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BRIDGETOWER CAPITAL, DEUS X CAPITAL LAUNCH NEW SELF-FUNDED $250M DIGITAL ASSET PLATFORM IN ABU DHABI

Deus X Capital has collaborated with Bridgetower Capital to launch a new self-funded $250 million digital asset platform based in Abu Dhabi. The venture, Bridgetower Middle East, aims to support the growth of the digital and blockchain assets sector across the UAE and Middle East more widely. The company will offer services such as institutional staking, private equity, venture building, and a customizable web3 commerce platform to renowned brands. There are also plans for a potential public listing in Abu Dhabi.

HERODOTUS, STARKWARE UNVEIL 'CAIRO VERIFIER' TO SCALE LAYER 3S ON STARKNET

Herodotus and StarkWare recently unveiled the Cairo Verifier, a system aimed at verifying cryptographic proofs on L2s instead of the Ethereum mainnet. The system was designed to reduce verification costs, improve latency issues, and support L3 application deployment on Starknet. The Cairo Verifier extends STARK's security to L3s, offering the flexibility to customize elements like hash functions and consensus mechanisms for specific needs.

CRYPTO X AI X GAMING

The concept of combining blockchain, AI, and gaming is gaining traction, resulting in novel game designs and gameplay experiences. This thread details how games use AI agents for competitive gaming and token gathering for users. Upstreet AI offers a virtual world with user-deployable AI agents and procedural questing. Modulus Labs used the Leela chess engine in cooperative gameplay. The intersection of these three technologies opens an unexplored design space that will revolutionize gaming.

HYBRID THEORY: ROCKET POOL'S MIDDLE WAY BETWEEN NATIVE LIQUID RESTAKING AND PURE STAKING

Eigenlayer’s recent traction has sparked a fresh debate over a phenomenon called rehypothecation. The Eigenlayer platform aims to help other applications leverage the security of Ethereum rather than having to bootstrap their own, raising concerns about altering Ethereum's consensus layer. This post makes the case for a collaboration between Eigenlayer and Rocket Pool, a decentralized Ethereum Proof of Stake pool, to mitigate any risk to the protocol.

THE BITCOIN POWER LAW: A MATHEMATICAL APPROACH TO PREDICTING BITCOIN'S PRICE

The Bitcoin Power Law, a predictive model for mapping out Bitcoin's price trajectory was developed by former physics professor Giovanni Santostasi. The model suggests a consistent pattern of growth, projecting a price of $210,000 in January 2026 and a long-term price of $1 million by 2033. Critics warn about models like this that create unrealistic investor expectations as financial markets are inherently unpredictable.

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