According to @kevinroose, the latest Hard Fork Friday episode features an in-depth interview with Demis Hassabis at Google I/O 2025, focusing on advancements toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and the launch of AlphaEvolve. Hassabis detailed how AlphaEvolve's AI breakthroughs could increase demand for blockchain-based data storage and smart contract security, with potential to drive investment in AI-related crypto projects. This development is expected to influence crypto tokens that intersect with AI and data infrastructure sectors, as confirmed by the interview cited by @kevinroose on May 23, 2025.

According to Evan (@StockMKTNewz), Snowflake (SNOW) reported stronger-than-expected Q1 2025 earnings, posting an EPS of $0.24 versus the forecasted $0.21 and revenue of $1.04 billion, exceeding the consensus of $1.01 billion. This positive earnings surprise signals robust demand for Snowflake's cloud data solutions, potentially boosting sentiment in tech-related crypto stocks and tokens linked to data infrastructure, such as Filecoin and Arweave. The results may also influence investor appetite for blockchain projects focusing on enterprise data and decentralized storage, as traditional tech performance often correlates with digital asset flows. Source: @StockMKTNewz on Twitter, May 21, 2025.

According to @FarsideUK, the Bitcoin Core software repository has recently removed the policy limit on the size of OP_Return outputs (source: Twitter, May 6, 2025). OP_Return allows data to be embedded into Bitcoin transactions, and this policy change could enable larger data payloads on the blockchain. For traders, the removal of this guardrail may lead to increased use of Bitcoin for tokenization and data storage, potentially driving up transaction fees and increasing network congestion. These changes could impact Bitcoin's utility and trading volumes, as well as influence the development of new crypto assets and decentralized applications built on Bitcoin (source: @FarsideUK via Twitter).