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ForkLog 26 30.01.2025

Meta to Maintain High AI Spending Despite DeepSeek Concerns

Mark Zuckerberg intends to maintain high spending on artificial intelligence despite the buzz around DeepSeek’s affordability. Meta records unprecedented losses in its metaverse division. Overall, the company released a favourable financial report. Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has pledged to sustain high expenditure on artificial intelligence, despite the panic caused by the AI model DeepSeek. The […]

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ForkLog 18 29.01.2025

Cointelegraph forecasts: bitcoin at $150,000, altcoins at $3trn and DEX volumes above $4trn

After a transformational 2024, the crypto industry is set for further growth. Bitcoin will climb to $150,000, the altcoin market cap will reach $3 trillion and DEX trading volumes will exceed $4 trillion, according to a Cointelegraph report. Bitcoin goes mainstream The authors note that 2024 will be remembered as one of the most important […]

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ForkLog 21 29.01.2025

DeepSeek suspected of stealing OpenAI data

Appointed by Donald Trump as the ‘czar’ for AI and cryptocurrencies, David Sacks said there is “substantial evidence” that the startup DeepSeek used data from OpenAI’s models. He likened it to theft. AI & Crypto Czar @DavidSacks says there’s “substantial evidence” that DeepSeek distilled knowledge out of OpenAI’s model. pic.twitter.com/e3ppKa2UWJ — CAPITAL (@capitalnewshq) January 28, […]

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ForkLog 34 28.01.2025

Changpeng Zhao on Ethereum’s outlook and the reasons for Solana’s surge

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) told Colin Wu in an interview about the exchange’s rise, his view of Ethereum’s issues, why meme tokens boomed on Solana and the industry’s prospects. Interview with Binance founder CZ We discussed CZ’s childhood and college experience; how Binance succeeded in just one year; whether FTX can be saved; CEX’s […]

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ForkLog 9 28.01.2025

Standard Chartered says buy bitcoin on weakness

Analysts expect a shift from a “loss-of-hope” phase to “buying the dip”. The 30 January meeting of the the Fed and Big Tech earnings will be pivotal for market direction. Arizona’s Senate Finance Committee has passed a bill to create a bitcoin reserve. Bitcoin’s slide, driven by the DeepSeek factor, should be viewed as a […]

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ForkLog 14 27.01.2025

Russia’s ‘Grey’ Miners Cause Annual Losses of 10 Billion Rubles

Russian illegal miners steal electricity worth billions of rubles annually. MTS combats underground farms through a special energy consumption analysis system. The Ministry of Energy considers it prudent to ban cryptocurrency mining in certain regions until additional generating capacities are established. Billions in Losses The total damage from electricity theft for cryptocurrency mining in Russia […]

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ForkLog 21 27.01.2025

DeepSeek: the new AI front-runner and culprit behind crypto’s sell-off

On January 20, the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek released the open-source reasoning model DeepSeek-R1. Over the weekend of January 25–26, the system drew intense attention, prompting sell-offs across equities and cryptocurrencies. What is DeepSeek? DeepSeek is an artificial-intelligence startup founded in 2023 in Hangzhou, China. The company specialises in building open-source large language models. In […]

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ForkLog 15 23.01.2025

Lido’s founder denies creating a rival to the Ethereum Foundation

No “second foundation” to the Ethereum Foundation (EF) has been created yet. Lido founder Konstantin Lomashuk said as much in response to community speculation. The tweet was just a tweet — no actual second foundation has been created yet. Ethereum is the ultimate world computer, and every Etherean can help it grow, evolve, and succeed. […]

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ForkLog 12 23.01.2025

Coinbase executive identifies 430 BTC linked to Ross Ulbricht

Coinbase’s director of product, Conor Grogan, said he had found 430 BTC across dozens of wallets purportedly linked to Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht. I found ~430 BTC across dozens of wallets associated with Ross Ulbricht that were not confiscated by the USGovt and have been untouched for 13+ years Back then these were probably […]

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ForkLog 19 21.01.2025

Donald Trump: eccentric populist, or a herald of crypto’s new era?

On January 20, Donald Trump was officially sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. During his election campaign he touted ambitious crypto initiatives and, on the eve of his inauguration, launched one of the most talked‑about memecoins. ForkLog rounds up what matters about the ascent of the leader of the world’s biggest […]

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ForkLog 37 20.01.2025

Vitalik Buterin announces major leadership changes at the Ethereum Foundation

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has announced “significant changes” to the leadership of the non-profit Ethereum Foundation (EF). We are indeed currently in the process of large changes to EF leadership structure, which has been ongoing for close to a year. Some of this has already been executed on and made public, and some is still […]

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ForkLog 14 20.01.2025

Melania’s meme coin leaves traders pining for Gary Gensler

On January 19, the U.S. president-elect’s wife, Melania Trump, launched the MELANIA meme coin on Solana. Within a day, the token’s FDV topped $12bn. The family’s second crypto asset triggered a sell-off in TRUMP and disruptions at several platforms and services. Community members highlighted tokenomics concerns, ethical ambiguities and an “unprofessional” approach by MELANIA’s creators. […]

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