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Tuesday, June 16, 2026

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Invite-Only Mita TechTalks 2026 to Unite Bitcoin, AI and Energy Leaders in Punta Mita

Bitcoin Magazine Invite-Only Mita TechTalks 2026 to Unite Bitcoin, AI and Energy Leaders in Punta Mita Mita TechTalks 2026 will bring together Bitcoin, AI and energy leaders in Punta Mita, Mexico, fo

Bitcoin Magazine · 3 minutes ago

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Get in here: Community model build thread

You absolutely can create a community model through crowdsourced compute, and there are at least 2 ways to do it. This thread is a attempt to refocus this thread (which is devolving into pseudo-expert

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CryptoInvite-Only Mita TechTalks 2026 to Unite Bitcoin, AI and Energy Leaders in Punta MitaCryptoCoinbase lets users transfer stock portfolios as exchange expands beyond cryptoCryptoCoinbase Gears Up to Launch Tokenized Stock Trading, Crypto and Equities OptionsCryptoCoinbase intoduces AI advisor, stock options, and pre-IPO markets in finance pushCryptoCoinbase unveils ‘System Update’ unlocking an AI advisor, global unified liquidity, options trading and moreAIGet in here: Community model build threadAIGLM-5.2 is the first open-weights model to cross 80% on Terminal-Bench and beats every other open model availableCryptoXRP whale wallet withdrawals top 720M as risk-adjusted return data points to opportunityCryptoSpaceX is trading like a $2T meme stock after its record IPOCryptoPump.fun activity craters 80% in three months, dragging Solana fees lower as traders rotate into perpsAIGLM-5.2 Takes #2 Spot on WebDew ArenaAIGLM-5.2 is available on HuggingChatCryptoJapan Rates Hit Three-Decade High, But No ‘Meaningful Disruption’ to Crypto MarketAIMistral - New family of open-weight models @ JulyCryptoSquid adds Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin for cross-chain swapsAIzai-org/GLM-5.2 is here!AIbartowski/command-a-plus-05-2026-GGUF · Hugging FaceCryptoState Street launches GENIUS Act-aligned money market fund for stablecoin reservesCryptoRipple targets Africa’s booming remittance market with Flutterwave investmentCryptoCardone Capital’s Bitcoin-REIT Hybrid: Targeting 22-32% Returns by Blending Cash-Flowing Properties and BTC HoldingsCryptoSpaceX Shares Hit New High as Elon Musk's Firm Agrees to Acquire AI Startup Cursor for $60 BillionCryptoBitcoin DeFi demand concentrated in small-but-deep pockets, Rootstock exec saysCrypto7 Ways Businesses Are Using Crypto Swap APIsCryptoWhy US-regulated Bitcoin perpetuals could change crypto tradingCryptoBinance says it considers EU license compliant amid reports of potential rejectionCryptoStandard Chartered’s $100 Uniswap call exposes the open DeFi problem Wall Street may need to solveAIQuoting Georgi GerganovCryptoCoinbase launching tokenized US stocks, backed 1:1, with holders able to receive dividendsAI[Article] The Case For Open-Weight Models And Why We Can't Trust Frontier Labs | provos.orgCryptoRipple invests in Flutterwave, pushing its stablecoin and XRP Ledger into payments across AfricaCryptoMANTRA to be acquired by Inveniam, backer that invested $20 million last yearCryptoBinance Reportedly Faces European Union Exit as MiCA License Bid Nears RejectionCryptoForward Solana treasury stock jumps 8% as smaller DATs reject acquisition bidsCryptoRobinhood Trims Headcount by 10% Amid Crypto Revenue CrunchCryptoCoinbase to join tokenized stock race with onchain shares, dividend paymentsCryptoBinance says its European regulatory application is compliant despite report