

An OpenAI researcher was forced to leave the U.S. due to President Trump's immigration policies—a move one colleague called "nuts."

According to blockchain data platform Bubblemaps, the team behind LIBRA has earned $87 million by removing USDC and SOL from the liquidity pool. It is reported that 82% of the LIBRA tokens suspected to have been issued by the President of Argentina are in the hands of a suspicious entity.
According to NFT Plazas, Midnight Society, the production studio behind the chain game Deadrop, has confirmed its closure after facing financial difficulties and internal turmoil. Just days before the announcement of the closure of the company, employees received notice of the company's two-day closure. This follows the departure of co-founder Dr. Disrespect in mid-2024 due to allegations of misconduct. Although the studio initially expressed confidence in continuing development and releasing De...
On January 19, Tachi, founder of Playgrounds, the team behind arc (AI Rig Complex), said that the team has migrated 5 million ARC tokens from multi-signature to metora pool to provide liquidity. The fees generated will be used to fund operating expenses and support growth plans.
On January 12th, Tachi, co-founder and CEO of Playgrounds, the team behind Arc, announced a strategic cooperation with Aiccelerate DAO to provide Rust-based AI framework consulting services. The team has transferred 100% of the AICC token allocation to Arc Treasury, 30% of which will be used to create the AICC/ARC liquidity pair, and the generated fees will be returned to Arc Treasury for ecosystem construction; the remaining 70% is locked in the escrow contract and will be released linearly wit...
Offchain Labs, the team behind Ethereum L2 network Arbitrum, has appointed Ira Auerbach as head of its collaborative studio and venture capital arm, Tandem. Auerbach previously served as Nasdaq's head of digital assets and held leadership roles at cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, including global head of its major businesses. Ira Auerbach will lead select blockchain projects backed by Tandem, which was launched in August last year to support initiatives to solve the "most intractable technical pr...
Kye, the developer behind AI Agent swarms, wrote on the X platform, "Every AI should be open-sourced. Every one is. I'm not a big fan of the artificial intelligence security community, but non-open-source artificial intelligence is very, very dangerous. With open-source, people can make changes to bring artificial intelligence in line with humans. If it's closed-source, it's impossible. We should encourage everyone to open-source their artificial intelligence, or we will face unimaginable conseq...
Offchain Labs, the developer behind Arbitrum, announced at CES 2025 that the Arbitrum Foundation had awarded the largest developer grant ever to Lotte Group, a multi-billion dollar South Korean conglomerate known for its vast portfolio of shopping malls, media companies and entertainment assets. A representative for the company declined to disclose the exact amount of the grant "at this stage", which, according to Offchain Labs, solidifies Arbitrum's role as the main player for the Rakuten Metav...