CoinDesk Data: Binance's market share of spot crypto trading fell to 25% in December, its lowest since 2021, and it is also losing ground in derivatives trading (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-14/binance-s-spot-crypto-trading-market-share-falls-to-lowest-since-early-2021
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CoinDesk data: Binance
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Project Eleven, which builds tools to prepare blockchains for post-quantum threats, raised a $20M Series A led by Castle Island at a $120M post-money valuation (Yogita Khatri/The Block) https://www.theblock.co/post/385583/project-eleven-series-a-funding-crypto-quantum-threats
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Project Eleven, which builds tools to prepare blockchains for post-quantum threats, raised a $20M Series A led by Castle Island at a $120M post-money valuation
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Thinking Machines parts ways with CTO Barret Zoph, with Soumith Chintala taking over the role; sources say the termination is due to "unethical conduct" (Kylie Robison/@kyliebytes)
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BREAKING: Thinking Machines has terminated its CTO, Barret Zoph, due to unethical conduct according to two sources familiar with the matter. CEO Mi...
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Thinking Machines Lab parts ways with CTO Barret Zoph, with Soumith Chintala taking over the role; sources say the termination is due to “unethical conduct”
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Fidji Simo says Barret Zoph, Luke Metz, and Sam Schoenholz are returning to OpenAI, a move which "has been in the works for several weeks" (Fidji Simo/@fidjissimo)
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Excited to welcome Barret Zoph, Luke Metz, and Sam Schoenholz back to OpenAI! This has been in the works for several weeks, and we’re thrilled to...
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Fidji Simo says Barret Zoph, Luke Metz, and Sam Schoenholz have returned to OpenAI from Thinking Machines Lab and “this has been in the works for several weeks”
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X updates Grok to prevent the "editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis" and geoblocks it for all users "where it's illegal" (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
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X says Grok will no longer edit images of real people into bikinis
X says it is changing its policies around Grok’s image-editing abilities following a multi-week outcry over the chatbot repeatedly being accused ...
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X updates Grok to prevent the “editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis” and geoblocks it for all users “where it
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Coinbase pulls support from the US Senate's crypto market structure bill ahead of a key vote; CEO Brian Armstrong says there are "too many issues" with the bill (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk) https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/01/14/coinbase-pulls-support-from-crypto-market-structure-bill
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Coinbase pulls support from the US Senate
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YouTube now lets parents set time limits on their kids' YouTube Shorts feed, ranging from 15 minutes to two hours, with an option for zero minutes coming soon (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
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Parents can put a time limit on YouTube Shorts scrolling
The Shorts feed stops here.
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YouTube now lets parents set time limits on their kids
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Trump signs an order to impose a 25% tariff on chips "transshipped through the United States to other foreign countries", as part of the Nvidia H200 deal (Josh Wingrove/Bloomberg)
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US Sets 25% Tariff on Some Chip Sales as Part of Nvidia Deal
The US imposed a 25% tariff on imports of certain advanced semiconductors, a key step in an agreement blessed by President Donald Trump allowing Nv...
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President Trump signs an order to impose a 25% tariff on chips “transshipped through the US to other foreign countries”, as part of the Nvidia H200 export deal
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UK PM Keir Starmer says X indicated to government officials it was acting to comply with UK laws by restricting the generation of non-consensual sexual images (Financial Times)
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UK PM Keir Starmer says X indicated to government officials it was acting to comply with UK laws by restricting the generation of nonconsensual sexual images
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Novee, which utilizes proprietary AI models to perform automated penetration testing, emerges from stealth with a $43M Series A and an $8.5M seed (Chris Metinko/Axios) https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2026/01/14/novee-ai-cybersecurity-51-million-yl-zeev
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Novee, which utilizes proprietary AI models to perform automated penetration testing, emerges from stealth with a $43M Series A and an $8.5M seed
By Chris Metinko / Axios. View the full context on Techmeme.