of Greek rejectionCryptoEthereum’s biggest protocol overhaul in years moves into its final development stageCryptoSEC Chair Atkins defends CFTC’s Selig despite questions over agency’s ability to regulate prediction marketsCryptoState Street targets stablecoin reserve boom with new money market fundCryptoBinance may be forced to halt services for EU clients next month: ReutersCryptoBitcoin stocks divergence returns as BTC dips to $66K while oil drops under $78CryptoBlackRock’s new Bitcoin ETF offers monthly income, but caps gains when Bitcoin surgesCryptoSpaceX’s debut: A win for crypto price discovery, a fail for tokenized accessCryptoWhy a ‘safe’ AI can turn dangerous in the wrong companyCryptoBlackRock Launches New Bitcoin ETF Combining BTC Exposure With Covered Call IncomeCryptoScale of Stablecoin Adoption in Nigeria Makes Risks 'More Pronounced', Says IMFCryptoRipple buys into Flutterwave Series E at $3.2 billion valuation, backs RLUSD integrationAIScaling former VibeThinker-1.5B to 3B — now it reaches frontier math & coding performanceCryptoState Street launches GENIUS-compliant money market fund for stablecoin issuersCryptoBitcoin’s rally and HYPE’s record run mask a market still waiting for real conviction, analysts sayAIFrontier post-training recipe review with Finbarr TimbersCryptoGate CrossEx: An Exchange-Native Answer to the Institutional Capital Fragmentation ProblemCryptoCoinDesk 20 performance update: Uniswap (UNI) gains 12.9% while index trades lowerCryptoY Combinator reveals a new AI agent that can build and run an entire business just from a text messageCryptoHere’s what happened in crypto todayCryptoLedn says bitcoin-backed lending market could reach $1 trillion as securitization attracts institutional capitalCryptoRobinhood cuts 10% of staff, expects $28 million in restructuring chargesCryptoBitcoin sell-off toward $60K may resume as Japan hikes interest ratesCryptoHyperliquid ETFs Draw In $172M Since Launch as HYPE Hits All-Time HighCryptoRobinhood cuts 10% of workforce as Tenev touts business strengthCryptoMorning Minute: HYPE Soars to ATH as SPCX Takes OffCryptoBlackRock Debuts BITA Bitcoin ETF, Trading Partial Upside for Double-Digit YieldCryptoBlackRock's new bitcoin income fund offers cash flow alongside BTC exposureCryptoXRP just beat Ethereum, Solana and others in 90-Day RWA flows as traders pile back into the tokenCryptoMystery Polymarket trader turned $4 million into $9 million after Spain's shocking World Cup drawCryptoSouth Korea Charges 23 Over Crypto Laundering Tied to $11M Cambodian Scam RingCryptoSolana treasury firms resist Forward Industries’ consolidation pushCryptoBlackRock's new bitcoin ETF lets institutions earn from volatility. There's a catch.AIBe wary of Qwen/Claude distillations - they're often worse than the base modelCryptoBitcoin’s Iran rally faces Japan rate test as it weighs 31-year highCryptoBitcoin buyers add over 250,000 BTC between $59,000 and $67,000 as accumulation returnsCryptoBitcoin rallies after Japan rate increase with XLM, INJ, UNI advancingCryptoBitcoin doesn't need Ethereum-style yield, says Strategy's Michael SaylorAIDonate your coding sessions to an open CC-BY-4.0 dataset to help train open-weight and open source modelsAINex-N2 Pro is the real dealCryptoBitcoin is being packaged for income investors, but the yield comes with a trade-offCryptoBitcoin miner IREN enters Europe with Nostrum acquisition as AI pivot acceleratesAIDiffusion Gemma JailbreakCryptoTether Gold now has a dedicated options market on BybitCryptoLive markets: Bitcoin falls below $66,000 as SpaceX rallies on Cursor agreementAIThe Fable 5 Export Controls Harm US Cyber