A daily brief · crypto + AI

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Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Edition · 200 items · 12:14 PM ET

Calm signal from the crypto and AI firehoses — hand-picked from 14 sources, every morning. No commentary, just what moved.

Crypto · lede

BlackRock, Fidelity, other Wall Street giants back the Clarity Act

BlackRock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, Goldman Sachs and SoFi have publicly endorsed the crypto market structure bill as the Senate's timeline tightens.

CoinDesk · 6 minutes ago

AI · lede

What would it take for the frontier labs to open the weights of their old, deprecated proprietary models?

Anyone thought about this? What do you think needs to happen for them to release the old weights? I’d love to see models like Gemini-2.5, OAI o3, 4o, 4.1 being open one day. In Oct 2025 Scam Altman s

LocalLLaMA (Reddit) · 25 minutes ago

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stability hasn't been enough to spark a broader altcoin rallyCryptoZcash Miner Fortitude Powers Up Nebraska Facility as It Eyes Public ListingCryptoHow a crypto exchange secretly hid $53M in stolen crypto to prevent a bank run – as the SEC targets its directorsCryptoMyanmar Approves Death Penalty for Forced Scam Labor, Life for Crypto FraudAII've been tracking RTX 5090 prices across EU stores since March, it's up €1,061 and still climbingCryptoBitcoin drops as South Korean stocks tumble, Senate shelves crypto Clarity ActCrypto1inch opens Aqua liquidity protocol across 13 chainsCrypto1inch moves to unite DeFi liquidity across 13 chains with AquaCryptoIs the Web3 startup extinction event here, as Wall Street silently inherits crypto architecture?CryptoIMF warns Brazil’s stablecoin activity outpaces traditional capital flowsCrypto'Running Away Balloon' Artist Sues AI Meme Generator Over Ad TemplatesCryptoPerpetuals tied to SK Hynix hit by flash crash to $900 on HyperliquidAISorry, but did 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