Tsun Yeung

Blockchain enthusiast

[NYSE 🏛 @NYSE]

Today on Taking Stock | Tech stocks and falling oil prices lead markets higher to open trading week.

@JayWoods3 discusses key levels for the S&P + @SolomonTesfaye_ of @AptosLabs on @Aptos nearing $1B in tokenized real-world assets.

@jd_durkin has more. https://t.co/I0yfPbqcEB

[Aptos @Aptos]

Confidential $APT is LIVE on Aptos mainnet.

What that means: Encrypted balances. Encrypted transfer amounts. Addresses remain visible. Fully opt-in by design.

Validators verify a transaction is valid while those amounts stay confidential.

[Salio @Mr_Salio]

🚨 Gemini 4 Pro Leaks: Beats GPT-6 Astra

> A fresh Gemini 4 Pro checkpoint is reportedly being tested in Arena
> It appearing under the “Gemini 3.8 Flash” label
> Gemini 4 Pro could reportedly reach Mythos-level performance
> Google's recent RSI progress could be a major factor
> Expected to challenge GPT-6 Astra
> Launch could finally happen in October

Could Gemini 4 Pro actually challenge mythos?

[Paul Atkins @SECPaulSAtkins]

My thanks go to everyone who put so much effort into the CLARITY Act— across the Administration, Congress, investors, and innovators. Our collective conviction that America must continue to lead is indispensable.

I have been unequivocal: with or without legislation, we will act decisively within the SEC’s statutory authority to deliver certainty for American investors and for the entrepreneurs shaping our technological future.

Stay tuned.

[BSCN @BSCNews]

The Senate failed to invoke cloture on the CLARITY Act, 49 to 50.

Backers needed 60 to open a floor debate on H.R. 3633 and fell 11 short, below even a simple majority.

$BTC dipped to just under $75,000 after the result, then recovered to around $76,000, down 3.79% on the day. $XRP is off 9.74%, and the total crypto market cap sits near $2.59T, down 3.63%.

[The Bitcoin Historian @pete_rizzo_]

BREAKING: 🇺🇸 U.S SENATE JUST OFFICIALLY VOTED AGAINST PASSING THE #BITCOIN CLARITY ACT

THE DEMOCRATS JUST SHOWED US THEIR TRUE FACE

HISTORIC MISTAKE 🔥

[Senator Cynthia Lummis @SenLummis]

Tomorrow, my colleagues have a choice to make: American leadership, real consumer protections, and giving law enforcement the tools they need to address illicit finance, or drive the digital asset industry overseas, leaving consumers vulnerable, and sidelining American leadership knowing full well that no other country is capable of regulating this industry as well as the United States. The choice really is that clear. The Clarity Act is right in front of us and this moment won’t come along again for years. Let’s take the win and get this done.

[Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent @SecScottBessent]

I’ve said many times that the CLARITY Act is essential to ensuring America wins the global race for new technology. That’s the reason Congress passed the GENIUS Act: to ensure that stablecoin infrastructure, a revolutionary financial technology, will be built in America.

Ensuring that America’s community bank sector continues to thrive has been a constant focus of mine since day one. And the administration’s dual focus on enabling new digital technology to flourish and appropriately tailoring community bank regulation is key to both sectors driving U.S. economic growth together over the next several decades.

The final draft of the CLARITY Act furthers this mission. It gives the Secretary of the Treasury additional authority to act if the facts around deposit flight change to the detriment of community banks. If stablecoins cause harm to community banks, I will not hesitate to use these tools to ensure they remain fully protected. Community banks are essential to U.S. economic performance and Main Street growth. Economic security is national security, and community banks play a major role in this principle.

[avery.apt 🇺🇸 @AveryChing]

For those that enjoy building and creating, there is no better time to be alive than now. Small dedicated teams can outpace the traditional giants. Dedication and conviction have never been so empowered.

[Tsun Yeung @Yeung__Tsun]

@business It looks like Anthropic is going to falling behind….

[Lumina @LuminaBench]

🚨 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash benchmarks are actually ridiculous

• DeepSWE: 74.2 vs Sol 73.0
• AutomationBench: 54.8 vs Sol 45.8
• Agents’ Last Exam: 31.8 vs Sol 26.7
• CyberGym: 88.1 vs Sol 84.5

V4.1 is literally beating frontier models on coding and agent benchmarks and remember it's only a Flash model, pro is coming soon and I can't imagine how good it will be

[DeepSeek @deepseek_ai]

🚀 Introducing DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash: smarter, faster, more efficient.

🔹 Introducing the smallest model in our new architecture family, with native visual understanding.
🔹 Designed for greater capability, faster inference, higher throughput, and scaling to larger models.

1/6

[CGTN America @cgtnamerica]

OpenAI begins rollout of new powerful AI model GPT-6 Astra

[Sam Altman @sama]

GPT-6 Astra is here.

We hope it will begin to enable a new generation of entrepreneurship, scientific discovery, and building.

We believe it is the best model in the world for computer use, professional work, science, coding, cybersecurity, and more.

It took us some extra time to ensure that we could meet the safety and alignment standards required for this capability level, but we think you’ll find it worth the wait.

It scores 98% on FrontierMath Tier 4, 99.9% on ARC-AGI 3, and 100% on ExploitBench.

[Aptos @Aptos]

Where Aptos stands on post-quantum:

→ AIP-137 by @AptosLabs' @alinush: native, account-level post-quantum signatures, built on SLH-DSA (NIST FIPS 205)
→ To be enabled via governance
→ Reviewed by @Coinbase's Quantum Advisory Council

Ready for it. Recognized for it.

[Aptos Labs @AptosLabs]

Confidential APT on @Aptos mainnet brings opt-in confidentiality features: amounts and balances encrypted, senders and recipients visible onchain.

Now in the browser via the Petra extension, alongside Petra Mobile on Android & iOS, from @PetraWallet by Aptos Labs.

https://t.co/lvcwST1689

[BSCN @BSCNews]

Circle's CCTP V2 goes live on Aptos

@circle activated Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol V2 on Aptos on Wednesday, upgrading the burn-and-mint standard that moves native $USDC between chains. Inbound Fast Transfers bring USDC onto the network in seconds, per @AptosLabs, while Hooks let a transfer trigger onchain actions on arrival.

The rollout replaces the V1 flow already live on $APT with the same developer surface plus relay support, aimed at treasury, liquidity movement, and trading applications.

[BSCN @BSCNews]

The Aptos team is cooking...

@Aptos L1 has seen its stablecoin market cap surge by nearly +13% in the past week, reaching a total of around $1.39B at time of writing.

$APT's stablecoin economy is now just $11M away from flipping @Avax $AVAX to become the #10 largest stablecoin network in the world.

[Circle @circle]

CCTP V2 is now live on @Aptos.

Using Circle’s trusted burn-and-mint infrastructure, developers can build in a flexible way with new capabilities for faster and more programmable crosschain experiences.

→ Inbound Fast Transfers
→ Hooks and generic messaging
→ Relay support
→ Familiar CCTP primitives

Built for use cases like treasury, liquidity movement, and trading applications.

Start building: https://t.co/wYTtcBBTPs

[Aptos @Aptos]

CCTP V2 is live on Aptos.

@circle's crosschain trust layer, now faster and programmable. Inbound Fast Transfers bring native @USDC to Aptos in seconds instead of minutes — no wrapped assets, no fragmented liquidity.