DefenseAIQuoting Matteo Wong, The AtlanticAIClaude Fable 5 distilledAICloudflare CAPTCHA on at least one ampersandCryptoElon Musk Loses Again to OpenAI as Judge Dismisses xAI Trade Secret LawsuitCryptoPudgy Penguins NFT Game 'Pudgy Party' Shuts Down Less Than a Year After LaunchAIStop using OllamaCryptoSomeone Just Lost $1 Million on Polymarket Over Spain World Cup ShockerCryptoRio de Janeiro Built an AI Model That Beat DeepSeek—But Was Based on Someone Else's WorkCryptoBitcoin Price and Crypto Stocks Surge as Iran Ceasefire, Strategy’s $100M Buy Collide With Fed WeekCryptoStrategy bought $100 million more Bitcoin but critics say MSTR shareholders now own less of itCryptoWall Street Could Boost Uniswap's Token Price Nearly 40x by 2030: Standard CharteredAIdatasette-agent 0.3a0CryptoBitGo Joins Fortune 500 with $16.2B Revenue, Marking Milestone for Regulated Bitcoin InfrastructureCryptoKraken Launches CFTC-Regulated Bitcoin and Crypto Perpetual Futures for U.S. TradersCryptoCongress moves to rebuild crypto crime task force after DOJ dismantled its dedicated crypto teamCryptoBitcoin Price Claws Back From the Brink as Iran Deal, Saylor, and Armstrong Signal a Turning TideAI"They screwed us": Personality clashes sent Anthropic's models offlineCryptoSpaceX rally extends as Elon Musk’s $1 trillion revenue call draws retail and crypto tradersCryptoStrive (ASST) Acquires 73 Bitcoin for $4.7 Million, Pushes Treasury to 19,105 BTCCryptoStrategy (MSTR) Spends $100 Million on 1,587 Bitcoin, Lifts Total Holdings to 846,842 BTCCryptoAsia’s top Bitcoin holder wants to turn its BTC pile into income, but the returns hide new risksAIImport AI 461: "Alignment is not on track"; FrontierCode; and synthetic research internsAIQuoting Julia EvansAIWhy AI hasn’t replaced software engineers, and won’tAIWelcome to the AGI era of AI governanceAIPublishing WASM wheels to PyPI for use with PyodideAIluau-wasm 0.1a0AIMapping SQLite result columns back to their source `table.column`AIStatement on the US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5AIOpenAI WebRTC Audio Session, now with document contextAIQuoting Andrew SingletonAIolmo-eval: An evaluation workbench for the model development loopAIClaude Fable is relentlessly proactiveAIProfiling in PyTorch (Part 2): From nn.Linear to a Fused MLPAIClaude Fable 5 and new AI safety fablesAIHow an Agent Built a 3D Paris Gallery by Chaining Two Hugging Face SpacesAIMigrating Your GitHub CI to Hugging Face JobsAIImport AI 460: Reward hacking society, RSI data from Anthropic; and RL-based quadcopter racingAIThe Open Source Community is backing OpenEnv for Agentic RLAILLM Research Papers: The 2026 List (January to May)AINemotron 3.5 Content Safety: Customizable Multimodal Safety for Global Enterprise AIAIDesigning the hf CLI as an agent-optimized way to work with the HubAIDirect Preference Optimization Beyond ChatbotsAIAdding MCP Tools to Reachy MiniAIFarewell Ai2AIHolo3.1: Fast & Local Computer Use AgentsAIIntroducing Mellum2: A 12B Mixture-of-Experts Model by JetBrainsAIBeyond LLMs: Why Scalable Enterprise AI Adoption Depends on Agent LogicAIImport AI 459: AI oversight is difficult; scaling laws for protein folding models; and pricing the extinction risk of AI systemsAIOpen and closed models are on different exponentialsAIProfiling in PyTorch (Part 1): A Beginner's Guide to torch.profilerAIReachy Mini goes fully localAIShipping a Trillion Parameters With a Hub Bucket: Delta Weight Sync in TRLAISome ideas for what comes next, May 2026AIImport AI 458: Reckoning with the future; and a singularity storyAIImport AI 457: AI stuxnet; cursed Muon optimizer; and positive alignment AILatest open