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Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.0 Are Impressive, But Be Prepared to Sell a Kidney to Afford Them
Anthropic's latest AI can build complex software and even design physical objects. Users are producing impressive results, and estimated bills large enough to make developers wince.
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AI Data Centers Are Buying Used Jet Engines as New Power Turbines Take Six Years
A shortage of new gas turbines is pushing AI developers toward refurbished power equipment and jet-engine-based generators, even as high prices, pollution concerns, and permitting delays threaten their expansion plans.
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Google Takes Aim at Nvidia With New AI Chips Built for Privacy and Massive Memory
Google’s TPU 8tx protects sensitive AI workloads, while the dual-chip TPU 8i Max targets memory-hungry AI agents.
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Google Takes Aim at Nvidia With New AI Chips Built for Privacy and Massive Memory
Google’s TPU 8tx protects sensitive AI workloads, while the dual-chip TPU 8i Max targets memory-hungry AI agents.
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Binance Hack Launderers Mint Elon Musk and Animal Meme Coins to Move Stolen Crypto
Elliptic says the hackers are minting their own worthless tokens—complete with cartoon animal and Elon Musk logos—and routing stolen funds through liquidity pools to break the trail.
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Bitcoin in Limbo as Stocks Rebound Ahead of US Inflation Report
U.S. stocks rallied as oil fell, but Bitcoin hovered near $75,000 after a wave of liquidations, with Tuesday’s inflation report set to test bets on a December Fed rate hike.
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Nvidia's $350 Billion Scare: What Happens If Jensen Huang Leaves?
Nvidia shares slid as much as 8% amid spy allegations. The stock was already weakening, and investors now face a bigger question: Who replaces Jensen Huang if he suddenly leaves?
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Solana Set for Another Tokenized Stock Venue as Formation Notifies the SEC
Operating under the SEC’s “Innovation Exemption,” the firm plans to list tokenized shares of Exodus, Forward Industries, and Galaxy Digital in early 2027, with the same voting and dividend rights as real stock.
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Vitalik Buterin Moves On From ‘Ultrasound Money,’ Says ETH’s Value Is Stability
The Ethereum co-founder says ETH's value comes from stability, not fee burns, citing its decentralization, censorship resistance and security.
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Tom Lee’s Bitmine Adds $20M in Ethereum, Seizing on Vitalik’s 'ETH Is Money' Declaration
The firm’s stash reached 6.07 million ETH—4.97% of supply and 99% of the way to its “Alchemy of 5%” goal—as chairman Tom Lee called Vitalik Buterin’s “ETH is money” comments a “seismic shift.”
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NYSE Taps Avalanche to Settle Its Planned Tokenized Stock Platform
Ava Labs said Avalanche will serve as the “core ledger technology” for the clearing firm behind the NYSE-affiliated venue, which aims to bring 24/7 trading, clearing and settlement of tokenized securities onchain.
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Strategy Buys $82M in Bitcoin, Buys Back $188M of STRC
The Bitcoin treasury firm sold $284 million of MSTR stock to fund the moves, days before MSCI names companies facing index removal.
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Microsoft-Backed Space and Time Launches Platform to Let AI Agents Verify Private Data
Space and Time Enterprise uses Proof of SQL to prove calculations on private business data without exposing the records to AI agents.
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Coinbase Joins Circle, Ripple With Final OCC Approval for Federal Trust Bank Charter
The exchange will move its institutional crypto custody business under federal oversight, building on its 2018 New York trust charter.
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Trump Says He Knows 'Nothing' About World Liberty Financial as He Defends UAE Ties
Pressed on why he doesn't divest from the family's crypto venture, Trump said his sons run the business and every president faces conflicts.
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Nvidia Board Investigates Jensen Huang After Report He Was Target of Chinese Spy Effort
Huang told staff he had been "unfaithful" to his wife, as Nvidia shares fell nearly 5% in premarket trading on Monday.
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This Bitcoin Developer’s Idea Would Make Quantum Attacks a Losing Bet
Cory Fields wants future quantum attackers to post Bitcoin as collateral before touching vulnerable wallets, giving prepared owners a chance to recover their coins and collect a potentially costly penalty.
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Apple Completes the Set: Every Magnificent Seven Stock Opts Out of OKX-ICE Venue
Apple and Meta’s objections mean all seven of the biggest U.S. tech companies have now asked to keep their shares off the planned OKX-ICE venue.
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AI Chip Stocks Bounce After Global Rout—But Is the Bubble Starting to Burst?
A Friday rebound offered relief after a historic selloff. The question now is whether politics and mounting debt could turn an AI correction into something much worse.
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Sony Axing Game Discs Will Have Outsized Impact on Low-Income Gamers, Experts Say
Experts say a disc-free PlayStation will price out low-income players, while in much of Africa, digital-only gaming means breaking Sony’s rules.
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Treasury Cuts Crypto Exchange MEXC Off From US Financial System
FinCEN’s order, part of Operation Economic Outcast, bars U.S. institutions from any transfers to or from MEXC, which Treasury says facilitated $16 billion in illicit finance tied to Iran, North Korea and Russia.
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Greece Passes Crypto Tax Law With 10% Gains Levy, 15% on Staking and DeFi
Greece has approved a crypto tax framework with a €500 ($557) annual gains threshold and new rules for staking and DeFi income, but lawmakers left important questions about token swaps unresolved.
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Why a Hyperliquid Treasury Firm Wants to Become a US Futures Broker
Hyperliquid Strategies has applied to become a U.S. futures commission merchant, a move that could let Americans trade perpetual futures on permissioned Hyperliquid markets, pending regulatory approval.
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Paraguay Protests Over Bank Lockout Intensify as Impeachment Vote Nears
Savers locked out of Ueno Bank burned their cards, booed a former presidential candidate out of the crowd, and watched Congress move to remove President Peña.
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Bitcoin ETFs Bleed $430 Million as Tech Rout Tests Wall Street Buyers
Fidelity and BlackRock led Thursday's Bitcoin ETF withdrawals as a technology-stock selloff rattled risk assets.
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US Sanctions 45 More Targets Tied to Alleged Crypto Scam Empire Prince Group
OFAC targeted offshore companies and associates it says helped Prince Group executives hide assets and dodge earlier sanctions.
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Crypto Card Provider Gnosis Pay Says Hackers Accessed Customer Data
Gnosis Pay said hackers accessed customer information on the legacy system behind its branded cards, though funds weren’t affected and its enterprise card platform was untouched.
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Crypto Liquidations Top $1 Billion as Bitcoin Tests 11-Week Low
Bitcoin fell toward $75,500 after AI stocks plunged, and over $1 billion in the crypto derivatives market has been wiped out.
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Anthropic IPO Valuation Could Fall to $1 Trillion After AI Stock Rout: Report
Investors told The Wall Street Journal that the $1.5 trillion target now looks too high, as prediction markets bet on a December listing.
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$3.1B in Stolen Binance Crypto Has Yet to Be Laundered: Elliptic
The attackers have used more than 20,000 wallets on 16 blockchains so far, but the bulk of the stolen ETH and Bitcoin hasn't moved.