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A new study is forcing an uncomfortable question onto law school campuses: when professors are asked to evaluate legal reasoning, they consistently prefer answers written by AI over those written by their own colleagues. The researchers say it raises serious questions about what professional education is actually teaching — and whether it can keep up.
Shifting to crypto markets, Bitmine's bold bet on Ethereum is looking increasingly painful. The treasury firm backed by analyst Tom Lee has seen its shares fall to their lowest point since pivoting to crypto, as Ether dips back below one thousand eight hundred dollars — a level last seen in February. The episode is a sharp reminder that corporate crypto strategies carry real downside risk.
And in a story that feels almost archaeological, someone has just redeemed a physical Casascius Bitcoin coin minted roughly fifteen years ago, walking away with one point seven eight million dollars in BTC. Those coins were curiosities from Bitcoin's earliest days, and this redemption is a vivid illustration of just how far the asset has traveled since then.
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