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Over the past two weeks, United States spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have experienced outflows totaling $1.3 billion as Bitcoin’s price continues to fall.
Farside Investors reports that the total outflow for Bitcoin ETFs reached $1.298 billion during this period, with Grayscale leading the exodus at $517.3 million. Interestingly, BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF stands out as the sole fund reporting positive results, attracting $43.1 million in inflows over the same timeframe.
During this period, Bitcoin’s price has dropped 11.6%, declining from $69,476 on June 10 to $61,359 at the time of writing, according to TradingView data. This marks the most significant outflow since April when spot Bitcoin ETFs saw net outflows exceeding $1.2 billion between April 24 and early May.
Mt. Gox still haunts crypto
Jonathan de Wet — chief investment officer at ZeroCap — told Cointelegraph that he expects Bitcoin to potentially fall to around $57,000 in the coming weeks, citing Mt. Gox creditor repayments as a contributing factor. However, he notes that Bitcoin and Ethereum are “holding up surprisingly well” compared to the broader crypto market. In late May, the defunct company moved $840 million worth of Bitcoin.
Market observers have expressed concerns about potential downward pressure due to Bitcoin sales from the German government and anticipated Mt. Gox creditor repayments of nearly $9 billion expected in July.
Despite short-term challenges, de Wet maintains a bullish long-term outlook, citing the expected Ethereum ETF launch and potential easing of monetary policy towards the end of 2024 and into 2025. Also Brad Howell of Keyrock UK told DL News in late April:
It is fair to assume that anyone who had assets in Mt. Gox is an early adopter and more likely to lean towards the Bitcoin maxi end of the spectrum. […] Don’t expect large volumes of Bitcoin to sell off on day one.
Some analysts, including eToro’s Farhan Badami, suggest that the impact of Mt. Gox repayments may not be as severe as feared, noting that Bitcoin often prices in significant market events. Badami expects Bitcoin’s price to stabilize in the coming weeks, potentially ranging between $60,000 and $70,000, before potentially reaching new all-time highs in the months ahead.
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If you’re looking to get up close and personal in the Elden Ring DLC, there are a few weapons that grant you this wish.
Along with martial arts, there are claw weapons you can pick up to make things a little more rabid.
The Beast Claw is an easy early get but if you’re into how these work, there’s an additional Red Bear’s Claw weapon that takes things to another level.
Here, we’ll take you through how to get the Red Bear’s Claw in Shadow of the Erdtree so you can become one with the wild animals.
Where to find Red Bear’s Claw in Shadow of the Erdtree
To get Red Bear’s Claw in Shadow of the Erdtree, you will need to defeat its owner – Red Bear.
However, compared to the Beast Claw we touched on earlier, you will have to progress through some of the game in order to challenge the boss.
Starting at Moorth Ruins, head straight north and through the gap in the mountain. Continue through until you make it out of the other side.
Now, head west, through Rauh Base, past the giant enemies that have a large bow and halberd. We wouldn’t recommend fighting them as it’ll just waste time.
Carry on moving forward until you see a blocked spiritspring that you must open up to progress.

