Sentient open-source AI search outperforms GPT-4o and Perplexity

Sentient open-source AI search outperforms GPT-4o and Perplexity

“AI should belong to the community, not controlled by closed-source corporations,” Sentient’s co-founder told Cointelegraph. Sentient, an artificial intelligence development platform backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, has released an open-source AI search framework that it says outperforms leading closed-source competitors. The company announced the public release of Open Deep Search (ODS) on April 2,…

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Bitcoin can hit 0K in 2025 if Fed shifts to QE: Arthur Hayes

Bitcoin can hit $250K in 2025 if Fed shifts to QE: Arthur Hayes

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes predicted Bitcoin could hit $250,000 in 2025 if the US Federal Reserve pivots to quantitative easing, but market bets remain conservative. Bitcoin may still rise to over $250,000 before the end of the year, with expectations of an increasing fiat supply remaining the significant catalyst for the world’s first cryptocurrency. Bitcoin’s…

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GameStop finishes .5B raise to add Bitcoin to its balance sheet

GameStop finishes $1.5B raise to add Bitcoin to its balance sheet

GameStop’s board had greenlit an investment in Bitcoin and US-dollar-pegged stablecoins using the convertible debt offering and cash reserves on March 25. Video game retailer GameStop Corporation (GME) has finished a convertible debt offering that raised $1.5 billion, with some proceeds earmarked for buying Bitcoin. The offering was initially set to raise at least $1.3…

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Crypto PAC-backed Republicans win US House seats in Florida special elections

Crypto PAC-backed Republicans win US House seats in Florida special elections

Crypto-friendly Republicans Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine have won Florida’s special elections for the 1st and 6th Congressional Districts of the US House. Two Republicans who received a combined $1.5 million from the crypto-backed political action committee (PAC) Fairshake will enter the US House after winning special elections in Florida. Republican Jimmy Patronis won the…

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Backpack opens claims process for former FTX EU users

Backpack opens claims process for former FTX EU users

Backpack acquired FTX EU in January 2025 to offer crypto derivatives throughout Europe. Crypto exchange Backpack has initiated the first phase of the claims process for former FTX users in Europe. According to an April 1 announcement, users will need to create an account on the exchange, submit Know Your Customer information, and connect it…

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Grayscale files S-3 for Digital Large Cap ETF

Grayscale files S-3 for Digital Large Cap ETF

The fund holds a diverse basket of cryptocurrencies, including altcoins such as ETH, SOL, ADA and XRP. Asset manager Grayscale has filed to list an exchange-traded fund (ETF) holding a diverse basket of spot cryptocurrencies, US regulatory filings show. On April 1, Grayscale submitted an S-3 regulatory filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission…

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Bitcoin could reduce dominance of US dollar — BlackRock

Bitcoin could reduce dominance of US dollar — BlackRock

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink warned in an annual letter that mounting US debt could drive investors toward Bitcoin, threatening the dollar’s global dominance. The US dollar could lose its status as the world’s reserve currency to Bitcoin or other digital assets if the United States does not get its debt under control, according to BlackRock…

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