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Finance

Surf Raises $15M to Build AI Model Tailored to Crypto Research

Pantera Capital led the round, with Coinbase Ventures and Digital Currency Group also participating.

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Finance

Tether Rolls Out Privacy-Focused Health App as Expansion Into AI Accelerates

The company behind the largest stablecoin, the $186 billion USDT, is increasingly venturing beyond crypto into sectors such as artificial intelligence and robotics.

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Finance

Entrée Capital Introduces $300M Fund With Focus on AI Agents, DePIN

Entrée Capital unveiled a $300M fund prioritizing AI agents, DePIN and regulated Web3 infrastructure.

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Tech

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Tells Joe Rogan AI Race Is Real, but It Won’t Have a Clear Winner

In a wide-ranging interview, Huang claims AI growth is gradual, powerful and already changing global power dynamics.

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Tech

The Protocol: Ethereum Preps For Upcoming Fusaka Upgrade

Also: Anthropic On DeFi AI Agents, ETH Devs Push ZK Protocol, and Bitnomial

The forthcoming Ethereum upgrade, Fusaka, is partly named after Osaka, a city in Japan (Wikipedia)

Finance

U.S. Debt Growth Will Drive Crypto's Gains, BlackRock Says in Report on AI

The world’s largest asset manager released its AI report with a bearish outlook on U.S. bonds and the country’s economy, and presented a bullish projection for crypto adoption.

The BlackRock company logo is seen outside of its NYC headquarters. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Markets

IREN Investors Mull Outlook After $3.6B Capital Raise as Jim Cramer Says 'Sell'

The bitcoin miner turned AI compute provider tumbled on Tuesday and is now down nearly 50% over the past month.

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Finance

Jane Street Leads $105M Funding for Antithesis, a Testing Tool Used by Ethereum Network

Antithesis said its Series A will scale deterministic simulation testing, replaying complex failures exactly for crypto and other always-on systems.

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Markets

AI Investment to Drive Global Growth Through 2026, BofA Says

Bitcoin miners have been among those riding the AI boom, with IREN and Cipher Mining up over 300% in 2025.

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Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: Asia Wakes Up to an AI BTC-Nvidia Tailwind That’s Already Starting to Sputter

Yesterday’s Amazon-driven risk rally is colliding with a sharp wobble in Nvidia, putting the AI-BTC-beta trade that lifted crypto back under scrutiny.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (Nvidia)