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Today’s Menu

• Anthropic Just Gave Claude a Memory Upgrade

• Bitcoin Fear Hits Yearly Low - Time to Accumulate

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TODAY IN AI

Anthropic Just Gave Claude a Memory Upgrade

Anthropic released Skills for Claude, a folder-based system that lets organizations bundle workflows, procedures, and executable scripts into packages their AI assistant can autonomously access when handling specific tasks.

Skills function as directory packages containing instruction files, code scripts, and reference materials that Claude loads dynamically based on task relevance. The system uses "progressive disclosure" - Claude first sees skill names and descriptions, then decides which components to activate for workflows.

Users can build custom skills through an interactive "skill-creator" assistant requiring no manual file editing or coding expertise. Multiple skills can coordinate, allowing agents to combine tasks like brand guidelines with financial reporting templates in single workflows.

Anthropic's Alex Albert compared Skills to "loading in" specialized knowledge like in The Matrix. By packaging expertise into folders rather than code, Skills better infuse enterprise knowledge and workflows with real agentic capabilities.

This simplifies the process of making Claude an expert on your specific business operations without complex prompt engineering or technical implementation.

TODAY IN CRYPTO

Bitcoin Fear Hits Yearly Low - Time to Accumulate

The market's terrified, but Bitwise says that's exactly when smart money steps in as Bitcoin's Fear & Greed Index crashes to 24 - its lowest level in a year.

Last week the index sat at 71 (Greed). Now it's full-blown Fear. Google searches are down, retail's silent, and traders are nursing losses after last week's $20B liquidation.

But Bitwise analysts say selling pressure has already burned out: "This forced liquidation event has meaningfully exhausted selling pressure... Historically, such extremes have marked favourable entry points ahead of seasonal Q4 strength."

Bitwise's sentiment index just hit its lowest level since the 2024 yen carry-trade unwind - right before markets ripped higher. On-chain data backs it up: wallets holding 1-1,000 BTC are quietly accumulating, offsetting miner and whale selling.

Miners just sent 51,000 BTC ($5.7B) to exchanges - their biggest move since July. Long-term holders trimmed roughly 265,000 BTC over the past month. Bitwise calls it what it is: a transition from capitulation to reaccumulation.

If history's any guide, this isn't the end of the cycle - it's the start of the next leg up. Fear is the buy signal.

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Damon James