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Monday, August 3, 2026

Edition · 200 items · 7:12 PM ET

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

Crypto · lede

Marmot Researchers Turn to OnlyFans for Funding—And There Are Meme Coins Too

Scientists are using OnlyFans to help fund decades of marmot research, while unofficial memecoins inspired by the project have emerged on Solana.

Decrypt · 43 minutes ago

AI · lede

nvidia/NVIDIA-NemotronLabs-VoiceChat-11B · Hugging Face (full duplex)

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Why the Coldcard Exploit Changes the Conversation About Offline SecurityCryptoBessent’s top crypto adviser Tyler Williams exits US Treasury: ReportAIDeepSeek V4-Flash (284B MoE) at 33 tok/s single / 68 tok/s aggregate on 2× RTX 3090 + a used quad-Xeon DDR4 server — full configCryptoHere’s what happened in crypto todayCryptoFalconX cuts 10% of workforce amid prolonged crypto market slump: ReportCryptoItaly’s biggest bank just slashed its Bitcoin ETF call position by 99% to triple down on staked EthereumCryptoBlackRock Launches Tokenized Money Market Funds on Solana, EthereumCryptoAmerican Bitcoin Reports Quarterly Loss But Boosts Bitcoin Stash CryptoFBI agent accused of stealing $1 million in crypto, allegedly turned to ChatGPT for vacation plansCryptoKalshi CEO invokes Nasdaq, Uber and Airbnb in defense against New York lawsuitCryptoOver 400 million locked XRP faces a quiet October deadline as the Evernorth SPAC takes a $135,000 lifelineCryptoProof of Attendance Protocol is shutting down after 5+ yearsAIQwen3.8-Max matches Kimi K3 and DeepSeek V4 FlashCryptoXRP Holders Can Now Borrow Ripple's RLUSD on Ethereum Without Selling Their CryptoCryptoBlackRock launches two tokenized money market funds for stablecoin reservesCryptoHow 4,200 malicious smart contracts tricked 5,700 victims into signing away their cryptoCryptoCrypto Privacy Tools Serve ‘Essential Protective Functions’: Report by ChangeNOW, CoinRabbitCryptoCrypto Clarity Act Risks More Delay As Recess LoomsCryptoSolo Bitcoin Miner Hits Jackpot, Scoring $200K BTC RewardCryptoJameson Lopp says Coldcard exploit exposes limits of Bitcoin’s ‘don’t trust, verify’ mantraCryptoMichael Saylor says he’s never sold his personal bitcoin after Strategy dumps more BTCCryptoKenya moves 30 million academic credentials onto Avalanche blockchainAIThe Chinese labs everyone lumps together are making four pretty different bets. I work at one of them.CryptoTrump Media’s 5,278 BTC vanishes from trackers after $165 million wallet moveCryptoTrump Family’s American Bitcoin Tops 8,000 BTC After Record Mining QuarterAIQuoting David Crawshaw's promptCryptoBlackRock launches tokenized money market funds for stablecoin reservesAII CANNOT believe I've got DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731, a frontier model, running on my home PC. Insane!CryptoTom Lee’s Bitmine Buys More Ethereum, Adds to Stock BuybackAIDevtools must be open source (exe.dev)CryptoSolana boosted block capacity 66%, but traders still hit the same wallCryptoTrump-linked American Bitcoin president Matt Prusak departs for Giga EnergyCryptoHashdex to shut smallest Bitcoin ETF after more than two yearsCryptoStrategy Sells Bitcoin After Five Weeks Without BuyingAI"Data center in a Box (on Wheels)" 256Gb VRAM/512Gb RAM AI Server 6-8 Month Operational Review, Stability Write Up, BenchmarksCryptoU.S.-Japan intervention revives yen carry trade fears for bitcoinAIQuantization hurts knowledge nonlinearly - Qwen3.6 27B case studyCryptoCoinbase’s 30-minute Deribit switch will force-settle and rebuild institutional positionsCryptoUS hints at more yen intervention: Five things to know in Bitcoin this weekCryptoColdcard Bitcoin Theft Continues, Now Estimated Over $114 Million In Total StolenAIIntroducing our Artifacts Hub and Adoption DashboardCryptoCircle slides after Morgan Stanley downgrade, cut in price targetAIV4-Flash-0731 - vibes after first weekend of useCryptoBernstein sees another leg lower for crypto markets if Clarity Act stallsCryptoTom Lee says ether outperformed Nasdaq 100 in July as Bitmine adds 10,399 ETHAIImport AI 467: Self-sustaining AI viruses; pacing AI