocation to less valuable projects in the industry.
Bitcoin losses Monday were relatively modest compared to meme coins and other smaller cryptocurrencies further out on the risk curve. It was last lower by just 3%, though it could see more pain in the short term as the trade war triggered by Trump's tariffs plays out.
GoCardless grew revenue by 41% to £132 million in full-year 2024. Of that total, £91.9 million came from customer revenue.
Last year also saw GoCardless record its first-ever month in profit in March 2024. Takeuchi said its his aim for GoCardless to post its first full-year profit in 12 to 18 months' time, adding it's "well on track" to do so.
The financial aspect would have taken even more time, because of its essential nature. After all, how else would they have known whether the business was profitable or even viable?And how would they have funded their elaborate lifestyles? Cato says on the matter: “You must check the figures for money and grain, check what is set aside for fodder, check the wine and oil figures — what is already sold, and the income from this, what is still to be produced, and what it will fetch — agree the difference and take charge of the agreed sum.” This is the end point (scope) of any business. Obviously, they did not have any double entry books (this was a much later invention) and they were lacking in cash flow projections. But they had an excellent understanding of basic finances and how numbers should be used for their advantage.
Back in September, GoCardless acquired a firm called Nuapay, which helps businesses collect and send payments via bank transfer.
Asked whether GoCardless is considering further mergers and acquisitions in future, Takeuchi said the firm is "actively looking," adding: "We're seeing lots of opportunities come up."
Following its acquisition of Nuapay, Takeuchi said GoCardless is currently testing a new feature that allows clients to distribute funds to their own customers.
"If you take something like energy, the vast majority of the payments are about collecting money," he told CNBC.
"But then you might have some of your customers that have solar panels on their roof and they're sending energy back to the grid, and they need to get paid for that energy that they're generating."
GoCardless, which is backed by Alphabet's venture arm GV, Accel and BlackRock, was last privately valued by investors at $2.1 billion in February 2022.
Takeuchi said the firm had no need for external capital and that there are "no plans" for an initial public offering in the near term.
As with every other business, delegation is a big part of running large organisations, including farms. The landowner probably had several farms that needed his attention. For each farm, he would have hired a manager to oversee the work on a daily basis. Even though the manager should have been a trusted employee (rarely a slave), this does not mean that he could waive his carte blanche and do whatever he wanted. Cato seemed to be very suspicious of the managers and insists on holding them accountable.
Fintechs have been watching Swedish fintech Klarna's plan to go public closely — but many are waiting to see how it goes before deciding on their own plans.
With technology IPOs at historic lows, several startups have instead opted to provide employees and early shareholders liquidity by selling shares in the secondary market.
In November, Bloomberg reported that GoCardless had chosen investment bank Lazard to advise it on a $200 million secondary share sale. GoCardless declined to comment on the report.
He eloquently writes on the subject: “ When you have this straight, you can get down to calculating people and days’ work. If the work seems wanting the manager will say that he has done his best, slaves were sick, the weather was bad, slaves ran away or were requisitioned for public works: when he has put these and all his other arguments, bring him back to the calculation of workers and their work! If there was rainy weather, what work could have been done while it rained? — washing and pitching vats, cleaning farm buildings, shifting grain, shovelling dung, making a dung-heap, threshing grain, mending ropes and making new ones; the slaves could have been patching their own cloaks and hoods.
On holidays they should have cleaned out blocked ditches, mended the public road, cut back hedges, dug the vegetable garden, cleared the meadow, cut sticks, pulled out brambles, husked the emmer, tidied up. While slaves were ill they ought not to have been given as much food.” It is astonishing the amount of detail he goes into. Just because the masters were wealthy, it did not mean they should not have intimate knowledge of shovelling dung, making heaps of them, ordering the planting of the vegetable garden, or cutting sticks. Quite the opposite! Even the food portions for the slaves were important, if profit was to be had!
Once the details were understood, then it was important to put forward the right orders for buying equipment, for selling the products (vegetables, animals or slaves), and for contracting the workers. The orders should have been delivered both verbally as well as in writing, so that there was a clear chronological record of the decision making process. Back then, papyri would have been the means of accounts. Today its a laptop with elaborate software. In both cases the outcome would have been similar.
The size of the penalties will depend on the infringement and size of the company fined.
That's higher than the fines possible under the GDPR, Europe's strict digital privacy law. Companies face fines of up to 20 million euros or 4% of annual global turnover for GDPR breaches.
The distillation of Catos’s wisdom (and probably his best advice) can be summarised in the following sentence “The master has to be a selling man, not a buying man.” This is the traditional advice of frugality and simplicity, where loans remained an anathema. In Cato’s advice to the manager (not the owner this time) he insists that: “He must lend to no one but ensure that the owner’s loans are repaid. He must have no loans out to anyone, of seed for sowing, food, wheat, wine or oil: there should be two or three households from whom he can ask necessities and to whom he can give, but no others. He must regularly make up accounts with the owner.” Although he does not moralise on the ‘evil’ of loans, he would not willingly accept such an agreement inflicted upon him, unless, of course, it is the owner that provides the loan
There’s widespread agreement there’s been impressive progress in AI/ML in the domains of vision, natural
language, and game playing in the last decade [Krizhevsky et al., 2012, Xie et al., 2016, Silver et al., 2018].
However, there’s massive disagreement as to how much progress in capabilities we should expect in the near
and long term [Grace et al., 2017]. For this reason, we believe measuring overall progress in AI/ML is a
crucial question, because it can ground the discussion in evidence. Measuring AI progress is critical to policymakers, economists, industry leaders, potential researchers, and others trying to navigate this disagreement
and decide how much money and attention to invest in AI.
It's worth stressing that the AI Act still isn't in full force — this is just the first step in a series of many upcoming developments.
Tasos Stampelos, head of EU public policy and government relations at Mozilla, told CNBC previously that while it's "not perfect," the EU's AI Act is "very much needed."
"It's quite important to recognize that the AI Act is predominantly a product safety legislation," Stampelos said in a CNBC-moderated panel in November.
"With product safety rules, the moment you have it in place, it's not a done deal. There are a lot of things coming and following after the adoption of an act," he said.
"Right now, compliance will depend on how standards, guidelines, secondary legislation or derivative instruments that follow the AI Act, that will actually stipulate what compliance looks like," Stampelos added.
In December, the EU AI Office, a newly created body regulating the use of models in accordance with the AI Act, published a second-draft code of practice for general-purpose AI (GPAI) models, which refers to systems like OpenAI's GPT family of large language models, or LLMs.
The second draft contained exemptions for providers of certain open-source AI models while including the requirement for developers of "systemic" GPAI models to undergo rigorous risk assessments.
All in all, the Romans did not put together elaborate business models based on debt and governmental grants. The clarity and minimalism of the economic and financial models at the time cannot be denied. Without trying to moralise on the topic, I would like to emphasise on the effectiveness of such an attitude. Today we are used to building large organisations based on loans, shares, use of derivatives. They grow fast and exponentially, they employ thousands of people and they go bust at the blink of an eye. We may enjoy the boosts as well as the busts of capitalism but I still appreciate the wisdom coming from the pre-industrial, pre-capitalist societies. Just for today, I intend to busk at the words of Cato and apply a bit more simplicity in my life!
Several technology executives and investors are unhappy with some of the more burdensome aspects of the AI Act and worry it might strangle innovation.
In June 2024, Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands told CNBC in an interview that he's "really concerned" about Europe's focus on regulating AI.
"Our ambition seems to be limited to being good regulators," Constantijn said. "It's good to have guardrails. We want to bring clarity to the market, predictability and all that. But it's very hard to do that in such a fast-moving space."
Still, some think that having clear rules for AI could give Europe leadership advantage.
Most people who read ancient history are familiar with the kings of Rome, but the republic and empire get the lion’s share of the attention and the kings are usually relegated to mere anecdotes. Still, it’s interesting to discuss the kings and their part in founding the republic.
Why did Rome have kings, and why did they lose power in favor of the republic? We’ll discuss these questions later, but only peripherally, because the goal of this article is to talk about the kings and what we really know about them.
The Roman kings are shrouded in myth and invention: myth because Rome wanted to create a mythology like the Greeks; invention because much of the history was embellished to support the image of Rome. Here we will discuss what is known and toss the rest.
"While the U.S. and China compete to build the biggest AI models, Europe is showing leadership in building the most trustworthy ones," Diyan Bogdanov, director of engineering intelligence and growth at Bulgarian fintech firm Payhawk, said via email.
"The EU AI Act's requirements around bias detection, regular risk assessments, and human oversight aren't limiting innovation — they're defining what good looks like," he added.
Our main source for information about the Roman kings is Livy Book I-V, the History of Rome. Livy’s dates were 59 BCE – 17CE, so he was writing about events up to 700 years before his time.
Livy was the first professional historian in Rome; historians who preceded him were wealthy people who studied history as a recreational activity. Livy read Thucydides and adopted his methods of relating history as stories about people. Those stories were made interesting to hold the attention of the reader. Livy believed Thucydides’ theory that history was a series of repeatable events displaying human behavior. For example, a tyrant in 500 BCE would act the same as a tyrant in 100 BCE. That idea made it easy to transfer current facts into the past. If the current tyrant stole money from the treasury, then the tyrant, from 400 years before, must have stolen money from the treasury.
Bitcoin's down move was more modest than that of other cryptocurrencies. Ether plunged 12% to around $2,600. It was trading above $3,300 Friday. Meme coins were among the hardest hit.
Jeff Park, Bitwise Asset Management's head of alpha strategies, said a sustained tariff war would be "amazing" for bitcoin in the long-run due to an eventual weakening of the dollar and U.S. rates.
There were certainly events that made an impression on the Roman people, who wrote them down and carried them through history, so Livy has some true facts to use. One example was the barbarian sack of Rome in 390 BCE. That story was well-known to all Romans. A treaty between Rome and Carthage dated 507 BCE was also verified, as was a solar eclipse in 404 BCE.
We know that Rome was originally settled by two separate groups who tended goat and cattle herds, because of the differences in their pottery. They lived in huts on the top of two of the famous Roman hills: the Palatine and the Esquiline and lived a pastoral life, which continued for a century or more until the Etruscans appeared. More on that later.
Let us review the history of the kings in chronological order. Those stories that are bolded appear to be true.
While many believe bitcoin is a hedge against inflation and uncertainty over the long term, it trades like a risk asset in the short term — and could endure further pain this month due to uncertainty around the trade war triggered by Trump's tariffs.
"Digital assets will eventually like today's [U.S. Treasury] yield mix (higher break-evens and lower real yields) but it will take outright nominal yields to roll lower at some stage (on growth fears) to solidify that," Geoff Kendrick, an analyst at Standard Chartered, said in a note Monday. "Until then we may be in for a choppy few days where the $90,000 level in BTC is again at risk."
Romulus (753-716), the founder of Rome, did not exist, but he was an important character in Roman mythology. The story of Romulus and Remus, with different names, was a Greek legend. There is no factual evidence about the existence of Romulus and the traditional founding date of the city, 753 BCE, was arbitrary.
Numa Pompilius (715-672) established Rome’s religious traditions, built temples, and set down rules for worshiping the gods. All Romans knew him as the king who created the cult of the Vestal Virgins. Numa introduced a legal system that governed some aspects of Roman life, such as marriage and contracts. The story of the Vestal Virgin story is the only plausible one.
Tullus Hostilius (672-640), the third king of Rome, was known for his focus on the military, and his expansion of Rome's territory through conquests. Tullus is also credited with the transformation of Rome into a city-state. History records that he built the first Senate House (the curia), naming it Curia Hostilia. The remaining details of his reign have not been verified.
Ancus Marcius (640-616). Ancus Marcius, the fourth king of Rome, prioritized infrastructure development. He expanded the size of the city, built its first walls, and constructed the first bridge over the Tiber River. There is no verification for this information.
Investors are watching $90,000 as the key support level in bitcoin, and some have warned of an even deeper pullback toward $80,000 should the cryptocurrency meaningfully break below its support.
Bitcoin is about 12% off its Jan. 20 record of $109,350.72. Seasoned crypto investors and traders have become accustomed over the years to corrections of around 30% during bull markets.
The tech giant has argued that its Play store competes fiercely with Apple's App Store, and that Donato unfairly allowed Epic to tell jurors that Google and Apple are not competitors for app distribution and in-app payments.
Google also said in its appeal that Donato was wrong to issue an order affecting users and developers nationwide, not just Epic. It said the judge was acting as "a central planner responsible for product design."
Epic has asked the 9th Circuit to reject those arguments and accused Google of a "years-long strategy to suppress competition among app stores and payment solutions."
In a statement, Epic said it will "fight to ensure that the jury's verdict and the court's injunction are upheld and Google is held to account for its anticompetitive behavior."
Microsoft filed a brief backing Epic, as did the U.S. Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission.
The 9th Circuit could issue a ruling later in the year. Its decision can be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Etruscan civilization arose north and west of Rome in about 900 BCE. It developed into an advanced society and the Etruscans became international traders. They engaged in trade all along the west coast of Italy, using a road that crossed the Tiber near the Roman settlements, because the river was shallow there. They often traveled to the mouth of the Tiber to gather salt for their cities. The Etruscans were on good terms with the Romans until an Etruscan, Tarquinius Priscus, took the Roman kingship by force.
Tarquinius Priscus (616-578), the fifth king of Rome, was born in Etruria, and he introduced Etruscan customs and influences to Rome. Around this time, Roman pottery began to change under Etruscan influence and inscriptions exist in Rome that refer to the Tarquin family. We know that the Forum was drained in around 620 BCE, probably by Tarquinius. A new sewer was constructed to keep the Forum dry, and the contractors used Etruscan construction methods. Tarquinius is credited with creating the first Roman assembly (Curate). He may also have constructed the Temple of Vesta and the royal palace. Tarquinius introduced the Etruscan traditions of divination and augury (predicting the future). Lastly, he is credited with creating the three tribes, Ramnes, Tities, and Luceres, who later became the patrician class.
The creators of the meme coin receive a share of the trading fees from Meteora, a little-known crypto exchange where the $Trump coins were first sold, the blockchain analyzes showed. At least fifty of the largest investors in the coin have made profits in excess of $10 million each on the $Trump coin, according to Chainalysis. At the same time, some 200,000 crypto wallets, most with small holdings, lost money on $Trump on the exchange, it said.
Trump has pledged to put his assets in a trust managed by his children on entering the White House. His son, Eric Trump, speaking on behalf of the Trump Organization, told Reuters in response to questions about the fees he is proud of what "we continue to accomplish in crypto. $Trump is currently the hottest digital meme on earth."
The White House responded to a list of questions from Reuters with a two-page fact sheet describing Trump's executive order earlier this month on digital financial technology. It did not address questions about the trading fees.
Trump has promised to become the first "crypto president" and make America the "crypto capital of the planet" by overhauling regulations and promoting ownership of digital assets. Several key figures in his administration, cabinet and circles hold crypto or have ties to the crypto industry.
But the combination of large dollar amounts around his crypto ventures and their opaque nature has also sparked criticism from ethics experts and Trump's political opponents in the Democratic party.
Servius Tullius (578-535), was the sixth king of Rome, and apparently enjoyed a reputation as a regal and progressive king. Servius married his daughter of Tarquinius Priscus, and following his death, became the guardian of the kingdom before ascending to the throne. Servius Tullius is best known for social and political reforms. He is said to have established the Servian Constitution, which introduced a new system of government and social structure. The Servian Constitution divided the population into classes based on wealth, and assigned them to positions in the republican assembly, by rank. This was the first attempt, by the Senate, to distribute power more equitably and decrease the influence of the aristocracy.
"There's an ethical concern that in effect he has the power to regulate his own business," said Richard Briffault, a law professor at Columbia University.
Reuters was unable to determine how much of Trump's own wealth comes from this newest crypto business because precise details of his ownership are not public. Trump's other crypto investments include two decentralized finance (DeFi) projects – a type of platform that connects buyers and sellers without the need for traditional intermediaries like banks – and a series of non-fungible tokens, a type of digital asset.
Meme coins are crypto tokens that feature branding or names referencing memes or internet trends. They are usually highly volatile and have scant practical use. Trump's coin, for example, is intended as an expression of support for the president's call to "fight, fight, fight" after he was shot at a campaign rally last year.
The exact ownership of Trump's meme coins is hidden behind opaque limited liability companies. Fight Fight Fight, a Delaware-registered company, is the owner of the official website for the coin, gettrumpmemes.com.
William Zanker, a Trump business associate who in 2022 collaborated with him on digital assets, is listed as the primary contact for Fight Fight Fight in registration documents. He did not respond to a request for comment.
Fight Fight Fight is owned by Trump's CIC Digital and Celebration Cards, according to the meme coin's website. Reuters could not ascertain the identity of the people behind Celebration Cards, which also receives revenue from the trading activities of the meme coin.
The official $Trump website says up to 1 billion $Trump coins will be sold over the next 36 months. Initially, a tranche of 200 million $Trump coins was released to the market, when the coin's creators transferred them to three crypto wallets, the blockchain analysis shows. The meme coin's website says Fight Fight Fight and CIC Digital own the remaining 800 million coins, worth around $16 billion at the coin's current price of about $20.
