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President Donald Trump’s new “Genesis Mission” unveiled Monday is billed as a generational leap in how the United States does science akin to the Manhattan Project that created the atomic bomb during World War II. The executive order directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to build a “closed-loop AI experimentation platform” that links the country’s 17 national laboratories, federal supercomputers, and decades of government scientific data into “one cooperative system for research.” The White House fact sheet casts the initiative as a way to “transform how scientific research is conducted” and “accelerate the speed of scientific discovery,” with priorities spanning…

Fintech Polymarket has taken a defining step toward mainstream financial integration after receiving an Amended Order of Designation from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) — a move that places the prediction market platform under the same regulatory framework that governs federally regulated exchanges in the United States.Key Takeaways: CFTC approval clears Polymarket to operate as a fully regulated U.S. exchange with broker-based access. The move opens the door for mainstream and institutional participation in prediction markets. Polymarket has upgraded its surveillance and compliance systems to meet federal exchange standards. The approval transforms Polymarket from a platform operating on…

Bitcoin may not be as resilient to network attacks as most think, according to Bitcoin pioneer Nick Szabo, who argues that while Bitcoin is a trust-minimized network, it isn’t entirely trustless and can still be “attacked” by nation-states and corporations. In a post to X on Sunday, Szabo explained that every cryptocurrency and layer 1 network has a “legal attack” surface that enables them to be disrupted by governments.Thinking Bitcoin or any blockchain protocol is a “magical anarcho-capitalist Swiss army knife that can withstand any kind of governmental attack in any legal area is insanity,” he said. Szabo’s insights carry weight in…

Dogecoin sees 7B tokens moved in 30 days as whales shift and bullish signals hint at a short-term price recovery. Dogecoin (DOGE) has come under pressure after major wallet activity triggered renewed focus on the token. Analysts are monitoring both the price and whale behavior as DOGE tries to hold above a key support level following sharp declines. 7 Billion DOGE Moved in 30 Days Between September 19 and November 23, on-chain data shared by Ali Martinez shows that wallets holding between 10 million and 100 million DOGE “sold or redistributed” nearly 7 billion coins. These wallets dropped from…

Weak buyer demand, weakening home prices and overall uncertainty in the economy are combining to make home sellers change their minds and step out of the market. Close to 85,000 U.S. sellers took their homes off the market in September, up 28% from September 2024 and the highest level for that month in eight years, according to Redfin. Sellers are delisting because so many listings are going stale, sitting on the market longer and longer. Redfin reported that 70% of listings in September were on the market for 60 days or longer. Homeowners are seeing prices weaken significantly and would rather…

Key takeaways XLM is trading above $0.24 after adding 2% to its value in the last 24 hours. The cryptocurrency eyes a breakout as the Stellar blockchain hits a new TVL all-time high. Stellar’s TVL hits a new all-time high XLM has performed positively over the last 24 hours, adding 2% to its value during that period. The coin is now trading above $0.24 after adding over 10% in the previous two days. The positive performance comes as Stellar’s Total Value Locked (TVL) has hit a new all-time high. According to DefiLlama, XLM’s TVL has reached a new all-time high…

TD Cowen analysts say Strategy’s stock could face continued pressure due to an impending MSCI review.  The firm expects that PBTCs like Strategy will be removed from all MSCI indexes this February. A formal decision is expected around mid-January. Cowen called the potential removal “capricious” but emphasized that investors should prepare for sustained selling pressure. The analysts note that Strategy is not a fund, trust, or holding company. Instead, it is a public operating company. Its $500 million software business generates all of its revenue.  Meanwhile, its Bitcoin treasury operations are innovative and active, offering unique Bitcoin-backed securities. “Removing Strategy…

Anthropic released its most capable artificial intelligence model yet on Monday, slashing prices by roughly two-thirds while claiming state-of-the-art performance on software engineering tasks — a strategic move that intensifies the AI startup's competition with deep-pocketed rivals OpenAI and Google.The new model, Claude Opus 4.5, scored higher on Anthropic's most challenging internal engineering assessment than any human job candidate in the company's history, according to materials reviewed by VentureBeat. The result underscores both the rapidly advancing capabilities of AI systems and growing questions about how the technology will reshape white-collar professions.The Amazon-backed company is pricing Claude Opus 4.5 at $5…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Growing speculation around whether Ripple could one day replace certain functions of traditional banking using XRP intensified last week after Paul Barron, the founder of the Paul Barron Network, outlined why XRP is positioned at the center of global finance. His statements highlight XRP’s potential to reshape the future financial infrastructure and increase its role in payments and digital money movement.  Why Ripple Could Replace Banks With XRP On November 22, Barron sparked a debate on X by breaking down why he believes XRP may be engineered…

AI spending in Asia Pacific continues to rise, yet many companies still struggle to get value from their AI projects. Much of this comes down to the infrastructure that supports AI, as most systems are not built to run inference at the speed or scale real applications need. Industry studies show many projects miss their ROI goals even after heavy investment in GenAI tools because of the issue.The gap shows how much AI infrastructure influences performance, cost, and the ability to scale real-world deployments in the region.Akamai is trying to address this challenge with Inference Cloud, built with NVIDIA and…