Odaily Planet Daily News: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that competitor Anthropic has adopted a "fear-based marketing strategy" in promoting its new model, Claude Mythos, and suggested that some safety risk warnings may be exaggerated.
Sam Altman pointed out that emphasizing the potential dangers of AI can help rationalize "control of AI by a small number of institutions." While some safety concerns do exist, exaggerating risks is also an effective marketing tactic.
Earlier, Claude Mythos attracted widespread attention for its ability to autonomously discover software vulnerabilities and execute complex cyberattack simulations. Anthropic is currently granting limited testing access to a select group of institutions, including Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft, through a restricted program.
Overall, this incident highlights the intensifying divide within the AI industry between the "safety-first" and "open development" paths. (Decrypt)
Odaily reports, according to MLM monitoring, Tether has just frozen two wallets on the Tron blockchain, involving funds totaling 344 million USDT.
Odaily reports that Microsoft had previously evaluated the possibility of acquiring Cursor, an AI-powered coding tool company, but ultimately did not proceed with the deal. Subsequently, SpaceX quickly reached an agreement, securing an option to acquire Cursor at a $60 billion valuation. If the acquisition is not completed, SpaceX would be required to pay a $10 billion termination fee. Cursor is currently a key player in the AI coding arena, benefiting from strong developer demand for automated programming tools. Competition in this field has become increasingly fierce, with OpenAI and Anthropic as major players. On the other hand, Microsoft is facing multiple pressures, with its stock price falling 10% year-to-date, underperforming peers in the hyperscale data center sector. (Techstartups)
Odaily reported that Spark announced on X platform that the total staking amount of its native token SPK has surpassed 500 million coins, with displayed data showing it currently stands at 509,969,466 coins. Meanwhile, users can participate in the Spark Points Program Season 4 by staking SPK to earn point rewards.
Previously, due to the rsETH security incident, funds have been continuously flowing out of Aave, and Spark has attracted some of the whale/institutional funds withdrawn from Aave.
Odaily Planet Daily News: According to Whale Alert monitoring, about one minute ago, a Tron chain address holding 212,922,653 USDT was frozen, followed by another Tron chain address holding 131,288,800 USDT.
Odaily Planet Daily News: Eric Balchunas, Senior ETF Analyst at Bloomberg, posted on X that Bitcoin ETF flows have turned positive across the board, stating “all rolling periods we track are now positive,” a first in several months. Among them, BlackRock’s IBIT has seen cumulative inflows of approximately $3 billion, placing it in the top 1% of all ETF flow performance.
However, Eric Balchunas noted that returning to the all-time high cumulative net flows of $62.8 billion would still require tens of billions of dollars in additional inflows. Nonetheless, this at least indicates a clear rebound in sentiment towards Bitcoin ETFs and a recovery in market demand.
Odaily reports that RealGo has announced the completion of over $3.5 million in funding. The early investment and strategic rounds saw support from institutions and strategic partners including Animoca Brands, Cogitent Ventures, X21 Digital, Notch VC, Becker Ventures, and others. The funds raised will be primarily used to advance the construction of Meme 3.0 infrastructure, drive the upgrade and transformation of the Meme ecosystem, break away from a single traffic-driven model, and create a chain-based asset system that is collectible, playable, social, and cashable, thereby realizing user ownership and value realization of Meme assets.
Odaily Odaily reports that Ledger Chief Technology Officer Charles Guillemet pointed out that the development of post-quantum cryptography has entered a critical stage. Although the timeline for a practical quantum computer remains unclear, a full-scale migration of the encryption systems across the industry is an inevitable trend. Led by NIST, the traditional sector plans to phase out high-risk algorithms by 2030 and completely ban them by 2035, with government and enterprise institutions expected to complete their migration layouts by 2029. Encryption and key exchange will adopt ML-KEM to defend against quantum decryption attacks on harvested data, with digital signatures becoming the core of blockchain transformation. The traditional industry prefers ML-DSA hybrid schemes, while the blockchain sector favors the more secure and robust SLH-DSA hash-based signature. Both schemes have their respective advantages and disadvantages. The compatibility challenges of post-quantum algorithms with MPC and threshold signatures remain a key risk that the industry urgently needs to address.