Merkle Science said the three crypto wallets were the earliest holders of the $Trump tokens and received the coins directly from their creators without purchasing them. Chainalysis said that, based on its assessment, the three wallet addresses "belong to creators of the $Trump coin."
Blockchain analysis firms track the movement of crypto coins on the public ledger that underpins most digital assets. They connect digital wallets – which are anonymous – with known individuals or entities via proprietary research and investigations.
Additionally, Servius implemented several infrastructure projects, including the construction of the Servian Walls, which fortified the city of Rome and marked a significant expansion of its boundaries. We know that during his reign, the Roman army was converted to the Greek model (Hoplite) and started utilizing the Phalanx formation. Servius established the Cult of Diana, presumably to make Rome they head of an alliance with other Latin districts. Servius was assassinated by his daughter, and her husband, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, who then assumed the throne. The Servian Constitution story is plausible, the date for the hoplite conversion accurate, and the Cult of Diana story reasonable.
The wallets began trading the tokens on Meteora, a DeFi exchange, the blockchain analyzes show.
Traders on Meteora pay a fee to the coin creators for providing liquidity, a function that enables buyers and sellers to trade an asset smoothly. The creators do so by putting some of their assets in so-called "liquidity pools," which then stand ready to enable trading on the exchange.
Meteora says it allows creators to "mint a meme coin and earn fees for life." The exchange also receives fees.
Ben Chow, the Meteora co-founder, said in a Telegram chat that he did not know anything about the team behind the Trump token. In response to a question on how Meteora was involved with the launch of the $Trump token, Chow said: "I didn't connect with the team precisely."
Tarquinius Superbus (535-510), also known as Tarquin the Proud, was the seventh king of Rome, and son of Tarquinius Priscus. Tarquinius Superbus is notorious for his despotic rule. He disregarded the rights of the Roman people and governed as a tyrant. Superbus consolidated power by suppressing political dissent and implemented a system of brutal repression. In 510 BCE, a revolt against the tyrant resulted in the overthrow of the king and the entire monarchy, marking the establishment of the Roman Republic.
The republic replaced the king with a new magistrate called the consul. Two consul positions were created, with veto power over each other, so neither could try and take control of the republic. Brutus was named the first consul of the new Republic along with Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus.
He added "the team reached out" to his co-founder, who is known only as Meow. Reuters could not reach Meow.
The fees on Meteora vary during spells of market volatility, its website says, with "surge pricing" in place, where fees rise with higher demand.
Between Jan.17 and Jan. 30, the three wallets earned fees of $86 million through these activities on Meteora, Merkle Science estimated. Chainalysis assessed that the three had earned about $94 million in trading fees over the same period.
A third blockchain analytics firm, whose founder requested it not be identified, said by Jan. 29 it calculated the meme coin had garnered roughly $100 million in fees.
After the republic was in operation, the former king tried to regain the throne, using his ambassadors to put together a conspiracy against the Republic. Two of Brutus’ sons were part of the conspiracy and Brutus had them executed along with other conspirators, to demonstrate his loyalty to the republic. Superbus then sent an army to attack Rome, but he was repulsed at the Battle of Lake Regillus in 496 BCE. Brutus led the cavalry on the side of the Republic, but was killed in battle. It is likely that Brutus was a real person and likely that the former king fought to regain the throne, but details of these events have not been verified.
Dem Sens Demand RFK Jr. Recusal From Vaccine Matters if Confirmed
Two U.S. senators demanded Monday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recuse himself from all Health and Human Services matters related to vaccines.
Two U.S. senators who will vote this week on whether to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination as the top U.S. health official demanded Monday that he recuse himself from all agency matters related to vaccines, arguing that President Donald Trump's pick holds unscientific views about their safety and stands poised to benefit financially from such decisions.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., also asked that Kennedy, who is Republican Trump's choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, pledge not to engage in lawsuits involving vaccines for at least four years after leaving office.
Kennedy, a 70-year-old environmental activist who has spread misinformation on vaccines, was questioned last week by both Republican and Democrat senators on the Senate's Finance and Health committees. The Finance Committee will vote this week on whether to push Kennedy's nomination to a full Senate vote.
Groups that oppose Kennedy's confirmation see a handful of Republican senators as potential swing votes against Kennedy, including Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
If confirmed, Kennedy would run HHS, which oversees more than $3 trillion in healthcare spending, including at the Food and Drug Administration and the agency in charge of the Medicare and Medicaid health insurance programs covering nearly half of all Americans.
The Republic was launched in 509 BCE with a new political system, which included the Senate, people’s assembly, and two consuls. This was 250 years after the founding of the city, but few details from this period can be confirmed. We know that in 494 BCE, the Plebeians revolted, forcing the government to create a new magistrate position, the tribune, who would represent the plebeians. Later, in about 450 BCE, the plebeians forced the government to write down the laws of Rome (The Twelve Tables) and display them in the Forum for all to see.
The Romans went to war with the Etruscans in 405 BCE and it took them 10 years to capture the city of Veii. After many wars over many decades, the Romans defeated the Etruscans for the final time in 280 BCE, and absorbed Etruria into the republic.
Kennedy has faced scrutiny during his nomination over his ties to Los Angeles-based law firm Wisner Baum, which specializes in pharmaceutical drug injury cases.
He has an arrangement to earn 10% of fees awarded in contingency cases he refers to the firm, according to a letter Kennedy wrote to an HHS ethics official released in January. In that letter Kennedy wrote that if confirmed he would retain that financial interest in cases that do not directly impact the U.S. government.
After his confirmation hearings last week, Kennedy sent a supplemental letter, dated Feb. 1, to HHS, writing he will assign his right to receive payment from cases not directly impacting the U.S. government to a non-dependent, adult family member.
At the beginning of this article I asked, why Rome had kings and how did they lose power?
Monarchy was the default political system in the ancient world. Greece was an exception to the rule, although Sparta had kings. In Rome, as the society developed, economic classes formed, with the wealthy at the top. Perhaps it was an oligarchy or aristocracy that became established. Then, at some point, a leader emerged and became king. This story was common place in antiquity.
What is surprising, though, is the overthrow of the kings and the establishment of the republic. The Latin people who occupied the geography in and around the city of Rome, were a unique people, who believed in themselves and were dedicated to building a political system that involved the people. Rome was one of few republics in history and probably unique in the ancient world.
Its people were hardworking, with an uncommon engineering sense, that drove them to build bridges, aqueducts, roads, and buildings, unlike any other civilization in ancient times. The Romans were not thinkers like the Greeks. They were doers. Of all the tribes and societies in Italy, or for that matter all of Europe, only the Romans possessed the skills and motivation to organize their world and set an example for all time.
How much do we really know about Minoan culture? How much is creative imagination?
Truth be told, we have a lot of unanswered questions about the Minoans (Were they really called that, for instance?). However, the popularity of this civilization has led to the creation of false stereotypes. In our search for the truth from myths (and assumptions!) our assistants will be the usual; archaeological finds, anthropology, genetics, Greek myths, and ancient texts.
Truth be told, we have a lot of unanswered questions about the Minoans (Were they really called that, for instance?). However, the popularity of this civilization has led to the creation of false stereotypes. In our search for the truth from myths (and assumptions!) our assistants will be the usual; archaeological finds, anthropology, genetics, Greek myths, and ancient texts.
He excluded payment from claims against Southern California Edison, Boeing and Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation for damages resulting from previous California wildfires.
"The arrangement outlined in your Ethics Agreement Amendment is plainly inadequate, as it would appear to allow an immediate family member to benefit financially from your position as Secretary," Wyden and Warren wrote in their letter to Kennedy.
"It seems possible that many different types of vaccine-related decisions and communications – which you would be empowered to make and influence as Secretary – could result in significant financial compensation for your family," they wrote.
The name-Minoan civilization- is a product of creative imagination. In fact, we don’t know what the Minoans called themselves. From the Egyptian archives, we get the name Keftiu (that reminds us of Crete) but the name of their homeland is still under discussion.
We definitely know their origin; at least three-quarters of their population came from the first Neolithic farmers of western Anatolia and the Aegean, and most of the remainder from ancient populations like those of the Caucasus and Iran.
Wyden and Warren added that they do no trust Kennedy's disclosures to the Finance Committee, as they said Kennedy has failed to disclose the "hundreds of cases" he has referred to Wisner Baum to which the 10% referral fee agreement applies and has failed to provide clarity about which vaccines were involved in those cases.
"During the course of my work with Wisner Baum, I referred many hundreds of cases to the firm," Kennedy wrote in response to questions from the Finance Committee after his confirmation hearing. "It is impossible to provide the information requested, much of which I do not personally have, with respect to each such case in the time allotted for my response."
Reuters exclusively reported in January that Kennedy played an instrumental role in organizing mass litigation against Merck over its human papillomavirus shot Gardasil.
In his additional responses to the Finance Committee, Kennedy wrote he would not commit to recuse himself from various HHS matters related to the Gardasil vaccine, including public statements related to Gardasil.
Kennedy, who founded the anti-vaccine group Children's Health Defense, argues that he is not against vaccines. The group has sued in state and federal courts over vaccines.
Senator Cassidy, a key Republican senator on the Finance Committee, told Kennedy last week he was struggling with the nomination, saying he had reservations about Kennedy's "misleading arguments" on vaccines.
We know the time period that the Minoan civilization arose, thrived, and declined. It emerged in the 3rd millennium BCE, reached its peak in the 2nd millennium BCE, and vanished in the Bronze Age collapse, around 1150 BCE.
The Minoans were international merchants and seamen; they were highly involved in metal trading and Minoan artifacts are found around the Mediterranean coast (much of it from Egypt and the Levant, fewer items on the West coast). How far did they travel? We can’t tell for sure although there are indications of Minoan presence as far as Scandinavia. The indirect trade between the Minoans and the British islands and the Baltic region is proven by the Welsh tin and the Baltic amber they used.
If Kennedy's nomination goes to the full Senate, he would need the support of at least 50 senators, which would allow Vice President J.D. Vance to cast another tiebreaking vote to confirm his nomination.
Asteroid Triggers International Warning System
Based on measurements so far, the asteroid has a 1.3% chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032.
An asteroid the size of a football field has triggered the international warning system for the first time since it was set up in 2013 after telescope observations revealed it has a chance of colliding with Earth in 2032, The Guardian reported.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 was observed by an automated telescope in Chile just over a month ago but has since risen to the top of impact risk lists run by the U.S. and European space agencies.
The asteroid ranks as a 3 on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, which means a close encounter that astronomers must pay attention to, because there is a 1% or greater chance of a collision in the next decade that would cause "localized destruction." The Torino scale ranges from 0, when there is no risk, to 10 when a collision is certain and poses a threat to the future of civilization as we know it.
In the unlikely event of an impact, the blast damage from this asteroid could reach as much as some 30 miles from the impact site.
Experts point out that he public needs to understand that the discovery of a potentially hazardous asteroid is due to an improved detection system and not a harbinger of doom, according to The Washington Post.
Heidi Hammel, vice president for science at the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, urged the public not to worry about this new asteroid.
"I have car insurance and house insurance, but I don't worry about getting asteroid insurance," she said.
Currently, there are no other asteroids with a Torino rating above 0.
The asteroid's hazard rating is the second-highest ever recorded, behind only Apophis, which in 2004 briefly rated a 4.
Bronze was imported to Scandinavia from the East Mediterranean. At the same time, amber from the Baltic appeared in Minoan graves and petroglyphs of very large sea ships have been found in today’s Sweden. Back in 1700 BCE, only the Minoan ships fit that depiction.
The Minoans were great craftsmen and engineers. This is undisputed as the Minoan ceramics, jewels, artifacts, and constructions unearthed are astonishing.
Apophis was first forecast to have a 2.7% probability of hitting Earth in April 2029, but further observations found that it will surely miss.
Still, Apophis will pass within 20,000 miles of the surface of Earth, less than a tenth the distance to the moon and within the orbits of some satellites.
Scientists are hoping to observe it with a robotic space probe as it passes to determine how the asteroid's gravitational interaction with Earth distorts the structure of the rock, information that could help researchers figure out ways to deflect the orbits of asteroids that are on a hazardous trajectory.
Chamath is absolutely 💯 spot on. Agree. We created our proprietary claims language model even before openAI came out with ChatGPT for costs similar to actually less than DeepSeek right here in Silicon Valley. But investors want the hype, brash entrepreneurs, and flashy startups to invest millions and billions. You’re giving too much money to startups that don’t have a sustainable business model, and a good product in much needed industries and spaces. VCs keep giving me this theory that it has to be horizontal but nothing about LLMs are proprietary so anyone can come up with various other models more cost effectively down the road. It’s in the small domain models and implementations and open source libraries for middleware and some software around LLms that has intrinsically more value.
DeepSeek used 8-bit quantization (FP8) and Group Relative Policy Optimization (GRPO) to train a 671B Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model for just ~$5.6M, making AI training far more efficient. These techniques cut costs by reducing memory and compute needs while activating only 37B parameters per token, but they don’t eliminate the need for GPUs—just enable larger, cheaper models. OpenAI can now apply the same methods to train a 8–12 trillion parameter model using its massive GPU resources, pushing AI far beyond current limits. Rather than reducing GPU demand, these optimizations will drive even greater demand as AI labs scale models 10x larger than today’s leading systems.
The palatial complex at Knossos. The main Minoan cities were unique as they were built in a form of complexes including the royal residence, shops, workshops, warehouses, residents, and more. The interior facilities had no match for many millennia ahead…
The Greek legends about Daedalus and his achievements (the construction of the Labyrinth, the robot Talos, and the flying device/wings) enhance this notion. The Greeks showed great respect for the Minoan technology although they seemed relieved when they got rid of them!
The lack of deciphered scripts (apart from an interesting metric system) doesn’t allow us to make solid conclusions about their scientific knowledge.
Let’s sum it up till now; the Minoans are (for sure) olive skin and dark-haired people, travelers, merchants, craftsmen, and probably primitive scientists. This was the easy part, as all the above facts came directly from excavation findings or lab analysis.
The discussion of topics such as the Minoan regime, religion, and society are tricky, because the lack of written texts and references can’t be replaced by archaeology.
However, there are two commonly believed assumptions that archaeology has debunked.
Sir Arthur Evans claimed that there weren’t any fortifications on the island and very few weapons were found in the Minoan cemeteries, so, they must be a peaceful society. This is not true. In the beginning of the 2nd millennium BCE the Minoans conquered the Cycladic islands, and Greek myths talk about fierce rivalry between them and the Mycenaeans. And there were fortifications on the island, unearthed by Sir Arthur Evans!
Evans was a skilled archaeologist, applied pioneer methods, and did remarkable, monumental work on Crete and was the single most influential person to have shaped modern understanding of the Minoan civilization. Why did he disguise the truth? The explanation has a political origin. The discovery of the warlike Mycenaean world by an amateur archaeologist, Heinrich Schliemann, launched the prehistoric Aegean to take center stage.
Dozens of Ed Dept Workers Put on Leave Over Trump's Anti-DEI Order
Dozens of employees at the Education Department were put on paid administrative leave in response to President Donald Trump’s order banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal government, according to a labor union that represents hundreds of workers in the agency.
It's unclear how many workers were put on leave or for what reasons, said Sheria Smith, president of American Federation of Government Employees Local 252. The majority of employees placed on leave do not work in DEI initiatives and span all branches of the agency, she said, from an office that sends billions of dollars to K-12 schools to an office that enforces civil rights laws.
The shakeup comes as Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, pushes to cut programs and federal workers at departments across the government, including the U.S. Agency for International Development. A DOGE team was working at the Education Department on Monday to implement Trump's executive orders and agenda, said Madison Biedermann, an Education Department spokesperson.
The department did not immediately comment on the personnel changes and would not say how many employees were placed on leave.
At least 55 Education Department workers received an email Friday saying they were being put on paid leave effective immediately pursuant to Trump's executive order. It wasn’t being done for “any disciplinary purpose,” according to a copy of the email obtained by The Associated Press.
Those placed on leave lost access to their government email accounts and were told not to report to the office. They include a range of staff members and managers across the department, which employs more than 4,000 workers in Washington and regional offices across the country.
Most of those on leave appear to have taken a voluntary diversity training seminar offered by the department, Smith said. The Diversity Change Agent program has been promoted by the agency for years, including during Trump’s first term in office.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Mediterranean and Balkans were ravaged by conflict between the weakening Ottoman Empire and subject nations struggling to gain independence. Sir Arthur had already experienced first-hand the terrible ethnically- and religiously-driven conflict in the Balkans, and again on Crete, and hoped his excavation at Knossos could reveal the oldest European civilization to be a place of peace and unity.
The impact of Evan’s vision can be seen at its most literal at the site of Knossos as his arbitrary “reconstitutions” are criticized by many scholars but visitors remain enchanted by them.
The truth is that the colorful frescoes and pottery depict scenes of smiling people engaged in everyday activities. But the Minoans had a nightmare, the earthquakes!
This is Crete, a mountainous island of ~8,500 km2 in the middle of the Eastern Mediterranean.
