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Crypto markets remain in a fearful phase (Fear & Greed 27) with high BTC dominance, meaning altcoins and speculative narratives are underperforming. While this event is not a market mover, it adds to the growing list of AI-driven breakthroughs that could, over time, attract capital to tokenized research platforms or AI-focused layer-1s. The current macro environment, however, prioritizes risk-off assets, so any positive sentiment from this news is likely to be muted.

Nature publishes a daily briefing about a new AI tool called 'Raygun' that can modify proteins by adding, removing, or swapping subunits using steps similar to natural evolution.

Nature's Raygun AI Tool Could Be a Sleeper Catalyst for DeSci Tokens

Raygun AI tool is the sleeper catalyst for DeSci tokens – while everyone chases AI agents, protein engineering will create demand for decentralized compute and data integrity.