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The Bulk of Crypto Trading Volumes in Africa Are Generated by Institutional Traders

Farzam Ehsani, the founder and CEO of the South African crypto exchange Valr, has stated that institutional traders account for the bulk of the African continent’s crypto trading volumes. To support this point, Ehsani referred to Valr’s largest volumes which he said “are executed via our API by institutional traders deploying a host of programmatic trading strategies.” African Regulators…
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ChatGPT rival Pi launches on Android

Inflection AI, the Palo Alto-based startup founded by DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, just announced that its AI chatbot ‘Pi’ is now available as a dedicated app on Android. The move, which is expected to give billions of users…
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Mistral AI bucks release trend by dropping torrent link to new open source LLM

In the equivalent of a mic drop, open source model startup Mistral AI released a new LLM today with nothing but a torrent link. It immediately created community buzz for the stark contrast with Google’s Gemini release this week, or what OpenAI’s Andrej Karpathy called in an X-post “an over-rehearsed professional release video talking about a revolution in AI.” One of Google’s demo…
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Venezuelan Attorney General Alleges Exxonmobil Financed Opposition to Essequibo's Ballot With Cryptocurrency

Tarek William Saab, the Venezuelan attorney general, stated that Exxonmobil, a U.S.-based oil and gas company, used intermediaries and cryptocurrency to finance actions against the ballot where Venezuelans were consulted about their position on the ongoing Essequibo claim. Fourteen arrest warrants were issued for individuals who allegedly conspired against the country. Exxonmobil Used…
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See how Ford builds its F-150 Lightning electric pickup [Video]

Ford’s F-150 Lightning is the top-selling electric truck in the US through November. As production at its Rouge EV plant ramps up, a new video gives us an inside look at how Ford builds its Lightning in the US. Ford has been building trucks for over 100 years. Since introducing the Model T in 1917, Ford’s trucks have come a long way. And along the way, Ford has learned a thing or two about…
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