It lies within the uplifted fore-arc section of the Hellenic subduction margin. In simple words, it is exactly where the African oceanic plate runs into and slides beneath the continental Eurasian one. As a result, it is the most seismically active region of Europe, the island is literally trembling, a fact that the Minoans took seriously during construction. Their anti-seismic constructions were ahead of their contemporaries.
Graduates of the two-day program were expected to serve as role models and help improve the department's “capacity to attract and retain a diverse workforce,” according to an internal email from 2019 obtained by the AP.
Smith said hundreds of employees have taken the training, but it was unclear if all of them were placed on leave. She said many people were under the impression the training was strongly encouraged or required.
“It seems unfair to encourage or require people to take a training and then four or five years later place them on administrative leave,” Smith said.
Some current employees who are on leave said the action could disrupt the agency's core work, including the management of federal student loans and the FAFSA form for student financial aid. The workers spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., a former teacher and member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said Trump is “purging” employees for taking a training course that his administration encouraged them to take.
“This won’t help our kids learn or even save us money,” Murray said on the social media site X. “He’s just breaking services people rely on.”
Trump’s order called for all DEI staff in the federal government to be put on paid leave and eventually laid off. It’s part of a broader crackdown on diversity programs that the Republican president says are racist.
Trump campaigned on a promise to shut down the Education Department, which he says has been infiltrated by “radicals, zealots and Marxists.” He said the agency's power should be turned over to states and schools.
Trump Pausing Tariffs on Mexico, Canada as Both Pledge to Boost Border Enforcement
President Donald Trump on Monday held off on his tariff threats against Mexico and Canada for 30 days after the two U.S. neighbors agreed to boost border security efforts.
In a blast on Truth Social early Monday evening, Trump celebrated news of progress in talks with Canada to head off -- at least for now -- the threat of tariffs and an escalating trade war.
"Canada has agreed to ensure we have a secure Northern Border, and to finally end the deadly scourge of drugs like Fentanyl that have been pouring into our Country, killing hundreds of thousands of Americans, while destroying their families and communities all across our Country," Trump posted.
He continued: "Canada will implement their $1.3 Billion Border plan, and as per Prime Minister Trudeau, will be 'reinforcing the Border with new choppers, technology and personnel, enhanced coordination with our American partners, and increased resources to stop the flow of fentanyl. Nearly 10,000 frontline personnel are, and will be, working on protecting the Border. In addition, Canada is making new commitments to appoint a Fentanyl Czar, we will list cartels as terrorists, ensure 24/7 eyes on the Border, launch a Canada-U.S. Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering. I have also signed a new intelligence directive on organized crime and fentanyl, and we will be backing it with $200 million.'
"As President, it is my responsibility to ensure the safety of ALL Americans, and I am doing just that. I am very pleased with this initial outcome, and the Tariffs announced on Saturday will be paused for a 30 day period to see whether or not a final Economic deal with Canada can be structured. FAIRNESS FOR ALL!"
Trump on Saturday had directed that 25% tariffs on most imports from the two American partners — and 10% on Canadian energy products — go into effect at midnight Tuesday. The two nations threatened retaliation of their own, raising the prospects of a broader regional trade war.
In a statement on X, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that on a call with Trump he pledged additional cooperation on border security. It follows similar moves by Mexico earlier Monday.
“Proposed tariffs will be paused for at least 30 days while we work together," Trudeau said.
Earlier Monday, Trump opted to hold off n his tariff threats against Mexico for one month of further negotiations after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to send 10,000 members of her country's national guard to the border to address drug trafficking.
"I just had a good call with President Trump. Canada is implementing our $1.3 billion border plan — reinforcing the border with new choppers, technology and personnel, enhanced coordination with our American partners, and increased resources to stop the flow of fentanyl. Nearly 10,000 frontline personnel are and will be working on protecting the border. In addition, Canada is making new commitments to appoint a Fentanyl Czar, we will list cartels as terrorists, ensure 24/7 eyes on the border, launch a Canada- U.S. Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering. I have also signed a new intelligence directive on organized crime and fentanyl and we will be backing it with $200 million. Proposed tariffs will be paused for at least 30 days while we work together."
When the anti-seismic skills were not enough, the Minoans asked their deities for protection, offering them the ultimate sacrifice, human lives!
Those were the Minoans…bright and dark, victims and killers. More than a hundred years after they entered the world of history, emerging from mythology, they still keep a lot of secrets and surprises from us. This only makes them even more fascinating
ACLU Sues Over Trump Ban on Asylum at US-Mexico Border
A leading U.S. civil rights group on Monday filed a lawsuit targeting President Donald Trump's sweeping ban on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying the restrictions effectively block all access to asylum for migrants at the border in violation of U.S. laws and international treaties.
A leading U.S. civil rights group on Monday filed a lawsuit targeting President Donald Trump's sweeping ban on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying the restrictions effectively block all access to asylum for migrants at the border in violation of U.S. laws and international treaties.
The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, challenges a ban issued by Trump after taking office on Jan. 20 that blocks all migrants "engaged in the invasion across the southern border" from claiming asylum or other humanitarian protections. Trump has taken an array of executive actions to deter illegal immigration and ramp up arrests and deportations of migrants in the U.S. illegally. The actions include sending additional U.S. military troops to the border and directing other federal agencies to assist immigration enforcement. Trump's ban on asylum at the border goes further than restrictions put in place by former President Joe Biden in June to discourage illegal crossings. Biden's restrictions were coupled with a legal entry program that allowed 1,450 migrants per day to schedule appointments at a legal border crossing to request asylum, an initiative that Trump ended hours after taking office.
I want to introduce you to someone who will be contributing guest posts on this site. Giota Detsi lives in Athens and has been writing articles about ancient history for several years. We have worked together on the Ancient History space on Quora since 2019.
As you can guess, her focus is on Greek and Aegean history. When she isn’t writing about ancient history, Giota is a Physics teacher.
The Biden restrictions remain in place and are subject to a separate ACLU legal challenge.
Lee Gelernt, an ACLU attorney who has litigated other prominent asylum cases, said Trump's ban was unprecedented. "It eliminates all avenues to seek asylum, completely ignoring the statutory system created by Congress," Gelernt said in a statement. "Countless families will be in danger based on the pretense that we are under an invasion by desperate immigrants."
The ACLU-led lawsuit was filed on behalf of three immigrant advocacy groups in Texas and Arizona in federal court in Washington, D.C.
The ACLU blocked several Trump policies restricting asylum during his 2017-2021 presidency.
Trump's latest asylum ban employs a statute known as 212(f) to block all migrants at the southern border from claiming asylum, the same legal authority Trump used for his travel ban policies on Muslim-majority countries and other nations. The Supreme Court upheld a version of Trump's travel ban in 2018.
Bill Ackman, Dropbox Leave Delaware as Corporations Pull Out
Bill Ackman, the owner of investment firm Pershing Square, on Saturday said he's reincorporating his management company in Nevada. He announced the change on X.
Billionaires and Big-Tech companies are fleeing Delaware in such droves, Newsweek said the state faces an "exodus" of major corporations.
After reports over the weekend that Facebook's Meta was considering moving its incorporation from Delaware to Texas, billionaire Bill Ackman tweeted he will move his financial management company out of the Diamond State.
"We are reincorporating our management company in Nevada for the same reason. Top law firms are recommending Nevada and Texas over Delaware," Ackman wrote.
Ackman is not alone in the exodus.
Big Tech's Dropbox revealed in a shareholder resolution that it was moving from Delaware to Nevada.
And Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal warned on X that "Delaware is at serious risk of losing its standing as the leading state of incorporation for American companies."
Once corporate-friendly Delaware has become an activist, DEI state in recent years with once nonpartial judges using their gavel to penalize Big Business and political conservatives.
After seeing a Democrat judge move to block his shareholder-approved Tesla compensation package of $56 billion, Musk moved Tesla and SpaceX's incorporation to Texas. His biotech company Neuralink was moved from Delaware to Nevada.
On X, Musk stated, "Never incorporate your company in the state of Delaware."
The home state of former President Joe Biden, Delaware has come under criticism for its close ties to the Biden family and its political agenda.
Last year, The Wall Street Journal published an article, co-written by former Attorney General William Barr, lambasting Delaware for embracing far-left environmental, social, and governance policies and attempting to push them on corporations.
Viet Dinh, former Fox News chief legal counsel, also complained the network was forced into an unprecedented $787 million settlement with a voting company over its reports relating to the 2020 election.
Dinh complained that the court had failed to apply standard libel law with rulings that "called into question the fundamental fairness and integrity of the Delaware civil justice system."
The Greek and Roman cultures are universally recognized as the greatest Western civilizations from the time we consider “ancient.” Their influence was rooted in culture, which provided a foundation for modern society and its political frameworks, and they would ultimately become models for post-Enlightenment governments. The Greeks, as specialists in ideas, pioneered modern philosophy, art, theater, poetry, mathematics, and science. The Romans, as a more practical people, contributed engineering, law, and a political system called the Republic.
The accomplishments of Greece and Rome cast a shadow over their predecessors, suggesting the older civilizations were less important. That line of thinking is a serious mistake, which we will attempt to reverse here by highlighting the importance of Mesopotamia, one of the most important civilizations in all of human history. Mesopotamia built the world’s first true civilization making it the father of all cultures in the West that would follow it. Mesopotamia served as the crucible for mankind to develop agricultural, pre-dynastic, and monarchical cultures.
The word Mesopotamia is a collective term for several ancient cultures located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in what is now Iraq. These societies prospered as independently from 5000 BCE to 1800 BCE. Their advent was facilitated by the presence of an alluvial plain, which provided the spark for mankind to begin irrigation farming. An alluvial plain is a gently sloping land surface formed by sediment left from rising and falling water levels.
Planting in an alluvial plain maid the sowing and watering crops easier because the softness of the soil allowed seeds to be pressed into the ground, by hand, without difficulty.
The history of the Mesopotamian region is too expansive to describe in a short article because its many separate cultures existed over a span of four millennia. To simplify the story, we will focus our discussion on Sumer, arguably the most important of the Mesopotamian cultures. The term Sumer refers to a specific geographical region of Mesopotamia, in the south, near the point where the Tigris and Euphrates empty into the Persian Gulf. That geography would come to support one of the greatest of the world’s ancient cultures.
The map above shows ancient Sumer and its cities. At the time when the area which would become Sumer was established (6500BC), the Persian Gulf extended farther north than it does today. Baghdad and Babylon are shown as reference points only. Neither existed during the time of Sumerian domination.
The Ubaidians were the first to exploit the alluvial plain of Sumer and build a civilization between the great rivers.
Sen. Collins Will Vote to Confirm Gabbard for DNI
Collins had expressed skepticism over Gabbard, particularly over her reversal on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and then her position on Edward Snowden.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced Monday that she will support Tulsi Gabbard's confirmation for director of national intelligence, giving President Donald Trump's nominee a crucial Republican swing vote.
Collins had expressed skepticism over Gabbard, particularly over her reversal on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and then her position on Edward Snowden.
The cities shown on the map, which would later become the jewels of Sumer, were originally Ubaid cities. We know this because their names predate the Sumerian language. The Ubaids developed as a civilization of farmers, cattle raisers, and fishermen. Their craftsmen included weavers, leatherworkers, carpenters, smiths, potters, and masons. Excavated remains from the period include hoes, adzes, and knives, along with clay artifacts such as sickles, bricks, loom weights, figurines, and painted pottery. Together, these artifacts provide a record of stunning accomplishments for a people who predated the Greeks by 4000 years.
Gabbard could not afford to lose Collins' vote, as the Senate Intelligence Committee has a 9-8 partisan split, meaning she can only afford to lose one Republican vote, assuming all Democrats vote against her. Collins' announcement on Monday clears at least one hurdle ahead of Tuesday's intel meeting to advance Gabbard to the full Senate floor.
"After extensive consideration of her nomination, I will support Tulsi Gabbard to be the Director of National Intelligence," Collins said in a statement. "The Office of the Director of National Intelligence … has become far larger than it was designed to be, and Ms. Gabbard shares my vision of returning the agency to its intended size."
"In response to my questions during our discussion in my office and at the open hearing, as well as through her explanation at the closed hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Ms. Gabbard addressed my concerns regarding her views on Edward Snowden," Collins said. "I look forward to working with Ms. Gabbard to strengthen our national security."
Gabbard in 2020 proposed legislation to repeal Section 702. She has also voted against reauthorizing the program. But earlier this month she told Punchbowl News that the program is "crucial" and "must be safeguarded to protect our nation while ensuring the civil liberties of Americans."
The other Republican swing vote on the intelligence panel is Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., who was displeased with Gabbard's responses regarding Snowden during her confirmation hearing last week, The Hill reported. When asked three times, she refused to call Snowden a "traitor," stating only that he broke the law.
Gabbard on Monday pushed back on the controversy over her responses to those questions about Snowden.
Gabbard said that she declined to call Snowden a "traitor" because she doesn't use the word "casually," adding that, "Snowden should have raised his concerns about illegal surveillance through authorized channels, such as the inspector general or the Intelligence Committee, instead of leaking to the media."
Historically, nations did not conduct themselves without aligning with or getting their bearings in relation to a power system that drove the world, an anchor. This was the case, for example, in the world wars of the last century, and the Cold War. But as Chairman George Friedman explained in our recent ClubGPF live discussion, things have changed, and various nations are testing each other.
OpenAI has announced a new AI agent designed to help people conduct in-depth research. The new 'deep research' feature is designed for situations where users need to perform precise and reliable research using information from multiple sources. It is now available to ChatGPT Pro users, limited to 100 queries per month. OpenAI is targeting a Plus rollout about a month from now and support for Team and Enterprise users is planned. The release will be geo-targeted - there are currently no plans to release 'deep research' in the US, Switzerland, or the European Economic Area.
DNS traffic for TikTok-related domains is currently around 10% lower than pre-shutdown levels. The app briefly shut down in the US but came back online after President Trump said he would postpone enforcement of the ban. Traffic to TikTok alternatives peaked on the day TikTok returned online. Many creators are expanding their online presence to other platforms as TikTok's long-term future in the US remains uncertain.
AI labs will need data centers that require the power equivalent of some of the US' largest cities by 2030. Forecasts predict that training runs will require 5-gigawatt centers within five years - GPT-4 was reportedly trained with 30 megawatts of power. While tech leaders seem confident that they will be able to build data centers of unprecedented size, these plans are still in the planning and permission stages and actual sites that can support these projects are scarce for several reasons. The US currently doesn't have the power, funding, or permitting required to meet the forecasted AI data center infrastructure demands, but it might be possible by 2030 through permitting reform and substantial investment.
SpaceX faced problems accepting payments in developing markets as its Starlink service expanded to more than 100 countries. This caused the startup to turn to stablecoins, which allowed it to accept cheap and near-instant cross-border transactions. Stablecoins are now a $205 billion market driven by real-world utility, particularly in emerging markets. They are becoming a core part of financial markets and it is possible they could replace outdated financial systems as adoption accelerates.
Meme coins plummeted over the weekend as President Donald Trump signed new tariffs, kicking off a trade war that caused investors to dump risk assets.
Trump's own meme coin, dubbed Official Trump, launched a little over two weeks ago, was last down 15% to $17, according to CoinGecko. It rallied to a high of about $73 dollars the weekend of its launch before crashing 50% on inauguration day.
The biggest and most popular meme coins, dogecoin and Shiba Inu, lost about 14% each. Pudgy Penguins was down 13%, while dogwifhat tumbled 26%.
Meme coins as a group have dropped 17% in the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko.
The drop began Saturday evening after Trump signed an order imposing 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, as well as a 10% duty on China. The U.S. does about $1.6 trillion in business with the three countries.
"Every coin that recently rallied through January, including memes like [dogecoin], have essentially handed back most of their gains," said James Davies, CEO and co-founder at trading platform Crypto Valley Exchange.
"Crypto is fundamentally about freedom to make and conduct trades, which runs counter to the global political narrative of the last week," he added. "As a community, we are pro free-trade … when that is being restricted many investors are risk-off in terms of their holdings. This massively impacts the alt coin market."
There is a real anxiety among students and junior professionals regarding AI and its effects on their careers. The future will belong to people whose work cannot be easily reduced to a dataset and those who can use AI to become even better at what they do. Some jobs are currently vulnerable because we can create clear benchmarks for performance. AI will amplify the gap between high performers and the rest.
Sam Altman, Mark Chen, Kevin Weil, Srinivas Narayanan, Michelle Pokrass, and Hongyu Ren from OpenAI recently held a Reddit Ask Me Anything session to talk about o3-mini and the future of AI. In the thread, the representatives answer questions about advanced voice mode, the upcoming 4o image generator, GPT-5, and more. OpenAI plans to cut API prices in half in August. It doesn't have a timeline for the release of GPT-5 yet - the company is still working on the 4o series.
It is entirely possible that the Stargate project will be scaled back - we don't even know yet if raw computing power is the path to artificial general intelligence.
Apple has reportedly pulled the plug on N107, a project that aimed to produce AR glasses similar to regular glasses but with added displays on the lenses that could connect to a Mac.
GoCardless reported a net loss of £35.1 million in the full year ending June 2024, down 55% year-over-year.
