CULTURE
From FBI Raids to $9 Billion Vindication
"Our partnership with ICE marks a major step in bringing prediction markets into the financial mainstream," Coplan posted on X. "But in addition to that, it's a monumental step forward for DeFi."
STARTUPS
OPEN-SOURCE
The Evolutionary Arms Race Against Deepfakes
Deepfake fraud has hit nearly $900M in 2025, with AI tools like Sora 2 fueling the chaos. BitMind's GAS fights back using decentralized AI that evolves through open competition. Achieving 98% accuracy on some models, it's a scalable solution to restore trust in digital media.
OPEN-SOURCE
Perch wants to be the Spotify for newsletters and blogs
The premise is simple: instead of subscribing to dozens of email newsletters that flood your inbox, Perch aggregates all your favorite writers and publications in one place.
AI
One Does Not Simply... Wait, Templar Just Did: 70B AI Storms Big Tech's Mordor
The banners are raised, as Templar put it. The campaign has begun. And Big Tech's monopoly on frontier AI development just became a lot less certain.
AI
How a 21-Year-Old Just Fucking Destroyed Silicon Valley's $100 Billion AI Empire
Silicon Valley's $100 billion AI bluff just got called by a $650,000 decentralized network. And that's only the beginning of what's coming.
OPEN-SOURCE
Microsoft Just Killed GitHub's Independence as Open Source AI Is Pulling Away
Microsoft is essentially playing chess while everyone else plays checkers. They've created a situation where they profit from open source AI development through GitHub while simultaneously controlling the platform that development depends on.
BLOCKCHAIN
BitMind Launches Mobile App for Real-Time Deepfake Detection on Social Media
New smartphone app empowers users to instantly verify AI-generated content across Instagram, TikTok, X, and more.
AI
Kimi K2 Just Dropped and It's Already Breaking the AI Market
Kimi K2 is the commoditization of AI happening in real-time. When trillion-parameter agentic intelligence becomes available at commodity prices, the game changes overnight.
MESSAGING APPS
Decentralized Messenger Session Goes Live on Arbitrum With $SESH Token Launch
Zug, Switzerland, May 21st, 2025, Decentralized encrypted messenger app Session is launching its highly anticipated token, $SESH, on May 21, 2025. The Token Generation Event (TGE) coincides with the official launch of the new Session Network on mainnet, which follows a successful and extensive testing period as part of the
DECENTRALIZATION
Nous Research Summons Psyche to Battle Silicon Valley's AI Dragons
While OpenAI and Anthropic fight over who can build the most restrictive walled garden, a team of AI rebels has quietly assembled the digital equivalent of a nuclear arsenal in plain sight.
AI
Rayon Labs Set to Launch AI Agent Platform Powered by Decentralized Infrastructure
Rayon Labs, the company behind innovative AI projects Nineteen.ai, Chutes.ai, and Gradients.io, has announced the release of their AI Agent Platform. The platform, fully powered by decentralized infrastructure, launched yesterday on March 20th, according to a post on X.
AI
"Breakthroughs Over Billions": How DeepSeek's Founder Rejects Big Tech Money to Run a Lean 'Navy SEAL' Team for AGI
“we are in the early stage of a revolution companies should focus on breakthroughs instead of monetization”