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In brief Elon Musk said xAI partly used OpenAI models to train Grok, according to a TechCrunch report. The method, known as distillation, allows companies to replicate model behavior at lower cost. The disclosure came during Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI over its shift to a for-profit model. Elon Musk said his artificial intelligence company xAI partly used OpenAI models while training its Grok chatbot, according to a report by TechCrunch.The admission is a rare public acknowledgment by a major AI developer of a practice under growing scrutiny. It comes as Musk’s case against OpenAI moves forward in federal court, where…

Strike CEO Jack Mallers announced a series of product updates and strategic moves Wednesday, including the launch of lending proof-of-reserves, a new “volatility-proof” bitcoin-backed loan structure built with Tether, and a $2.1 billion credit facility.  He also said he supports a proposal by Tether Investments to merge Strike with Twenty-One Capital and bitcoin miner Elektron Energy. Mallers said Strike’s bitcoin-backed loan and line-of-credit business has grown since launch, with users drawn to the ability to borrow against bitcoin rather than sell it.  He described bitcoin as a savings account for many customers and said Strike cut its rate tiers across…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure On-chain data shows the Bitcoin spot volume has observed a notable decline, something that could make the market more sensitive to flow shifts. Bitcoin Spot Volume Has Gone Through A Decline Recently As highlighted by on-chain analytics firm Glassnode in an X post, the Bitcoin Spot Volume has declined to multi-year lows. The “Spot Volume” here refers to an indicator that measures, as its name suggests, the total amount of the cryptocurrency (in USD) that’s becoming involved in trading activity on the various centralized spot exchanges. When…

In brief Mistral Medium 3.5 is a 128 billion parameter dense model priced at $1.50 input / $7.50 output per million tokens, far above comparable Chinese alternatives. Chinese open-source models—Qwen, GLM, MiMo-V2—dominate the leaderboard top, leaving Mistral as a lonely Western holdout. Mistral is positioning the release as a building block toward a future large flagship model. Mistral AI dropped Mistral Medium 3.5 on April 29. The Paris-based lab announced a dense 128-billion-parameter model, a set of agentic features—and walked straight into a wall of online “meh” reactions.The release came in three parts. First, the model itself. Second, remote coding…

SINGAPORE, April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — VerifyVASP, a leading Travel Rule solution provider, today announced the acquisition of Sygna, a prominent Japan-based provider. This transaction represents a major step in VerifyVASP’s global expansion strategy, further establishing the company as a core compliance infrastructure provider for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) across key international markets. Consolidating the Travel Rule Ecosystem The acquisition marks a defining moment in the evolution of the global Travel Rule landscape. By integrating Sygna into its network, VerifyVASP is advancing the consolidation of a fragmented market into a unified, interoperable compliance network aligned with national regulations, Financial…

New York, United States, April 28th, 2026, Chainwire 30-day Trade-to-Feed competition marks BitMart’s 8th anniversary and the exchange’s strategic listing of $EAT, the first cause coin. BitMart, the global digital asset exchange serving millions of users worldwide, today launched the Trade-to-Feed competition, a 30-day trading competition paying out up to $4.4 million USDT in trader rewards. The campaign marks BitMart’s eighth anniversary and the exchange’s listing of $EAT (WYDE: End Hunger), the first cause coin to list on a major centralized exchange. Cause coins are an emerging asset class engineered so that fees from trading activity flow to charitable grant-making…

Eightco treasury composition as of April 27, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $25M Beast Industries equity, 11,068 ETH, 283 million WLD holdings, and $121M cash and equivalents World offers a solution to the ‘double human’ problem in a world proliferating with deepfakes and agentic agents Tinder, Zoom, Docusign, Vercel, Browserbase, and Exa to integrate Proof of Human verification features Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries EASTON, Pa., April 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) (“Eightco” or the “Company”) today provided an update on its total holdings, highlighting…

London, United Kingdom, April 28th, 2026, Chainwire AxeCasino announced that members of its leadership and product teams will attend iGB L!VE 2026, one of the established events in the online gaming and affiliate marketing calendar. The company said its participation reflects an ongoing effort to remain closely engaged with the conversations shaping the digital gaming sector, including platform usability, product development, responsible gaming standards, and changing player expectations. During the event, AxeCasino representatives plan to take part in networking sessions, meetings, and broader industry discussions with operators, affiliates, technology providers, and service partners. According to the company, the goal is…

Bitcoin sellers went quiet. Exchange deposits fell while reserves climbed, a shift that’s got traders wondering what comes next. The drop in deposits means fewer people are moving their coins to exchanges. That’s usually what happens before a sell-off. But it’s not happening. Instead, reserves are building up, which suggests holders think the price will go higher. They’re keeping their Bitcoin close, not shipping it off to trade. This is pretty different from what we’ve seen before. In past cycles, deposits spiked right before selling pressure hit hard. Now? The opposite. Big players seem to be changing tactics, and nobody’s…

You’ve probably searched “free AI trading bot” and ended up drowning in sponsored reviews and vague promises. You’re not looking for another platform that calls itself “AI-powered” but still makes you babysit charts at 2am. You want to know: is there a free AI trading bot app that actually makes real money in 2026 — without needing a finance degree or $10,000 to start?Yes. And we’ve ranked eight of them.The catch? Most “free” bots aren’t fully free — they’re free to set up but charge fees, cap your withdrawals, or quietly limit automation unless you pay. We’ve been honest about…