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Real-world asset (RWA) perpetual futures have surged to within striking distance of Bitcoin perpetuals on two major trading venues.

Thinking Machines has unveiled Inkling Small, a new open source AI model that delivers nearly the performance of its flagship Inkling at roughly one-quarter the size, just two weeks after the company released its first model.

The sale, executed on July 30 at $1,903 per token, generated $1.903 million after fees, according to a company filing.

Leopold Aschenbrenner's AI-focused hedge fund, Situational Awareness, has sold the majority of its public stock portfolio to Ken Griffin's Citadel following steep losses over the past month, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Thursday.

Researchers from Ireland and Chile discovered variola virus DNA on two naturally mummified corpses in northern Chile, dating between 1492 and 1631 CE.