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Arthur Hayes says Maelstrom has sold its entire Zcash position after new disclosures around the Orchard Pool vulnerability sharpened the perceived risk around ZEC’s monetary integrity. The move effectively ends his recent “Holy Trinity” trade across ZEC, NEAR and HYPE, while leaving Worldcoin as the AI-linked bet he says the fund still holds. “The Holy Trinity is dead,” Hayes wrote on X. “Sadly due to the Orchard Pool exploit, I had to dump our entire ZEC bag.” Why Is Hayes Dumping Zcash Now? The post followed a detailed statement from Zooko Wilcox, Jason McGee and Taylor Hornby, who described the issue as “The Orchard Counterfeiting Vulnerability.” According to their summary, Hornby discovered a critical vulnerability in Zcash’s Orchard pool on May 29 and disclosed it to Zcash Open Development Lab, which then coordinated an emergency response completed on June 2. The key line was stark: the vulnerability “could have been exploited to undetectably create an unlimited amount of counterf
Read full article"Agent" is the most overused word in AI right now. But strip away the hype and what are you actually working with? Adobe principal scientist Deepak Pai breaks down the real building blocks of agentic systems and when they're worth reaching for.
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Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson rejected speculation that he is leaving the ecosystem, saying in a June 4 livestream that he is stepping back from public-facing communication but not resigning from Cardano. The comments came after his brief “taking a break” post on X triggered concern across the community and inquiries from journalists Hoskinson opened the […]
When Quilty hit the industry trades earlier this year, the AI startup promised that its tool could accurately predict a film's success just by reading the script. When people actually got a chance to experiment with Quilty's product, though, they were left skeptical. Even with all the available data in the world, it predicted the script for Christy, which would go on to be a box office flop, would outperform the script for Sinners, which became an Oscar-winning blockbuster. As many AI execs have pitched before, Quilty's founders believe that can help "democratize" their industry by giving up-and-coming creatives access to assistive tools - … Read the full story at The Verge.
Nvidia's AI-driven growth reshapes tech industry dynamics, challenging competitors and solidifying its influence over the AI ecosystem. The post Nvidia leads net income growth among major tech firms at 2,900% appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
