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Tuesday, June 23, 2026

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Crypto · lede

Live updates: An 'altcoin season' signal flashed, but bitcoin's slide is what set it off

After nearly two years of declines, alts have run out of sellers and steadied, while bitcoin has dropped hard, sliding back toward $63,600.

CoinDesk · about 2 hours ago

AI · lede

Human Evaluation of GLM-5.2

I've seen plenty of benchmarks that put GLM-5.2 below many of the closed source alternatives but at their heels. I thought to myself, next version GLM will totally be where the best frontiers are at n

LocalLLaMA (Reddit) · 10 minutes ago

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We got ours! -Your Sugar Baby, IntelAIsk hynix reallocating some hbm production to dramCryptoBritish pound stablecoins capped to $53B ceiling as Bank of England sets out stablecoin rulesAIWhy is NO one talking about Microsoft's open source Fast Context!!!CryptoTurboFlow, aiming to be the ‘Kalshi of APAC,’ raises $6 million seed led by Pantera CapitalAIShipping huggingface_hub every week with AI, open tools, and a human in the loopAIPrompt Injection as Role ConfusionAIPorting the Moebius 0.2B image inpainting model to run in the browser with Claude CodeCryptoCentralized Wall Street gatekeepers to control investors’ route into tokenized stocks through old pipesCryptoU.S. Senate passes housing bill that carries four-year ban on a Fed CBDCCryptoBitcoin funding rate hits 2-week high: Is $70K next?AIIs Gemma 4 going to be the next Mistral (or Qwen3.6) one day? Concerning the lack of finetunesCryptoTrump Signs Quantum Computing Orders — What Does This Mean For Bitcoin?CryptoSecuritize and tZERO clash over patents as race to bring Wall Street onchain heats upCryptoStrategy used $300 million of MSTR dilution to backstop its Bitcoin’s biggest buying machineAIDeepSeek raises $7.4B USD at $60B valuation. Remarkably, Liang Wenfeng invests $3B in DeepSeek himself.CryptoRic Edelman says crypto’s biggest growth story is happening off the price chartCrypto21Shares co-founder warns tokenization hype is outrunning Wall Street realityCryptoComparing Bitcoin Giant Strategy to Terra Luna Is a STRC, Benchmark SaysCryptoFranklin Templeton launches dedicated crypto division after closing 250 Digital acquisitionCryptoSolana treasury firm Solmate’s largest stakeholder sues board for self-dealing, fiduciary breachesCryptoStrive says digital credit selloff was a liquidation event, not a credit crisisCryptoBitMine, Sharplink, Joe Lubin Back New Ethereum Research and Development LabCryptoTrump Orders Acceleration of Quantum Readiness as Bitcoin Faces Coming RiskCryptoNew York, Maryland and Utah to hold primaries with crypto PAC money hanging over votersCryptoBitmine, SharpLink and Joe Lubin back Ethlabs nonprofit to advance Ethereum’s ‘next phase’ of growthCryptoGoogle Warns AI Consciousness Debate Could Become a Political BattlegroundCryptoMoonPay expands into back-office financial operations with AI accounting startup Entendre acquisitionCryptoEther’s biggest corporate holders back new Ethereum research hubCryptoSolana grabs 95% of tokenized equity as traders debate if SOL bottom is inCryptoCrypto Industry Urges Congress to Pass Tax Bill—But Will It Happen This Year?CryptoSecuritize asks court to reject tZERO’s ‘meritless’ tokenization patent allegationsCryptoFranklin Templeton Closes 250 Digital Deal, Launches Institutional Crypto DivisionCryptoEthereum MEV Bot JaredFromSubway Threatens Legal Action After $7.5 Million LossCryptoICE and OKX Are Teaming Up to Bring Tokenized Securities to Wall StreetCryptoAndy Burnham emerges as UK Prime Minister favorite, sparking crypto industry hopes for policy resetCryptoThe Studio Behind 'Ex Machina' Is Now Researching AI With GoogleCryptoGate CrossEx: An Exchange-Native Answer to the Institutional Capital Fragmentation