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Assessing Sonic’s [S] 12% price drop and why more selling may be next

Sonic (S) has dropped 12% in 24 hours, with further declines anticipated. Despite a notable 23% surge in daily active users and over 228,000 on-chain transactions, key metrics suggest selling pressure is driving the activity. Total Value Locked (TVL) fell by $4.47 million to around $16.07 million, indicating capital outflows. While DEX volume spiked to $3.27 million and overall trading volume rose 51% to $26.8 million, this high volume alongside a falling price points to dominant selling momentum. Spot market data shows slight positive net inflows of about $20,000, hinting at minor accumulation, but this buying pressure is currently insufficient to counter the selling or fuel a near-term price recovery.

ambcrypto06/26 05:03

Assessing Sonic’s [S] 12% price drop and why more selling may be next

ambcrypto06/26 05:03

After a Three-Year Hiatus, Peking University Alumna Lilian Weng's Latest Long-Form Article Goes Viral

After a three-year hiatus, OpenAI alum and renowned AI researcher Lilian Weng has published a comprehensive blog post analyzing the "Scaling Laws" that have guided multi-billion dollar investments in large language models. Her post, "Scaling Laws, Carefully," reveals these foundational laws to be more fragile than widely assumed. She dissects a key discrepancy between OpenAI's 2020 conclusion (favoring larger models) and DeepMind's 2022 Chinchilla finding (advocating balanced growth of model size and data), tracing it to differences in parameter counting and experimental scale. Furthermore, Weng highlights a critical methodological bug in the influential Chinchilla paper, discovered in 2024, where a loss function averaging error caused premature optimizer termination. The analysis also underscores a fundamental limitation: the laws assume infinite, unique training data, a premise collapsing as high-quality text data is exhausted by 2026-2028. This scarcity is driving the industry toward alternatives like reinforcement learning, test-time computation, and synthetic data. Weng concludes that the future of AI depends not just on more compute, but on rigorously understanding and refining these scaling principles.

marsbit06/26 04:52

After a Three-Year Hiatus, Peking University Alumna Lilian Weng's Latest Long-Form Article Goes Viral

marsbit06/26 04:52

Stablecoins Becoming the Next Policy Challenge for the Fed's Walsh Version

Fed Governor Christopher Waller's speech at the June 22 conference on the U.S. dollar's international role signifies a notable policy shift: stablecoins like USDT and USDC are now being formally considered as potential channels for transmitting U.S. dollar liquidity globally. With their combined market cap surpassing $250 billion and high transaction volumes, these digital assets are moving from the periphery of crypto policy to the core of monetary system research. The key concern for policymakers is how stablecoin flows interact with traditional dollar infrastructure. Their growth could affect bank deposits, demand for short-term Treasury securities (like T-bills), and global access to dollars, depending on whether demand originates overseas or substitutes for domestic bank balances. Issuers' reserve management—holding assets in banks, money market funds, or Treasuries—links stablecoin activity directly to these core markets. The Fed's research agenda now examines whether stablecoins, by combining payment and balance-holding functions on digital rails, could complicate monetary policy implementation or transmit liquidity stress to banks. While current Treasury holdings by issuers are under 1% of the total market, their concentrated demand could marginally impact yields, especially during periods of stress. Consequently, stablecoins are evolving from mere crypto trading tools into a private-layer dollar transmission system with public policy implications, prompting closer regulatory scrutiny of their reserve robustness, redemption mechanisms, and systemic integration.

marsbit06/26 04:50

Stablecoins Becoming the Next Policy Challenge for the Fed's Walsh Version

marsbit06/26 04:50

After Burning Through 900 Billion, Zuckerberg Decides to Open a Casino Where You Can't Gamble

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is venting a new app called Arena, a prediction market platform where users use points instead of real money to bet on outcomes of elections, sports, and world events. This move follows Meta's massive $90 billion cumulative loss in its Reality Labs metaverse division. Critics argue the "play money" model undermines the core mechanism of prediction markets, where real financial stakes ensure accurate forecasts. Arena is seen as Meta's attempt to copy established, fast-growing platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi while avoiding regulatory hurdles. The article suggests this may be less about creating a genuine prediction tool and more about social engagement, potentially acting as a gateway that introduces billions to the concept, from which licensed platforms could ultimately benefit.

