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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Why institutions are hesitant about decentralized finance — Shibtoshi

Why institutions are hesitant about decentralized finance — Shibtoshi

Regulators should work with DeFi firms to craft sensible policies instead of “unnecessarily stringent rules,” Shibtoshi told Cointelegraph. Shibtoshi, the founder of the SilentSwap privacy-preserving trading platform, outlined several concerns that make institutions hesitant to adopt decentralized finance (DeFi) solutions, including privacy, a lack of standardized compliance regulations, and legal accountability. The DeFi founder told…

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DeFi’s yield model is broken — Here’s how we fix it

DeFi’s yield model is broken — Here’s how we fix it

DeFi needs to move from inflationary token emissions and to sustainable yield models to build lasting value and achieve mainstream adoption. Opinion by: Marc Boiron, chief executive officer of Polygon Labs Decentralized finance (DeFi) needs a reality check. Protocols have chased growth through token emissions that promise eye-popping annual percentage yields (APYs) for years, only…

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Polymarket faces scrutiny over M Ukraine mineral deal bet

Polymarket faces scrutiny over $7M Ukraine mineral deal bet

Polymarket’s Trump/Ukraine mineral deal bet sparked a backlash as a whale-controlled vote settled it incorrectly, raising concerns over manipulation and governance risks. Polymarket, the world’s largest decentralized prediction market, is under fire after a controversial outcome raised concerns over potential governance manipulation in a high-stakes political bet. A betting market on the platform asked whether…

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#Bitcoin sidechains will drive BTCfi growth

#Bitcoin sidechains will drive BTCfi growth

BTCfi is set to surge. Bitcoin DeFi cannot be ignored. Sidechains will bring new use cases and opportunities without compromising the base layer’s integrity. Opinion by: Brendon Sedo, Core DAO initial contributor Bitcoin is outgrowing the “digital gold” narrative. The primary driver of this shift is the rise of Bitcoin DeFi (BTCfi), which looks beyond…

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#Move is now primed to grow DeFi

#Move is now primed to grow DeFi

Move is now the best programming language for verifying the absence of bugs and checking for modifications and leaks, which is how most blockchains get hacked. Opinion by: Alex Nguyen, CEO at VibrantX The Move programming language’s origin is not super cypherpunk. Facebook (now Meta) created Move after the Libra/Diem team compared major smart contract…

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#Competitors want to ‘kill Tether,’ most altcoins ‘won’t make it’ in 2025: Finance Redefined

#Competitors want to ‘kill Tether,’ most altcoins ‘won’t make it’ in 2025: Finance Redefined

Only the altcoins with potential ETF approvals and solid revenue-generation models will outperform the crypto market in 2025. Tether’s competitors are exerting increasingly more pressure to push the world’s largest stablecoin issuer out of the crypto market, including political pressure aimed at reducing the firm’s leading market share. In the wider crypto markets, analysts are…

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# Bitcoiners pitch draft bill to preserve blockchain, decentralization in Argentina

# Bitcoiners pitch draft bill to preserve blockchain, decentralization in Argentina

The group, “Bitcoin Argentina,” previously rejected the idea that regulation was needed in the cryptocurrency industry. Non-government organization Bitcoin Argentina presented a draft bill proposing to regulate the cryptocurrency market in a way that preserves decentralization and strengthens public trust. The proposed legal framework was pitched by Bitcoin Argentina’s president Ricardo Mihura at LABITCONF 2023…

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