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Nvidia Equity Portfolio Hits $99B as AI Investments Surge
Chip giant's stakes grew 10x in one year, nearly catching Alphabet and Amazon as corporate AI backers.
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Crypto
CLARITY Act Faces 14-Day Countdown as Senate Returns
Cloture vote on Sept. 15 needs 60 senators but Republicans face defections and Democrats want ethics fixes.
Crypto
Tokenized Stocks Face First Real-World Legal Test
AMC CEO Adam Aron's fight with Robinhood over unauthorized stock tokens exposes the fault lines in a $3.6B market racing…
Crypto
AMC CEO Demands Robinhood Halt Tokenized Stock Trading
AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron threatens legal action over unauthorized Robinhood stock tokens, questioning U.S. securities compliance.
Finance
OPEC+ Meets Saturday as Quota Increases Fail to Ease Tight Oil Market
Seven members completed 1.65M bpd rollback but war disruptions keep real supply constrained as Brent holds above $95.
Crypto
OpenReserve Wins OCC Bank Charter for Blockchain-Native Stablecoin Bank
a16z-backed OpenReserve gets preliminary OCC approval for a national bank built around 24/7 settlement and stablecoin issuance.
Crypto
SoFi and Kraken Partner to Link Banking, Stablecoin, and Crypto Trading
Payward joins Sofi 24/7 dollar settlement network while Kraken lists SoFiUSD stablecoin, bridging traditional banking and crypto markets.
Crypto
Robinhood Chain Halt Exposes Risk as Gas Subsidy Nears End
The Ethereum L2 stopped producing blocks for over 14 minutes, leaving $2.42B in assets frozen as its free-gas promotion ends…
Crypto
Tether Sued Over $42.4M USDT Freeze Made Before Warrant
Two Thai businessmen allege Tether froze 42.4 million USDT on informal U.S. law enforcement request, three months before any court…
Technology
Crusoe AI Raises $3B at $30B Valuation
Data center developer that powers Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI triples valuation in 10 months as Jane Street signs $13B cloud…
Crypto
CME Overtakes All Venues in XRP Futures Shift
CME Group now holds 17% of XRP futures open interest as institutional traders shift to regulated venues ahead of CLARITY…
Crypto
MAS Proposes Yield Ban in Stablecoin Framework
Singapore regulator seeks public comment on legislative amendments that would ban stablecoin yield and require quarterly stress testing.
Crypto
SEC Proposes Crypto Framework With Two New Exemptions
Regulation Crypto Assets creates startup and fundraising paths for crypto issuers, plus a safe harbor that lets tokens exit securities…
Finance
Trump Threatens to Halt Trade Unless Fed Cuts Rates
President demands rate cuts or he will stop trading with countries that run surpluses with the US, escalating pressure on…
Technology
TikTok Overhauls Comments With Voice, Polls, Photos
Voice messages, polls, and photo carousels coming to TikTok comments in the platform's biggest comment update yet.
Crypto
Ethereum Staking Queue Hits 36 Days, $350K in Daily Lost Rewards
2.06M ETH waits for activation. The five-week backlog costs depositors an estimated $350K per day in foregone rewards.
AI
Anthropic Cuts Claude Fable 5.1 Cache Costs 75%, Launches Mythos 5.1
First update to Fable 5 drops cache reads to $0.25 per million tokens while matching base pricing, targeting agentic workloads
Crypto
Crypto Firms Push SEC to Accelerate ETF Reviews, Allow Confidential Filings
Grayscale, 21Shares, and a16z ask for faster processing as SEC weighs changes to its novel ETF treatment amid wave of…
Finance
Brent Crude Holds Above $95 as Iran War Escalation Hits Gulf
Oil prices near four-month highs as renewed U.S. strikes on Iranian allies raise fears of further Strait of Hormuz disruption
Crypto
Bitcoin ETFs Take $731M in Largest Single Day Since January
Bitcoin jumps 6.8% to $82,200 after Fed Waller signals rate-hike pause as BlackRock IBIT draws $454M of the haul