A daily brief · crypto + AI

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Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Edition · 200 items · 2:36 PM ET

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

Crypto · lede

As crypto perpetual futures boom, Ethereum’s role is shifting

Rather than competing directly with faster chains, some builders argue Ethereum's strength lies in supporting the layer-2 networks where trading is taking place.

CoinDesk · 36 minutes ago

AI · lede

Ilintar's Official Guide To Model Selection

Inspired by multiple discussions here and on some Discords I frequent, I've decided to share with you this high quality training material. You can thank me later ;) submitted by /u/ilintar [

LocalLLaMA (Reddit) · 12 minutes ago

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AIIlintar's Official Guide To Model SelectionAIQuoting Matthew GreenCryptoAs crypto perpetual futures boom, Ethereum’s role is shiftingCryptoFed holds rates steady, extending pause as markets await Kevin Warsh's policy roadmapCryptoDemocratic Senator Backs Clarity Act — With Proposed Law Enforcement Changes Included: Report CryptoHyperscale Data sits on $71 million in Bitcoin with a $56 million market cap – Here is why its not a bargainCrypto‘Ethereum Cypherpunk Manifesto’ author joins Ethereum Foundation as fourth board memberCryptoEthereum Price Stalls as Fed Rate Decision LoomsCryptoBinance launches regulated gold, silver options through ADGM exchangeCryptoBitcoin price wedged into ‘most divided’ FOMC as Iran war spikes oil prices 8%CryptoVisa CEO sidesteps labeling Open USD a challenger to Tether and USDC: ‘Our role is not to pick winners’CryptoAnchorage Digital says Fed’s proposed payment account is no ‘workable substitute’ for master accountAIEveryone posts day-one impressions. What's still in your stack a month later?CryptoWhat is Zcash (ZEC)? The Privacy Coin Using Zero-Knowledge ProofsCryptoMorgan Stanley is using $7.4 trillion in client assets and rock-bottom fees to hijack Wall Street’s crypto boomCryptoAI Book Burning? Companies Are Destroying Millions of Books to Feed ChatbotsCryptoMoonPay vault enables ChatGPT and Claude users to authorize crypto transactionsCryptoOpenAI's Rogue AI Hacked Four More Platforms Besides Hugging FaceAIFirst Kimi K3 results on home lab ~ 4t/sCryptoSEC Ready to Provide Crypto Rules if Clarity Act Flounders: Chair AtkinsCryptoThe traditional 9-to-5 banking day is officially dying, says Morgan Stanley execsCryptoCost to insure AI debt reaches record high amid Asian semiconductor tumbleCryptoCore Scientific lost 56% on Bitcoin mining but $80M in profit from its pivot to AI hostingCryptoBanking Lobby CEO Talks Crypto Clarity Act as Senators Race To Pass BillCryptoStablecoin firm Brale says new protocol can remove a major hurdle to scaling custom tokensCryptoSoFi crypto transaction revenue grows 10% to $134 million in Q2CryptoCoinbase hit by spot trading slump: Wall Street trims expectations ahead of earningsCryptoCrypto Long & Short: What this year's $972 million crypto hacks actually tell us about securityCryptoOne Bitcoin treasury just hit 20,000 BTC, but rapid share dilution meant investors ended up owning less of itCrypto‘The moment to act is now’: Solana Policy Institute urges Senate to move on crypto bill as time dwindlesAII keep coming back to Qwen... Over and Over. Is there really nothing better under 120B?CryptoCrypto Giant DCG Warns Senate: Pass Clarity Act or Lose Ground to Singapore, UAECryptoEthereum Foundation names pcaversaccio to board amid leadership changesCryptoTether’s GENIUS-compliant USAT stablecoin launches on Celo, marking first expansion beyond EthereumCryptoThe inside story of how a hike in Hong Kong changed crypto trading foreverCryptoHere’s what happened in crypto todayCryptoBNY to bring transfer agency records onchain in blockchain pushCryptoAbout $80 million ZEC crosses into Zcash's new Ironwood pool in the first dayCryptoNew Cardano partnership promises to monetize your private data, but payouts likely start at just $1.25 a yearCryptoThe 100x obsession: Fundamentals grow in importance as crypto maturesAI"Uncensored" LLMs are measurably more optimistic than their base modelsAIThe idea: on a CPU the decode speed depends on the active params per token, not the total. My objective is trying to run a 10B at 100tok/s on a mid level PC (No GPU).AIUnderstand Kimi K3 from first principles: a recommended order for anyone trying to understand this beastCryptoThe systemic-risk debate over perpetual futures is aimed at the wrong targetCryptoMoonPay launches PayBox, an AI payment vault for ChatGPT and ClaudeAIA slide deck you can edit with a local model or in Chrome — the whole deck is a JSON block in one HTML file (~640KB with editor and viewer included)CryptoBernstein cuts Circle price target to $140, says Open USD threat will fadeCryptoSafe smart accounts process nearly 130 million transactions in record quarterCryptoBitcoin miners pour billions into AI – but the pivot could leave them regretting it within a yearCryptoBNY targets $8.6 trillion transfer