AI | Research
Anthropic’s Custom Chip Gambit Reshapes the AI Compute War
Anthropic Custom Chip plans include early talks with Samsung, while Microsoft chip talks could reduce costly Nvidia dependence at scale.
Murtuza Merchant
Guest ContributorMurtuza specializes in blockchain and digital asset intelligence. He builds AI-assisted analytical systems that turn on-chain, derivatives, ETF-flow, macro, and regulatory signals into structured, machine-readable intelligence. Trading desks, data-licensing clients, institutions and policymakers use these outputs to make decisions.
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AI Selloff Triggers Brutal $800B Collapse in Mag 7 Tech
AI Selloff wipes $800B from Mag 7 tech, while Bitcoin holds near $65,000, highlighting crypto's resilience amid AI spending concerns.
AI | Markets
MLB Prediction Markets Hit A Stunning $24B Pace — Baseball Leads
MLB prediction markets are having a moment, and an unlikely midweek baseball series lit the fuse. The St. Louis Cardinals and Arizona Diamondbacks turned three games of late-inning…
AI | Learn
Why Most AI Agents Still Cannot Pay for Anything on Their Own
AI agents can browse, reason, and act, but most still cannot move money. Here is why crypto payment rails are becoming the missing layer.
AI
Amazon AGI Unit Cuts Jobs, Dealing A Blow To Its Nova AI Team
Amazon AGI layoffs hit engineers working on Nova AI models as the company shifts resources, highlighting tougher AI investment tradeoffs.
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SkyPilot Raises 20M With Breakthrough Plan to Dominate GPU Cloud
SkyPilot Raises 20M in a Lux Capital-led round to expand GPU cloud portability for more than 1,000 organizations across major providers.
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AI Data Centers Trigger Eminent Domain Seizures — Even As 70% Of Americans Push Back
AI data center seizures via eminent domain face backlash as 70% oppose local projects, testing property rights and public-use law.
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AI Buildout Faces Devastating Backlash as 125 Cities Rise up
AI Buildout faces protests in 125 cities as communities challenge data centers over power demand, water use and land loss nationwide.
Markets
Altcoin Funds Collapse as Bitcoin ETFs Soar $132M
Spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs pulled in $132.3 million in a single day while altcoin funds sat at zero, deepening a divide that.
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Can Meta Really Beat Amazon At Cloud? A $10B Anthropic Bet Says Yes
Meta's Cloud Push includes a reported $10 billion Anthropic compute deal and hiring AWS leader Dave Brown, challenging Amazon in cloud.