Financial technology unicorn GoCardless more than halved losses in 2024 and said it's aiming to reach full-year profitability by 2026.
The London-based startup, which helps businesses collect recurring payments such as subscriptions, reported a net loss of £35.1 million ($43.8 million) in the full year ending June 30, 2024.
That was a 55% improvement from the £78 million GoCardless lost the year prior.
The firm noted that "restructuring activity" at the end of the full year ending June 2023 contributed to a reduction in operating losses in 2024. In June 2023, GoCardless announced it was cutting 15% of its global workforce. That took GoCardless' salary expenses down 13% to £79.2 million in the company's 2024 fiscal year.
Still, while this improved the company's financial picture, GoCardless' CEO Hiroki Takeuchi told CNBC that revenue growth also helped significantly.
"We're much more focused on the cost side ... We want to be getting very efficient as we scale," Takeuchi said in an interview last week. "But we also need to continue growing. We need both of those things to get to where we want to be."
AI Doomers, concerned with the scenario where computer systems outreason, outcompete, and doom humanity to extinction, oppose AI and seek to cripple it via weaponized regulation.
AI agents will be able to be copied, distilled, merged, scaled, and evolved in ways that humans simply can't, resulting in AI firms that will grow, coordinate, improve, and be selected-for at unprecedented speed.
On Sunday, the deadline for prohibitions on certain AI systems and staff technology literacy requirements officially lapsed.
The European Union formally kicked off enforcement of its landmark artificial intelligence law Sunday, paving the way for tough restrictions and potential large fines for violations.
The EU AI Act, a first-of-its-kind regulatory framework for the technology, formally entered into force in August 2024.
On Sunday, the deadline for prohibitions on certain artificial intelligence systems and requirements to ensure sufficient technology literacy among staff officially lapsed.
That means companies must now comply with the restrictions and can face penalties if they fail to do so.
The AI Act bans certain applications of AI which it deems as posing "unacceptable risk" to citizens.
Those include social scoring systems, real-time facial recognition and other forms of biometric identification that categorize people by race, sex life, sexual orientation and other attributes, and "manipulative" AI tools.
Companies face fines of as much as 35 million euros ($35.8 million) or 7% of their global annual revenues — whichever amount is higher — for breaches of the EU AI Act.
Cryptocurrencies tumbled on Sunday in a risk-off move after President Donald Trump hit Canada, Mexico and China with long-threatened import tariffs.
Cryptocurrencies tumbled in a risk-off move after President Donald Trump hit Canada, Mexico and China with long-threatened import tariffs.
The price of bitcoin fell 3% Monday to $94,457.88, down from a price above $102,000 before the weekend, according to Coin Metrics. The U.S. dollar index, which has an inverse relationship with bitcoin, was up nearly 1%.
Shares of Coinbase and MicroStrategy lost 6% and 7%, respectively, in premarket trading.
The slide in cryptocurrencies began Saturday evening after Trump signed an order imposing 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, as well as a 10% duty on China. It accelerated Sunday night. The U.S. does about $1.6 trillion in business with the three countries.
"Bulls are de-leveraging massively at the moment as everyone watches closely to see if we get negotiation or a trade war," James Davies, CEO and co-founder at trading platform Crypto Valley Exchange. "But, $110,000 and $120,000 are still the largest call open interest points, so really volatility is the biggest bet being made."
Bitcoin fell below $100K as the crypto market reacted to President Trump's planned tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China, which prompted retaliatory measures and a lawsuit from China filed with the WTO. Memecoins were hit hardest, with major Solana-based tokens and Trump's own memecoin dropping over 30% in the past week amid broader market uncertainty.
by 2030, ai data centers could need as much electricity as america’s biggest cities. gpt-4 was trained with 30 megawatts—future ai models might need 5 gigawatts per run. that's like adding a whole new city to the grid. tech leaders are pushing for massive new data centers, but the us doesn’t yet have the power, funding, or permits to make it happen. big investments and policy changes will decide if ai gets the juice it needs.
nobody knows for sure, but there’s a chance the stargate project might get scaled back. the big question: is just throwing more computing power at ai really the way to reach general intelligence? if not, investing billions in raw hardware could be like trying to build a spaceship with nothing but bigger engines. until we have clearer answers, funding decisions could shift.
Apple has reportedly scrapped the N107 project—its plan to make lightweight AR glasses that looked like regular eyewear but had built-in displays and could connect to a Mac. This was supposed to be the next big leap after the Vision Pro, but the tech just isn’t ready. Instead, Apple is focusing on mixed reality headsets for now. Looks like truly wearable AR is still years away.
Lawyers for Alphabet's Google and "Fortnite" maker Epic Games are set to square off before a U.S. appeals court in California on Monday, as Google tries to undo a jury verdict and a judge's order forcing it to revamp its app store.
Lawyers for Alphabet's Google and "Fortnite" maker Epic Games are set to square off before a U.S. appeals court in California on Monday, as Google tries to undo a jury verdict and a judge's order forcing it to revamp its app store.
Google has argued in court filings to the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that a trial judge made legal errors in the antitrust case that unfairly benefited Epic Games.
Epic accused Google in a 2020 lawsuit of monopolizing how consumers access apps on Android devices and how they pay for transactions within apps. The Cary, North Carolina-based company convinced a San Francisco jury in 2023 that Google illegally stifled competition.
U.S. District Judge James Donato ordered Google in October to restore competition by allowing users to download rival app stores within its Play store and by making Play's app catalog available to those competitors, among other reforms.
The order is on hold as the 9th Circuit weighs Google's appeal.
Entities behind President Donald Trump's crypto coin have accumulated close to $100 million in trading fees in less than two weeks, according to estimates from three blockchain analysis firms.
Entities behind President Donald Trump's crypto coin have accumulated close to $100 million in trading fees in less than two weeks, according to estimates from three blockchain analysis firms, a large windfall from a venture that has seen tens of thousands of small traders lose money.
The meme coin, known as $Trump, was launched by the president Jan. 17 and quickly surged, reaching a peak of over $14.5 billion in overall market value by Jan. 19, the day before his inauguration. It has since slumped by two-thirds.
Three crypto data firms, including Merkle Science and Chainalysis, analyzed the blockchain, a publicly available ledger that shows all transactions involving $Trump, for Reuters. They estimated the $Trump token had generated between $86 million and $100 million in trading fees by Jan. 30.
The estimates far exceed what has been previously reported.
One of the entities behind the crypto coin is a company owned by Trump, called CIC Digital. The official website for $Trump says CIC Digital will "receive trading revenue derived from trading activities" of the meme coin. Reuters could not determine what portion of the fees so far, if any, had accrued to Trump personally, nor the ownership of the other entities behind the coin.
Is probably all dumped by binance in this liq cascade..
They know how to manipulate prices.. we are all just helping them to dump on us while you're thinking you're getting something from "juicy Apr shown on binance".
Did you know that creating content on #Hive can significantly boost your earnings? 🤯
1/ Splinterlands rewards engagement inside and outside the battlefield. Sharing your journey, strategies, and insights can earn you HIVE, HP, and rewards that help grow your deck and earnings. 📈💰
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4/ What can you post about?
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AI in a bar will be a good idea
Now we can mix drinks in the bar for people based on their mood. I'll have a tequila because I just got a break up
AI would know that now
hahaha, then you were good at your job. This means my plan will work because open AI could call you anything to help them train that bot. I'll also think of something more sophisticated too
Decision making without the care of who whines about what! That is called true leadership! If these tariffs even have the remote chance of eliminating income taxes, then so be it. I can make or build a good bit of my own stuff anyway, lol, and that's the whole reason behind the tariffs, is to encourage building back out domestic economy to where we are producing our own goods again! One of the big reasons I bought so many 3D printers, lol. Making Manufacturing Great Again!
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The post emphasizes the importance of seeking professional medical help rather than self-medicating, and the impact it can have on overall well-being
IMO has to be one of the best Tarantino movies and on top also Uma Thurman, everything from the story telling, the exagerated fights, the scenery with Lucy Liu fight, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Adam Green, known for his Hatchet series, is making a horror comeback, teasing fans with his return to the genre that made him a cult favorite, his latest projects aim to blend his signature gore with fresh storytelling, while details remain under wraps, fans can expect his unique style to push boundaries once again, Green's return marks a significant moment for indie horror enthusiasts. Read More in ➡️ #linkincomments
Why is it that anytime I buy HIVE the price keep dipping instead of going up? I feel the market is so much against me. Already -8.23% in PnL just in 2 hours of buying.
Instant noodles now cost $2+. At what point do we say enough is enough? Cheap food is also getting expensive. Gotta build my own farm, nature will never make it more expensive to grow
Has anyone had their food delivered to them by robots or drones. Would love to know what the experience is like. What happens when they mess the order up? Who do we call, the company? And if no one responds we just call it a day
Some guy was able to hack his Tesla car to unlock new features which I presume was supposed to be paid. So there you go, the new definition of jail break
Google is always deleting inactive accounts, of course inactive for a long while. So guys check your old email before it’s gone. If it's important to you at all
Is Hive dropping further? I might scoop up a ton. $HIVE
steady at 31 cents.
Did you successfully scoop it ??
Not low enough
Looks like it’s been shaky, but if it drops more, that could be a solid buy. I for one can't go all in too fast, don't have too much funds. You stacking for the long run?
Yes. Quite shaky indeed
Now is the best time to scoop it
The price have dropped further at the moment , so you can still scoop it
You can grab rune at the moment because rune seems to be at a discount right now buying at such price
Buyers gonna buy 😁
it is presently at $0.29 or thereabout , so you can still scoop it at the moment if you want
Buying season is so painful if you watch portfolio coming down but regardless there's hope it'll be back.
i Guess it's still not too late
Hive price is currently at $0.32 or thereabout so you buying it now is a fair deal
You can still buy hive at the current price because it seems hive will keep pumping for now
Follow your instinct
Congrats to those who bought the dip
Generally it seems most of the cryptos have bottomed in
I think we have reach the bottom
Yes, dropping like rainfall.
I doubt if it will drop further
There is still time now for you to buy it at a cheaper rate
Before the end of the first quarter of the year , I believe you should be in massive profits because hive price would have pumped higher by then
Go ahead , you won't regret you made the action
Buying a great coin during his bearish moment is always a good strategy , so go ahead and make the decision
It's been around 30 to 32 cents for a while now, it's a good thing for buyers and those who planned to take profits will have to reschedule
the L2 coins like Leo have dropped beyond what I expected. But I'm surprised Hive hasn't gotten to some all time low looking at what happened to RUNE and others
I love it when I see optimistic people while the crypto dips, it shows they're experienced and the crypto is trusted to rise again
Just keep buying as much as you can
There seems to be a buying opportunity presently
Go ahead ASAP
Go ahead before the alt season starts
Buy now and smile later
The price is hovering around $0.29 - $0.31 for now , so you can buy it at those prices
shoot
i Would say you should pause for now , the market direction is not clear at the moment
Buy at the current price because it seems, that there is a strong price wall that is keeping hive price above $0.29 ,which makes it look bullish
Yes go ahead but DYOR
There is always a buying opportunity on the hive market
how was the purchase ?
Nobody can know what will happen next , your best bet is to keep performing DCA
With the way I see it, it might get to 25 ish cents in two weeks time because all it takes in one whale in Korea to turn this ship around or downward
Hola feliz bendecido inicio de semana para todos, por aquí en el 3 er día del reto 7X5X4
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Happy Monday Lions
The team has been grinding on all fronts. The major LeoDex update we announced in yesterday's @leofinance blog post is in testing and coming soon
We're also 93% of the way to the funding line on the INLEO DHF Proposal
Pushing hard today
What a great way to start the week with that excellent percentage of the proposal 🚀
This is Great
Leo is walking steadily
Salute! But I hope the refund gets processed too because things on sale in the market😂
Yay!, the proposal is almost there!
happy Monday ser...
Here is the daily technology #threadcast for 2/3/25. The goal is to make this a technology "reddit".
Drop all question, comments, and articles relating to #technology and the future. The goal is make it a technology center.
India's new crypto tax policy
Indian crypto investors could see penalties of up to 70% on undeclared gains under new tax regulations taking effect in February 2025.
#technology #crypto #india #regulation
Is the AI Agent Narrative Over?
The AI Agent narrative cooled off after explosive gains in late 2024, with many early projects failing to sustain momentum. However, innovation is driving the next evolution of specialized, profit-focused agents. The next wave, dubbed DeFAI agents, will focus on high-value crypto tasks like yield farming and automated trading, using fine-tuned models and high-quality data to deliver real profitability while outdated agents that fail to adapt will fade from relevance.
#technology #crypto #ai #agent
Meta's $65 Billion AI Bet: What's Coming by 2025?
Meta’s going big on AI, dropping up to $65 billion by 2025. They’re not just investing in tech—they’re building a huge new data center and beefing up their AI teams. It’s like Meta's gearing up for a major tech revolution. Expect faster, smarter AI tools and even bigger projects, all powered by this massive financial push. Could this be the next game-changer? Only time will tell.
#meta #AI #investment #future #technology
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DAO 2.0 Product ideas
There should be community and governance tools like an agent-associated governance or agent grading of contribution quality. Agents are great for spinning up quick prediction markets or market making on existing pools. Since their primary mode of interaction is on social, they could further advance via memecoin launching, reputation-based trading, content production, and for connecting users together. In DeFi, agents could create indices and abstract complex DeFi management away from the agent.
#technology #crypto #dao #decentralization
What's next for the Agent market?
The AI agent market is in a severe downturn, with total market cap dropping 55% from $21.5B to $9.5B over the past month, impacting the Solana and Base ecosystems equally. The seven major sectors, including DeFAI, Trading Agents, Gaming, and Frameworks, experienced drawdowns. The market is entering a consolidating phase marked by natural selection, where projects maintaining development momentum are likely to emerge stronger. The current fragmentation across thousands of agents is expected to resolve through market-driven consolidation of mindshare and capital.
#technology #crypto #ai #agent
Revolutionizing Self-Driving Car Tech
A groundbreaking project is changing how self-driving cars see the world! Researchers have developed a fresh method for creating accurate 3D bounding box annotations for traffic lights and road signs—essential for safe navigation. These 3D labels help autonomous vehicles better understand their surroundings, ensuring smoother and safer rides. Think of it like giving cars a clearer map to follow in a busy city.
#selfdriving #innovation #traffictech #autonomous #technology
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Alibaba Unveils New AI Rival to OpenAI and Google
Alibaba's Qwen team just launched Qwen2.5-VL, an AI model that competes with OpenAI and Google. It stands out in text, image analysis, and software interaction. Available on Alibaba's Qwen Chat app and Hugging Face, it comes with some restrictions due to Chinese regulations. The flagship Qwen2.5-VL-72B model requires Alibaba's permission for commercial use by big companies. Think of it as the next level of AI, but with a China-specific twist.
#alibaba #AI #innovation #technews #technology
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Uniswap v4 is Here – A New Era of DeFi
Over a year and a half after the original announcement, Uniswap v4 is now live on mainnet across 10 supported chains. Uniswap v4 introduces hooks, a modular plugin system allowing for customizable pool logic, with over 150 hooks already developed for features like dynamic fees and automated liquidity management. It also achieves up to 99.99% gas savings for pool creation and improved efficiency for multi-hop swaps. The deployment follows extensive security measures including nine independent audits and a $15M bug bounty program.
#technology #crypto #liquiditypool #uniswap #v4
AI Scientists Are Teaming Up—And They Never Sleep
Stanford’s "Virtual Lab" is like a think tank that never takes a break. It uses AI agents to collaborate on complex scientific problems—like a 24/7 research team that never gets tired. One early test? Simulating expert discussions to help develop COVID-19 treatments. This could change how scientists work, letting AI act as specialists in different fields and accelerating discoveries in ways human teams alone never could.
#ai #science #innovation #research #technology
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AI Is About to Scale Like Crazy—Humans Can't Compete
AI agents aren’t just getting smarter—they’re evolving in ways we can’t. Unlike people, they can be copied, merged, and improved instantly. Imagine a company cloning its best employee a million times overnight. That’s the future of AI firms: scaling, optimizing, and outpacing human organizations at breakneck speed. The companies that master this will dominate, and the rest? They’ll struggle to keep up.
#ai #artificialintelligence #futureofwork #automation #technology
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Solana Meme Coin Dogwifhat Has No Deal With Las Vegas Sphere, Venue Says
Despite a community effort that raised nearly $700,000, The Las Vegas Sphere has denied any agreement to display the Dogwifhat memecoin and revealed that no such deal was ever in place. The controversy led to a 35% price spike to WIF following a cryptic social media post from the team that coincided with a $700,000 move from the project treasury to an unnamed wallet. The Dogwifhat team claimed that they were working with an “established brand” to facilitate the advertisement, but Sphere representatives have explicitly stated that it only accepts advertising from exchanges and Bitcoin-related content.
#technology #crypto #solana #memecoin
OpenAI’s o3-mini: Faster, Cheaper, and Smarter for STEM
openai just dropped o3-mini, and it’s a serious upgrade over o1-mini—especially if you're into STEM. it's optimized for math and science, meaning faster calculations, lower costs, and snappier responses. plus, it cuts down on latency, so no more waiting forever for answers. basically, if you need an ai that thinks like a scientist but runs like a sprinter, this one's for you.
