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Despite this significant movement, Chris Larsen-linked wallets retain over 2.81 billion XRP (~$8.4 billion). This kind of reserve highlights the enormous influence large holders continue to exert on market perceptions and price stability within the crypto world.

For investors and crypto enthusiasts, the message here might be one of vigilance and curiosity. Monitoring these trends can provide insights into potential price movements or shifts in market strategy from major players.

In conclusion, while the outcome of Larsen’s XRP shuffle is yet to be fully understood, it serves as a compelling reminder of the ever-changing and complex narrative of cryptocurrencies. Whether it’s as simple as liquidity or as strategic as a market play, it underscores the evolving strategies within the crypto landscape that can have far-reaching impacts.

Hey folks,

I’ve been digging into flash loans on Solana and wondering—can we use them for more than just memecoin flips?

Some ideas I’ve seen or thought about:

* **Sniping liquidations** on Solend or Port Finance
* **Collateral swaps** to get better interest rates
* **Self-liquidation** to dodge fees
* **Leverage loops** for farming
* **Fixed vs floating rate trades** using pTokens

These all seem possible with Solana’s speed and low fees, but I’m curious—**has anyone here tried this stuff?**

Is it doable? What tools or tips would you recommend?

Would love to hear your thoughts or see if others are exploring the same path. Let’s brainstorm

Hi everyone! I’m planning a trip August 23 – September 6 (15 nights) and could use advice on my last 6 nights after Greece.

My core plan is:

Athens (2 nights)
Naxos (5 nights)
For the last 6 nights (Aug 31 – Sept 6), I want something luxurious, lively, and memorable, but not overly stressful with transfers. I’m torn between three options:

Option 1: Malta (Valletta + Gozo)

3 nights in Valletta (Old Town) — historic walled city, nightlife, rooftop bars.

3 nights in Gozo (boutique farmhouse hotel) — boat day to Comino & Blue Lagoon, wineries, beaches.

English-speaking, compact, affordable luxury.
Concern: Gozo might feel too quiet at night unless I plan activities.

Option 2: French Riviera (Base in Nice or Villefranche-sur-Mer)

6 nights in one spot (no hotel moves).
Day trips by train/bus to Monaco, Eze, Antibes, Cannes, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, and Ventimiglia (Italy).

Lively beach clubs, nightlife, and a chic atmosphere.

Concern: It’ll be peak season (crowds) and more expensive, but seems like the most variety without moving around.

Option 3: Montenegro (Kotor Bay)
6 nights in Kotor (Old Town or Bay).
Day trips to Perast, Porto Montenegro, Budva, and Blue Cave.

Quiet, scenic, luxury vibe with fjord-style coastline.

Concern: Might feel too slow after Naxos.
What I’m Looking For:

Some nightlife (not clubs, but lively bars/cafes).
Luxury feel but not over-the-top pricing.
Minimal hotel changes.

Easy flights from Athens and easy to get around solo.

Which would you choose for 6 nights after Naxos — Malta, French Riviera, or Montenegro?
Any must-stay hotels or specific towns you recommend?

Quick question out of curiosity:

Does Adsbot obey a global (“\*”) disallow? In their doc (List of Google’s special-case crawlers) I found following passage: `AdsBot` ignores the global robots.txt user agent (`*`) with the ad publisher’s permission.

Any ideas what “with the ad publisher’s permission.” means? In other docs google explicitly states that \* does not affect adsbot crawling.

[https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/23/politics/fda-ai-elsa-drug-regulation-makary](https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/23/politics/fda-ai-elsa-drug-regulation-makary)

“Six current and former FDA officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive internal work told CNN that Elsa can be useful for generating meeting notes and summaries, or email and communique templates.

But it has also made up nonexistent studies, known as AI “hallucinating,” or misrepresented research, according to three current FDA employees and documents seen by CNN. This makes it unreliable for their most critical work, the employees said.

“Anything that you don’t have time to double-check is unreliable. It hallucinates confidently,” said one employee — a far cry from what has been publicly promised.

“AI is supposed to save our time, but I guarantee you that I waste a lot of extra time just due to the heightened vigilance that I have to have” to check for fake or misrepresented studies, a second FDA employee said.

Currently, Elsa cannot help with review work , the lengthy assessment agency scientists undertake to determine whether drugs and devices are safe and effective, two FDA staffers said. That’s because it cannot access many relevant documents, like industry submissions, to answer basic questions such as how many times a company may have filed for FDA approval, their related products on the market or other company-specific information.”

Hi all!

I was curious as to whether how realistic it would be to take solo weekend trips to new cities.

For example, would flying out on a Friday night and flying back in on a Sunday (because we still have bills to pay and limited PTO lol) be feasible?

I’m sure this is heavily individual reliant, but I’d love to hear any experiences or stories anyone may have on balancing their M-F 8-5 and still trying to explore!

I haven’t received much as I’ve always made the excuse of “time, money, work, dishes in the sink” but I’d really like to change that this year and gain more worldly experience and perspective by solo traveling 🙂

Examples of cities I plan to potentially spend a weekend in:

Chicago, IL

NYC (self explanatory)

Portland, OR

Short list for now but I’m also open to suggestions 🙂 I don’t rlly care for tourist attractions much and would prefer to visit and act like a local (as I’m also doing this to scope out new cities to move to).

I’m also doing this to mentally prepare traveling and flying by myself as I’m planning a big trip to Japan in February of next year! Aaaaa, I’m so excited but so nervous.

I’ve been working on building a community for a project called LaunchLoop DAO and it’s structured around building startups on a quarterly timeline.

The idea is outlined here:

* Every quarter, members propose and vote on one project
* The project with the most votes gets built that quarter
* Contributors earn a share of ownership based on what they contribute

First vote will happen for Q1 FY26, and the goal is to start building immediately after.

We’re not raising or launching a token right now. Just trying to build our community and create a rhythm where people can consistently collaborate in a decentralized environment.

We’re putting together the first group of members and we’re looking mostly for builders, founders, and operators who want to contribute to something early.

If you’re interested in being part of it, comment or DM and I’ll send more details.

Hey everyone 👋 This is my first post here 😀

I published a guide on fine-tuning YOLO models for custom object detection, showing how to transform a generic 80-class detector into a specialized system (using soccer match analysis as an example).

A bit of context: I’ve been working on a YOLO library for Elixir that supports custom models via ONNX format. Since the library can load any custom YOLO model, I created this content to show how to train your own models using Ultralytics’ tooling. The approach is language-agnostic – the resulting model works with any framework supporting PyTorch or ONNX, though I demonstrate Elixir integration at the end.

This fine-tuning approach applies to various industries where domain-specific object detection is needed – sports analytics, manufacturing QC, etc.

Elixir YOLO library: [https://github.com/poeticoding/yolo\_elixir](https://github.com/poeticoding/yolo_elixir)

Video + Article about Elixir YOLO 0.2.0: [https://www.poeticoding.com/elixir-yolo-v0-2-0-yolox-support-custom-models-and-performance-boost/](https://www.poeticoding.com/elixir-yolo-v0-2-0-yolox-support-custom-models-and-performance-boost/)

Let me know if you would find interesting some videos about the details of the YOLO architecture