Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Markets

Paradigm shifts vs bubbles: AI chips and bitcoin show powerful trends can still produce severe corrections

Structural change can create lasting opportunities, but explosive rallies in semiconductors, metals and bitcoin show how quickly strong narratives can become speculative excess.

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Finance

Crypto IPO market stalls as capital rotates to AI and macro uncertainty weighs

Funding constraints and investor caution, not regulation, are delaying crypto IPOs, according to Cohen & Company Capital Markets' Christian Lopez.

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Finance

Singapore's Temasek investment fund says crypto is off the table, will focus on AI

The $400 billion wealth fund plans to expand AI holdings to 15% of its portfolio by 2031 from the current 6%.

Temasake Holdings at Atrium Orchard Headquarters in Singapore (Terence Ong/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Two blockbuster public debut of AI stocks could pull away more capital from crypto

A wave of blockbuster AI listings is drawing billions of dollars from global investors, reinforcing a rotation away from crypto.

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Finance

Coinbase AI draws backlash after erroneously publishing World Cup result before kickoff

CEO Brian Armstrong investigated, and the firm said it made updates to prevent future AI-generated inaccuracies.

Erling Haaland celebrates after scoring Norway's first goal against Brazil.

Markets

Memory and semiconductor stocks lose momentum, bitcoin rebounds in sign of changing investor focus

After dominating markets in 2026, AI-tied memory and semiconductor stocks are losing momentum, raising the question whether capital will shift back into bitcoin.

Memory and

Policy

ChatGPT developer OpenAI said to discuss offering U.S. government a 5% stake: FT

The proposal aims to give the American public a financial stake in AI while easing political scrutiny of the industry.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seated while speaking speaks during the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit.

Policy

U.S. senators seek to block foreign adversaries from AI technology in new bill

Senators Tim Scott and Bill Hagerty, who managed to push the crypto GENIUS Act into law, introduced the bill to give the government powers to defend U.S. AI.

U.S. Capitol Building (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Companies spending the most on AI are growing jobs, Ramp study finds

A new study from Ramp found companies making the biggest investments in AI are expanding their workforces, with heavy adopters increasing headcount by about 10% and entry-level hiring by 12%, challenging fears that generative AI is already causing widespread job losses.

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Finance

Crypto's next frontier isn't crypto, it's financing AI and robotics, Framework's Anderson says

Blockchain is becoming the financial layer for capital-intensive industries rather than just crypto-native speculation, Michael Anderson, the crypto venture firm's cofounder, said.

Framework Ventures co-founders Vance Spencer and Michael Anderson