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After nine years, Hong Kong-based crypto exchange CoinEx is shutting down. Founder Haipo Yang cited growing security and compliance pressures, and notably turned down acquisition offers, saying he preferred what he called a clean ending over a compromised one. It's a rare moment of principle in an industry that rarely walks away from a deal.
On a very different front, a headset designed to treat depression has received FDA approval and is now available across the United States. Made by Flow Neuroscience, the device uses electrical brain stimulation and is positioned as a potential path off antidepressants for some patients. The catch is the price — two thousand two hundred dollars — which puts it well out of reach for many of the people who need it most.
Meanwhile, Perplexity's local AI agent, Portable Computer, has arrived on Windows, but the welcome mat is narrow. You'll need an Nvidia RTX graphics card with at least twenty-four gigabytes of VRAM, plus a paid subscription. That combination describes a very small slice of users, raising the question of whether truly accessible on-device AI is still more promise than product.
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