Great momentum at the Centri Capital Conference at @Nasdaq last week, where Fortitude CEO @Andrea_Childs_ and CFO @ERikE22 discussed $ZEC and our role in the ecosystem. #Fortitude# #Centri# #CentriCapitalConference#

【Bloomberg Asia Centric Podcast】 China has long relied on massive infrastructure spending and an unstoppable export engine, leading to a record $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year. However, this investment-heavy strategy is testing its limits as global trading partners increasingly push back, making Beijing's transition toward a consumption-based economy more critical than ever. But how achievable is this transition, and how long will it take? Hao Hong, Chief Economist and Chief Investment Officer at Lotus Asset Management, joins John Lee on the Asia Centric podcast to weigh in. He also breaks down the current regime shift in raw materials, explaining why the global economy is entering a new commodity supercycle driven by Western supply chain investments, AI infrastructure demands and a decade of severe industry underinvestment. 长期以来，中国去年创纪录的人类历史上最大的1.2万亿美元贸易顺差。然而，随着全球贸易摩擦升温，之前以投资为重的战略正在考验其极限，向以消费为基础的经济的转型比以往任何时候都更加重要。但这种转型何时实现？ 我还讨论了当前原材料行业的模式转变，解释了为什么全球经济正在进入由供应链投重构、人工智能基础设施需求和十年严重的大宗商品原材料行业投资不足而驱动的大宗商品超级周期。 我还讨论了从一个“全球最受关注之一的经济学家”（彭博社主持人原话）到“一个成功的对冲基金经理”（彭博社主持人原话）的转变。

The Internet is shifting from human-centric to machine-driven. Are you ready to build for this new reality? Join us at Cloudflare Connect on Tour Sydney on 30 July. What you’ll discover: ▶️ AI-Ready Infrastructure ▶️ Security Simplification ▶️ Content Sovereignty Secure your spot to stay ahead of the curve:

New RWAs are coming to Monad via @Centrifuge The first are tokenized Treasury bills (JTRSY) and AAA CLOs (JAAA) from Janus Henderson, alongside Apollo’s diversified credit strategy (ACRDX) Investors hold tokenized fund shares with direct claims on the underlying assets and in-kind redemption rights Centrifuge is also launching deRWA wrappers — deJTRSY, deJAAA, and deCRDX — freely transferable tokens designed for seamless integration across the Monad DeFi ecosystem, with 24/7 access and onchain liquidity

We’re headed to @Nasdaq for the Centri Capital Conference this week. Fortitude will be presenting and engaging directly with institutional investors and industry leaders. Our CEO, @Andrea_Childs_, and CFO, Erik Ellingson, will be meeting with investors to discuss how we’re scaling institutional‑grade infrastructure and delivering diversified digital asset exposure anchored in #Zcash#.

INSIGHT: Why 🦋 is in decline. "“There's a large cadre that basically cheers on chasing off any lib/centrist/academic who's the punchbag of the day. There's a culture of saying ‘fuck off back to X, then.’"

We're introducing WorldVQA, a new benchmark to measure atomic vision-centric world knowledge in Multimodal Large Language Models. Current evaluations often conflate visual knowledge retrieval with reasoning. In contrast, WorldVQA decouples these capabilities to strictly measure "what the model memorizes." The benchmark consists of 3,500 VQA pairs across 9 categories, with careful attention to linguistic and cultural diversity:

On this day in 1618, Johannes Kepler confirmed his Third Law of Planetary Motion: The square of a planet’s orbital period (T²) is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit (a³). The modern Newtonian derivation: > Equating gravitational force to centripetal force > Substituting orbital velocity v = 2πr/T > Resulting in T² / r³ = 4π² / (GM) The log-log graph confirms the relationship holds for planets in our Solar System. A foundational law that bridged empirical observation with gravitational physics.

“There’s such excitement, especially around tokenization from all sides of the aisle.” @itsbhaji, CEO & Co-Founder @centrifuge explains how broad the institutional momentum around tokenization has become.