Canada Bets $2B It Can Referee AI Before US and China Break It
While tech giants race to build superintelligence, Canada's prime minister wants to build the global referee — before the game gets out of hand.
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Binance Told Feds These Accounts Were Clean. DOJ Found $61M in Iranian Oil Money.
The exchange that told the feds "trust us, these accounts are clean" just watched those same accounts get flagged for $61 million in Iranian oil money.
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Bitmine Buys $68M More Ethereum Hours Before Legendary Trader Calls Major Move
The company trying to own 5% of all Ethereum just added another $68 million to the pile, and two veteran market timers are calling the next move up. Bitmine acquired 27,180 ETH, bringing total holdings to 5.96 million ETH worth approximately $68 million in this latest purchase
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Google Bids on Bankrupt Airline Data to Train Gemini AI
Bankruptcy court just became the hottest marketplace for AI training data, and the bidding war tells you everything about what models are still hungry for.
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Strive Buys 469 Bitcoin at $78K While MicroStrategy Paid $106K Last Week
The corporate Bitcoin playbook is getting stress-tested, and Strive just showed what happens when the music slows. Strive purchased 469 BTC for $36.6 million, bringing total holdings to 25,000 BTC worth nearly $2 billion
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OpenAI Accused of Breaking California's AI Safety Law Days After Pushing "Responsible Innovation
The company racing to convince the world its AI is safe enough to reshape civilization can't seem to file the right paperwork in Sacramento. An AI watchdog group claims OpenAI violated California's AI safety law with every model it released this year, including its latest Astra releases
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Anthropic Gives Claude Access to Your Bank Account
Anthropic is about to let an AI agent touch your bank account—and it's starting with the professionals who already touch everyone else's. Anthropic is launching Claude Money, a feature that gives the AI persistent access to financial data, starting with an iOS app
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Trillion-Dollar Firms Ditch In-House AI, White-Label Anthropic Instead
The trillion-dollar asset managers aren't building their own AI — they're white-labeling Anthropic's. Anthropic is pitching a specialized Claude tool that integrates financial analytics and risk management tech from BlackRock, Vanguard, and other major firms for financial advisors
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Kraken Lets You Borrow Cash Against Your Apple Stock Without Selling
Your Apple shares just became collateral for a DeFi loan, and the exchange taking custody didn't even ask your permission. Kraken launched xStocks Vaults, a product that borrows against tokenized equities to generate yield, targeting up to 2% APY
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S&P Global Just Bet $110M That Crypto Data Is Now Critical Infrastructure
When the people who rate sovereign debt start writing checks to crypto infrastructure, the plumbing just became permanent. S&P Global led a strategic extension of Kaiko's Series B to $110 million, joined by BNP Paribas, Nasdaq Ventures, RBC, Coinbase Ventures, and DRW Venture Capital
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Strategy bought $139M of its own stock instead of bitcoin
The world's biggest corporate bitcoin holder just spent $139 million on itself instead of more coin. Strategy repurchased $139 million of its STRC preferred shares while leaving its bitcoin holdings untouched at 845,050 BTC
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Fed Rate Hike This Week Could Kill Crypto's Rally Before Senate Even Votes
The crypto market is pricing in two colliding forces this week: a probable Fed rate hike that could kill the current rally, and a Senate vote on the CLARITY Act that could legitimize digital assets as a proper investment class for the first time.
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Anthropic Files for IPO Seeking $2T While Investors Go Cold
The company that made "AI safety" cool is about to test whether investors will pay two trillion dollars for caution. Anthropic has confidentially filed for IPO on Nasdaq, targeting a $2 trillion valuation that would make it one of the largest tech debuts in history
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Beijing's Spy Chief Admits China Is Losing the AI Race
Beijing just told us exactly what keeps them up at night, and it's not the AI you think. Chen Yixin, China's intelligence chief, published a rare public assessment of AI risks, listing six threats with "regime security" at the top
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Bitcoin Soars Past $77K While AI Panic Tanks Tech Stocks
When the machines scare Wall Street, people buy the thing Wall Street can't print more of. Bitcoin climbed above $77,000 while tech stocks dropped on AI safety fears and rising oil prices
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Young Math Prodigies Now Train Against AI Before It Replaces Them
The age gap in math just became a career gap — and the young ones know they're racing against their own obsolescence.
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Trump Demands Rate Cuts as Fed Prepares to Ignore Him Wednesday
The President is demanding cheap money while markets price in an 86% chance he won't get it, and the collision happens Wednesday.
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Firmus Bets $5 Billion That AI's Power Hunger Isn't Hype
The biggest Australian IPO in history is a bet that AI's appetite for electricity will outlast the hype cycle. Firmus Technologies is targeting a $5 billion IPO in Australia, which would make it the largest offering in the country's history
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Oil Crushes Bitcoin as Traders Bet Against the Fed
Markets just picked a side in the inflation war — and Bitcoin isn't on it. Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $462M in net outflows as traders priced in 87% odds of a Wednesday rate hike
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Robinhood CEO Demands Wall Street Lose Control Over Tokenized Stocks
The fight over who controls tokenized versions of public stocks just got a heavyweight: the CEO who made free trading mainstream.
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