BBVA is embedding AI into core banking workflows using ChatGPT Enterprise to overhaul risk and service in the sector. For the banking industry, the challenge of generative AI is rarely about adoption; it is about value extraction. BBVA has addressed this by integrating OpenAI’s platform directly into its operational backbone, a decision that will see …
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From Lockstep to Lag, BTC Poised to Catch Up With Small Cap Highs
For the first time in five years, the Russell 2000 Index (IWM) is hitting record highs while bitcoin BTC$92,398.17, which usually tops in tandem, is out of sync and remains 27% below October’s record. History suggests the largest cryptocurrency and cryptocurrencies more broadly are likely to catch up. The Russell 2000, a gauge of U.S. …
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Standard Chartered (STAN), Coinbase (COIN) Expand Crypto Prime Services for Institutions
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) and crypto-friendly bank Standard Chartered (STAN) said they expanded a partnership on digital assets to explore the development of trading, prime services, custody, staking and lending products for institutional clients. The deal builds on the existing tie-up between the two companies in Singapore, where Standard Chartered provides banking connectivity that enables …
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Bitcoin on the Road to $50,000 With Bull Market ‘Over’
Bitcoin (BTC) has a new $76,000 target as the daily chart continues to print a bear flag pattern. Key points: Bitcoin gets new $76,000 and $50,000 price targets for the next phase of its major correction. The bull market is “over,” one trader says, noting multiple bearish divergences. Bitcoin’s bull market support band offers short-term …
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Here’s How Bitcoin (BTC) Could Trade Next
This is a technical analysis post by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. The Fed has come and gone without moving the needle on bitcoin’s BTC$92,534.21 price in any meaningful way. The central bank cut rates by 25 basis points as expected, but supposedly delivered hawkish forward guidance. Still, the dollar has been …
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Nous Research just released Nomos 1, an open-source AI that ranks second on the notoriously brutal Putnam math exam
Nous Research, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence startup, released on Tuesday an open-source mathematical reasoning system called Nomos 1 that achieved near-elite human performance on this year's William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, one of the most prestigious and notoriously difficult undergraduate math contests in the world. The Putnam is known for its difficulty: While a …
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Third Fed Cut Fails to Spark Rally in DOGE, SHIB
Dogecoin traded quietly after the Federal Reserve delivered a widely anticipated rate cut, holding key support as traders assessed what easier policy means for risk assets. News Background The Federal Reserve announced a 25-basis-point cut to its benchmark rate on Wednesday, lowering the target range to 3.5%–3.75%. While the move marked the third cut of …
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Wrapped XRP Goes Live on Solana, Ethereum in Ripple Boost
Hex Trust announced it will issue and custody wrapped XRP (wXRP), a 1:1-backed representation of native XRP designed to expand XRP’s DeFi and cross-chain utility beyond the XRP Ledger. The wrapped asset will be tradable alongside RLUSD on Ethereum and additional supported chains, including Solana, Optimism, and HyperEVM. wXRP will launch with more than $100 …
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Crypto Markets Bounce On Fed Rate Cut, More Gains Expected
Crypto markets saw a slight pickup after the US Federal Reserve’s widely expected rate cut on Wednesday, and a larger bounce could be next, say analysts. The central bank has executed three consecutive interest rate cuts totaling 0.75% over a three-month period from September to December. Despite being fundamentally bullish for crypto in the long …
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GPT-5.2 first impressions: a powerful update, especially for business tasks and workflows
OpenAI has officially released GPT-5.2, and the reactions from early testers — among whom OpenAI seeded the model several days prior to public release, in some cases weeks ago — paints a two toned picture: it is a monumental leap forward for deep, autonomous reasoning and coding, yet potentially an underwhelming "incremental" update for casual …
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