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Finance

Astra Nova Raises $48.3M to Grow Web3, AI Entertainment Ecosystem

The company develops no-code tools that enable creators to launch blockchain-based entertainment experiences.

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Markets

Bitcoin Miner Stocks Continue Surge, With BlackRock, Nvidia, Microsoft Joining in $40B AI Data Center Bet

The acquisition marks the first move by the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership, which plans to deploy up to $100 billion.

Racks of mining machines.

Markets

IREN and WULF Shares Jump as Companies Launch Billion Dollar Debt Deals

Both companies unveil major note offerings to strengthen balance sheets and accelerate growth in data center and computing infrastructure

IREN, WULF Share Price (TradingView)

Opinion

Blockchain Will Drive the Agent-to-Agent AI Marketplace Boom

For agents to be truly autonomous they need to have access to resources and self-custody their assets: programmable, permissionless, and composable blockchains are the ideal substrate for agents to do so, Olas’ David Minarsch argues.

Robots (Unsplash/Sumaid pal Singh Bakshi/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

Bitcoin Miners Emerge as Key AI Infrastructure Partners Amid Power Crunch: Bernstein

Miners’ secured grid capacity and high-density sites offer hyperscalers a faster, cheaper path to expand AI data centers as interconnection delays mount.

Racks of mining machines.

Markets

Bitcoin Miners Rally in Pre-Market as Sector Nears $90B Market Cap

AI and high-performance computing demand fuel fresh gains, with miners eyeing a potential $100 billion market cap by year-end

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Finance

QumulusAI Secures $500M Blockchain-Backed Facility to Scale AI Compute Infrastructure

The non-recourse facility allows QumulusAI to borrow stablecoins against up to 70% of its approved GPU deployments.

Data center servers (Taylor Vick/Unsplash)

Markets

Decentralized AI Marketplace Recall Announces Token Generation Event

The token will be used to fund and reward AI tools, allowing holders to vote on protocol upgrades and treasury allocations.

Robots (Unsplash/Sumaid pal Singh Bakshi/Modified by CoinDesk)

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Finance

YZi Labs Introduces $1B Fund for BNB Chain Projects

YZI Labs says it wants the BNB ecosystem to form a backbone of "democratized access and ownership"

Chanpeng "CZ" Zhao (Nikhilesh De/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

IREN Declines 6% on $875M Convertible Note Offering

The hot-handed bitcoin miner turned high-performance computing play could raise as much as $1 billion in the note sale.

Data center servers (Taylor Vick/Unsplash)