#ai #machinelearning #opensource #innovation #technology
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AI Doomers Want to Hit the Kill Switch
ai doomers think superintelligent machines could outthink, outmaneuver, and wipe out humanity. their solution? crush ai with strict regulations before it’s too late. some want to ban entire technologies, fearing they’ll spiral out of control. others push for tight government oversight, like locking up nuclear weapons. but critics argue this could stall progress, leaving the future in the hands of those who don’t hesitate. the battle over ai’s future isn’t slowing down.
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Three factors drive the advance of AI: algorithmic innovation, data, and the amount of
compute available for training. Algorithmic progress has traditionally been more difficult
to quantify than compute and data. In this work, we argue that algorithmic progress has
an aspect that is both straightforward to measure and interesting: reductions over time
in the compute needed to reach past capabilities. We show that the number of floatingpoint operations required to train a classifier to AlexNet-level performance on ImageNet
has decreased by a factor of 44x between 2012 and 2019. This corresponds to algorithmic
efficiency doubling every 16 months over a period of 7 years. Notably, this outpaces theoriginal Moore’s law rate of improvement in hardware efficiency (11x over this period). We observe that hardware and algorithmic efficiency gains multiply and can be on a similar scale over meaningful horizons, which suggests that a good model of AI progress should
integrate measures from both.
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Have you ever considered that business may not have been that different 2000 years ago? Oh well, they did not have computers, internet and the digital economy but they still had a buoyant property market, they were trading across the seas and the land, and they were pretty good at financial administration. After all, empires were not built on air but on solid armies, bureaucracies and land expansion exercises (imperialism).
In the Roman World, the wealthiest citizens were focusing on the development of farming businesses. Several handbooks were written during the Republic and the Empire. These Agronomists followed the rich tradition of writers coming from the Greek times, such as Hesiod, Xenophon, Democritus of Abdera, even Aristotle. Even though the Roman writers followed the Greeks, they still managed to become better known and more widely revered than they predecessors. Their instructions became the ‘go to’ manual for Landowners across Europe for centuries to come. The most important works that survived until today are those of Cato, Columella, Varro, Virgil, Pliny and Palladius.
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Today we will focus on Cato the Elder’s farming manual, De Agricultura. This is – not surprisingly – the eldest work of latin prose. It’s scope and importance emphasises on what actually mattered for the elite at the time and the manuscript dates from the second century BC, long before the Roman Empire reached the height of its power. In fact, long before Roman Emperors were ‘a thing’!
Let us take a look on what Cato believed of Farming as business. Obviously he preferred it over Commerce and Banking, both of which may have brought profits. However, the first was risky and the second was considered akin to usury and had the potential to confer upon the banker the title of ‘criminal’. As a result, the only moral and sensible option for the Roman Rich were to become farmers.
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So, how did they go about it? First and foremost they needed to buy vast expanses of land. Or, alternatively, acquire them through wars. The Romans spent several centuries expanding their lands through military advances. So, there was a lot to be had. Secondly, they needed to learn how to manage these vast expansions of land. And this is where the Agronomists entered the picture. Cato was willing to present his contemporaries with a wealth of advice on how to set up and run a farming business. I will include a few of these comments just to give you an idea of what was expected of a Roman farmer.
As a rule, you should not be an Absentee Landowner. As the Master of the Household you should visit your farm often and upon arrival greet Lar (the Guardian/God/Ancestor of the Hearth). Always partner up with a God, just to be on the safe side. Once you pay your dues to Lar, it would be the right time to go around your property ON THE SAME DAY. Cato insists on this piece of advice and I suspect that the master would have liked to see how the farm is run on an average day and not after anticipating his visit. The element of surprise seems to be essential.
Once the initial checks have been completed, the next day can be dedicated to analysing the statistics “how much of the work is finished, how much remains, whether what is done was done in time and there will be time to do the rest, and how it is with the wine, the grain and everything else singly.” It should not astonish us that analytics were used regularly in antiquity in order to run a business. The owner needed to know how far they are in the production cycle and when the crops would be ready for sale.
Meme coins were some of the biggest winners after the U.S. presidential election, with some traders seeing it as a green light for a new crypto craze. Others have become worried that the latest Trump fueled meme mania was becoming too hot, however, and was likely to result not just in pain for investors but misallocation to less valuable projects in the industry.
Bitcoin losses Monday were relatively modest compared to meme coins and other smaller cryptocurrencies further out on the risk curve. It was last lower by just 3%, though it could see more pain in the short term as the trade war triggered by Trump's tariffs plays out.
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GoCardless grew revenue by 41% to £132 million in full-year 2024. Of that total, £91.9 million came from customer revenue.
Last year also saw GoCardless record its first-ever month in profit in March 2024. Takeuchi said its his aim for GoCardless to post its first full-year profit in 12 to 18 months' time, adding it's "well on track" to do so.
The financial aspect would have taken even more time, because of its essential nature. After all, how else would they have known whether the business was profitable or even viable?And how would they have funded their elaborate lifestyles? Cato says on the matter: “You must check the figures for money and grain, check what is set aside for fodder, check the wine and oil figures — what is already sold, and the income from this, what is still to be produced, and what it will fetch — agree the difference and take charge of the agreed sum.” This is the end point (scope) of any business. Obviously, they did not have any double entry books (this was a much later invention) and they were lacking in cash flow projections. But they had an excellent understanding of basic finances and how numbers should be used for their advantage.
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Back in September, GoCardless acquired a firm called Nuapay, which helps businesses collect and send payments via bank transfer.
Asked whether GoCardless is considering further mergers and acquisitions in future, Takeuchi said the firm is "actively looking," adding: "We're seeing lots of opportunities come up."
Following its acquisition of Nuapay, Takeuchi said GoCardless is currently testing a new feature that allows clients to distribute funds to their own customers.
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"If you take something like energy, the vast majority of the payments are about collecting money," he told CNBC.
"But then you might have some of your customers that have solar panels on their roof and they're sending energy back to the grid, and they need to get paid for that energy that they're generating."
GoCardless, which is backed by Alphabet's venture arm GV, Accel and BlackRock, was last privately valued by investors at $2.1 billion in February 2022.
Takeuchi said the firm had no need for external capital and that there are "no plans" for an initial public offering in the near term.
As with every other business, delegation is a big part of running large organisations, including farms. The landowner probably had several farms that needed his attention. For each farm, he would have hired a manager to oversee the work on a daily basis. Even though the manager should have been a trusted employee (rarely a slave), this does not mean that he could waive his carte blanche and do whatever he wanted. Cato seemed to be very suspicious of the managers and insists on holding them accountable.
Fintechs have been watching Swedish fintech Klarna's plan to go public closely — but many are waiting to see how it goes before deciding on their own plans.
With technology IPOs at historic lows, several startups have instead opted to provide employees and early shareholders liquidity by selling shares in the secondary market.
In November, Bloomberg reported that GoCardless had chosen investment bank Lazard to advise it on a $200 million secondary share sale. GoCardless declined to comment on the report.
He eloquently writes on the subject: “ When you have this straight, you can get down to calculating people and days’ work. If the work seems wanting the manager will say that he has done his best, slaves were sick, the weather was bad, slaves ran away or were requisitioned for public works: when he has put these and all his other arguments, bring him back to the calculation of workers and their work! If there was rainy weather, what work could have been done while it rained? — washing and pitching vats, cleaning farm buildings, shifting grain, shovelling dung, making a dung-heap, threshing grain, mending ropes and making new ones; the slaves could have been patching their own cloaks and hoods.
On holidays they should have cleaned out blocked ditches, mended the public road, cut back hedges, dug the vegetable garden, cleared the meadow, cut sticks, pulled out brambles, husked the emmer, tidied up. While slaves were ill they ought not to have been given as much food.” It is astonishing the amount of detail he goes into. Just because the masters were wealthy, it did not mean they should not have intimate knowledge of shovelling dung, making heaps of them, ordering the planting of the vegetable garden, or cutting sticks. Quite the opposite! Even the food portions for the slaves were important, if profit was to be had!
Once the details were understood, then it was important to put forward the right orders for buying equipment, for selling the products (vegetables, animals or slaves), and for contracting the workers. The orders should have been delivered both verbally as well as in writing, so that there was a clear chronological record of the decision making process. Back then, papyri would have been the means of accounts. Today its a laptop with elaborate software. In both cases the outcome would have been similar.
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The size of the penalties will depend on the infringement and size of the company fined.
That's higher than the fines possible under the GDPR, Europe's strict digital privacy law. Companies face fines of up to 20 million euros or 4% of annual global turnover for GDPR breaches.
The distillation of Catos’s wisdom (and probably his best advice) can be summarised in the following sentence “The master has to be a selling man, not a buying man.” This is the traditional advice of frugality and simplicity, where loans remained an anathema. In Cato’s advice to the manager (not the owner this time) he insists that: “He must lend to no one but ensure that the owner’s loans are repaid. He must have no loans out to anyone, of seed for sowing, food, wheat, wine or oil: there should be two or three households from whom he can ask necessities and to whom he can give, but no others. He must regularly make up accounts with the owner.” Although he does not moralise on the ‘evil’ of loans, he would not willingly accept such an agreement inflicted upon him, unless, of course, it is the owner that provides the loan
There’s widespread agreement there’s been impressive progress in AI/ML in the domains of vision, natural
language, and game playing in the last decade [Krizhevsky et al., 2012, Xie et al., 2016, Silver et al., 2018].
However, there’s massive disagreement as to how much progress in capabilities we should expect in the near
and long term [Grace et al., 2017]. For this reason, we believe measuring overall progress in AI/ML is a
crucial question, because it can ground the discussion in evidence. Measuring AI progress is critical to policymakers, economists, industry leaders, potential researchers, and others trying to navigate this disagreement
and decide how much money and attention to invest in AI.
It's worth stressing that the AI Act still isn't in full force — this is just the first step in a series of many upcoming developments.
Tasos Stampelos, head of EU public policy and government relations at Mozilla, told CNBC previously that while it's "not perfect," the EU's AI Act is "very much needed."
"It's quite important to recognize that the AI Act is predominantly a product safety legislation," Stampelos said in a CNBC-moderated panel in November.
"With product safety rules, the moment you have it in place, it's not a done deal. There are a lot of things coming and following after the adoption of an act," he said.
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"Right now, compliance will depend on how standards, guidelines, secondary legislation or derivative instruments that follow the AI Act, that will actually stipulate what compliance looks like," Stampelos added.
In December, the EU AI Office, a newly created body regulating the use of models in accordance with the AI Act, published a second-draft code of practice for general-purpose AI (GPAI) models, which refers to systems like OpenAI's GPT family of large language models, or LLMs.
The second draft contained exemptions for providers of certain open-source AI models while including the requirement for developers of "systemic" GPAI models to undergo rigorous risk assessments.
All in all, the Romans did not put together elaborate business models based on debt and governmental grants. The clarity and minimalism of the economic and financial models at the time cannot be denied. Without trying to moralise on the topic, I would like to emphasise on the effectiveness of such an attitude. Today we are used to building large organisations based on loans, shares, use of derivatives. They grow fast and exponentially, they employ thousands of people and they go bust at the blink of an eye. We may enjoy the boosts as well as the busts of capitalism but I still appreciate the wisdom coming from the pre-industrial, pre-capitalist societies. Just for today, I intend to busk at the words of Cato and apply a bit more simplicity in my life!
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Several technology executives and investors are unhappy with some of the more burdensome aspects of the AI Act and worry it might strangle innovation.
In June 2024, Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands told CNBC in an interview that he's "really concerned" about Europe's focus on regulating AI.
"Our ambition seems to be limited to being good regulators," Constantijn said. "It's good to have guardrails. We want to bring clarity to the market, predictability and all that. But it's very hard to do that in such a fast-moving space."
Still, some think that having clear rules for AI could give Europe leadership advantage.
Most people who read ancient history are familiar with the kings of Rome, but the republic and empire get the lion’s share of the attention and the kings are usually relegated to mere anecdotes. Still, it’s interesting to discuss the kings and their part in founding the republic.
Why did Rome have kings, and why did they lose power in favor of the republic? We’ll discuss these questions later, but only peripherally, because the goal of this article is to talk about the kings and what we really know about them.
The Roman kings are shrouded in myth and invention: myth because Rome wanted to create a mythology like the Greeks; invention because much of the history was embellished to support the image of Rome. Here we will discuss what is known and toss the rest.
"While the U.S. and China compete to build the biggest AI models, Europe is showing leadership in building the most trustworthy ones," Diyan Bogdanov, director of engineering intelligence and growth at Bulgarian fintech firm Payhawk, said via email.
"The EU AI Act's requirements around bias detection, regular risk assessments, and human oversight aren't limiting innovation — they're defining what good looks like," he added.
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Our main source for information about the Roman kings is Livy Book I-V, the History of Rome. Livy’s dates were 59 BCE – 17CE, so he was writing about events up to 700 years before his time.
Livy was the first professional historian in Rome; historians who preceded him were wealthy people who studied history as a recreational activity. Livy read Thucydides and adopted his methods of relating history as stories about people. Those stories were made interesting to hold the attention of the reader. Livy believed Thucydides’ theory that history was a series of repeatable events displaying human behavior. For example, a tyrant in 500 BCE would act the same as a tyrant in 100 BCE. That idea made it easy to transfer current facts into the past. If the current tyrant stole money from the treasury, then the tyrant, from 400 years before, must have stolen money from the treasury.
Bitcoin's down move was more modest than that of other cryptocurrencies. Ether plunged 12% to around $2,600. It was trading above $3,300 Friday. Meme coins were among the hardest hit.
Jeff Park, Bitwise Asset Management's head of alpha strategies, said a sustained tariff war would be "amazing" for bitcoin in the long-run due to an eventual weakening of the dollar and U.S. rates.
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There were certainly events that made an impression on the Roman people, who wrote them down and carried them through history, so Livy has some true facts to use. One example was the barbarian sack of Rome in 390 BCE. That story was well-known to all Romans. A treaty between Rome and Carthage dated 507 BCE was also verified, as was a solar eclipse in 404 BCE.
We know that Rome was originally settled by two separate groups who tended goat and cattle herds, because of the differences in their pottery. They lived in huts on the top of two of the famous Roman hills: the Palatine and the Esquiline and lived a pastoral life, which continued for a century or more until the Etruscans appeared. More on that later.
Let us review the history of the kings in chronological order. Those stories that are bolded appear to be true.
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While many believe bitcoin is a hedge against inflation and uncertainty over the long term, it trades like a risk asset in the short term — and could endure further pain this month due to uncertainty around the trade war triggered by Trump's tariffs.
"Digital assets will eventually like today's [U.S. Treasury] yield mix (higher break-evens and lower real yields) but it will take outright nominal yields to roll lower at some stage (on growth fears) to solidify that," Geoff Kendrick, an analyst at Standard Chartered, said in a note Monday. "Until then we may be in for a choppy few days where the $90,000 level in BTC is again at risk."
Romulus (753-716), the founder of Rome, did not exist, but he was an important character in Roman mythology. The story of Romulus and Remus, with different names, was a Greek legend. There is no factual evidence about the existence of Romulus and the traditional founding date of the city, 753 BCE, was arbitrary.
Numa Pompilius (715-672) established Rome’s religious traditions, built temples, and set down rules for worshiping the gods. All Romans knew him as the king who created the cult of the Vestal Virgins. Numa introduced a legal system that governed some aspects of Roman life, such as marriage and contracts. The story of the Vestal Virgin story is the only plausible one.
!summarize #raydalio #market #investing
Tullus Hostilius (672-640), the third king of Rome, was known for his focus on the military, and his expansion of Rome's territory through conquests. Tullus is also credited with the transformation of Rome into a city-state. History records that he built the first Senate House (the curia), naming it Curia Hostilia. The remaining details of his reign have not been verified.
Ancus Marcius (640-616). Ancus Marcius, the fourth king of Rome, prioritized infrastructure development. He expanded the size of the city, built its first walls, and constructed the first bridge over the Tiber River. There is no verification for this information.
Investors are watching $90,000 as the key support level in bitcoin, and some have warned of an even deeper pullback toward $80,000 should the cryptocurrency meaningfully break below its support.
Bitcoin is about 12% off its Jan. 20 record of $109,350.72. Seasoned crypto investors and traders have become accustomed over the years to corrections of around 30% during bull markets.
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The tech giant has argued that its Play store competes fiercely with Apple's App Store, and that Donato unfairly allowed Epic to tell jurors that Google and Apple are not competitors for app distribution and in-app payments.
Google also said in its appeal that Donato was wrong to issue an order affecting users and developers nationwide, not just Epic. It said the judge was acting as "a central planner responsible for product design."
Epic has asked the 9th Circuit to reject those arguments and accused Google of a "years-long strategy to suppress competition among app stores and payment solutions."
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In a statement, Epic said it will "fight to ensure that the jury's verdict and the court's injunction are upheld and Google is held to account for its anticompetitive behavior."
Microsoft filed a brief backing Epic, as did the U.S. Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission.
