K Wave Dumps Bitcoin Treasury Plan, Goes All-In on AI
The Bitcoin treasury playbook just met its first high-profile deserter, and the reason says everything about where the real infrastructure bets are going in 2026.
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DTCC Plans October Launch for Tokenizing $114 Trillion in Securities
The infrastructure that moves $114 trillion in securities just set a public launch date for putting stocks and bonds on blockchain rails.
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Google Quietly Built the Plumbing for AI That Writes Your Software
Google just dropped a month's worth of AI updates in one post, and the throughline isn't better chatbots — it's infrastructure for agents that actually ship code and manage workflows without you.
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Haun Ventures Closes $1B as Crypto VCs Double Down on AI Infrastructure
The billion-dollar bet just got real, and it's landing exactly where the infrastructure wars are heating up. Haun Ventures closed $1 billion across two funds focused on blockchain and AI investments, meeting the fundraising target the firm was reportedly pursuing since last year.
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Big Tech Writes the Curriculum It Wants Kids to Learn
The companies racing to put AI in every classroom just backed the bill that decides what kids learn about it.
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European Finance Ministers Beg Silicon Valley for AI Access to Defend Their Banks
When your financial system's vulnerability depends on whether a San Francisco lab decides to share, sovereignty becomes a negotiable asset.
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Goldman and Blackstone Bet Against Big Tech's AI Monopoly
The hyperscalers were supposed to win the AI buildout, but now the money is betting on the middle market. Anthropic partners with Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman to form a new AI services company targeting mid-market enterprises
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Brockman Texts Musk About Settlement 48 Hours Before OpenAI Trial
The man who co-founded OpenAI, left it, then sued it is now texting its president about settling—48 hours before trial. Elon Musk messaged OpenAI President Greg Brockman two days before their court battle asking if the company wanted to settle the case
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Pentagon Gives Google and Nvidia Access to Classified War Networks
The Pentagon just handed the keys to its classified war networks to seven AI companies, including the ones building your chatbots.
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Coinbase's First Believer Just Raised $1B for AI Agents That Own Crypto
The same investor who bet on Coinbase when regulators still called crypto "funny money" just raised a billion dollars to fund the companies building AI agents that own crypto wallets.
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OpenAI Arms $10B Private Equity Machine to Flood Enterprises With AI
The builders of the world's most famous AI model just turned into an enterprise deployment army backed by private equity war chests. OpenAI raised over $4 billion for a joint venture with private equity firms focused on deploying AI into businesses, with total venture capacity reaching $10 billion
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Blackstone Opens Its $55B Data Center Empire to Public Investors
The world's biggest landlord just decided AI infrastructure is interesting enough to let retail investors in on it. Blackstone is taking its data center REIT public, targeting $1.75 billion in what could be the largest real estate IPO since the AI compute boom began
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Wall Street Bets $1.5B That Anthropic Beats OpenAI on Finance
Private equity just bought itself a seat at the AI defense table, and the check cleared for $1.5 billion. Anthropic is finalizing a $1.5 billion joint venture with Blackstone and Goldman Sachs to deploy AI infrastructure across private equity operations, per WSJ reporting.
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Cerebras Bets $15 Billion That Nvidia Got Chips Wrong
The company that bet on wafer-scale chips while everyone else played it safe is now asking public markets to validate a $15 billion gambit. Cerebras Systems is seeking to raise $3.5 billion in a US IPO, positioning itself as an alternative to Nvidia in the AI chip and data center market
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New York Just Made Crypto Platforms Liable for Every Scam They List
The state just told crypto platforms they're liable for what they sell, not just what they build. New York AG Letitia James secured a $5 million settlement from Uphold for promoting CredEarn, a third-party crypto savings product that misrepresented risks to users.
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Buffett's Successor Rejects ChatGPT Path for Insurance Claims AI
Warren Buffett's successor just told the world's richest shareholders that AI at Berkshire means optimizing insurance claims, not building the next ChatGPT.
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Artisan AI's "Fire All Humans" Campaign Caught Stealing From Human Artist
When you build your brand on "stop hiring humans," getting caught stealing from one is bad optics. KC Green, creator of the "This is fine" meme, says AI startup Artisan used his artwork without permission in an ad
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Iran Just Invited Russia to Broker Its Nuclear Deal With America
The nuclear negotiation everyone said was impossible just got a Pakistan-shaped detour and a Russian middleman. Iran has included its nuclear file in new diplomatic talks, marking a potential shift after weeks of failed direct engagement with the US
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Headline: AI Finally Generates Real PowerPoint Files Instead of Useless Screenshots
The PPTX graveyard is full of tools that promised "AI-generated slides" and delivered glorified screenshots — this one outputs actual editable PowerPoint objects.
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BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Pulls $1.7B While Crypto Bros Panic Sell
Institutions are back, but the money is moving sideways. BlackRock's IBIT captured $1.7B in April inflows as trade war tensions eased, signaling renewed institutional confidence in Bitcoin exposure
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