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Sahara AI, Blockchain Project Tackling Copyright and Privacy, Raises $43M
The funding round was led by Pantera Capital, Binance Labs and Polychain Capital and included participation from Samsung, Matrix Partners, Foresight Ventures and others.

Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific Shares Spike After Signing $2B of Additional Computing Contract
The extension of the previous deal with CoreWeave brings total revenue potential for the miner to more than $6.7 billion.

Polychain, Lightspeed Lead $7M Fundraise for Math Olympian's Blockchain-Based AI Platform
Hyperbolic's blockchain-based cloud platform aims to make AI affordable to startups, researchers and builders squeezed by surging GPU prices.

Iren Is Positioned to Become One of the Biggest Listed Bitcoin Miners: Canaccord
The broker raised its price target for the shares to $15 from $12 and reiterated its buy rating.

Bitcoin Mining Is So Back (Except It's AI Now)
Hurting for revenue and profit, bitcoin miners are looking to activities outside mining bitcoin, such as hosting AI computers, to make up the difference. It's paying off, at least in their stock prices.

Chainbase Raises $15M to Grow Omnichain Data Network
Chainbase's aim is to provide unbiased and transparent data that is not controlled by a small number of dominant companies.

Grayscale Launches Artificial Intelligence-Focused Crypto Fund; AI Tokens Gain
The Grayscale Decentralized AI Fund includes the native tokens of AI-focused blockchain protocols such as Near (NEAR), Render (RNDR), Bittensor (TAO), Filecoin (FIL) and Livepeer (LPT).

Web3-AI: What’s Real, and What’s Hype
The biggest challenge for the evolution of Web3-AI might be overcoming its own reality distortion field, says Jesus Rodriguez, CEO, IntoTheBlock.

Iris Energy Has Committed Most of Childress Site to Expansion of Bitcoin Mining: Bernstein
The bitcoin miner’s shares slumped yesterday after a Culper Research report said the site was unsuitable for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing.

Morgan Creek Digital to Raise up to $500M for New Web3 Venture Capital Fund
The new fund will target early stage opportunities in AI, blockchain technology, chips and data.