The 9th Circuit could issue a ruling later in the year. Its decision can be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Etruscan influence
The Etruscan civilization arose north and west of Rome in about 900 BCE. It developed into an advanced society and the Etruscans became international traders. They engaged in trade all along the west coast of Italy, using a road that crossed the Tiber near the Roman settlements, because the river was shallow there. They often traveled to the mouth of the Tiber to gather salt for their cities. The Etruscans were on good terms with the Romans until an Etruscan, Tarquinius Priscus, took the Roman kingship by force.
The creators of the meme coin receive a share of the trading fees from Meteora, a little-known crypto exchange where the $Trump coins were first sold, the blockchain analyzes showed. At least fifty of the largest investors in the coin have made profits in excess of $10 million each on the $Trump coin, according to Chainalysis. At the same time, some 200,000 crypto wallets, most with small holdings, lost money on $Trump on the exchange, it said.
Trump has pledged to put his assets in a trust managed by his children on entering the White House. His son, Eric Trump, speaking on behalf of the Trump Organization, told Reuters in response to questions about the fees he is proud of what "we continue to accomplish in crypto. $Trump is currently the hottest digital meme on earth."
"We are just getting started," he added.
The White House responded to a list of questions from Reuters with a two-page fact sheet describing Trump's executive order earlier this month on digital financial technology. It did not address questions about the trading fees.
Trump has promised to become the first "crypto president" and make America the "crypto capital of the planet" by overhauling regulations and promoting ownership of digital assets. Several key figures in his administration, cabinet and circles hold crypto or have ties to the crypto industry.
But the combination of large dollar amounts around his crypto ventures and their opaque nature has also sparked criticism from ethics experts and Trump's political opponents in the Democratic party.
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"There's an ethical concern that in effect he has the power to regulate his own business," said Richard Briffault, a law professor at Columbia University.
Reuters was unable to determine how much of Trump's own wealth comes from this newest crypto business because precise details of his ownership are not public. Trump's other crypto investments include two decentralized finance (DeFi) projects – a type of platform that connects buyers and sellers without the need for traditional intermediaries like banks – and a series of non-fungible tokens, a type of digital asset.
Opaque Ownership
Meme coins are crypto tokens that feature branding or names referencing memes or internet trends. They are usually highly volatile and have scant practical use. Trump's coin, for example, is intended as an expression of support for the president's call to "fight, fight, fight" after he was shot at a campaign rally last year.
The exact ownership of Trump's meme coins is hidden behind opaque limited liability companies. Fight Fight Fight, a Delaware-registered company, is the owner of the official website for the coin, gettrumpmemes.com.
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William Zanker, a Trump business associate who in 2022 collaborated with him on digital assets, is listed as the primary contact for Fight Fight Fight in registration documents. He did not respond to a request for comment.
Fight Fight Fight is owned by Trump's CIC Digital and Celebration Cards, according to the meme coin's website. Reuters could not ascertain the identity of the people behind Celebration Cards, which also receives revenue from the trading activities of the meme coin.
The official $Trump website says up to 1 billion $Trump coins will be sold over the next 36 months. Initially, a tranche of 200 million $Trump coins was released to the market, when the coin's creators transferred them to three crypto wallets, the blockchain analysis shows. The meme coin's website says Fight Fight Fight and CIC Digital own the remaining 800 million coins, worth around $16 billion at the coin's current price of about $20.
!summarize #trump #mexico #border #tariffs
Merkle Science said the three crypto wallets were the earliest holders of the $Trump tokens and received the coins directly from their creators without purchasing them. Chainalysis said that, based on its assessment, the three wallet addresses "belong to creators of the $Trump coin."
Blockchain analysis firms track the movement of crypto coins on the public ledger that underpins most digital assets. They connect digital wallets – which are anonymous – with known individuals or entities via proprietary research and investigations.
Additionally, Servius implemented several infrastructure projects, including the construction of the Servian Walls, which fortified the city of Rome and marked a significant expansion of its boundaries. We know that during his reign, the Roman army was converted to the Greek model (Hoplite) and started utilizing the Phalanx formation. Servius established the Cult of Diana, presumably to make Rome they head of an alliance with other Latin districts. Servius was assassinated by his daughter, and her husband, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, who then assumed the throne. The Servian Constitution story is plausible, the date for the hoplite conversion accurate, and the Cult of Diana story reasonable.
!summarize #elonmusk #mars #astronomer #space #spacex
The wallets began trading the tokens on Meteora, a DeFi exchange, the blockchain analyzes show.
Traders on Meteora pay a fee to the coin creators for providing liquidity, a function that enables buyers and sellers to trade an asset smoothly. The creators do so by putting some of their assets in so-called "liquidity pools," which then stand ready to enable trading on the exchange.
Meteora says it allows creators to "mint a meme coin and earn fees for life." The exchange also receives fees.
Ben Chow, the Meteora co-founder, said in a Telegram chat that he did not know anything about the team behind the Trump token. In response to a question on how Meteora was involved with the launch of the $Trump token, Chow said: "I didn't connect with the team precisely."
The republic replaced the king with a new magistrate called the consul. Two consul positions were created, with veto power over each other, so neither could try and take control of the republic. Brutus was named the first consul of the new Republic along with Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus.
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He added "the team reached out" to his co-founder, who is known only as Meow. Reuters could not reach Meow.
The fees on Meteora vary during spells of market volatility, its website says, with "surge pricing" in place, where fees rise with higher demand.
Between Jan.17 and Jan. 30, the three wallets earned fees of $86 million through these activities on Meteora, Merkle Science estimated. Chainalysis assessed that the three had earned about $94 million in trading fees over the same period.
A third blockchain analytics firm, whose founder requested it not be identified, said by Jan. 29 it calculated the meme coin had garnered roughly $100 million in fees.
After the republic was in operation, the former king tried to regain the throne, using his ambassadors to put together a conspiracy against the Republic. Two of Brutus’ sons were part of the conspiracy and Brutus had them executed along with other conspirators, to demonstrate his loyalty to the republic. Superbus then sent an army to attack Rome, but he was repulsed at the Battle of Lake Regillus in 496 BCE. Brutus led the cavalry on the side of the Republic, but was killed in battle. It is likely that Brutus was a real person and likely that the former king fought to regain the throne, but details of these events have not been verified.
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Dem Sens Demand RFK Jr. Recusal From Vaccine Matters if Confirmed
Two U.S. senators demanded Monday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recuse himself from all Health and Human Services matters related to vaccines.
Two U.S. senators who will vote this week on whether to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination as the top U.S. health official demanded Monday that he recuse himself from all agency matters related to vaccines, arguing that President Donald Trump's pick holds unscientific views about their safety and stands poised to benefit financially from such decisions.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., also asked that Kennedy, who is Republican Trump's choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, pledge not to engage in lawsuits involving vaccines for at least four years after leaving office.
Kennedy, a 70-year-old environmental activist who has spread misinformation on vaccines, was questioned last week by both Republican and Democrat senators on the Senate's Finance and Health committees. The Finance Committee will vote this week on whether to push Kennedy's nomination to a full Senate vote.
Groups that oppose Kennedy's confirmation see a handful of Republican senators as potential swing votes against Kennedy, including Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
If confirmed, Kennedy would run HHS, which oversees more than $3 trillion in healthcare spending, including at the Food and Drug Administration and the agency in charge of the Medicare and Medicaid health insurance programs covering nearly half of all Americans.
After the kings
The Republic was launched in 509 BCE with a new political system, which included the Senate, people’s assembly, and two consuls. This was 250 years after the founding of the city, but few details from this period can be confirmed. We know that in 494 BCE, the Plebeians revolted, forcing the government to create a new magistrate position, the tribune, who would represent the plebeians. Later, in about 450 BCE, the plebeians forced the government to write down the laws of Rome (The Twelve Tables) and display them in the Forum for all to see.
The Romans went to war with the Etruscans in 405 BCE and it took them 10 years to capture the city of Veii. After many wars over many decades, the Romans defeated the Etruscans for the final time in 280 BCE, and absorbed Etruria into the republic.
Kennedy has faced scrutiny during his nomination over his ties to Los Angeles-based law firm Wisner Baum, which specializes in pharmaceutical drug injury cases.
He has an arrangement to earn 10% of fees awarded in contingency cases he refers to the firm, according to a letter Kennedy wrote to an HHS ethics official released in January. In that letter Kennedy wrote that if confirmed he would retain that financial interest in cases that do not directly impact the U.S. government.
After his confirmation hearings last week, Kennedy sent a supplemental letter, dated Feb. 1, to HHS, writing he will assign his right to receive payment from cases not directly impacting the U.S. government to a non-dependent, adult family member.
At the beginning of this article I asked, why Rome had kings and how did they lose power?
Monarchy was the default political system in the ancient world. Greece was an exception to the rule, although Sparta had kings. In Rome, as the society developed, economic classes formed, with the wealthy at the top. Perhaps it was an oligarchy or aristocracy that became established. Then, at some point, a leader emerged and became king. This story was common place in antiquity.
What is surprising, though, is the overthrow of the kings and the establishment of the republic. The Latin people who occupied the geography in and around the city of Rome, were a unique people, who believed in themselves and were dedicated to building a political system that involved the people. Rome was one of few republics in history and probably unique in the ancient world.
Its people were hardworking, with an uncommon engineering sense, that drove them to build bridges, aqueducts, roads, and buildings, unlike any other civilization in ancient times. The Romans were not thinkers like the Greeks. They were doers. Of all the tribes and societies in Italy, or for that matter all of Europe, only the Romans possessed the skills and motivation to organize their world and set an example for all time.
How much do we really know about Minoan culture? How much is creative imagination?
Truth be told, we have a lot of unanswered questions about the Minoans (Were they really called that, for instance?). However, the popularity of this civilization has led to the creation of false stereotypes. In our search for the truth from myths (and assumptions!) our assistants will be the usual; archaeological finds, anthropology, genetics, Greek myths, and ancient texts.
Truth be told, we have a lot of unanswered questions about the Minoans (Were they really called that, for instance?). However, the popularity of this civilization has led to the creation of false stereotypes. In our search for the truth from myths (and assumptions!) our assistants will be the usual; archaeological finds, anthropology, genetics, Greek myths, and ancient texts.
He excluded payment from claims against Southern California Edison, Boeing and Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation for damages resulting from previous California wildfires.
"The arrangement outlined in your Ethics Agreement Amendment is plainly inadequate, as it would appear to allow an immediate family member to benefit financially from your position as Secretary," Wyden and Warren wrote in their letter to Kennedy.
"It seems possible that many different types of vaccine-related decisions and communications – which you would be empowered to make and influence as Secretary – could result in significant financial compensation for your family," they wrote.
The name-Minoan civilization- is a product of creative imagination. In fact, we don’t know what the Minoans called themselves. From the Egyptian archives, we get the name Keftiu (that reminds us of Crete) but the name of their homeland is still under discussion.
We definitely know their origin; at least three-quarters of their population came from the first Neolithic farmers of western Anatolia and the Aegean, and most of the remainder from ancient populations like those of the Caucasus and Iran.
Wyden and Warren added that they do no trust Kennedy's disclosures to the Finance Committee, as they said Kennedy has failed to disclose the "hundreds of cases" he has referred to Wisner Baum to which the 10% referral fee agreement applies and has failed to provide clarity about which vaccines were involved in those cases.
"During the course of my work with Wisner Baum, I referred many hundreds of cases to the firm," Kennedy wrote in response to questions from the Finance Committee after his confirmation hearing. "It is impossible to provide the information requested, much of which I do not personally have, with respect to each such case in the time allotted for my response."
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Reuters exclusively reported in January that Kennedy played an instrumental role in organizing mass litigation against Merck over its human papillomavirus shot Gardasil.
In his additional responses to the Finance Committee, Kennedy wrote he would not commit to recuse himself from various HHS matters related to the Gardasil vaccine, including public statements related to Gardasil.
Kennedy, who founded the anti-vaccine group Children's Health Defense, argues that he is not against vaccines. The group has sued in state and federal courts over vaccines.
Senator Cassidy, a key Republican senator on the Finance Committee, told Kennedy last week he was struggling with the nomination, saying he had reservations about Kennedy's "misleading arguments" on vaccines.
We know the time period that the Minoan civilization arose, thrived, and declined. It emerged in the 3rd millennium BCE, reached its peak in the 2nd millennium BCE, and vanished in the Bronze Age collapse, around 1150 BCE.
The Minoans were international merchants and seamen; they were highly involved in metal trading and Minoan artifacts are found around the Mediterranean coast (much of it from Egypt and the Levant, fewer items on the West coast). How far did they travel? We can’t tell for sure although there are indications of Minoan presence as far as Scandinavia. The indirect trade between the Minoans and the British islands and the Baltic region is proven by the Welsh tin and the Baltic amber they used.
If Kennedy's nomination goes to the full Senate, he would need the support of at least 50 senators, which would allow Vice President J.D. Vance to cast another tiebreaking vote to confirm his nomination.
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Asteroid Triggers International Warning System
Based on measurements so far, the asteroid has a 1.3% chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032.
An asteroid the size of a football field has triggered the international warning system for the first time since it was set up in 2013 after telescope observations revealed it has a chance of colliding with Earth in 2032, The Guardian reported.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 was observed by an automated telescope in Chile just over a month ago but has since risen to the top of impact risk lists run by the U.S. and European space agencies.
The asteroid ranks as a 3 on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, which means a close encounter that astronomers must pay attention to, because there is a 1% or greater chance of a collision in the next decade that would cause "localized destruction." The Torino scale ranges from 0, when there is no risk, to 10 when a collision is certain and poses a threat to the future of civilization as we know it.
In the unlikely event of an impact, the blast damage from this asteroid could reach as much as some 30 miles from the impact site.
Experts point out that he public needs to understand that the discovery of a potentially hazardous asteroid is due to an improved detection system and not a harbinger of doom, according to The Washington Post.
Heidi Hammel, vice president for science at the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, urged the public not to worry about this new asteroid.
"I have car insurance and house insurance, but I don't worry about getting asteroid insurance," she said.
Currently, there are no other asteroids with a Torino rating above 0.
The asteroid's hazard rating is the second-highest ever recorded, behind only Apophis, which in 2004 briefly rated a 4.
Bronze was imported to Scandinavia from the East Mediterranean. At the same time, amber from the Baltic appeared in Minoan graves and petroglyphs of very large sea ships have been found in today’s Sweden. Back in 1700 BCE, only the Minoan ships fit that depiction.
The Minoans were great craftsmen and engineers. This is undisputed as the Minoan ceramics, jewels, artifacts, and constructions unearthed are astonishing.
Apophis was first forecast to have a 2.7% probability of hitting Earth in April 2029, but further observations found that it will surely miss.
Still, Apophis will pass within 20,000 miles of the surface of Earth, less than a tenth the distance to the moon and within the orbits of some satellites.
Scientists are hoping to observe it with a robotic space probe as it passes to determine how the asteroid's gravitational interaction with Earth distorts the structure of the rock, information that could help researchers figure out ways to deflect the orbits of asteroids that are on a hazardous trajectory.
Chamath is absolutely 💯 spot on. Agree. We created our proprietary claims language model even before openAI came out with ChatGPT for costs similar to actually less than DeepSeek right here in Silicon Valley. But investors want the hype, brash entrepreneurs, and flashy startups to invest millions and billions. You’re giving too much money to startups that don’t have a sustainable business model, and a good product in much needed industries and spaces. VCs keep giving me this theory that it has to be horizontal but nothing about LLMs are proprietary so anyone can come up with various other models more cost effectively down the road. It’s in the small domain models and implementations and open source libraries for middleware and some software around LLms that has intrinsically more value.
DeepSeek used 8-bit quantization (FP8) and Group Relative Policy Optimization (GRPO) to train a 671B Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model for just ~$5.6M, making AI training far more efficient. These techniques cut costs by reducing memory and compute needs while activating only 37B parameters per token, but they don’t eliminate the need for GPUs—just enable larger, cheaper models. OpenAI can now apply the same methods to train a 8–12 trillion parameter model using its massive GPU resources, pushing AI far beyond current limits. Rather than reducing GPU demand, these optimizations will drive even greater demand as AI labs scale models 10x larger than today’s leading systems.
The palatial complex at Knossos. The main Minoan cities were unique as they were built in a form of complexes including the royal residence, shops, workshops, warehouses, residents, and more. The interior facilities had no match for many millennia ahead…
The Greek legends about Daedalus and his achievements (the construction of the Labyrinth, the robot Talos, and the flying device/wings) enhance this notion. The Greeks showed great respect for the Minoan technology although they seemed relieved when they got rid of them!
The lack of deciphered scripts (apart from an interesting metric system) doesn’t allow us to make solid conclusions about their scientific knowledge.
Let’s sum it up till now; the Minoans are (for sure) olive skin and dark-haired people, travelers, merchants, craftsmen, and probably primitive scientists. This was the easy part, as all the above facts came directly from excavation findings or lab analysis.
The discussion of topics such as the Minoan regime, religion, and society are tricky, because the lack of written texts and references can’t be replaced by archaeology.
However, there are two commonly believed assumptions that archaeology has debunked.
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Were the Minoans a peaceful people?
