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Institutions See Bitcoin Like Gold but Invest in It Like Tech: Bitwise

Major institutional bitcoin investors “often” pair bitcoin with gold, but they still largely keep it in a technology bucket alongside other crypto assets, a survey of 15 large institutions by BTC ETF sponsor and manager Bitwise Asset Management showed. Key Takeaways Bitwise found that institutions view bitcoin as both digital gold and a technology investment. Most surveyed institutions that…
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Shielded Bitcoin Proposal Aims to Bring Privacy to Bitcoin L1

A New York cryptography lab has proposed Zcash-style private transfers on Bitcoin without changing Bitcoin itself. Published on Thursday by [[alloc] init], Shielded Bitcoin would hide amounts and counterparties without a soft fork, separate blockchain, federation or trusted…
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‘AI Will Take Everyone’s Jobs’: Why Bitcoin Bull Tim Draper Is Hiring More

AI could take your job, Tim Draper warns, but his team is still growing as it adopts the technology. The venture capitalist and outspoken bitcoin bull argues that workers who use AI will gain an advantage, and that new roles will emerge. Key Takeaways Draper says his team is growing as it adopts AI. He claims the team can accomplish 10 times more with the technology. Labor research points to both…
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XRP Tops $1.60 as 1,917 Whale Transactions Hit Monthly High

XRP crossed $1.60 for the first time since Feb. 4 as Santiment counted 1,917 large transactions and 3,647 new wallets. The activity points to heightened interest, though the transaction count alone cannot establish whether whales bought or sold. Key Takeaways XRP rose above $1.60 for the first time since Feb. 4. Santiment counted 1,917 XRP transactions worth at least $100,000. The XRP Ledger…
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Binance Buys $100M in Circle Stock, Deepens USDC Alliance

Binance has purchased $100 million of Circle stock while signing a new five-year commercial agreement designed to expand USDC adoption across its platform. The deal links Binance more closely to both Circle’s equity value and the growth of its flagship stablecoin. Key…
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This AI Can’t Chat, but Crypto Traders Are Already Putting It to Work

This weekend, the cryptocurrency community has been discussing Typesafe AI’s System One model, a product known as Jev. What makes this AI particularly intriguing is that it does not chat; instead, users feed it facts and tightly bounded questions, such as buy or sell, yes or no, or a numerical score, and it returns probabilities in just 70 to 500 milliseconds for pennies. Earlier this week…
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