
Plus, GPT-5's messy debut says more about internet outrage than the model's actual flaws.	͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏	View in browser

August 14, 2025

It's Monica from Cointelegraph—your Web3 power brief is here. Let's dive in.

Your Daily Digest of the 🔥Hottest News in Crypto

Today's top stories

👉 Bitcoin takes a dip

👀 GPT-5 gets roasted—but critics miss the point

🤫 See the ETH flaw that has everyone whispering

📰 Keep reading for today's biggest headlines & stories

BTC's $124K Spike Gets Smacked Down

We all watched Bitcoin smash through $124K like it had somewhere better to be… only to faceplant below $117K hours later. That nosedive wiped out $227M in bullish leverage in a single day, but oddly, derivatives metrics barely flinched. Inflation data gave traders the jitters, sure — but I'm not convinced that's the whole story.

Something inside the market itself might be keeping BTC from holding $122K… let's unpack it.

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GPT-5 Gets Dragged… But the Internet's Missing the Point

The GPT-5 launch was supposed to be a flex. Instead, it turned into a roast. Social media latched onto boneheaded outputs—like claiming 9.11 is greater than 9.9—and the critics went feral. OpenAI's Polymarket odds cratered from 75% to 8%, The New Yorker declared LLM progress might be stalling, and yet… I'm not ready to call it washed.

The backlash says more about us—and the internet—than it does about the model itself.

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Jack Dorsey Wants Mining Rigs to Live a Decade

In a game where miners burn through rigs every 3–5 years, Jack Dorsey's Block has dropped something radical:

Proto Rig and Proto Fleet

They're modular, built for 10+ years, and aimed squarely at cutting upgrade costs in an industry where capex is a constant bleed. If this works, miners won't just save money—they'll have a serious moat when AI integration starts ramping up.

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Ethereum's Transparency Problem

Ethereum wants to woo Wall Street with its $1 trillion security push—but the same transparency that makes it "trustless" is also bleeding $1.8 billion in malicious MEV extraction. The mempool is an open window for bad actors, and some argue the chain needs to lock the doors if it's going to keep institutions happy.