marsbit06/26 04:41

After Burning Through 900 Billion, Zuckerberg Decides to Open a Casino Where You Can't Gamble

marsbit06/26 04:41

A 380% Soar, Shenzhen’s 100-Billion-Yuan IPO Rings the Bell

HKC Holdings, a major Chinese display panel manufacturer, has successfully listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange's main board. The company's shares surged over 380% on its debut, pushing its market capitalization to around 350 billion yuan (formerly reaching 500 billion yuan). Founded by Wang Zhiyong in Shenzhen's Huaqiangbei electronics market nearly three decades ago, HKC evolved from assembling monitors to becoming a global top-tier supplier of semiconductor display panels for TVs, monitors, and smartphones. The IPO marks a significant milestone for HKC and its backers. The company's growth into the capital-intensive panel manufacturing sector was supported through partnerships with state-owned capital from regions like Chongqing, Mianyang, and Chuzhou. Its shareholder list also includes BOE Technology's investment arm. In recent years, HKC reported strong financials, with core panel business contributing over 70% of revenue and clients including Samsung, TCL, and Xiaomi. This listing is seen as part of a broader trend in Shenzhen's evolving tech landscape. Beyond established giants, the city is nurturing clusters of leading companies in specialized sectors like robotics—exemplified by the "Shenzhen Robot Valley"—and storage chips, where a group of firms dubbed the "Storage Five Tigers" has achieved a combined trillion-yuan market valuation. Shenzhen's strategic focus on emerging industries such as AI terminals, low-altitude economy, and humanoid robotics aims to build new industrial depth and foster the next generation of tech champions.

marsbit06/26 04:38

A 380% Soar, Shenzhen’s 100-Billion-Yuan IPO Rings the Bell

marsbit06/26 04:38

Lasting 233 Days with Over 50% Drawdown, Is This the Mildest Bear Market to Date?

Bitcoin's current bear market has lasted 233 days as of June 24, making it the fourth-longest cycle since 2014, defined by its price staying below the 200-day moving average (200 DMA) for over 30 days. Historically, the longest bear markets were in 2018-2019 (385 days) and 2022-2023 (381 days), driven by major structural crashes post-all-time highs. In contrast, the current 2025-2026 downturn, following Bitcoin's January 2025 peak of $124,773, appears driven by broader macro shifts like rising interest rates and fading post-halving momentum. This cycle is notably the mildest on record so far, with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 51.2%. Previous major bear markets saw declines between 76.7% and 83.6%. Even the sharp but brief 2020 COVID crash caused a 74.4% drop. As of the analysis date, Bitcoin's price is $62,651, about 22% below its 200 DMA of $76,450. A sustained rally of over one-fifth is needed to reclaim this key level. If the recent low of $60,861 on June 7, 2026, is confirmed as the cycle bottom, historical recovery patterns suggest reclaiming the 200 DMA could take from 65 to 166 days, potentially placing it around August 2026 at the earliest.

marsbit06/26 03:54

Lasting 233 Days with Over 50% Drawdown, Is This the Mildest Bear Market to Date?

marsbit06/26 03:54

Domestic First Explosion-Proof Certification, World's First Fueling Brain Solution: How Did They Secure Two 'Firsts'?

China's embodied AI sector is booming, with over ¥37 billion in funding this year. The focus has shifted decisively to real-world application, particularly in hazardous, repetitive tasks humans should avoid. A key, often prohibitive, barrier to entry for robots in environments like gas stations and oil fields is obtaining explosion-proof certification, requiring meticulous hardware and circuit design from the ground up. The article explores three main application areas. At gas stations, the challenge lies in executing a long, precise sequence of actions (opening caps, handling the fuel nozzle) with millimeter accuracy across diverse car models. For facility inspections, robots need sustained autonomous patrols combined with real-time anomaly detection and response. Port scenarios introduce the complexity of multi-robot coordination. Addressing the core challenge of long-horizon tasks, the piece highlights a technical breakthrough: a "world model"-driven approach. This enables predictive planning, allowing the AI to visualize the desired end-state (e.g., nozzle returned, cap closed) and work backward to synthesize intermediate visual frames. This "imagination" of the task trajectory, as implemented in the H-GAR architecture, guides action generation, significantly reducing cumulative error in multi-step operations. The three-step H-GAR process involves generating a coarse action draft, synthesizing target-conditioned observation frames, and then refining actions based on visual context and a memory of past successful motions. The conclusion emphasizes that success in specialized, safety-critical fields requires long-term commitment and deep integration of the "embodied brain" (AI) with a purpose-built, certified physical "body." Mastering this brain-body-data闭环 (closed-loop) is positioned as a crucial competitive advantage for commercialization.

marsbit06/26 03:49

Domestic First Explosion-Proof Certification, World's First Fueling Brain Solution: How Did They Secure Two 'Firsts'?