Move past this spirit spring in a southerly direction and hug the left-hand wall until you make it onto a ledged area.
Break the rocks that are at the end of this ledge and you should get a message saying that the spiritspring has been unlocked.
Jump on this spiritspring, and the next, and continue south toward the Northern Nameless Mausoleum.
Here is where Red Bear is situated, so simply defeat him and the Red Bear’s Claw will be yours, alongside his armor set.
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EA Sports’ old NCAA Football series had an unusual mechanism that was a nod to the large home–field advantages that big time programs had, even over rivals or higher ranked teams. That returns with College Football 25 on July 19, as does the ranking of the toughest buildings to play on the road. Tuesday, EA Sports released its initial ranking of the 25 baddest facilities in the nation.
This will change during a player’s long–term mode playthroughs, like Dynasty or Road to Glory. Just because Oregon State isn’t on this list, if you pick the Beavers for your coach or stud quarterback and start racking up the wins, the crowds will turn out, and Reser Stadium will become a chamber of horrors for opposing teams, as much as rival Oregon’s Autzen Stadium is in real life. One of my pals turned Air Force’s Falcon Stadium, of all places, into the nation’s most fearsome venue. It’s part of the fun of College Football 25.
How does this homefield advantage manifest in–game? At a preview event at EA Sports’ Orlando studio in May, designer Scott O’Gallagher said the feature was an homage to NCAA Football 06, when it was first introduced and visiting players noticed their pre–snap play art was a bunch of squiggly lines, and hot–routing receivers was all but impossible.
But in College Football 25, a tough home field advantage will manifest in other ways. “You may see more drops [of passes], tackling becomes harder, or you’re breaking more tackles, things of that nature,” O’Gallagher said. “But what a freshman is, in [Clemson’s] Death Valley, and how he reacts is not the same as, maybe, a seasoned senior.”

Moreover, just because a team isn’t on this top 25 of tough places doesn’t mean they have no homefield advantage. Reser Stadium, for example, can be tough sledding even if the Beavers aren’t a top 10 team, O’Gallagher said.
“But it’s not the same as playing the Horseshoe (Ohio State’s Ohio Stadium) or Death Valley, right?” he said. “So we’ve taken our toughest places to play, this meter scales, the impacts get greater. You might not be able to hot route as much as you’d like. Audibles become tough. We’re really trying to replicate how hard it is to communicate in these venues.” Players might even see trouble with just snapping the ball, especially on long snaps, the more hostile the territory.
What are the 25 Toughest Places to Play in College Football 25?
Here are the top 25 toughest places to play out of the box in College Football 25, with some notes where appropriate:

Kyle Field – Texas A&M. This is the home of the Aggies’ fabled 12th Man, and the wall of sound coming from A&M’s Corps of Cadets and students standing for the entire game.
Bryant–Denny Stadium – Alabama
Tiger Stadium – LSU. The university’s geosciences department is about 1,000 feet from Tiger Stadium, and in 1988 seismologists noted a significant tremor after quarterback Tommy Hodson tossed a fourth-down touchdown pass to Eddie Fuller to upset Auburn 7-6.
Ohio Stadium – Ohio State
Sanford Stadium – Georgia
Beaver Stadium – Penn State
Camp Randall Stadium – Wisconsin
Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium – Oklahoma
Doak S. Campbell Stadium – Florida State
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium – Florida
Autzen Stadium – Oregon. Oregon constructed Autzen around an artificial crater to prevent the need to build multilevel ramps to its upper seats. This resulted in the tight bowl formation where the screaming abuse of 60,000 Duck alumni and fans can sound like 120,000 on critical third downs.
Memorial Stadium – Clemson
Neyland Stadium – Tennessee
Jordan–Hare Stadium – Auburn
Williams–Brice Stadium – South Carolina. I saw U2 and Public Enemy play a show here in 1992. Greatest concert I’ve ever seen. Still have the ticket.
Michigan Stadium – Michigan
Lane Stadium – Virginia Tech
Rice–Eccles Stadium – Utah
Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium – Texas. This is actually Joe Jamail Field at Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium (and there is no period after the middle initial, Royal’s middle name is literally one letter, like Harry S. Truman). Jamail is one of America’s great junkyard dog lawyers, who made a fortune suing Texaco in the 1980s.
Kinnick Stadium – Iowa. Home of one of the great traditions in college football. The University of Iowa’s Children’s Hospital overlooks the east stands at Kinnick, and after the first period ends, everyone turns and waves to the kids watching the game from their windows.
Notre Dame Stadium – Notre Dame
Spartan Stadium – Michigan State
Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium – Arkansas
Albertsons Stadium – Boise State. The Smurf Turf. ‘Nuff said.
Davis Wade Stadium – Mississippi State

