A16z Leads $40M Vals AI Series A After Finance-Agent Benchmark Caps at 52% Accuracy
Vals says its Finance Agent v2 test shows frontier models still fail about half of real analyst workflows, and it wants to be the market’s independent evaluator.
Vals says its Finance Agent v2 test shows frontier models still fail about half of real analyst workflows, and it wants to be the market’s independent evaluator.
The endowment’s crypto ETF value fell from $14.6M to $12.4M as BTC, ETH, and SOL declined over the quarter.
The rollout would run through the Leumi Trade app and use GalaxyOne Institutional plus Galaxy’s ex‑GK8 custody stack.
Justin Drake tied the shift to SNARK advances and flagged a preliminary leanVM 2027 target with broader 2028 deployments.
Coinbase, Strategy, and Blockstream backed the Aug. 10 push after Anchor Watch CEO Rob Hamilton said OpenAI blocked his vetted research.
The firm’s latest quarter was 98% staking-driven, and analysts say yield is funding buybacks without selling Ether.
Robinhood disclosed 100,000 agentic accounts with $100M+ assets, while Coinbase cited x402 and Base routing shares without agent volume or revenue.
The early proposal is not slated for Hegotá, but it has already triggered a DeFi-yield and decentralization backlash.
The onchain gacha app hit ~$1.53M in daily fees on July 25 as TVL climbed past $6.15M, with incentive details still unspecified.
The non-custodial MPC design supports Solana plus seven EVM chains and adds an “Autonomous” spend mode ahead of an Aug. 2 EU oversight deadline.
A rotation narrative is building toward BTC, ETH, RWAs, stablecoin rails, payments, and infrastructure, but the evidence is qualitative.
BlackRock’s IBIT took in $183.4M, keeping July net flows at +$437.8M after two months of heavy outflows.
The one-year voluntary term comes as the Foundation elevates L1 privacy and post-quantum security research.
The bank also rolled out spot ether and solana ETFs this week after launching a spot bitcoin ETF earlier in 2026.
MSSE and MSOL track CoinDesk’s 4PM NY settlement-rate benchmarks and extend the bank’s crypto lineup beyond MSBT.
A non-peer-reviewed ePrint paper claims seed-derived zero-knowledge proofs could harden HD wallets without fund migration.
The upgrade adds 0x02 withdrawal credential support to consolidate effective balances up to 2,048 ETH and tightens node-operator accountability.
The disclosure lands as ETH beats BTC on the week and the ETH/BTC ratio hits a three-month high, per chairman Tom Lee.
Short liquidations neared $250M in 24 hours as traders focused on $64.3K and $63.3K daily SMA support.
July 23 operation logged nine arrests and dozens of warrants across four states as investigators targeted a multi-rail laundering network.