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TL;DR Macro set the mood: the hosts discussed US–China headlines, a widely expected 25 bps Fed cut and a cooler CPI print alongside a mixed earnings season. Crypto = range city: BTC and ETH both sat between big support and big resistance, producing fake-outs in both directions. Alts: First things first: Alts got absolutely murdered…
In brief AI cloud compute company IREN has signed a $9.7 billion deal with Microsoft. The deal will give Microsoft to access to Nvidia’s NVIDIA GB300 GPUs. A number of top tech companies have inked deals with data center firms in recent months. IREN stock rocketed up after the former Bitcoin miner and data center…
When it comes to game releases, November can sometimes be a slow month. When it is, there’s a reason for it: There’s a heavy hitter coming and everyone wants to get out of the way. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 hits this month, which is why September and October were pretty jam-packed this year.Even…
In brief AI computing company CoreWeave was set to buy Bitcoin miner Core Scientific in a $9 billion all-stock deal. But Core Scientific shareholders rejected the proposed transaction on Thursday. Shares of CoreWeave dipped on the news; Core Scientific’s stock rose. Bitcoin miner Core Scientific shareholders have rejected a proposed $9 billion merger with AI…
In brief A report from the U.S. and other Western nations has found that North Korea is becoming more systematic and sophisticated in its crypto-hacking activities. Yet one contributor to the report, Chainalysis, indicates that Western agencies and firms are increasingly adapting to the growing threat. North Korea’s hacking activities have been supplemented in recent…
In brief A young teen girl was hospitalized in New Delhi, India after popular streamer Sam Pepper hit her in the face with a firework. The controversial British prankster told Decrypt that he paid the victim’s family in cash to cover hospital fees, and that he won’t be playing with fireworks again. Pepper was banned…
In brief Crypto markets crashed last week, and Dogecoin has taken the hardest hit among major assets. While Bitcoin and Ethereum are still suffering following the sell-off, Dogecoin is faring far worse. Experts said that the coin is not finding enough use cases and may be facing an identity crisis. Following last week’s flash crash,…
In brief Donald Trump is back in the White House as the 47th U.S. President, after running on a pro-crypto platform. But Trump hasn’t always taken this stance: He used to call Bitcoin a “scam” and said he wasn’t a fan. Trump has since launched his own Solana meme coin, multiple NFT collections, and a…
So you just spent $450 on a Nintendo Switch 2—or maybe more, depending on how the market behaves in the near future—and you want to play something new on it. Technically, there are thousands of games to play on your Switch 2, thanks to backward compatibility, but a slightly better framerate isn’t a very enticing…
In brief First Lady Melania Trump shared a post from her official meme coin page, boosting the price of her official Solana meme coin. The token is now trading above $0.18—still nearly 99% off its all-time high of $13.05. Controversy has surrounded the MELANIA token, which was launched by the same strategist who worked on…
