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DeepSeek dropped V4 Pro and V4 Flash, undercutting US labs on price by roughly 5x. OpenAI fired back with GPT-5.5, reclaiming benchmark crowns from Claude. Meta confirms 8,000 layoffs on May 20, and Google plans to invest up to $40B in Anthropic. DeepSeek releases its new flagshi ...  Show more

Microsoft considered buying Cursor but didn't pull the trigger before SpaceX's deal. Microsoft launches its first-ever voluntary retirement program, Anthropic's secondary market valuation hits $1T on Forge Global, and SpaceX's S-1 reveals plans to manufacture its own GPUs. Source ...  Show more

An end-of-year analysis from one of economics’ most interesting thinkers.  This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. Today on “The Breakdown’s” “End of Year Extravaganza,” we’re joined by macro analyst and thought leader Lyn Alden.  Find our guest on Twitter: @LynAldenContact - NYDIG, ...  Show more

With bitcoin trading higher alongside traditional stock futures on the day of the Federal Reserve meeting, plus the relevance of the world’s richest man, CoinDesk’s “Markets Daily” is back with the latest news roundup. Today's Stories...Read the full show notes here. Featured Sto ...  Show more

The Delphi Digital co-founder shares his thoughts on what’s coming in 2022. This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. On this episode of “The Breakdown’s” “End of Year Extravaganza,” NLW is joined by Tom Shaughnessy. Tom is a co-founder at Delphi Digital, where he invests in early-stag ...  Show more

One of the NFT community’s leading voices and hosts discusses the year that was. This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. On this episode of “The Breakdown’s” “End of Year Extravaganza,” NLW is joined by Deeze. Deeze is known throughout NFT circles as a true community member. As host ...  Show more