For years, Bitcoin advocates have argued that the cryptocurrency was meant to function as money, not just an asset stored in digital wallets. Yet most Bitcoin activity still revolves around buying, holding, and trading rather than paying for everyday goods […]

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The AI boom has created an uncomfortable reality for the semiconductor industry: demand for custom chips is outpacing companies’ ability to design them. Training large AI models, running robotics systems, operating autonomous machines, and building next-generation computing platforms all require […]

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It’s Friday, June 19, 2026, and the AI data center boom just hit a reality check. We’re a little later than usual with today’s briefing, but the extra time gave us a chance to pack in even more of the […]

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Participants can earn points by trading, staking, and holding $ASSET, unlocking multipliers and competing for up to $20,000 in USDC rewards plus additional raffle prizes. As competition for user attention intensifies across crypto and decentralized finance, blockchain projects are searching […]

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It’s Thursday, June 18, 2026, and the clearest signal from today’s funding tape is not that venture investors are spending widely. It is that they are concentrating capital around a narrow set of problems that look hard to commoditize: sovereign […]

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Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus may be heading for an unusual reversal. The early investors who backed Manus before its sale to Meta are now exploring a plan to buy the company back at the same $2 […]

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Playnance announced Thursday that its native token, $GCOIN, has been listed on KoinBX, giving users of the company’s blockchain-powered Web3 gaming ecosystem a new venue to trade the token. The listing comes as Playnance gains traction in India, where more […]

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It’s Thursday, June 18, 2026, and the AI boom has moved from theoretical to real, rewriting everything from your next phone bill to global power dynamics. What began as a race to build smarter chatbots is now reshaping corporate balance […]

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It’s Wednesday, June 17, 2026, and venture capital is increasingly shifting away from consumer-facing AI applications toward the infrastructure layers that power them. Today’s funding activity was concentrated in AI deployment infrastructure, regulated financial systems, cybersecurity, enterprise automation, and biotech […]

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CuspAI, a UK startup using artificial intelligence to discover new materials, is reportedly raising $400 million in funding at a $2.6 billion valuation, according to the Financial Times. The round includes participation from Jeff Bezos’ family office, Bezos Expeditions, and […]

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What happens when a struggling shoe company decides it wants to become an AI infrastructure business? Investors are about to find out. Just two months after abandoning its footwear identity in favor of artificial intelligence, Allbirds announced Wednesday that it […]

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It’s Wednesday, June 17, 2026, and today’s biggest tech moves show that shift in real time: Washington is funding AI-driven chip materials, Europe is racing to build sovereign AI, G7 leaders are sitting down with frontier model CEOs, and companies from […]

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It’s Tuesday, June 16, 2026, and venture capital investors are sending a clear message: the race to build the infrastructure behind the AI economy is far from over. Capital did not fan out evenly today. It clustered around three ideas: […]

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