marsbit06/26 03:49

Bitcoin Bear Market Triggers Crypto Layoffs, Yet Fuels Industry's Most Aggressive M&A Wave Ever

A prolonged Bitcoin downturn is forcing crypto companies to lay off employees and automate operations, but has simultaneously triggered the industry's most aggressive wave of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). In the first half of 2026, crypto M&A deal value reached $93.7 billion, 26 times higher than the same period last year. This activity is primarily driven by traditional financial institutions—banks, payment processors, and asset managers—who are acquiring compliant crypto infrastructure like custody solutions, payment rails, and regulatory licenses instead of building them internally. Examples include Mastercard's acquisition of stablecoin firm BVNK and Franklin Templeton's launch of a dedicated crypto division via acquisition. This consolidation contrasts sharply with a shrinking crypto labor market, where active job openings have plummeted. Companies like Coinbase are restructuring to become "AI-native," leading to a sharp increase in roles requiring AI skills, while engineering and compliance positions now dominate hiring. Financially pressured crypto firms, such as Messari which was acquired at a fraction of its prior valuation, are becoming prime targets. Capital remains available but is highly selective, flowing overwhelmingly into businesses that bridge digital assets with traditional finance, such as tokenization platforms and regulated trading venues. The trend indicates a market where capital is rewarding compliant, utility-focused infrastructure while weaker models consolidate or downsize.

marsbit06/26 03:49

Bitcoin Bear Market Triggers Crypto Layoffs, Yet Fuels Industry's Most Aggressive M&A Wave Ever

marsbit06/26 03:49

Anthropic Employees Leave to Start a Business, Valued at $1 Billion, Also Focused on 'Recursive Self-Improvement'

Former Anthropic employees Behnam Neyshabur and Harsh Mehta have founded a startup named Mirendil, securing $200 million in seed funding at a $1 billion valuation from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, and NVIDIA. The company, staffed by researchers from Anthropic, xAI, Google DeepMind, and OpenAI, aims to accelerate scientific discovery by focusing on "recursive self-improvement" for AI. Their vision, described as "AI for AI for Science," is to build a platform enabling research labs in fields like medicine and materials science to develop and iteratively improve their own specialized AI models, rather than relying on general-purpose models from large tech firms. Neyshabur argues this approach, involving AI that can optimize its own code under human supervision, is the fastest path to AI-accelerated science. The founders believe a market opportunity exists because major AI companies, while increasingly using AI to advance their own research, restrict external developers from using their models to train competing products. Mirendil plans to release its first models soon to gather early user feedback, with the goal of empowering thousands of labs to tackle critical scientific challenges.

marsbit06/26 03:26

Anthropic Employees Leave to Start a Business, Valued at $1 Billion, Also Focused on 'Recursive Self-Improvement'

marsbit06/26 03:26

Trillion-Dollar Pension Fund Entry? Franklin Bitcoin Dividend Reinvestment ETF Comes with a Built-in Selling Pressure Ceiling

Franklin Templeton has filed to launch two ETFs that embed a "default configuration" logic into Bitcoin investment, aiming to tap into massive pension fund flows. These "Bitcoin Dividend Reinvestment Index ETFs" will initially hold 95% equities and 5% Bitcoin, automatically reinvesting stock dividends to buy Bitcoin. However, a quarterly rebalancing rule forces selling of Bitcoin if its allocation exceeds 5%, capping its maximum holding at 20%. While the product cleverly circumvents advisor reluctance and compliance hurdles by labeling itself as a U.S. equity product, its actual Bitcoin buying power is minimal. Given low dividend yields (e.g., ~1% for broad market indices), annual Bitcoin purchases from a fund the size of Franklin's existing Bitcoin ETF would be a mere $3.6 million—negligible against Bitcoin's daily trading volume. Crucially, during bull markets, the fund becomes a programmed, passive *seller* of Bitcoin, potentially creating sustained sell pressure if many similar funds emerge. The strategy leverages investor inertia and automatic enrollment, similar to the success of target-date funds in 401(k) plans. It also uses an offshore Cayman subsidiary for holding Bitcoin and raises a tax complication where investors must pay taxes on dividends they never receive as cash. Although recent U.S. regulatory changes allow crypto in retirement plans, widespread adoption as a default option faces legal hurdles. The core premise remains: the system doesn't need to convince anyone to buy Bitcoin actively; it simply relies on people doing nothing.

marsbit06/26 03:18

Trillion-Dollar Pension Fund Entry? Franklin Bitcoin Dividend Reinvestment ETF Comes with a Built-in Selling Pressure Ceiling

marsbit06/26 03:18

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