TRON’s X account hacked in the latest social engineering attack

The organization behind one of the world’s largest blockchain networks confirmed that TRON’s X account was compromised on May 2, 2025, in a targeted social engineering attack. The breach lasted from 9:25 A.M. PST, when an unauthorized party published a post containing a suspicious contract address. The hacker then proceeded to send direct messages (DMs) […]

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Self-Organising Textures

Contents This article is part of the Differentiable Self-organizing Systems Thread, an experimental format collecting invited short articles delving into differentiable self-organizing systems, interspersed with critical commentary from several experts in adjacent fields. Self-classifying MNIST Digits Adversarial Reprogramming of Neural Cellular Automata Neural Cellular Automata (NCA We use NCA to refer to both Neural Cellular […]

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Hong Kong’s web3 moment: Blink and you’ll miss it

The following is a guest post and opinion from Sandy Peng, Co-Founder of Scroll. Over 1,000 FinTech companies and nearly 5,000 startups now call Hong Kong home, a 15% jump in just one year. Hong Kong has rapidly transformed into one of Asia’s most dynamic innovation hubs, having just been named the second-most crypto-friendly city […]

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Multimodal Neurons in Artificial Neural Networks

Acknowledgments We are deeply grateful to Sandhini Agarwal, Daniela Amodei, Dario Amodei, Tom Brown, Jeff Clune, Steve Dowling, Gretchen Krueger, Brice Menard, Reiichiro Nakano, Aditya Ramesh, Pranav Shyam, Ilya Sutskever and Martin Wattenberg. Author Contributions Gabriel Goh: Research lead. Gabriel Goh first discovered multimodal neurons, sketched out the project direction and paper outline, and did […]

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Bitcoin’s price spike supported by ETF demand as stablecoin buying power remains low

The exchange stablecoins ratio (ESR) and stablecoin supply ratio (SSR) provide important insight into Bitcoin’s liquidity and potential buying power. ESR measures the proportion of stablecoins relative to Bitcoin exchange reserves, serving as a gauge of spot liquidity. A low ESR reflects limited immediate buying power, while a high ESR points to abundant capital waiting […]

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Bitcoin mining pushes sustainability agenda with over 50% of energy generated from renewables

Sustainable energy accounts for more than half of Bitcoin (BTC) mining consumption as of the first quarter, according to the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance’s Digital Mining Industry Report.  Despite higher energy consumption, the industry’s reliance on sustainable energy increased, and operational metrics indicated a push toward long-term resilience through diversification and innovation. Estimated annual […]

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