Trump scraps AI safety requirements while pushing for pre-release model access, even as new research shows AI finding security exploits faster than humans. Meanwhile, Coinbase makes waves by purchasing $22 million in crypto directly from open markets like a regular trad
The U.S. just kneecapped stablecoin yields before they could scale, and now we get to watch the real fight over what "money" means in the digital age. The Crypto Clarity Act's latest text prohibits rewards on stablecoin balances, marking a restrictive approach to digital dollar regulation
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Fidelity just validated the most audacious infrastructure bet of the decade: AI data centers in orbit. Fidelity's head of global private equity says SpaceX's orbital data center plan "makes sense", giving institutional cover to what sounds like sci-fi
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Alibaba just announced a chip for agentic AI, and the real story isn't the silicon, it's who's no longer invited to the table. Alibaba launched a new chip targeting agentic AI and inference workloads, expanding its in-house semiconductor portfolio
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SoftBank just bet $30 billion on OpenAI, and the only thing more interesting than the size of the check is how they're paying for it. SoftBank is deploying $30 billion into OpenAI, pushing the limits of its own balance sheet and testing investor patience with Masayoshi Son's AI conviction.
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Europe's banks are blocking its AI future, and the ECB just said the quiet part out loud. ECB Chief Economist Philip Lane says Europe's bank-heavy funding model is keeping the continent from capitalizing on AI innovation
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WorkOS just turned auth integration into a conversation with Claude instead of a three-day engineering sprint. WorkOS launched a CLI tool that uses an AI agent to read your codebase, detect your framework, and write complete auth integration code without requiring signup first
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Washington just drew a line in the sand for prediction markets, and it's telling you exactly where the regulatory fight will actually happen.
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Travis Wright examines how major tech players are expanding their reach while facing mounting legal and regulatory challenges. Google accelerates its AI deployment as OpenAI lags behind. Polymarket moves into mainstream sports after tightening trading rules. Trump's AI czar pushes federal control ov
Larry Fink just said the quiet part loud: tokenization will make buying stocks as frictionless as Venmo. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink told Congress that tokenization will eventually make investing from your phone as simple as making payments
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Google just shipped what OpenAI keeps promising: an AI that orders your lunch while you're doing something else. Gemini now orders Uber rides and DoorDash meals directly from your Pixel or Samsung phone, sending you to the app only to confirm payment. ChatGPT can't do this yet.
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A federal judge just ruled that Elon Musk can be sued for allegedly wielding executive power without constitutional authority while serving as a Trump adviser, and the implications reach far beyond one billionaire's legal troubles.
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Sam Altman is stepping off Helion's board right as OpenAI starts negotiating to buy power from them, and that timing tells you everything about what OpenAI thinks it needs next.
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Polymarket just updated its rulebook to ban insider trading and market manipulation, days after signing with Major League Baseball, which means someone finally asked the obvious question about sports prediction markets.
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Jensen Huang just said the quiet part loud: AGI is here, and nobody agrees what that even means. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told Lex Fridman "I think we've achieved AGI" in a podcast statement that immediately reignited the tech industry's most circular debate
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Stripe just made it possible for AI agents to pay each other without asking permission first. Stripe launched Machine Payments Protocol (MPP), a system built for AI agents to execute micropayments autonomously, and Forrester is calling it a potential inflection point.
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Bitcoin's price is now a geopolitical weather vane, and the forecast depends on whether Trump and Iran can actually talk. Bitcoin held above $70,000 after bouncing on Trump's announcement of a five-day pause in tensions with Iran
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Elon Musk is betting he can out-manufacture NVIDIA by vertically integrating chip production across Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI. Musk plans to manufacture custom chips for robotics, AI training, and SpaceX's orbital data centers, consolidating production across his empire
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Meta just acqui-hired the team building tools for regular people to make AI agents, which tells you exactly where Zuckerberg thinks the real moat is.
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The prediction market founders who proved forecasting could scale are now backing the next wave with $35 million in structured capital. 5c(c) Capital launches with $35M target, backed by Polymarket and Kalshi CEOs, focused exclusively on prediction market infrastructure and applications
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The White House wants to write one rulebook for AI and erase the other 50. The Trump administration asked Congress to preempt state AI laws, pushing a single federal framework it calls "One Rulebook" to replace what it sees as a patchwork of state regulations.
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