Decentralized social network Bluesky announced the completion of a $100 million Series B funding round, led by Bain Capital Crypto with participation from existing investors. CEO Jay Graber stepped down to become Chief Innovation Officer. Bluesky aims to transform social media from centralized platforms into an open, distributed network.

Sei Labs co-founder Jay announced that Sei Giga is coming soon. The team is in the final stages of technical preparation. The SIP-3 upgrade will convert the Sei network into a pure EVM chain, expected to be completed by 2026, at which point only EVM addresses will be able to conduct transactions.

ChainCatcher Message, BlackRock's US Thematic and Active ETF Head Jay Jacobs said in an interview with CNBC, "It's still early days for Bitcoin."

U.S. Prosecutor Jay Clayton opposes the DeFi Education Fund's submission of an opinion to the court, believing it is disconnected from the trial record and repeats previously dismissed arguments. The case involves two brothers accused of profiting $25 million through Ethereum vulnerabilities, with the trial declared a mistrial due to a deadlocked jury. DEF supports an acquittal, stating it helps reduce uncertainty for software developers.

Former CNBC executive Jay Yarow has joined CoinDesk as the president of CoinDesk Insights, overseeing the media and events business, succeeding Sara Stratoberdha who has been reassigned to Bullish, with the aim of strengthening CoinDesk's position in the relevant fields.

According to ChainCatcher news, Jin10 reported that Infrastructure Capital analyst Jay Hatfield stated that the Fed is not expected to cut interest rates in December unless employment data is very weak. He noted that the team still expects the Fed to remain on hold in December and is confident about the gradual decline in inflation. He anticipates four rate cuts next year after the new Fed chair takes office, with the ten-year Treasury yield expected to remain around 4%, which is Favourable Information for the stock market.

PANews, November 20 news, according to Jay A, founder of nof1.ai, Alpha Arena Season 1.5 is now live. This season will deploy $320,000 in funds, focusing on testing the investment judgment capability of AI rather than knowledge reserves. The participating models will only invest in the U.S. stock market and will add two new models: Kimi 2 and a mysterious model from a top AI lab. This season introduces multiple competitions to enhance statistical rigor, with different themes for each match aimed at comprehensively testing the models' adaptability and robustness to different inputs. In a single match, all models receive the same input data. Additionally, this season, models will have access to more data and a broader operational space. According to reports, Alpha Arena is the first benchmark test specifically designed to assess AI investment capabilities, with each model receiving $10,000 in real funds and a two-week period.

Golden Finance reported that Jay A, the founder of nof1.ai, announced the end of Season 1 of Alpha Arena, with Qwen 3 MAX as the winner. Despite model biases, Season 1.5 will undergo improvements. Additionally, Julian Togelius from nofi.ai mentioned that the next season will optimize the AI Benchmark and launch new projects.

Odaily News nof1 founder Jay A announced on X that the Alpha Arena Season 1 competition officially ended this morning, with Qwen 3 MAX surpassing Deepseek Chat V3.1 at the last moment to become the AI model with the highest final profit.