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• Gmail Gets Its Biggest AI Upgrade Yet

• JPMorgan Calls Crypto Bottom as ETF Flows Stabilize

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TODAY IN AI

Gmail Gets Its Biggest AI Upgrade Yet

Google just introduced a wave of new Gemini AI upgrades to Gmail, enabling users to ask natural language questions about their inbox, get automatic summaries, and take more proactive actions across the platform.

An integrated AI Overviews feature lets users search the inbox through natural language instead of hunting through keywords or opening dozens of emails. A new AI Inbox acts as a personal assistant, surfacing the most important messages and crafting to-do lists and reminders.

Other additions include a Grammarly-style proofreader (Pro and Ultra only), expanded Help Me Write access, and Suggested Replies for quick responses.

Google has been sprinkling AI into Gmail for years, but this is the most aggressive push yet. It's been relatively slow in intertwining Gemini with its highly used products and platforms, but 2026 could be the year the integrations ramp up and actually become a major advantage.

When you can ask your inbox natural language questions and get AI-generated summaries, that's not just productivity features. That's replacing how we interact with email entirely.

TODAY IN CRYPTO

JPMorgan Calls Crypto Bottom as ETF Flows Stabilize

JPMorgan says the crypto selloff may be nearing a bottom. ETF flows are stabilizing, positioning data suggests the de-risking is done, and liquidity held up better than many thought.

Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs saw heavy outflows in December while global equity ETFs attracted a record $235 billion in inflows. That divergence showed how sharply investors cut crypto exposure into year-end.

But January data tells a different story. Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou stated: "Signs of a bottoming out in January are also seen in other crypto indicators in perpetual futures and in our position proxies on CME futures."

Bitcoin ETFs have logged $439 million in net inflows so far this year. Ethereum ETFs pulled in roughly $359 million. Perpetual futures and CME positioning proxies show similar stabilization, suggesting retail and institutional investors largely completed position reductions in Q4 2025.

The analysts said MSCI's decision not to exclude digital asset treasury companies from its indexes in February provided "near-term relief, particularly for Strategy-linked exposure." That removed the risk of forced selling tied to index changes.

JPMorgan pushed back on the idea that deteriorating liquidity drove the correction. The bank's market breadth metrics show little evidence of worsening liquidity. Instead, the firm argued that de-risking triggered by MSCI's October announcement was the primary catalyst.

JPMorgan concluded: "The bulk of the crypto position unwind now appears to be behind the market, with January's data pointing to a possible bottoming phase rather than the start of a new leg lower."

Bitcoin trades near $91,000. Ethereum sits around $3,100. Both remain well off their recent peaks. But if JPMorgan is right, the worst of the selling pressure is over.

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