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Jack Dorsey Unveils Dessa, a Voice AI Model Trained Entirely on Human Speech > A real-time, full-duplex voice AI trained from scratch on human conversations to deliver more natural, expressive interactions without relying on text or pretrained models. Source:…

> BTC falls under $80,000 > ETH falls under $2,350 > SOL falls under $100 > HYPE falls under $80

US media consumption has topped out at around 25hrs/week, with YouTube and social media gaining time while traditional video and print lose ground in an increasingly zero-sum battle for attention. Source: https://www.a16z.news/p/charts-of-the-week-attention-is…

October 23rd Rollup 🐚Research & Ideation💡 • The Block: RWA Tokenization in 2026 • Artemis Introduces Financial Statements for Protocols • PNAS: Testing Accuracy Across 1M Prediction Market Forecasts • GAP: Agentic Commerce Startups Building the Payment Stack f…

ANTHROPIC CLAUDE CODE ENGINEER THARIQ SHIHIPAR DEPARTS BEFORE IPO: X

Blockchain-Based Projects Are Helping with the AI Buildout in a Variety of Ways > From crowdsourced training data to GPU-backed financing and monetizing computing power. > (DATA) for licensing and verifying training data, (CHIP) for onchain GPU financing, and…

Arthur Hayes Exits Maelstrom’s Directional Crypto Positions > Arthur Hayes says he sold his ETH, ENA, UNI, and other crypto positions to take profits. > “Think we gotta go down to go up. It looks a bit dicey out there in macro and geopolitical land.” Source: h…

RWA Tokenization in 2026: Tokenized Stocks Drive the Next Phase > Tokenized stocks grew more than fourfold in 2026, from $678M to $3.15B, and now account for 82% of all RWA holders. > Binance’s bStocks reached $772M in onchain value and $35.8B in trading volum…