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Friday, June 26, 2026

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Crypto · lede

Stablecoins are becoming a central bank problem hiding in T-bill markets

BIS research puts private dollar tokens closer to sovereign funding markets than the payment-rail debate suggests. The post Stablecoins are becoming a central bank problem hiding in T-bill markets app

CryptoSlate · 4 minutes ago

AI · lede

What are people using for multi-model backends? What about swapping configs?

I am trying to plan and deploy a machine that serves models for coding, Hermes, and whatever else. It's got multiple GPUs in it, and I want the flexibility to run different configurations (i.e. I migh

LocalLLaMA (Reddit) · 8 minutes ago

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