OpenAI Turns Up the Heat With Jalapeño, Its First Custom AI Chip
Built with Broadcom, the LLM-focused accelerator is the first step in OpenAI’s effort to design the hardware behind ChatGPT and beyond. Source: Decrypt
Trump Cancels Signing of Bipartisan Housing Bill Containing CBDC Ban: 'Of Minor Importance'
President Trump said he won’t sign the popular bill until Congress passes a controversial bill restricting voting rights. Source: Decrypt
Ex-FCA policy insider explains the ‘great divide’ in the UK’s crypto ambition
Former FCA policymaker and Hedera Global Policy VP, Isadora Arredondo says there is a gap between the U.K.’s crypto ambitions and how policy is carried out in practice. Source: CoinDesk
Trump cancels signing of housing bill with CBDC ban
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act included a provision that the US Federal Reserve was barred from issuing or creating a CBDC until 2030, but exempted certain stablecoins. Source: Cointelegraph
The Impossibility of Perfect Fairness in Transaction Ordering
Why perfect fairness cannot hold in asynchronous networks, and how different blockchains adopt different relaxations to fairness. Source: Cointelegraph
OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom
Named Jalapeño, the new processor was designed specifically for the unique needs of OpenAI’s inference systems. Source: AI News & Artificial Intelligence
Bitcoin just broke below the floor of its famous Rainbow Chart into the ‘BTC is dead’ zone
A 50% drop from recent highs has pushed the asset into a zone historically labeled as a dead end, sparking a debate among crypto analysts. Source: CoinDesk
The banking lobby is wrong about stablecoins and community banks
Congress should not kneecap one of the clearest advances in payment infrastructure to protect community banks from a threat that has not been proven, argues Eco CEO Ryne Saxe. Source: CoinDesk
Strategy Shares Crash Below $100 as Bitcoin Sinks Towards $60K
Bitcoin fell to a two-week low price Wednesday as Strategy shares dove below the $100 mark for the first time since March 2024. Source: Decrypt
How memecoin marketing moved from online speculation to real-world risk
From alcohol dares to head-shaving challenges, memecoin campaigns are turning engagement into exploitation. Source: Cointelegraph