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“Doomsday Doctor” Nouriel Roubini: AI robots will create wealth; universal basic income is inevitable

Economist Nouriel Roubini, known as the “Doctore of Doom,” said in a Bloomberg Television interview on July 18 that within the next 20 to 25 years, as AI and robotics technology advances, large portions of the population could be replaced by machines. A trust fund that the U.S. uses to pay retirement benefits is expected to run out around 2032. Roubini said that a universal basic income (UBI) will ultimately be unavoidable. Roubini: Raising the retirement age cannot address the AI employment sho
MarketWhisper·07-20 03:51
AI機器人將創造財富

The Bitaxe micro mining rig mined a Bitcoin block in 8 hours, earning 3.1382 BTC for the solo miner

An independent SOLO miner recently used the open-source Bitaxe micro-miner (priced at about $60 to $150) and, after connecting to a Public Pool mining pool service, it ran for only 8 hours, with an average hashrate of 995 GH/s (about 1 TH/s). The miner successfully mined Bitcoin block number 957,382, claiming the full block reward of 3.1382 BTC, which is about $200,000 at current market prices. Bitaxe roughly $150 micro-miner specifications Bitaxe is an open-source ASIC miner with a size about t
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MarketWhisper·07-20 03:47
Bitaxe獨立礦工獲3.1382 BTC

Pudgy Penguins plush toys land at Target nationwide in the U.S., with TCG cards extending retail expansion

The NFT project “Pudgy Penguins” announced on July 20 that its Pengu plush toy has officially arrived in the toy sections of all Target stores across the United States. Previously, on June 20, Pudgy Penguins’ trading card game Vibes Series 3 entered Target’s nationwide retail channels. Pengu plush toys go on sale at Target in the U.S. on July 20 (Source: Pudgy Penguins) According to Pudgy Penguins’ official announcement, the timeline for its 2026 U.S. physical retail expansion is as follows: Jun
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MarketWhisper·07-20 03:43
Pudgy Penguins毛絨玩具登陸全美Target

On-chain sleuth ZachXBT criticized hardware wallets as “garbage” and suggested using an old iPhone instead.

On-chain sleuth ZachXBT recently criticized all hardware wallets in the community as “completely garbage,” saying they shouldn’t be used to sign important transactions or store assets. He suggested replacing hardware wallets with a dedicated old iPhone (fully disconnected from everyday web browsing and app downloads) as a cold wallet. ZachXBT’s criticism isn’t just about private-key storage security—it also highlights the risk that users can be tricked into authorizing malicious content in compl
MarketWhisper·07-20 03:39
鏈上偵探ZachXBT批評硬體錢包為垃圾

Kiyosaki Buys Gold and Silver After 24.55% and 50% Price Declines

Robert Kiyosaki stated on July 17 that the recent gold and silver correction presents a buying opportunity, echoing a bullish long-term outlook he attributed to veteran investor Jim Rogers. Kiyosaki said Rogers expects gold and silver prices to go to the moon while warning that severe retracements c
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LucasBennett·07-20 03:38
Kiyosaki Buys Gold and Silver After 24.55% and 50% Price Declines

Interview-focused app founder: Claude Code finishes the nationwide early childhood kindergarten review website in 56 hours

Taiwan workplace information platform “Interviewing Fun” and “Salary Comparison” founder Chen Zhihong (Max) recently shared on Threads that he used Claude Code to independently build the nationwide early childhood education park review website “Parenting Fun” over 56 hours, completing 216 code submissions. Based on Max’s past product experience over the past decade, a website of the same scale usually requires a 7-person team and takes about half a year. Parenting Fun website scale: Information
MarketWhisper·07-20 03:32
Claude Code 56小時完成全台幼兒園評價網站

MIIT of China: More than 70 “high-capacity channels” for hashpower have been built; a standardized pricing framework for market-based hashpower will be released

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China announced, at a news briefing held by the State Council Information Office on July 20, 2026, an overview of industrial and information-technology development in the first half of 2026. MIIT spokesperson and head of the Department of Information and Communications Development, Xie Cun, said that over the past two years, more than 70 “computing power” high-capacity corridors have been built around the co-construction of national computin
MarketWhisper·07-20 03:26
中國算力市場化定價標準將發布

BIP-110 proposes lowering the Bitcoin upgrade approval threshold to 55%, sparking intense community controversy

Bitcoin’s community is embroiled in heated controversy over a temporary soft-fork proposal, BIP-110. One of the most controversial provisions in the proposal is to slash the miner-approval threshold for upgrading the Bitcoin protocol from the current 95% down to 55%. The proposal uses a miner-signaling activation mechanism, setting approximately August 7 as the start of the mandatory signaling period, approximately September 1 as the rule effective date, and also providing a user-activated soft
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MarketWhisper·07-20 03:23
BIP-110擬將比特幣升級批准門檻降至55%

As of 2026 to date, 62 crypto projects have shut down, including high-funding protocols such as Loopring.

According to RootData statistics, from March to May, within just two months, a total of 62 crypto projects were recorded as entering a shutdown list, equivalent to an average of one project shutting down per day. The shutdown projects include early ZK-Rollup protocol Loopring, as well as well-funded projects like Yupp, an AI+Crypto infrastructure project led by a16z. RootData data: 62 projects shut down as of 2026, shutdown timeline and funding scale Based on RootData’s records, the following ar
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MarketWhisper·07-20 03:18
2026年迄今62個加密項目停運

Korean Banks Tighten Lending Standards in Q3 Amid Rising Credit Risk

Korean banks are tightening lending standards in the third quarter, primarily in the household sector, according to a Bank of Korea survey released on the 20th. The composite lending attitude index fell to -7 in Q3 from -2 in Q2, indicating stricter lending conditions. Banks cited rising credit
CryptoFrontier·07-20 03:17
Korean Banks Tighten Lending Standards in Q3 Amid Rising Credit Risk