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Ethereum shifts to Layer 2 support as perpetual futures boom
Rather than competing on speed alone, some builders argue Ethereum’s real strength is settling the layer-2 networks where trading is taking place.
Robinhood stock slides despite beat as crypto revenue drops
The brokerage topped estimates overall, but crypto trading revenue fell 38% year over year and weighed on sentiment.
Senators seek tougher CLARITY Act crypto limits amid vote
A bipartisan pair in the Senate is seeking changes to the bill’s Trump-approved ethics section ahead of a tight vote.
Fed holds rates as Bitcoin nears $64K and crypto hacks rise
Markets split on the Fed path, BTC held above $63,000, and the tally of crypto thefts this year shows attackers are…
Brookfield and NextEra plan $100B Kentucky AI data center
The 1.2GW-plus campus would rise on a former uranium-enrichment site near Paducah, with operations targeted for 2032.
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Robinhood stock slides despite beat as crypto revenue drops
The brokerage topped estimates overall, but crypto trading revenue fell 38% year over year and weighed on sentiment.
Brookfield and NextEra plan $100B Kentucky AI data center
The 1.2GW-plus campus would rise on a former uranium-enrichment site near Paducah, with operations targeted for 2032.
Recursive Superintelligence signs $410M AWS compute deal
The agreement highlights how quickly capital is concentrating around AI infrastructure even before most frontier products reach mass markets.
Cyera to acquire Oasis Security for $1B to protect AI agents
The deal expands Cyera’s data-security platform as enterprises race to protect agentic workloads and sensitive automated systems.
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Ethereum shifts to Layer 2 support as perpetual futures boom
Rather than competing on speed alone, some builders argue Ethereum’s real strength is settling the layer-2 networks where trading is taking…
Senators seek tougher CLARITY Act crypto limits amid vote
A bipartisan pair in the Senate is seeking changes to the bill’s Trump-approved ethics section ahead of a tight vote.
Fed holds rates as Bitcoin nears $64K and crypto hacks rise
Markets split on the Fed path, BTC held above $63,000, and the tally of crypto thefts this year shows attackers are…
Polymarket puts Kraken IPO odds at 27% by year-end
As Kraken opens tokenized stocks, its Polymarket IPO market sits at 27%, down 1.5 points on $1.6M.
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Samsung chip engineers flee to rival SK Hynix en masse
Samsung semiconductor engineers are leaving for SK Hynix, lured by record bonuses and AI-memory momentum.
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Ethereum shifts to Layer 2 support as perpetual futures boom
Rather than competing on speed alone, some builders argue Ethereum’s real strength is settling the layer-2 networks where trading is taking place.
Robinhood stock slides despite beat as crypto revenue drops
The brokerage topped estimates overall, but crypto trading revenue fell 38% year over year and weighed on sentiment.
Senators seek tougher CLARITY Act crypto limits amid vote
A bipartisan pair in the Senate is seeking changes to the bill’s Trump-approved ethics section ahead of a tight vote.
Fed holds rates as Bitcoin nears $64K and crypto hacks rise
Markets split on the Fed path, BTC held above $63,000, and the tally of crypto thefts this year shows attackers are targeting keys rather than contracts.
Brookfield and NextEra plan $100B Kentucky AI data center
The 1.2GW-plus campus would rise on a former uranium-enrichment site near Paducah, with operations targeted for 2032.
Recursive Superintelligence signs $410M AWS compute deal
The agreement highlights how quickly capital is concentrating around AI infrastructure even before most frontier products reach mass markets.
Cyera to acquire Oasis Security for $1B to protect AI agents
The deal expands Cyera’s data-security platform as enterprises race to protect agentic workloads and sensitive automated systems.
Lilian Weng rejoins OpenAI after Briefly Leaving AI Startup
The researcher rejoined OpenAI months after co-founding a rival startup with former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati.
Ex-OpenAI board member: Hugging Face breach was long expected
Helen Toner wrote that current frontier-model policies would not have required public disclosure of the OpenAI-related breach.
Liquid AI releases tiny open-weight encoders for CPU and 8K text
The LFM2.5-Encoder models show that compact bidirectional encoders can still compete on benchmark suites while running on commodity processors.
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei says he does not oppose open-weight AI models
Amodei drew a distinction between openness in principle and concern about Chinese AI competition in a new public statement.
Sam Altman says AI is unlikely to deliver a shorter work week soon
Altman pushed back against expectations that AI will quickly compress standard work schedules, renewing debate over automation and labor.