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Finance

Bitcoin miner Riot stock jumps nearly 9% as activist Starboard urges AI data center expansion

The activist investor said Riot's 1.7 GW power capacity can drive premium AI hosting deals at Texas sites.

Racks of mining machines.

Finance

Only 5% of companies see AI improving profit, McKinsey China chairman tells Consensus

The chairman of Greater China at McKinsey said nearly every company is experimenting with AI, few are rethinking their organizations deeply enough to unlock profit.

McKinsey Greater China Chairman Joe Ngai at Consensus Hong Kong 2026 (CoinDesk)

Tech

The human brain's edge is fading. AI could outhink us in 2 years, Ben Goertzel says

"The human brain is better at taking the imaginative leap to understand the unknown ... We should enjoy it for a couple more years."

Ben Goertzel, CEO of SingularityNET

Finance

Decentralized AI is in a trough but real opportunities are emerging, crypto VCs say

Moving away from overhyped GPU marketplaces and large AI model alternatives towards purpose-built, full-stack solutions is the goal.

CoinDesk

Finance

Vitalik Buterin outlines how Ethereum could play a key role in the future of AI

In a post on X revisiting ideas he first outlined two years ago, the co-founder of Ethereum argues that the push toward artificial general intelligence often resembles the kind of unchecked speed and scale the blockchain was created to challenge.

Vitalik Buterin

Markets

AI is no savior when markets get tough … but it can help, says Nickel Digital chief

Sometimes human intervention and an “old school” approach is needed, said Anatoly Crachilov, founding partner and CEO of Nickel Digital Asset Management.

Anatoly Crachilov, CEO of Nickel Digital (Nickel Digital)

Markets

Bitcoin miner Cango sold $305 million of BTC during market slump to fund AI shift

The company plans to deploy modular GPU units across 40+ global sites to provide on-demand AI inference capacity for small and mid-sized businesses.

Data center servers

Finance

Crypto.com founder buys ai.com for record $70 million: FT

Kris Marszalek joined the AI industry with autonomous agents and a Super Bowl ad that briefly sidelined the website.

Kris Marszalek, Crypto.com

Markets

Story co-founder defends token unlock delay, says project needs ‘more time’

In an interview with CoinDesk, S.Y. Lee pointed to Worldcoin’s extended lockups as precedent for longer runways.

PIP Labs CEO and Story Protocol Co-Founder SY Lee (Provided)

Tech

The Protocol: Ethereum to roll out new AI agents standard soon

Plus: Solana’s latest phase, OP token buybacks and EF post-quantum security team.

AI agent tokens has garnered significant mindshare among crypto traders, growing into a multibillion dollar asset class. (Getty Images/Unsplash)