progress; confusion about AI and creativityCryptoHow Fake World Assets and onchain gacha became crypto’s latest crazeCryptoKraken delisted tokens face liquidation, users could get $0CryptoBlackRock expands tokenized cash with new blockchain-based money market offeringsCryptoMorning Minute: The Coldcard Bitcoin Hack Nears $114 Million in Potential LossesCryptoEric Trump’s American Bitcoin treasury tops 8,000 BTC as Q2 mining production hits recordCryptoTom Lee's Bitmine bought more ether, added to stock buyback last weekCryptoStrategy Sells $105M in Bitcoin as Dollar Reserve Hits $4BCryptoStrategy sells 1,638 Bitcoin to fund dividends and STRC repurchasesCryptoBithumb sets 2028 IPO timetable as it overhauls internal controlsCryptoStrategy sold another $105 million of bitcoin last week, repurchased $81.2 million of STRCCryptoMichael Saylor’s Strategy sells another 1,638 BTC for $105 million, reducing total holdings to 842,138 BTCCryptoCLARITY Act failure could send crypto valuations lower: BernsteinCryptoBitget set to exit Japan, close all remaining positions by year-endCryptoBitGo launches Link, connecting clients to Coinbase, Kraken, Crypto.com and moreCryptoTrumps’ American Bitcoin reports record BTC output, narrower Q2 lossCryptoSolo Bitcoin miner nets $200,000 as Coldcard hardware wallet drains rocks sentimentCryptoSouth Korean Exchange Bithumb Targets 2028 IPOCryptoRipple invests in Zilo and Licuido to assist tokenized capital markets pushCryptoBitcoin, ether decline as Coldcard exploit enters a fifth dayCryptoBithumb now targets 2028 IPO after major internal restructuringAIKAT Coder 2.5 dev: Do yourself a favor and try it!CryptoLive updates: Bitcoin flirts with $64,000 as stocks start strong in AugustAIGLM 5.3 SpottedCryptoBitcoin may find bear market bottom in August: 10x ResearchCryptoColdcard Losses Near $114M as Small Bitcoin Transfers SpikeCryptoThe bitcoin futures yield collapse: Once over 20%, now less than Treasury notesCryptoBernstein says Clarity Act failure could accelerate SEC, CFTC crypto rulemakingCryptoRobinhood wins UK crypto registration before new regulatory regime kicks offCryptoRipple invests in ZILO and Licuido to deepen tokenized capital markets pushCryptoSouth Korea’s Bithumb officially targets 2028 IPO, outlines multi-year roadmapCryptoHashKey receives JPMorgan approval to open client money accountAIDaniel Han of Unsloth validates Qwen3.8-27B will run only 17GB VRAMAIMiniMax-H3 now on huggingfaceAIQwen3.8-27B announced alongside Qwen3.8-MaxAIcondense-json 1.0CryptoColdcard Bitcoin Exploit Balloons to $88 Million as Attackers Keep Draining WalletsCryptoWhat’s the Deal With Meta’s ‘Pervert Glasses’?AILatest open artifacts (#23): Laguna S2.1, Inkling, & Kimi K3 show the utility of open models on the Pareto frontierAIOpen letters about AI developmentAIJuly 2026 newsletterAIQuoting Greg BrockmanAIdatasette-apps 0.2a0AITen advances in mathematics and theoretical computer scienceAIdeepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731AIStateless MCP has recaptured my interest (and inspired mcp-explorer and datasette-mcp)AIllm-mcp-client 0.1a0AIOxide and Friends: The Open Weight Revolution with Simon WillisonAIsmevals - a small eval suite for evaluating models, prompts, and harnessesCryptoColdcard Bitcoin Thief Likely Used Top Blockchain Services Provider: ReportAISlack Emoji MakerCryptoYounger Democrats Understand Clarity Act And Bill Should Pass, Says Coinbase’s Chief Policy OfficerCryptoCoinkite Releases Fixed Firmware After Coldcard Bug; AI Likely Involved In The BreachCryptoUS Closes in on Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Bitcoin Insurance Policy, Sanctions CompaniesCryptoCOLDCARD SECURITY RISK: IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIREDAIdatasette-agent 0.4a0AIGPU Management: Why Idle GPUs Are the New Grounded AircraftAIThe OlmoEarth Platform: Geospatial inference at planetary scaleAILFM2.5-Encoders for Fast Long-Context Inference on CPUAIImport 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 IncidentAIBringing Nunchaku 4-bit Diffusion Inference to DiffusersAIOpen 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; 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