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Crypto seen benefiting from tax exemption
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 14/07/2025
» Thailand's recent move to exempt capital gains tax on cryptocurrency for a five-year period could draw a massive pool of Thai capital estimated at more than US$60 billion currently held offshore back to the country, says Merkle Capital.
Beware the AI bots
Life, James Hein, Published on 04/06/2025
» I recently joined a Facebook group that supposedly represented Kat Timpf, a regular presenter on the Gutfeld! show. I posted a couple of comments and a couple of weeks later, I received a tag in social media purportedly from Dana Perino, a regular on the Fox show The Five. Initially this was a surprise. Why would a famous TV star want to chat with me? After a few chats, it became obvious something was off. The tag name in Messenger was just Dana Perino but the conversation had a few structural errors, not something a former press secretary would make.
LLMs are left-leaning models
Life, James Hein, Published on 07/05/2025
» A while back I wrote about the political bias in Large Language Models (LLMs). Since then the models have evolved and David Rozado has conducted more recent tests based on four of the popular political orientation tests. Using the Political Compass, Political Spectrum, Political Correctness and Eysenck tests, he worked with xAI Grok 3 beta, Google's Gemini 2.5 pro, Deepseek V3, OpenAI GPT 4.1 and Meta's Llama 4 Maverick. In all but one of the tests Grok 3 was closest to the centre, and on average was the clear leader. All the models were still located in the Left Libertarian quadrant, with Grok just sneaking into a more Conservative area with the Eysenck test. These tests are of course but one way to measure the political leanings of any LLM. Overall however, it does still indicate the left-leaning bias in all models tested so far. If you want to see more details, you can visit David Rozado's substack.
Bitcoin declines 20% amid trade, stagflation woes
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 17/04/2025
» Ongoing trade tensions and stagflation fears pushed the price of Bitcoin, the world's most popular cryptocurrency, to drop 20% in the first three months this year, with further weakness expected in the second quarter, say analysts.
Could Bitcoin serve as a hedge against US Tariffs?
Published on 01/04/2025
» If you hold a certain amount of Bitcoin or whether you’re planning to buy some soon, you must be wondering what impact the US tariffs have on the coveted crypto’s price. Undoubtedly, the return of President Donald Trump to the White House arguably marks the most schismatic moment in US politics and geopolitics.
New standards for mule accounts
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 19/03/2025
» The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has worked with the Thai Digital Asset Operators Trade Association (TDO) and digital asset businesses to issue a new industry standard, aiming to crack down on digital asset mule accounts.
FBI: North Korea behind $1.5 billion crypto theft
AFP, Published on 27/02/2025
» WASHINGTON - The US Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday accused North Korea of being behind the theft of $1.5 billion worth of digital assets last week, the largest crypto heist in history.
MFC Asset promotes initial Ethereum ETF
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 19/02/2025
» MFC Asset Management is launching Thailand's first Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF) to invest in the world's second-largest cryptocurrency amid the boom in the asset class, rallied in part by US President Donald Trump's pro-crypto policies.
Merkle Capital is bullish on crypto
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 06/01/2025
» Merkle Capital, a Thai digital asset management firm, expects broader adoption of cryptocurrencies this year, with Bitcoin a cornerstone given its institutional appeal.
Ethereum co-founder donates B10m to Moo Deng zoo
News, Online Reporters, Published on 26/12/2024
» Ethereum blockchain co-founder Vitalik Buterin has donated 10 million baht to Moo Deng’s home, Khao Kheow Open Zoo, in the name of the bouncy baby to pay for improvements for all animals at the zoo.