Sir Arthur Evans claimed that there weren’t any fortifications on the island and very few weapons were found in the Minoan cemeteries, so, they must be a peaceful society. This is not true. In the beginning of the 2nd millennium BCE the Minoans conquered the Cycladic islands, and Greek myths talk about fierce rivalry between them and the Mycenaeans. And there were fortifications on the island, unearthed by Sir Arthur Evans!
Evans was a skilled archaeologist, applied pioneer methods, and did remarkable, monumental work on Crete and was the single most influential person to have shaped modern understanding of the Minoan civilization. Why did he disguise the truth? The explanation has a political origin. The discovery of the warlike Mycenaean world by an amateur archaeologist, Heinrich Schliemann, launched the prehistoric Aegean to take center stage.
Dozens of Ed Dept Workers Put on Leave Over Trump's Anti-DEI Order
Dozens of employees at the Education Department were put on paid administrative leave in response to President Donald Trump’s order banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal government, according to a labor union that represents hundreds of workers in the agency.
It's unclear how many workers were put on leave or for what reasons, said Sheria Smith, president of American Federation of Government Employees Local 252. The majority of employees placed on leave do not work in DEI initiatives and span all branches of the agency, she said, from an office that sends billions of dollars to K-12 schools to an office that enforces civil rights laws.
The shakeup comes as Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, pushes to cut programs and federal workers at departments across the government, including the U.S. Agency for International Development. A DOGE team was working at the Education Department on Monday to implement Trump's executive orders and agenda, said Madison Biedermann, an Education Department spokesperson.
The department did not immediately comment on the personnel changes and would not say how many employees were placed on leave.
At least 55 Education Department workers received an email Friday saying they were being put on paid leave effective immediately pursuant to Trump's executive order. It wasn’t being done for “any disciplinary purpose,” according to a copy of the email obtained by The Associated Press.
Those placed on leave lost access to their government email accounts and were told not to report to the office. They include a range of staff members and managers across the department, which employs more than 4,000 workers in Washington and regional offices across the country.
Most of those on leave appear to have taken a voluntary diversity training seminar offered by the department, Smith said. The Diversity Change Agent program has been promoted by the agency for years, including during Trump’s first term in office.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Mediterranean and Balkans were ravaged by conflict between the weakening Ottoman Empire and subject nations struggling to gain independence. Sir Arthur had already experienced first-hand the terrible ethnically- and religiously-driven conflict in the Balkans, and again on Crete, and hoped his excavation at Knossos could reveal the oldest European civilization to be a place of peace and unity.
The impact of Evan’s vision can be seen at its most literal at the site of Knossos as his arbitrary “reconstitutions” are criticized by many scholars but visitors remain enchanted by them.
Were the Minoans a cheerful society?
The truth is that the colorful frescoes and pottery depict scenes of smiling people engaged in everyday activities. But the Minoans had a nightmare, the earthquakes!
This is Crete, a mountainous island of ~8,500 km2 in the middle of the Eastern Mediterranean.
It lies within the uplifted fore-arc section of the Hellenic subduction margin. In simple words, it is exactly where the African oceanic plate runs into and slides beneath the continental Eurasian one. As a result, it is the most seismically active region of Europe, the island is literally trembling, a fact that the Minoans took seriously during construction. Their anti-seismic constructions were ahead of their contemporaries.
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Graduates of the two-day program were expected to serve as role models and help improve the department's “capacity to attract and retain a diverse workforce,” according to an internal email from 2019 obtained by the AP.
Smith said hundreds of employees have taken the training, but it was unclear if all of them were placed on leave. She said many people were under the impression the training was strongly encouraged or required.
“It seems unfair to encourage or require people to take a training and then four or five years later place them on administrative leave,” Smith said.
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Some current employees who are on leave said the action could disrupt the agency's core work, including the management of federal student loans and the FAFSA form for student financial aid. The workers spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., a former teacher and member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said Trump is “purging” employees for taking a training course that his administration encouraged them to take.
“This won’t help our kids learn or even save us money,” Murray said on the social media site X. “He’s just breaking services people rely on.”
Trump’s order called for all DEI staff in the federal government to be put on paid leave and eventually laid off. It’s part of a broader crackdown on diversity programs that the Republican president says are racist.
Trump campaigned on a promise to shut down the Education Department, which he says has been infiltrated by “radicals, zealots and Marxists.” He said the agency's power should be turned over to states and schools.
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Trump Pausing Tariffs on Mexico, Canada as Both Pledge to Boost Border Enforcement
President Donald Trump on Monday held off on his tariff threats against Mexico and Canada for 30 days after the two U.S. neighbors agreed to boost border security efforts.
In a blast on Truth Social early Monday evening, Trump celebrated news of progress in talks with Canada to head off -- at least for now -- the threat of tariffs and an escalating trade war.
"Canada has agreed to ensure we have a secure Northern Border, and to finally end the deadly scourge of drugs like Fentanyl that have been pouring into our Country, killing hundreds of thousands of Americans, while destroying their families and communities all across our Country," Trump posted.
He continued: "Canada will implement their $1.3 Billion Border plan, and as per Prime Minister Trudeau, will be 'reinforcing the Border with new choppers, technology and personnel, enhanced coordination with our American partners, and increased resources to stop the flow of fentanyl. Nearly 10,000 frontline personnel are, and will be, working on protecting the Border. In addition, Canada is making new commitments to appoint a Fentanyl Czar, we will list cartels as terrorists, ensure 24/7 eyes on the Border, launch a Canada-U.S. Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering. I have also signed a new intelligence directive on organized crime and fentanyl, and we will be backing it with $200 million.'
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"As President, it is my responsibility to ensure the safety of ALL Americans, and I am doing just that. I am very pleased with this initial outcome, and the Tariffs announced on Saturday will be paused for a 30 day period to see whether or not a final Economic deal with Canada can be structured. FAIRNESS FOR ALL!"
Trump on Saturday had directed that 25% tariffs on most imports from the two American partners — and 10% on Canadian energy products — go into effect at midnight Tuesday. The two nations threatened retaliation of their own, raising the prospects of a broader regional trade war.
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In a statement on X, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that on a call with Trump he pledged additional cooperation on border security. It follows similar moves by Mexico earlier Monday.
“Proposed tariffs will be paused for at least 30 days while we work together," Trudeau said.
Earlier Monday, Trump opted to hold off n his tariff threats against Mexico for one month of further negotiations after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to send 10,000 members of her country's national guard to the border to address drug trafficking.
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"I just had a good call with President Trump. Canada is implementing our $1.3 billion border plan — reinforcing the border with new choppers, technology and personnel, enhanced coordination with our American partners, and increased resources to stop the flow of fentanyl. Nearly 10,000 frontline personnel are and will be working on protecting the border. In addition, Canada is making new commitments to appoint a Fentanyl Czar, we will list cartels as terrorists, ensure 24/7 eyes on the border, launch a Canada- U.S. Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering. I have also signed a new intelligence directive on organized crime and fentanyl and we will be backing it with $200 million. Proposed tariffs will be paused for at least 30 days while we work together."
When the anti-seismic skills were not enough, the Minoans asked their deities for protection, offering them the ultimate sacrifice, human lives!
Those were the Minoans…bright and dark, victims and killers. More than a hundred years after they entered the world of history, emerging from mythology, they still keep a lot of secrets and surprises from us. This only makes them even more fascinating
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ACLU Sues Over Trump Ban on Asylum at US-Mexico Border
A leading U.S. civil rights group on Monday filed a lawsuit targeting President Donald Trump's sweeping ban on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying the restrictions effectively block all access to asylum for migrants at the border in violation of U.S. laws and international treaties.
A leading U.S. civil rights group on Monday filed a lawsuit targeting President Donald Trump's sweeping ban on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying the restrictions effectively block all access to asylum for migrants at the border in violation of U.S. laws and international treaties.
The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, challenges a ban issued by Trump after taking office on Jan. 20 that blocks all migrants "engaged in the invasion across the southern border" from claiming asylum or other humanitarian protections. Trump has taken an array of executive actions to deter illegal immigration and ramp up arrests and deportations of migrants in the U.S. illegally. The actions include sending additional U.S. military troops to the border and directing other federal agencies to assist immigration enforcement. Trump's ban on asylum at the border goes further than restrictions put in place by former President Joe Biden in June to discourage illegal crossings. Biden's restrictions were coupled with a legal entry program that allowed 1,450 migrants per day to schedule appointments at a legal border crossing to request asylum, an initiative that Trump ended hours after taking office.
I want to introduce you to someone who will be contributing guest posts on this site. Giota Detsi lives in Athens and has been writing articles about ancient history for several years. We have worked together on the Ancient History space on Quora since 2019.
As you can guess, her focus is on Greek and Aegean history. When she isn’t writing about ancient history, Giota is a Physics teacher.
The Biden restrictions remain in place and are subject to a separate ACLU legal challenge.
Lee Gelernt, an ACLU attorney who has litigated other prominent asylum cases, said Trump's ban was unprecedented. "It eliminates all avenues to seek asylum, completely ignoring the statutory system created by Congress," Gelernt said in a statement. "Countless families will be in danger based on the pretense that we are under an invasion by desperate immigrants."
The ACLU-led lawsuit was filed on behalf of three immigrant advocacy groups in Texas and Arizona in federal court in Washington, D.C.
The ACLU blocked several Trump policies restricting asylum during his 2017-2021 presidency.
Trump's latest asylum ban employs a statute known as 212(f) to block all migrants at the southern border from claiming asylum, the same legal authority Trump used for his travel ban policies on Muslim-majority countries and other nations. The Supreme Court upheld a version of Trump's travel ban in 2018.
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Bill Ackman, Dropbox Leave Delaware as Corporations Pull Out
Bill Ackman, the owner of investment firm Pershing Square, on Saturday said he's reincorporating his management company in Nevada. He announced the change on X.
Billionaires and Big-Tech companies are fleeing Delaware in such droves, Newsweek said the state faces an "exodus" of major corporations.
After reports over the weekend that Facebook's Meta was considering moving its incorporation from Delaware to Texas, billionaire Bill Ackman tweeted he will move his financial management company out of the Diamond State.
"We are reincorporating our management company in Nevada for the same reason. Top law firms are recommending Nevada and Texas over Delaware," Ackman wrote.
Ackman is not alone in the exodus.
Big Tech's Dropbox revealed in a shareholder resolution that it was moving from Delaware to Nevada.
And Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal warned on X that "Delaware is at serious risk of losing its standing as the leading state of incorporation for American companies."
Once corporate-friendly Delaware has become an activist, DEI state in recent years with once nonpartial judges using their gavel to penalize Big Business and political conservatives.
After seeing a Democrat judge move to block his shareholder-approved Tesla compensation package of $56 billion, Musk moved Tesla and SpaceX's incorporation to Texas. His biotech company Neuralink was moved from Delaware to Nevada.
On X, Musk stated, "Never incorporate your company in the state of Delaware."
The home state of former President Joe Biden, Delaware has come under criticism for its close ties to the Biden family and its political agenda.
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Last year, The Wall Street Journal published an article, co-written by former Attorney General William Barr, lambasting Delaware for embracing far-left environmental, social, and governance policies and attempting to push them on corporations.
Viet Dinh, former Fox News chief legal counsel, also complained the network was forced into an unprecedented $787 million settlement with a voting company over its reports relating to the 2020 election.
Dinh complained that the court had failed to apply standard libel law with rulings that "called into question the fundamental fairness and integrity of the Delaware civil justice system."
The Greek and Roman cultures are universally recognized as the greatest Western civilizations from the time we consider “ancient.” Their influence was rooted in culture, which provided a foundation for modern society and its political frameworks, and they would ultimately become models for post-Enlightenment governments. The Greeks, as specialists in ideas, pioneered modern philosophy, art, theater, poetry, mathematics, and science. The Romans, as a more practical people, contributed engineering, law, and a political system called the Republic.
The accomplishments of Greece and Rome cast a shadow over their predecessors, suggesting the older civilizations were less important. That line of thinking is a serious mistake, which we will attempt to reverse here by highlighting the importance of Mesopotamia, one of the most important civilizations in all of human history. Mesopotamia built the world’s first true civilization making it the father of all cultures in the West that would follow it. Mesopotamia served as the crucible for mankind to develop agricultural, pre-dynastic, and monarchical cultures.
The word Mesopotamia is a collective term for several ancient cultures located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in what is now Iraq. These societies prospered as independently from 5000 BCE to 1800 BCE. Their advent was facilitated by the presence of an alluvial plain, which provided the spark for mankind to begin irrigation farming. An alluvial plain is a gently sloping land surface formed by sediment left from rising and falling water levels.
Planting in an alluvial plain maid the sowing and watering crops easier because the softness of the soil allowed seeds to be pressed into the ground, by hand, without difficulty.
The history of the Mesopotamian region is too expansive to describe in a short article because its many separate cultures existed over a span of four millennia. To simplify the story, we will focus our discussion on Sumer, arguably the most important of the Mesopotamian cultures. The term Sumer refers to a specific geographical region of Mesopotamia, in the south, near the point where the Tigris and Euphrates empty into the Persian Gulf. That geography would come to support one of the greatest of the world’s ancient cultures.
The map above shows ancient Sumer and its cities. At the time when the area which would become Sumer was established (6500BC), the Persian Gulf extended farther north than it does today. Baghdad and Babylon are shown as reference points only. Neither existed during the time of Sumerian domination.
The Ubaidians were the first to exploit the alluvial plain of Sumer and build a civilization between the great rivers.
Sen. Collins Will Vote to Confirm Gabbard for DNI
Collins had expressed skepticism over Gabbard, particularly over her reversal on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and then her position on Edward Snowden.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced Monday that she will support Tulsi Gabbard's confirmation for director of national intelligence, giving President Donald Trump's nominee a crucial Republican swing vote.
Collins had expressed skepticism over Gabbard, particularly over her reversal on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and then her position on Edward Snowden.
The cities shown on the map, which would later become the jewels of Sumer, were originally Ubaid cities. We know this because their names predate the Sumerian language. The Ubaids developed as a civilization of farmers, cattle raisers, and fishermen. Their craftsmen included weavers, leatherworkers, carpenters, smiths, potters, and masons. Excavated remains from the period include hoes, adzes, and knives, along with clay artifacts such as sickles, bricks, loom weights, figurines, and painted pottery. Together, these artifacts provide a record of stunning accomplishments for a people who predated the Greeks by 4000 years.
Gabbard could not afford to lose Collins' vote, as the Senate Intelligence Committee has a 9-8 partisan split, meaning she can only afford to lose one Republican vote, assuming all Democrats vote against her. Collins' announcement on Monday clears at least one hurdle ahead of Tuesday's intel meeting to advance Gabbard to the full Senate floor.
"After extensive consideration of her nomination, I will support Tulsi Gabbard to be the Director of National Intelligence," Collins said in a statement. "The Office of the Director of National Intelligence … has become far larger than it was designed to be, and Ms. Gabbard shares my vision of returning the agency to its intended size."
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"In response to my questions during our discussion in my office and at the open hearing, as well as through her explanation at the closed hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Ms. Gabbard addressed my concerns regarding her views on Edward Snowden," Collins said. "I look forward to working with Ms. Gabbard to strengthen our national security."
Gabbard in 2020 proposed legislation to repeal Section 702. She has also voted against reauthorizing the program. But earlier this month she told Punchbowl News that the program is "crucial" and "must be safeguarded to protect our nation while ensuring the civil liberties of Americans."
The other Republican swing vote on the intelligence panel is Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., who was displeased with Gabbard's responses regarding Snowden during her confirmation hearing last week, The Hill reported. When asked three times, she refused to call Snowden a "traitor," stating only that he broke the law.
Gabbard on Monday pushed back on the controversy over her responses to those questions about Snowden.
Gabbard said that she declined to call Snowden a "traitor" because she doesn't use the word "casually," adding that, "Snowden should have raised his concerns about illegal surveillance through authorized channels, such as the inspector general or the Intelligence Committee, instead of leaking to the media."
Historically, nations did not conduct themselves without aligning with or getting their bearings in relation to a power system that drove the world, an anchor. This was the case, for example, in the world wars of the last century, and the Cold War. But as Chairman George Friedman explained in our recent ClubGPF live discussion, things have changed, and various nations are testing each other.
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OpenAI unveils a new ChatGPT agent for ‘deep research’
OpenAI has announced a new AI agent designed to help people conduct in-depth research. The new 'deep research' feature is designed for situations where users need to perform precise and reliable research using information from multiple sources. It is now available to ChatGPT Pro users, limited to 100 queries per month. OpenAI is targeting a Plus rollout about a month from now and support for Team and Enterprise users is planned. The release will be geo-targeted - there are currently no plans to release 'deep research' in the US, Switzerland, or the European Economic Area.
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TikTok’s traffic bounces back despite being pulled off app stores, fears of shutdown
DNS traffic for TikTok-related domains is currently around 10% lower than pre-shutdown levels. The app briefly shut down in the US but came back online after President Trump said he would postpone enforcement of the ban. Traffic to TikTok alternatives peaked on the day TikTok returned online. Many creators are expanding their online presence to other platforms as TikTok's long-term future in the US remains uncertain.
