A daily brief · crypto + AI

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Friday, July 17, 2026

Edition · 200 items · 1:18 PM ET

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

Crypto · lede

Galaxy Puts Its Name on Texas Tech's Stadium in a 15-Year, Crypto-Native Deal

The Nasdaq-listed digital-asset firm will rebrand the Red Raiders' home as "Galaxy Stadium." The bigger bet is on the cheap power and open land of West Texas.

Decrypt · 8 minutes ago

AI · lede

Kimi K3 (max) beats Sonnet 5 on Simple Bench

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LocalLLaMA (Reddit) · about 1 hour ago

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