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• Google's Flash 2.5 Image absolutely destroys the competition with viral nano-banana power

• Bitcoin traders desperately search for bottom signals as August bleeding continues

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TODAY IN AI

Google's Flash 2.5 Image absolutely destroys the competition with viral nano-banana power

The AI editing world just witnessed a complete takeover, and it came from the most unlikely hero: something called "nano-banana" that turned out to be Google's secret weapon. Flash 2.5 Image didn't just win the LM Arena Image Edit leaderboard—it obliterated the competition by such a massive margin that second-place Flux-Kontext looks like it's playing in the minor leagues. This thing supports multi-turn edits, letting users layer changes while maintaining character consistency that would make Disney animators weep tears of joy.

The capabilities are genuinely mind-blowing: natural language prompts can blend images, apply and mix styles across scenes, and even make strategic creative choices like adding the correct plants for specific settings using multimodal reasoning. At $0.039 per image via API, it's slightly cheaper than OpenAI's offerings while delivering results that could spark a Studio Ghibli-style creative boom across the entire Gemini ecosystem.

Here's where this gets really interesting—Flash 2.5 Image isn't just another AI tool, it's potentially the beginning of the end for traditional photo editing workflows. While it's not quite ready to replace Photoshop completely, the character preservation and creative control are so advanced that we might be looking at the first AI that actually threatens professional editing software rather than just complementing it.

The viral success of "nano-banana" during testing proves that when AI editing actually works seamlessly, people go absolutely wild for it. This could trigger a wave of viral apps built on Google's platform, fundamentally shifting how content creation happens while putting immense pressure on Adobe and other traditional editing companies to completely rethink their strategies.

TODAY IN CRYPTO

Bitcoin traders desperately search for bottom signals as August bleeding continues

Bitcoin is limping toward the end of August down around 4% for the month and a brutal 12% off its all-time high of $124,500, with traders now clinging to technical indicators like drowning sailors grabbing life rafts. The cryptocurrency is barely holding $110,580, up less than 0.5% over 24 hours, while Ethereum managed a more respectable 3.4% gain that suggests altcoins might be finding their footing faster than the king of crypto.

The on-chain data is telling a fascinating story of capitulation and potential reversal signals. Bitcoin traders are using the Short-Term Holder Realized Price at $108,800 as critical support—basically the average acquisition price of coins moved in the past 155 days. Meanwhile, the Short-Term Holder Spent Output Profit Ratio shows short-term investors are currently selling at losses, which historically appears near local market bottoms, though true capitulation hasn't arrived yet.

Options markets are throwing bulls a lifeline with "max pain" levels at $116,000, suggesting upside relief could be brewing since this level sits well above current spot prices. The key battlefield for Bitcoin traders is the $113,500 to $117,200 range where CME futures gaps remain unfilled—and these gaps have an almost supernatural tendency to get filled eventually, making this zone absolutely critical to watch.

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