Elon's Nvidia Deal Just Kneecapped the GPU Middlemen
Elon just turned Nvidia's preferred customer list into a weapon — and the neoclouds built on GPU arbitrage are about to learn what happens when the supply chain picks favorites.
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BTCPay Server Exploited While Users Skipped Critical Security Update
Self-custody tools just proved they're only as secure as their slowest update cycle. BTCPay Server disclosed a critical vulnerability in all versions prior to 2.4.2 that let unauthenticated attackers steal .macaroon credential files for LND Lightning nodes — and attackers are actively exploiting it
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Amazon Bets $20B on Gas While Texas Bans New Data Centers
Texas just hit the emergency brake on data centers while Amazon floors the gas pedal on a 7.65 GW power plant — two opposite bets on how to keep the lights on when AI eats the grid.
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IMF: Countries Building Stablecoins to Escape Dollar Are Strengthening It Instead
Countries trying to build their own stablecoins to escape dollar dominance might be building the on-ramp to it instead. The IMF says domestic stablecoins could actually increase demand for dollar-backed tokens, not reduce it
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Kingspan Raises Forecast as AI Data Center Boom Drives Construction Surge
The construction industry just found its new gold rush, and it's running on AI training runs and crypto mining rigs. US data center construction spending jumped 46% year-over-year to $68B, driven by AI compute demands and crypto mining infrastructure
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Goldman Sachs Takes 7.2% Stake in AI Firm Michael Burry Is Shorting
Wall Street's biggest bank just bet big on the same AI infrastructure play that the guy who called the 2008 crash is actively shorting. Goldman Sachs disclosed a 7.2% passive stake in Nebius Group, the AI infrastructure company born from Yandex's restructuring
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AI Agents Hit 95% Accuracy When They Actually Talk to Each Other
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Tinder Cofounder Drops $2M on Trump Bitcoin Stock Days After Earnings
When a Tinder co-founder with board access bets seven figures on a Trump-backed Bitcoin vehicle right after earnings, he's either seeing something the market isn't or doubling down on political tailwinds.
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Circle Just Gave AI Agents Their Own Bank Accounts Using USDC
While everyone's been arguing about whether AI will take our jobs, Circle just built the infrastructure for AI agents to have their own bank accounts. Circle launched Agent Stack, positioning USDC as the default currency for autonomous AI agents to manage finances and conduct transactions
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Nvidia Backs $2B Startup While Its Own Chips Sell Out
Nvidia's chips are so scarce that crypto networks are now circling the shortage like buzzards eyeing a feast. Firmus raised $2 billion with Nvidia backing as NVDA stock climbs toward record highs, while Blackwell B200 systems sold out completely amid unprecedented demand
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Senate Republicans Kill White House Crypto Bill Over Stablecoin Profits
The first major U.S. crypto bill to get White House backing just died of Republican-on-Republican friendly fire over who gets to collect the rent on stablecoins.
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US Treasury Declares War on Crypto Exchanges Funding Iranian Military
When crypto exchanges become state-level sanctions targets, they're not just platforms anymore—they're geopolitical infrastructure that governments will hunt down like arms dealers.
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Rarible Abandons Ethereum Dominance, Chases Solana's NFT Surge
The NFT marketplace war just got a new front, and the old guard is chasing Solana's momentum. Rarible launched Solana support, adding the network alongside Ethereum, MegaETH, and Base with dedicated Explore, Mint, and Gacha pages
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China's AI Boom Built on Borrowed Code and Fake Benchmarks
Speed without standards is just expensive noise, and China's AI sector is discovering what happens when you sprint before you learn to walk. China's AI models are closing the performance gap with US competitors, but quality concerns are mounting alongside the rapid release cycle
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Bybit Sues North Korea for $1.5B Crypto Heist
The first time a crypto exchange has sued a nuclear state, and somehow that's the least interesting part of this story. Bybit filed a lawsuit against North Korea and the Lazarus Group over a $1.5 billion hack and secured a preliminary injunction freezing stolen assets
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Energy Vault Lands $600M as AI's Power Crisis Goes Mainstream
While Silicon Valley debates whether AI will take your job, the physical infrastructure required to run those models is already reshaping the American economy at a scale most people still don't see.
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Bitcoin Self-Custody Fails, ETFs Absorb $800M in Two Days
A hardware wallet hack just became the best marketing campaign Bitcoin ETFs never asked for. A firmware exploit on Coldcard hardware wallets drained over $83 million from users, marking one of the biggest Bitcoin security incidents of 2026
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Tech Stocks Snap Back After AI Spending Panic Proves Premature
The market just called the AI spending panic's bluff, and infrastructure providers cashed the check. Tech stocks rebounded sharply after earnings from Cloudflare, Palantir, and onsemi proved AI infrastructure spending isn't slowing down, it's accelerating.
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BlackRock Scoops $604M in Bitcoin While Retail Panic Sells
While retail investors panic-sold into market fear, BlackRock quietly became the institutional bid that wouldn't blink. BlackRock's IBIT ETF absorbed $604M in Bitcoin over four consecutive days of inflows, with $479M arriving in a single week as fear gripped the broader market
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Trump Just Made Bitcoin Part of US Dollar Strategy
The President just handed Bitcoin a job description: monetary shock absorber for the world's reserve currency. Trump publicly stated Bitcoin payments ease pressure on the US dollar, marking a rare presidential endorsement of crypto as a strategic economic tool
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