Crypto Market Sees Sharp Decline Amid AI Controversies

The cryptocurrency market is facing a sharp decline, with Ethereum's value dropping 35% in the past month and nearly 40% over the past three months. According to a report from BestBrokers, U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs have recorded major outflows, with total assets in these funds falling from $18.6 billion to $11.9 billion. This decline in investor interest is attributed to rising volatility and a souring sentiment towards crypto.

Meanwhile, the AI industry is facing its own set of challenges. Anthropic, a prominent AI company, has alleged that Chinese AI companies DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax have engaged in massive distillation attacks, creating 24,000 accounts and 16 million Claude exchanges to scrape its AI bot for training data. This has raised concerns about data security and the ethics of AI development.

In other news, Kraken has debuted tokenized stock perpetual futures for non-US traders, offering up to 20x leverage on tokenized benchmarks tied to US equities and gold. This move is seen as a significant development in the crypto derivatives market, providing traders with new investment opportunities.

MoonPay has also launched "Agents," a new infrastructure that enables AI systems to transact with stablecoins on-chain. This development is part of a larger trend towards building the "agent economy," where AI systems can interact with the blockchain and conduct transactions autonomously.

However, the AI industry is also facing criticism over the way it measures its own performance. OpenAI has called for the retirement of the leading AI coding benchmark, citing contamination and a deeper problem with how the industry measures itself. This has sparked a debate about the need for more robust and transparent evaluation methods in AI development.

The intersection of AI and crypto is a rapidly evolving space, with new developments and controversies emerging regularly. As the market continues to fluctuate and the AI industry grapples with its own set of challenges, it remains to be seen how these two sectors will intersect and impact each other in the future.

Sources:
* Anthropic alleges Chinese AI companies engaged in massive distillation attacks [1]
* ETH Slides 35% in a Month as ETF Flows Turn Negative [2]
* Kraken debuts tokenized stock perpetual futures for non-US traders [3]
* MoonPay launches ‘Agents,’ giving AI systems wallets and on-chain cash flow [4]
* OpenAI Says Benchmark Used to Measure AI Coding Skill Is ‘Contaminated’ [5]

References:

[1] Anthropic. (2023). Anthropic says it's been targeted in massive distillation attacks.
[2] BestBrokers. (2023). ETH Slides 35% in a Month as ETF Flows Turn Negative.
[3] Kraken. (2023). Kraken debuts tokenized stock perpetual futures for non-US traders.
[4] MoonPay. (2023). MoonPay launches ‘Agents,’ giving AI systems wallets and on-chain cash flow.
[5] OpenAI. (2023). OpenAI Says Benchmark Used to Measure AI Coding Skill Is ‘Contaminated’.