Odaily Planet Daily News: According to sources, former senior quantitative researcher at Jump Trading, Yiming Zhang, has secured startup funding from hedge fund giant Millennium Management after leaving the company. He will operate as an external manager in the future. Yiming Zhang spent 17 years at Jump and was a key member of its core strategy team. Subject to non-compete clauses, his new role is expected to officially commence after the restriction period ends. Industry insiders point out that Millennium Management has been continuously expanding its footprint by providing capital to external teams in recent years, becoming one of the important "incubators" in the hedge fund field. (BusinessInsider)
OdailyOdaily reported that Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive John Lee met with the media before the Executive Council meeting and was asked about the suspension of the basketball betting duty. He stated that the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau needs to conduct regular reviews and hopes to control risks before continuing to promote the basketball betting duty policy, which he believes is appropriate.
Lee emphasized that the suspension was not solely due to gambling concerns but was also related to virtual currencies. The Hong Kong government observed a significant increase in trading volume in illegal gambling "prediction markets," linked to the ability to place bets using cryptocurrencies. Therefore, the policy should not be blindly advanced. (HK01)
Odaily reports that the DeFi platform Flying Tulip, founded by Andre Cronje (AC), has officially launched a withdrawal circuit breaker mechanism. In the event of abnormal capital outflows, the mechanism can delay, queue, or reverse withdrawals, buying time for the team to investigate and limiting potential losses. The mechanism is implemented on a per-product basis: Perpetual PUT may directly reverse withdrawals, requiring retries; ftUSD, on the other hand, enters a queue for delayed processing. The platform adopts a fail-open design, allowing transactions to proceed normally even when the security mechanism fails. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily Planet Daily News: An Iranian diplomatic source told RIA Novosti on the 23rd that preparations for negotiations between Iran and the United States in Pakistan could achieve a breakthrough "tonight or tomorrow." (Xinhua News Agency)
Odaily Seer Channel monitoring indicates that Polymarket has launched a new market: "Will SpaceX acquire Cursor," with the current probability of "Yes" at 74%.
The event contract rules are as follows: If, before 11:59 PM Eastern Time on December 31, 2026, it is officially announced that Cursor will be acquired by SpaceX or will merge with it, the market will resolve to "Yes"; otherwise, the market will resolve to "No." Mergers or acquisitions involving Cursor or its parent company (where applicable) with SpaceX or its parent company, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., are eligible. The outcome will be "Yes" as long as Cursor or SpaceX issues an announcement within the market's timeframe, regardless of whether the announced acquisition/merger actually occurs. Announcements of partial sales may also qualify as long as the acquiring company gains a controlling interest in the other company. "Controlling interest" refers to a change in ownership sufficient to control the company's strategic decisions (typically meaning over 50% equity, or equivalent control through voting rights and governance). Transactions or investments that do not result in a transfer of controlling interest are not eligible. The primary source for resolving this market will be official information from Cursor and SpaceX; however, a consensus of credible reports may also be used.
Odaily Seer Channel continues to monitor prediction markets, observing changes before they are priced.
Odaily Odaily reports that Sooth Labs, an AI prediction laboratory founded by former Meta executives and a CMU professor team, is completing a $50 million funding round at a $335 million valuation, led by Felicis Ventures. Yann LeCun and Jeff Dean are participating as individual investors, and Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth serves as an advisor. The company specializes in multimodal AI event probability prediction, serving institutions in finance, defense, insurance, and other sectors, and has already provided probability predictions for events such as the WHO pandemic and Anthropic's IPO.
Odaily Pyth Network has announced a major strategic transformation: a comprehensive infrastructure upgrade and a shift in its economic model from token incentives to revenue-driven. According to two core proposals (OP-PIP-100, OP-PIP-103), Pythnet will be gradually shut down by 2026, with focus shifting to the next-generation underlying network Lazer. The OIS staking reward mechanism will be terminated (parameter Y set to 0), while the security slashing mechanism will be retained.
Meanwhile, the PYTH Reserve has repurchased approximately 12 million PYTH using protocol revenue. Commercial products (Pyth Pro, Data Markets) have become the core growth drivers, with leading prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi already integrated. Institutional adoption continues to rise.
Odaily reported that according to information on the GMGN official website, the platform will enable a prediction market feature.