ProblemCryptoCrypto Industry Unites Behind Bill to Fix Tax Rules for Miners and StakersCryptoNostr is the Orange Web: Bitcoin’s Niche and Futuristic Alternative InternetCryptoAndrew Cuomo to lead joint TradFi-crypto venture between OKX and Intercontinental ExchangeCryptoBitcoin weekly close above $63K amid RSI divergence may be bottom signal: DataCryptoThe Future of Collecting: Alladan Flinn of Based Trading Cards on Cards, Community, and Culture CryptoBank of England Eases Stablecoin Rules, Swaps Holding Caps for £40B ‘Guardrail’CryptoBitcoin Network Activity Hits Highest Level Since 2024: CryptoQuant CryptoEthereum Foundation talent exodus sparks fresh debate over leadershipCryptoHIVE stock surges 25% as Ivy League researchers train neural networks on Paraguay GPUsCrypto“Trust Me Bro” Cryptography Is Not Enough. 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CuomoAIChinese Hackers Latest Masterpiece with NVIDIACryptoCrypto's second U.S. lobbying front — tax policy — sees industry push on mining, stakingCryptoBitcoin price taps $65.5K as Iran deal sees oil drop toward 16-week lowCryptoEthereum Layer-2 Taiko Warns Users to Withdraw Bridge Funds After Security BreachCryptoBitcoin price rebounds to $65K as oil falls, but US market data still blocks the all-clearCryptoTom Lee’s BitMine Adds $92 Million in Ethereum, Hits 4.7% of Total SupplyCryptoMorning Minute: Bitcoin at $65,000 as Iran Deal WobblesCryptoCrypto industry groups urge Congress to pass tax staking and mining bill unchangedCryptoBitcoin treasury Strive’s shares jump as company’s holdings near 20,000 BTCCryptoAnchorage aims to bring banks onchain with new tokenized deposit platformCryptoStrategy Pads Cash Reserves to $1.4B After STRC's StumbleAIGLM-5.2 is the step change for open agentsCryptoWhy Google search can be a crypto wallet riskCryptoICE and OKX Form Joint Venture to Connect NYSE Infrastructure With 120 Million Crypto UsersCryptoBitcoin Price Rises Above $65,000 as ETF Outflows Slow, Iran Deal and Fed Pull in Opposite DirectionsCryptoEnso launches RWA app and trading for over 500 tokenized assetsCryptoMoneyGram joins Solana as validator amid stablecoin payment pushCryptoTokenized stocks as DeFi collateral arrive before the borrowing risk is settledCryptoSocial trading platform Fomo raises $75M, reaches $550M valuationCryptoTom Lee says ‘best years for crypto remain ahead’ as Bitmine buys another 52,203 ETHAIGLM5.2 @7tg on 4x3090 + 192GB on budget motherboard + cpuCryptoTokenized RWA market cap rises 40% to top $51 billion as industry races to define equity tokenization model: BernsteinCryptoStrive (ASST) Buys 759 Bitcoin for $50 Million, Treasury Reaches 19,864 BTCAIPP-OCRv6 on Hugging Face: 50-Language OCR from 1.5M to 34.5M ParametersAIImport AI 462: Superpersuasion; self-sustaining AI; paths to ASIAIbeen tracking EU DDR5 data for 25 days: Prices are dropping, and the DE vs. NL gap is wild (good news for local LLM builders in EU)CryptoBitcoin 'Resilient' After Hawkish Fed, But No 'Return of Demand': AnalystsCryptoCharles Schwab prediction market partnership with Cboe to take traders away from Polymarket, KalshiCrypto$1.9M in Fake Bets Drove Polymarket Hype: WSJCryptoETH stakers could see rewards cut as Ethereum fights to fund its futureCryptoKraken adds 2,500 unapproved Solana tokens to its app – says risk stays on-chainAIWe got local models to triage the OpenClaw repo for FREE!*AIsqlite-utils 4.0rc1 adds migrations and nested transactionsAIsqlite-utils 4.0rc1AITemporary Cloudflare Accounts for AI agentsAIQuoting Sean LynchAIBest Local Agents - Jun 2026AIBanning Open Source AI Would Be A MistakeAIDatasette Apps: Host custom HTML applications inside DatasetteAIdatasette-acl 0.6a0AIMosaicLeaks: Can your research agent keep a secret?AIBeyond LoRA: Can you beat the most popular fine-tuning technique?AIIs it agentic enough? 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