Featured images via EA Sports
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After nearly two years of inactivity, a crypto wallet associated with billionaire Marc Cuban has resumed selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Mark Cuban is a major personality in the NFT space, which is further exacerbates the gravity of him selling.
On June 23, the wallet identified by the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) domain “markcuban.eth” began offloading various NFTs, including EulerBeats Genesis, DeepBlack, Pudgy Penguins, and Wrapped MoonCats. The wallet’s previous transaction occurred on January 13, 2022, when a Roc Aero Pitch Deck NFT was sold for $33.73.
Over the past two days, Cuban’s wallet has sold 14 NFTs, totaling approximately $38,533. The most valuable sale was Pudgy Penguin #6239, listed at 9.06 Wrapped Ether (WETH), equivalent to $30,578. Other NFTs sold ranged from $22 to $1,800 in value.
High-value sales potential
Two additional high-value NFTs remain listed in the wallet. A Hashtag NFT #MFFL is priced at 15 Ether (ETH), worth over $50,000, while a BibleNFT piece titled Deuteronomy 25:4 is listed for 5 ETH (about $16,000). If sold, these transactions would push the wallet’s total sales beyond $100,000.
Interestingly, this NFT sell-off coincides with a recent security breach reported by Cuban. On June 23, the 65-year-old investor claimed his Gmail account was compromised following a fraudulent call. Cuban warned his followers about potential unauthorized emails from his account. Two days later, he announced the successful recovery of his account, thanking Google’s team publicly.

A thank you to @google for your help in getting my account back. Truly appreciate all you did.
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) June 24, 2024

While the NFT sales occurred on the same day as the reported hack, it remains unclear whether the two events are connected. This isn’t the first time Cuban’s crypto assets have faced security issues.
Who is Mark Cuban?
Mark Cuban is a prominent American entrepreneur, investor, and media proprietor. Born in 1958 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Cuban rose to prominence in the business world during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. He co-founded Broadcast.com, an internet radio company, which was later acquired by Yahoo! for $5.7 billion in 1999.
Following his success with Broadcast.com, Cuban has diversified his investments and business interests. He is the owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, which he purchased in 2000, and has since transformed the team into a successful franchise. Cuban is also known for his role as one of the “shark” investors on the popular TV show “Shark Tank,” where he evaluates and invests in startup companies.
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Amazon is reportedly developing a ‘killer’ AI chatbot that will compete directly with OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
With some perceptions that the company is falling behind in the race to create generative AI, Business Insider has detailed the response to follow from the tech giant.
The chatbot has been codenamed Metis, powered by an Amazon LLM known as Olympus which is being trained on a massive two trillion parameters of data which is around twice the capability of GPT-4.  This increased scope should make Metis more capable of human-like responses, reducing the margin for error in context and reasoning.
Metis will enable Microsoft to take its place among the other big tech players such as Google and Microsoft which offer their own bespoke AI assistants and in a crowded, competitive AI space, many start-ups like Amazon-backed Anthropic, and Perplexity are also providing an offering.
Jeff Bezos questions Amazon’s position
The new offering from Amazon is expected to “deliver text and image-based answers in a conversational manner” and to provide links to source responses, suggest follow-up points of interest, and generate images. With the added capacity from Olympus, Amazon is said to want the AI chatbot to be able to return information from beyond the original data source to deliver updated information, such as stock prices.
Metis has also been tipped to work as an “AI agent”, moving toward the evolution of the technology as agents will be able to perform additional tasks seamlessly and autonomously, using data, decision-making and multitasking, based on activity patterns and set algorithms.
Some of the criticism that Amazon was falling behind in the pecking order came from an unlikely source in Jeff Bezos, with the company’s founder and former CEO stating his concern in emails to senior staff asking why more AI firms were not using its cloud services.
There have been reports of a proposed launch for Metis in late September this year.
Image credit: Via Ideogram
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