2026-02-09
Moltbook stats are getting absurd. - 1.87M AI agents - 17k submolts - 340k posts - 11.9M comments We went from “AI agents on Reddit” to 1.8 million agents in like 3 weeks lmao [image]
MIT Technology Review
Moltbook was peak AI theater; as the hype dies down, Moltbook looks less like a window onto the future and more like a mirror held up to society's AI obsessions
For a few days this week the hottest new hangout on the internet was a vibe-coded Reddit clone called Moltbook, which billed itself as a social network for bots.
2024-11-27
KRAKEN'S NFT MARKETPLACE FADEOUT Kraken's ditching its NFT marketplace, starting Nov. 27, 2024, no more listings or bids—just withdrawals. They're fully shutting it down by Feb. 27, 2025. The NFT scene's been kinda dead though, with sales barely breaking $200M a week since [image]
Bloomberg
Kraken says it is shutting down its NFT marketplace almost two years after launching the service
The NFT fad was definitely an “emperor is wearing no clothes” moment in tech. X: @roundtablespace : KRAKEN'S NFT MARKETPLACE FADEOUT Kraken's ditching its NFT marketplace, starting...
2024-11-08
DETROIT UNVIELS CRYPTO'S NEW TAX PLAY Detroit just pulled a power move: by 2025 you can settle taxes and city fees with your digital bags. The Motor City is now the biggest town in the US to accept crypto as tax payments. Mayor Duggan said it's all about being [image]
Decrypt
Detroit plans to accept crypto for tax and fee payments from mid-2025 via a PayPal platform that will convert them to USD, becoming the largest US city to do so
Starting in mid-2025, Detroit residents will be able to pay with popular cryptos like Bitcoin and Ethereum through a PayPal-managed platform.
2024-10-11
HEDGE FUNDS JUMP ON THE CRYPTO SCENE 47% of TradFi hedge funds have crypto in their portfolios now, up from 29% last year. 67% of those funds have expressed a willingness to stay for the long-haul. Watch and see who jumps on board next! Source: The Daily Hodl [image]
Bloomberg
Report: 47% of traditional hedge funds have crypto investments, up from 29% in 2023; amongst the funds that invested in crypto, 33% plan to invest more in 2024
- That's up from 29% last year, per new AIMA and PwC report — Many traditional hedge funds are active in crypto derivatives