artifacts (#21): Open model bonanza! Gemma 4, DeepSeek V4, Kimi K2.6, MiMo 2.5, GLM-5.1 & others. On CAISI's V4 assessment.AIRecent Developments in LLM Architectures: KV Sharing, mHC, and Compressed AttentionAIHow open model ecosystems compoundAIImport AI 456: RSI and economic growth; radical optionality for AI regulation; and a neural computer AINotes from inside China's AI labsAIThe distillation panicAIImport AI 455: AI systems are about to start building themselves.AIReading today's open-closed performance gapAIImport AI 454: Automating alignment research; safety study of a Chinese model; HiFloat4 AIMy Workflow for Understanding LLM ArchitecturesAIMy bets on open models, mid-2026AIWhat I’ve been building: ATOM Report, post-training course, finishing my book, and ongoing researchAIImport AI 453: Breaking AI agents; MirrorCode; and ten views on gradual disempowermentAIThe inevitable need for an open model consortiumAIClaude Mythos and misguided open-weight fearmongeringAIImport AI 452: Scaling laws for cyberwar; rising tides of AI automation; and a puzzle over gDP forecasting AIComponents of A Coding AgentAIImport AI 451: Political superintelligence; Google's society of minds, and a robot drummer AIImport AI 450: China's electronic warfare model; traumatized LLMs; and a scaling law for cyberattacks AIA Visual Guide to Attention Variants in Modern LLMsAIImportAI 449: LLMs training other LLMs; 72B distributed training run; computer vision is harder than generative textAIImport AI 448: AI R&D; Bytedance's CUDA-writing agent; on-device satellite AI AIImport AI 447: The AGI economy; testing AIs with generated games; and agent ecologies AIA Dream of Spring for Open-Weight LLMs: 10 Architectures from Jan-Feb 2026AIAfter Orthogonality: Virtue-Ethical Agency and AI AlignmentAICategories of Inference-Time Scaling for Improved LLM ReasoningCryptoVenezuela’s sanctions are stablecoins’ proof of conceptCryptoThe Strategy playbook looks different in 2026CryptoRanger’s ICO starts today, and MetaDAO eyes a resetCryptoETH derivatives reset and the next retail tradeCryptoFriday charts: Finding good news, in spite of bad headlinesCryptoDePIN and crypto gaming led a surprising end-of-year reboundCryptoCanton’s $6T RWA rails and Lighter’s Hyperliquid multipleCryptoThe long wait for crypto’s “coffee pot” momentCryptoFailure is an option in crypto financeCryptoYield Basis is making native BTC yield a realityCryptoUsers are the best investors to haveCryptoA sleeper in the perps categoryCryptoThe old story of investing in new technologyCrypto2025 ReflectionsAIThe State Of LLMs 2025: Progress, Problems, and PredictionsAILLM Research Papers: The 2025 List (July to December)CryptoThe perps wars are heating upAIFrom DeepSeek V3 to V3.2: Architecture, Sparse Attention, and RL UpdatesAIBeyond Standard LLMsAIUnderstanding the 4 Main Approaches to LLM Evaluation (From Scratch)AIUnderstanding and Implementing Qwen3 From ScratchAIFrom GPT-2 to gpt-oss: Analyzing the Architectural AdvancesAIThe Big LLM Architecture ComparisonAIAGI Is Not MultimodalAIShape, Symmetries, and Structure: The Changing Role of Mathematics in Machine Learning ResearchAIWhat's Missing From LLM Chatbots: A Sense of PurposeAIWe Need Positive Visions for AI Grounded in WellbeingAIFinancial Market Applications of LLMsAIA Brief Overview of Gender Bias in AIAIMamba ExplainedAICar-GPT: Could LLMs finally make self-driving cars happen?AIDo text embeddings perfectly encode text?AIWhy Doesn’t My Model Work?AIDeep learning for single-cell sequencing: a microscope to see the diversity of cellsAISalmon in the LoopAINeural algorithmic reasoningAIThe Artificiality of Alignment