A daily brief · crypto + AI

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Friday, June 26, 2026

Edition · 200 items · 11:03 AM ET

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

Crypto · lede

Spain says ‘no exceptions or extensions’ for Binance, other crypto firms ahead of MiCA deadline

Industry leaders remain divided over MiCA, with some praising the framework while others warn it could limit customer access to liquidity.

The Block · 2 minutes ago

AI · lede

Combined RTX5080 & 4060 for inference ?

Hey, I currently use my RTX 4060 8G for inference with Qwen 3.6-35B-A3B Q8 (q8 for everything weight,value,key) max 60k context per agent (for quality over speed, with CPU &DDR4 offloading) but : I

LocalLLaMA (Reddit) · about 2 hours ago

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A Guide to U.S. Stablecoin LawCryptoTether stablecoin flips Ether by market cap as ETH routs to $1.5K AIDoes llama cpp split mode tensor cause issues?CryptoHow Pension Funds Invest in CryptoCryptoEther, XRP and dogecoin lead a broad crypto selloff as tech stocks tumbleCryptoCoinbase's Base resumes block production after 2-hour outageCryptoLive markets: Bitcoin falls below $60,000. 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