#technology #socialmedia #tiktok
Can We Build a Five Gigawatt Data Center?
AI labs will need data centers that require the power equivalent of some of the US' largest cities by 2030. Forecasts predict that training runs will require 5-gigawatt centers within five years - GPT-4 was reportedly trained with 30 megawatts of power. While tech leaders seem confident that they will be able to build data centers of unprecedented size, these plans are still in the planning and permission stages and actual sites that can support these projects are scarce for several reasons. The US currently doesn't have the power, funding, or permitting required to meet the forecasted AI data center infrastructure demands, but it might be possible by 2030 through permitting reform and substantial investment.
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Stablecoins are finding product-market fit in emerging markets
SpaceX faced problems accepting payments in developing markets as its Starlink service expanded to more than 100 countries. This caused the startup to turn to stablecoins, which allowed it to accept cheap and near-instant cross-border transactions. Stablecoins are now a $205 billion market driven by real-world utility, particularly in emerging markets. They are becoming a core part of financial markets and it is possible they could replace outdated financial systems as adoption accelerates.
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Trump coin leads tumble in meme cryptocurrencies as tariffs rock global markets
Meme coins plummeted over the weekend as President Donald Trump signed new tariffs, kicking off a trade war that caused investors to dump risk assets.
Trump's own meme coin, dubbed Official Trump, launched a little over two weeks ago, was last down 15% to $17, according to CoinGecko. It rallied to a high of about $73 dollars the weekend of its launch before crashing 50% on inauguration day.
The biggest and most popular meme coins, dogecoin and Shiba Inu, lost about 14% each. Pudgy Penguins was down 13%, while dogwifhat tumbled 26%.
Meme coins as a group have dropped 17% in the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko.
#trump #crypto #tariffs #markets
The drop began Saturday evening after Trump signed an order imposing 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, as well as a 10% duty on China. The U.S. does about $1.6 trillion in business with the three countries.
"Every coin that recently rallied through January, including memes like [dogecoin], have essentially handed back most of their gains," said James Davies, CEO and co-founder at trading platform Crypto Valley Exchange.
"Crypto is fundamentally about freedom to make and conduct trades, which runs counter to the global political narrative of the last week," he added. "As a community, we are pro free-trade … when that is being restricted many investors are risk-off in terms of their holdings. This massively impacts the alt coin market."
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How to have a career even when OpenAI's o3 drops
There is a real anxiety among students and junior professionals regarding AI and its effects on their careers. The future will belong to people whose work cannot be easily reduced to a dataset and those who can use AI to become even better at what they do. Some jobs are currently vulnerable because we can create clear benchmarks for performance. AI will amplify the gap between high performers and the rest.
#technology #work #ai
AMA with OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Mark Chen, Kevin Weil, Srinivas Narayanan, Michelle Pokrass, and Hongyu Ren
Sam Altman, Mark Chen, Kevin Weil, Srinivas Narayanan, Michelle Pokrass, and Hongyu Ren from OpenAI recently held a Reddit Ask Me Anything session to talk about o3-mini and the future of AI. In the thread, the representatives answer questions about advanced voice mode, the upcoming 4o image generator, GPT-5, and more. OpenAI plans to cut API prices in half in August. It doesn't have a timeline for the release of GPT-5 yet - the company is still working on the 4o series.
#technology #ai #ama
Sam Altman’s Stargate is science fiction
It is entirely possible that the Stargate project will be scaled back - we don't even know yet if raw computing power is the path to artificial general intelligence.
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Apple reportedly gives up on its AR video glasses project
Apple has reportedly pulled the plug on N107, a project that aimed to produce AR glasses similar to regular glasses but with added displays on the lenses that could connect to a Mac.
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Alphabet-backed fintech GoCardless halves losses, targets first annual profit in 2026
GoCardless reported a net loss of £35.1 million in the full year ending June 2024, down 55% year-over-year.
Financial technology unicorn GoCardless more than halved losses in 2024 and said it's aiming to reach full-year profitability by 2026.
The London-based startup, which helps businesses collect recurring payments such as subscriptions, reported a net loss of £35.1 million ($43.8 million) in the full year ending June 30, 2024.
That was a 55% improvement from the £78 million GoCardless lost the year prior.
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The firm noted that "restructuring activity" at the end of the full year ending June 2023 contributed to a reduction in operating losses in 2024. In June 2023, GoCardless announced it was cutting 15% of its global workforce. That took GoCardless' salary expenses down 13% to £79.2 million in the company's 2024 fiscal year.
Still, while this improved the company's financial picture, GoCardless' CEO Hiroki Takeuchi told CNBC that revenue growth also helped significantly.
"We're much more focused on the cost side ... We want to be getting very efficient as we scale," Takeuchi said in an interview last week. "But we also need to continue growing. We need both of those things to get to where we want to be."
The Failed Strategy of Artificial Intelligence Doomers
AI Doomers, concerned with the scenario where computer systems outreason, outcompete, and doom humanity to extinction, oppose AI and seek to cripple it via weaponized regulation.
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What fully automated firms will look like
AI agents will be able to be copied, distilled, merged, scaled, and evolved in ways that humans simply can't, resulting in AI firms that will grow, coordinate, improve, and be selected-for at unprecedented speed.
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This will kill the EU:
EU kicks off landmark AI law enforcement as first batch of restrictions enter into force
On Sunday, the deadline for prohibitions on certain AI systems and staff technology literacy requirements officially lapsed.
The European Union formally kicked off enforcement of its landmark artificial intelligence law Sunday, paving the way for tough restrictions and potential large fines for violations.
The EU AI Act, a first-of-its-kind regulatory framework for the technology, formally entered into force in August 2024.
On Sunday, the deadline for prohibitions on certain artificial intelligence systems and requirements to ensure sufficient technology literacy among staff officially lapsed.
#eu #regulation #ai #law
That means companies must now comply with the restrictions and can face penalties if they fail to do so.
The AI Act bans certain applications of AI which it deems as posing "unacceptable risk" to citizens.
Those include social scoring systems, real-time facial recognition and other forms of biometric identification that categorize people by race, sex life, sexual orientation and other attributes, and "manipulative" AI tools.
Companies face fines of as much as 35 million euros ($35.8 million) or 7% of their global annual revenues — whichever amount is higher — for breaches of the EU AI Act.
Bitcoin drops, ether slammed after Trump's tariffs cause global risk-off move
Cryptocurrencies tumbled on Sunday in a risk-off move after President Donald Trump hit Canada, Mexico and China with long-threatened import tariffs.
Cryptocurrencies tumbled in a risk-off move after President Donald Trump hit Canada, Mexico and China with long-threatened import tariffs.
The price of bitcoin fell 3% Monday to $94,457.88, down from a price above $102,000 before the weekend, according to Coin Metrics. The U.S. dollar index, which has an inverse relationship with bitcoin, was up nearly 1%.
Shares of Coinbase and MicroStrategy lost 6% and 7%, respectively, in premarket trading.
#crypto #trump #tariffs #canada #mexico #china
The slide in cryptocurrencies began Saturday evening after Trump signed an order imposing 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, as well as a 10% duty on China. It accelerated Sunday night. The U.S. does about $1.6 trillion in business with the three countries.
"Bulls are de-leveraging massively at the moment as everyone watches closely to see if we get negotiation or a trade war," James Davies, CEO and co-founder at trading platform Crypto Valley Exchange. "But, $110,000 and $120,000 are still the largest call open interest points, so really volatility is the biggest bet being made."
Bitcoin dips below $100,000, memecoins plummet as market responds to US tariffs
Bitcoin fell below $100K as the crypto market reacted to President Trump's planned tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China, which prompted retaliatory measures and a lawsuit from China filed with the WTO. Memecoins were hit hardest, with major Solana-based tokens and Trump's own memecoin dropping over 30% in the past week amid broader market uncertainty.
#technology #crypto #bitcoin
ai’s hunger for power is about to explode
by 2030, ai data centers could need as much electricity as america’s biggest cities. gpt-4 was trained with 30 megawatts—future ai models might need 5 gigawatts per run. that's like adding a whole new city to the grid. tech leaders are pushing for massive new data centers, but the us doesn’t yet have the power, funding, or permits to make it happen. big investments and policy changes will decide if ai gets the juice it needs.
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Is the Stargate Project Getting Cut?
nobody knows for sure, but there’s a chance the stargate project might get scaled back. the big question: is just throwing more computing power at ai really the way to reach general intelligence? if not, investing billions in raw hardware could be like trying to build a spaceship with nothing but bigger engines. until we have clearer answers, funding decisions could shift.
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Apple’s AR Glasses Dream Just Got Canceled
Apple has reportedly scrapped the N107 project—its plan to make lightweight AR glasses that looked like regular eyewear but had built-in displays and could connect to a Mac. This was supposed to be the next big leap after the Vision Pro, but the tech just isn’t ready. Instead, Apple is focusing on mixed reality headsets for now. Looks like truly wearable AR is still years away.
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Google to Ask US Appeals Court to Overturn App Store Verdict
Lawyers for Alphabet's Google and "Fortnite" maker Epic Games are set to square off before a U.S. appeals court in California on Monday, as Google tries to undo a jury verdict and a judge's order forcing it to revamp its app store.
Lawyers for Alphabet's Google and "Fortnite" maker Epic Games are set to square off before a U.S. appeals court in California on Monday, as Google tries to undo a jury verdict and a judge's order forcing it to revamp its app store.
Google has argued in court filings to the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that a trial judge made legal errors in the antitrust case that unfairly benefited Epic Games.
#google #appeals #lawsuit #appstore
Epic accused Google in a 2020 lawsuit of monopolizing how consumers access apps on Android devices and how they pay for transactions within apps. The Cary, North Carolina-based company convinced a San Francisco jury in 2023 that Google illegally stifled competition.
U.S. District Judge James Donato ordered Google in October to restore competition by allowing users to download rival app stores within its Play store and by making Play's app catalog available to those competitors, among other reforms.
The order is on hold as the 9th Circuit weighs Google's appeal.
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Trump's Meme Coin Made Nearly $100 Million in Trading Fees
Entities behind President Donald Trump's crypto coin have accumulated close to $100 million in trading fees in less than two weeks, according to estimates from three blockchain analysis firms.
Entities behind President Donald Trump's crypto coin have accumulated close to $100 million in trading fees in less than two weeks, according to estimates from three blockchain analysis firms, a large windfall from a venture that has seen tens of thousands of small traders lose money.
The meme coin, known as $Trump, was launched by the president Jan. 17 and quickly surged, reaching a peak of over $14.5 billion in overall market value by Jan. 19, the day before his inauguration. It has since slumped by two-thirds.
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Three crypto data firms, including Merkle Science and Chainalysis, analyzed the blockchain, a publicly available ledger that shows all transactions involving $Trump, for Reuters. They estimated the $Trump token had generated between $86 million and $100 million in trading fees by Jan. 30.
The estimates far exceed what has been previously reported.
One of the entities behind the crypto coin is a company owned by Trump, called CIC Digital. The official website for $Trump says CIC Digital will "receive trading revenue derived from trading activities" of the meme coin. Reuters could not determine what portion of the fees so far, if any, had accrued to Trump personally, nor the ownership of the other entities behind the coin.
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Breaking news: $135 million has been liquidated from the cryptocurrency market in the last hour.
Need MOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!
Yea alts are falling off a cliff...but $BTC is just trading in the same channel its been in the last few months. Great day to DCA
#crypto
Musk has his hands in YOUR pockets!
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I knew this day would come. I #play2own my assets in #splinterlands and just finished collecting a max set of Gladiator cards!
The #hive that's going to binance for staking
Is probably all dumped by binance in this liq cascade..
They know how to manipulate prices.. we are all just helping them to dump on us while you're thinking you're getting something from "juicy Apr shown on binance".
Good day y'all 😁
Business is going... little be little, just got this table runner sold!
Peace & Prosperity!
Same to you!
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AI in a bar will be a good idea
Now we can mix drinks in the bar for people based on their mood. I'll have a tequila because I just got a break up
AI would know that now
haha that's an interesting idea... but I used to be a bartender and I never needed AI to know when someopen could use a simple tequila shot
perhaps something more sophisticated ;)
hahaha, then you were good at your job. This means my plan will work because open AI could call you anything to help them train that bot. I'll also think of something more sophisticated too
Man, tech stocks are getting hammered in pre-market.
I don’t get why the markets are so hyperbolic, 🤣
Wolf of wall street are scared of tariffs
This is because of trump
No balls Wall Street and investors scared of a man with HUGE balls, lol! Who would have thunk it? LOL
That's what the world has become, a bunch of scared soy boys, lol.
This is the power of decision making.
Decision making without the care of who whines about what! That is called true leadership! If these tariffs even have the remote chance of eliminating income taxes, then so be it. I can make or build a good bit of my own stuff anyway, lol, and that's the whole reason behind the tariffs, is to encourage building back out domestic economy to where we are producing our own goods again! One of the big reasons I bought so many 3D printers, lol. Making Manufacturing Great Again!
Binance is the shadiest exchange in #crypto rn
On the other hand, Bybit is delivering what binance should've...
Transparency is the key, that's why DEX and Hyperliquid is going to be top tier thing.
I became an expert in a little tower to light the fire, it seems!
well done :)
There's nothing like fire to warm up! 🔥
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Forget buying the dip, if you really want to put your money where you mouth is, buy infrastructure and mine the dip!
This may be a different good plan
Those who have claimed that increased taxes would lead to greater equality or value are being definitively proven incorrect.
So much #Blood on the Streets!! $HIVE $LEO $RUNE #feedback
How is Venice holding up in the bloodbath?
Much worse than the others... If I didn't believe in the long-term potential of this project I would've shorted by now. !LOLZ
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It seems the crypto market is now settled and the bull run will continue
It was a general market sentiment, but some of the strong ones are showing strength. I hope this platform tokens survive
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This is what happens now 👀
Lol
LOL!!
Sad but true! 🤣
Hey hey come closer, guess what?
The new car you bought for 5 times the price as those of old, doesn't come with spare tyres.... 🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫
I read somewhere that the average IQ of people here is 94, so I had to try it out to see if I still had my previous score.
I'm not quite sure what has happened, but I've lost some of my IQ in the past 10-ish years 🫣
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if yiu drink alcohol that actually might beer the case 😂
Hahahaha!!! "Beer the case" had me cracking 🤣
The beers tend to raise the IQ... at least while it's still in the blood 😆
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Happy monday all!
Happy crash day.. LoL
Crash could not even last 24 hours lol. We're so back!
Good morning, seeing this on Tuesday
If you bring it back out and it's ok then there's a loop hole
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Yea the fact that $ETH was already in a downtrend before this dump is no good
Seriously most people these days give you an ick face the moment you mention the word "True Love"
I want to ask, who hurt you 🙄
Like seriously most response is ... Ewwwww what is that
That face anyone gives in the shower when something odd happens
The liquidation event yesterday was insane..
Way too insane.
Mondays are not a restart, but a continuation of your journey. Embrace the momentum and make every step count towards your goals.
Well said friend, let's go with everything this week
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Greetings friends, we must have the patience and faith of lions in the face of this market. Hold
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No other option left. LoL
Yes, it is. greetings
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Adam Green, known for his Hatchet series, is making a horror comeback, teasing fans with his return to the genre that made him a cult favorite, his latest projects aim to blend his signature gore with fresh storytelling, while details remain under wraps, fans can expect his unique style to push boundaries once again, Green's return marks a significant moment for indie horror enthusiasts. Read More in ➡️ #linkincomments
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Congrats to you tems my celebrity crush!!. I know you'll bring home Grammy the second time.
Why is it that anytime I buy HIVE the price keep dipping instead of going up? I feel the market is so much against me. Already -8.23% in PnL just in 2 hours of buying.
Which price did you buy?
0.3068
You are in profit now
It is 0.32
Sold already with a little profits. I just want to make a quick profits.
Wish you good luck
Is this price of $HIVE correct?
I am seeing $0.30 on binnance.
If there's a difference you could arbitrage it. Take advantage while there's a difference before it correct itself
I think it has been corrected now. That was so fast.
Yeah, it takes minutes. The moment the first person or persons takes advantage, it correct itself, so you would have to be fast to win.
Yes it is
I see all the news and threads about the blood bath on the markets.
Perspective people. Here is the one year BTC graph. ;)
yea, still richer than I was a year ago lol
lol. Me also ;) !BBH
The wailing is not much about BTC, but altcoins.
Instant noodles now cost $2+. At what point do we say enough is enough? Cheap food is also getting expensive. Gotta build my own farm, nature will never make it more expensive to grow
Has anyone had their food delivered to them by robots or drones. Would love to know what the experience is like. What happens when they mess the order up? Who do we call, the company? And if no one responds we just call it a day
Some guy was able to hack his Tesla car to unlock new features which I presume was supposed to be paid. So there you go, the new definition of jail break
haha. If cars will go deep tech, then well it is what it is.
Soon thieves wouldn't need to use a screwdriver to steal you car, they would use code, which can be written by Ai chatbots.
#fearmongeringyou but it could be
Google is always deleting inactive accounts, of course inactive for a long while. So guys check your old email before it’s gone. If it's important to you at all
How long of inactivity does it require to be deleted