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Crude Oil is pricing a Hormuz deal, not a peace deal

Crude Oil is lower on Thursday even as the war that sets its price reached a country it had spared for five months. WTI trades just above the $82.00 handle, down more than 1.5%, and Brent holds just above $86.50 with a …

Coinbase beats much of customer lawsuit over US token sales

Zcash activated its Ironwood upgrade, sealing roughly $1.7 billion in ZEC behind a one-way turnstile after a researcher found a flaw that could have minted counterfeit coins. Here’s everything you need to know. Plus, on…

Researchers Tried Letting AI Do Science. It Failed

A new study found today's frontier AI agents could complete many of the engineering tasks required for AI research but failed to produce original work worthy of acceptance at a top machine learning conference.

Reassessing Risk in Tech Stocks

You’re likely aware that many technology companies are spending epic sums of money on AI these days. Take tech titans like Oracle, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta that are building out massive data centers and oth…

Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP Price Prediction Today

Bitcoin traded near $64,869, up 1.54% over the past 24 hours, while Ethereum climbed to $1,921, up 1.21% on the day and XRP held near $1.08. Total crypto market capitalization stood at $2.21 trillion, up 1.35% over the …