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The United States may reduce the participation of its military in 30 NATO structures – WP.
The Pentagon plans to reduce the participation of the US military in about 30 key NATO command centres and advisory groups. The reduction will affect about 200 servicemen and will take place gradually - instead of withdrawing all personnel at once, it is planned not to replace them after the end of their service life.
This move is part of a broader U.S. policy to reduce its military presence in Europe. This is reported by The Washington Post.
According to sources, the reduction will affect centres involved in training NATO forces, energy security, naval operations, special operations and intelligence.
Renault together with the French company Turgis Gaillard will produce long-range drones for Ukraine – FT.
French automaker Renault together with Defence company Turgis Gaillard will produce long-range drones for Ukraine. Renault confirmed its participation in the project, but did not disclose the cost of the contract, as well as the number and type of drones.
According to the Financial Times, the contract came after the French government asked automotive and Defence companies in June to work together on drone production lines. The drones will be manufactured at two Renault production sites.
Renault Director Fabrice Kamboliv noted that the company was approached because of its production and creative industrial experience.
Buterin announced the need to switch to decentralised social networks…
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said that in 2026 he will completely switch to decentralised social platforms. According to him, a healthy public dialogue is impossible without competition and a common layer of data, where users do not depend on one centre.
Buterin is already reading and publishing through the Firefly multi-client, combining X, Lens, Farcaster and Bluesky, and intends to write more actively in Lens.
At the same time, he criticised crypto-social projects built around the tokenisation of persons: such models, in his opinion, encourage speculation, not the quality of content, and eventually depreciate. He called subscriptions and direct support for authors as a working alternative.
China noticed a possible response to the American replacement for the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle
During transportation by trawl, photos of the modernised Chinese ZBD-04 infantry fighting vehicle with a new crewless turret appeared online, which is considered as a potential analogue of the future American infantry fighting vehicle XM30, which is being created to replace the legendary M2 Bradley
On the new version of the ZBD-04, it is noticeable that the traditional turret with a paired 100-mm and 30-mm gun from the Soviet BMP-3 is missing. Instead, a crewless module with sighting systems and possible weapons - probably a large-calibre automatic gun - was installed.
Due to the limited quality of the photos, it is difficult to clearly determine the exact armament of the new module, but the changes indicate China's desire to adapt its combat vehicles to modern requirements similar to those set in the XM30 project.
According to VideoCardz, a new wave of price appreciation has begun in the video card market. MSI has already raised prices for its models, and ASUS and Gigabyte are preparing to do the same by the end of the month.
The reason is trivial and familiar - a sharp increase in the cost of memory of the GDDR6 and GDDR7 standards, which is included in the GPU + VRAM kits. Because of this, NVIDIA and AMD have raised purchase prices for partners, which is already reflected in retail prices.
⚠️ The growth is approximately 10–20% depending on the configuration and may continue if memory prices do not stabilise.
TikTok has released a separate PineDrama app entirely dedicated to microdramas - miniseries with short episodes (~1 minute).
It is already available in the US and Brazil on iOS and Android.
In PineDrama, each video is part of the story, not a separate video. The app has tabs Discover, Favourites, Watch history, comments and a personalised feed, and viewing is currently free and without ads.
Microsoft predicts that in ~5 years everyone will have an “AI companion”…
Mustafa Suleiman, the head of Microsoft's AI direction, believes that artificial intelligence will turn from a simple tool into a "personal companion" that will know you very well, "live nearby" and help with important decisions and everyday tasks. He also says that such AI companions will understand your context, preferences and motivation - and become more than just assistants.
Yes, now I will start a dialogue with ChatGPT: “Hello, friend, how are you?” 😁
We are getting a rebound of bitcoin by 2% up to $90k for the second time in a day, which is almost immediately followed by an instant rollback.
As I mentioned to you this morning, before continuing the correction, it is necessary to allow a local rebound up to $91k. This neutralises the mood in the market, the bulk of shortists will be knocked out of the positions and it will again be profitable for the market to move further down.
Therefore, for now, we allow the departure a little higher, after which the resumption of correction.
🧬 Solana's activity increased by 50% due to the Claude code and Bags
📈 Viral distribution among the developers of the Claude Code from Anthropic has contributed to the growth of network activity and addresses in Solana by at least 50% in recent weeks.
✅ AI agent from Anthropic simplified and accelerated the launch of tokens, which caused a rapid growth of the Bags platform used for AI tokens.
The fee for the launch of Bags increased to more than $100,000 per day, compared to $640 in December. However, the appearance of new tokens in the Solana network does not protect them from volatility and sharp drops in value.
🇺🇸 The United States has stopped selling confiscated bitcoin…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the government has completely stopped the sale of seized BTC and is now focussing on the formation of a national bitcoin reserve.
Replenishment is planned to be carried out at the expense of confiscated assets - they will be credited to the balance sheet after the final completion of the proceedings.
U.S. President Donald Trump spoke in Davos. Key theses that affect the crypt and macroeconomics:
- Regulation of the crypt. Congress is working on the CLARITY Act, a law on the structure of the U.S. crypto market. Trump is counting on its adoption soon.
- Macro-phone. Trump declared victory over inflation and acceleration of the growth of the U.S. economy - positive for risk assets, including the crypt.
- The United States as a capital centre. The growth of the American economy, according to him, = the growth of the world economy. Bet on U.S. leadership in global finance.
- Tariffs and protectionism. Reducing the trade deficit strengthens the role of the dollar and the United States as a financial hub.
- Energy and AI. Cheap energy and U.S. leadership in AI are the basis for data centres, mining and digital infrastructure.
- Geopolitics. Trump confirmed the negotiations on Ukraine and noted the growth of global risks - a factor of market volatility.
- Crypt and China. Cryptocurrency becomes an element of politics. The United States intends to limit China's influence in this segment.