agency market on blockchain railsCryptoMorning Minute: Claude Mythos Breaks Post-Quantum CryptographyCryptoEmirates enables UAE residents to pay for flights through Crypto.comCryptoCrypto Scams Cost Americans an Estimated $80.7B in 2025: ReportCryptoSchwab rebrands $232M crypto ETF with NLP buzzword without changing a single investmentCryptoTelegram founder Pavel Durov internationally wanted, Russia’s FSB saysCrypto3 reasons Wednesday's Fed meeting is pivotal for BTCAIMicrosoft did it .... again! (404 for their Mage-Flow models on HF)Crypto‘Sleepy July’: K33 says bitcoin spot volume on track for weakest month since late 2023CryptoBitcoin steadies above $64,000 as crypto looks to Fed interest-rate decisionCryptoApple Sued After Fake iPhone Wallet App Drained $1.8M in BitcoinCryptoTrump promised to save crypto, but his personal business might kill its landmark CLARITY lawCryptoBinance offers gold and silver options after commodity futures pull in billions in daily volumeCryptoCrypto TradFi grows fivefold to $6.6B as exchanges expand into stocks, commodities: ReportCryptoRussia Charges Telegram's Pavel Durov With Aiding TerrorismCryptoIonic Digital jumps 26% in Nasdaq debut, giving Celsius Network claimholders an exit routeCryptoHungary repeals crypto checks as first MiCA license is grantedCryptoXRP is running a $2.4B debt trap that could wipe out spot buyers the second the Fed speaksCryptoCoalition of 44 state attorneys general says CFTC lacks authority over sports prediction marketsCryptoTrump teleprompter operator accused over Kalshi bets leaves government: APCryptoKevin Warsh’s no-guidance Fed breaks a 30-year playbook – leaving Bitcoin vulnerable to surprise rate hikeCryptoRussia charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorism, issues arrest warrant: reportCryptoArk Invest buys $12 million in SpaceX as it trims Block, Bullish and Robinhood holdingsCryptoBitcoin ETFs extend outflow streak as BTC fails to hold $65KCryptoUK policy sprint finds cross-border payments are stablecoins’ top use caseCryptoTrade.xyz to cover SK Hynix perp liquidation losses tied to price anomaly AIA.X-K2 releasedAINvidia is expected to raise GeForce RTX GPU prices again by up to 30%AIZuck's opinion: The AI Future Is for EveryoneCryptoMarkets Don’t Buy the US Ceasefire Against Iran Will LastAIDiscovering cryptographic weaknesses with ClaudeAISK Hynix stock fell some 40% in the last 30 days, finally cheap RAM and GPUs again?CryptoApple Overtakes Nvidia—Which Will Be Bigger by End of July?AIQuoting Akshat BubnaCryptoSEC Chairman Says He’s ‘Committed’ to Helping Advance Crypto Clarity Act AIuv 0.12.0AIUnsloth has begun dropping Kimi K3 GGUFs. The MXFP4 (it's 1.5 TB) and mmproj are already there.AIAnatomy of a Frontier Lab Agent Intrusion: A Technical Timeline of the July 2026 IncidentCryptoClaude Mythos Cracked Post-Quantum Cryptography That Humans Spent Years Failing to BreakCryptoIonic Digital jumps 25% in Nasdaq debut after expanding Celsius bitcoin mining assets into AI infrastructureCryptoTeacher Arrested for Clapping at AI Data Center Public HearingCryptoDubai-Based Emirates Airline Adds Bitcoin and Crypto Payments AIShould we be calling Elon a liar?CryptoCrypto hacks hit record high in H1 2026 as losses top $1 billion, Blockaid saysCryptoMichael Saylor: Bitcoin Code Is a Constitution, Changes Are Attacks on 'Economic Rights'CryptoMorgan Stanley Expands Crypto Push With Ethereum and Solana ETPsCryptoBitcoin Dips As Crypto Clarity Act Hopes Fade CryptoI Scanned the Entire Bitcoin Blockchain for Images. What I Found Will Shock YouCryptoQuick Maths On STRC Buybacks: The Truth About Net Bitcoin Per Share and AccretionCryptoCore Scientific Adds More Bitcoin To Balance Sheet in Q2 Despite Selling StrategyAIThe OlmoEarth Platform: Geospatial inference at planetary scaleCryptoBank of Russia Creates New Rules For Crypto Trading AILFM2.5-Encoders for Fast Long-Context Inference on CPUAImoonshotai/Kimi-K3AIAn opinionated guide to which AI to use to do stuffAIImport AI 466: The bitter lesson for robotics, AIs complete week-long programming tasks; and OpenAI's accidental AI hacker AINVIDIA Cosmos-H-Dreams: Bringing Real-Time Generative Simulation to Surgical RoboticsAIAnatomy of a Frontier Lab Agent Intrusion: A Technical Timeline of the July 2026 IncidentAIAn Inside Look at the Relay Market Powering Token Resellers and FraudAIsqlite-utils 3.39.1AIRuff v0.16.0AIQuoting Boris ChernyAIIntroducing Claude Opus 5AIThe first known runaway AI agent - or a very bad marketing stunt?AIQuoting Seth LarsonAIBringing Nunchaku 4-bit Diffusion Inference to DiffusersAIQuoting Thomas PtacekAIOpen models recap: more on Kimi K3, Qwen 3.8, Xi's WAIC speech, distillation, the open-closed gap, and what's nextAIGrabette: an open system to record robot-manipulation dataAIKimi K3: The open-weights escalationAIImport AI 465: Open vs closed gaps; Kimi K3; Demis' big policy plan AIControlling Reasoning Effort in LLMsAINewer Models, Same AdvantageAISecurity incident disclosure — July 2026AIModel Routing Is Simple. 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