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Finance

Tether Unveils Synthetic AI Dataset to Democratize STEM Intelligence

The 41-billion-token dataset QVAC Genesis I aims to decentralize AI development, bringing model training and reasoning to local devices

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino at White House

Markets

USD.AI Bridges DeFi and AI by Turning Stablecoins Into Loans for Nvidia GPUs

Through a system that tokenizes hardware, USDai channels crypto liquidity into AI infrastructure while tapping in to demand for crypto credit

Nvidia

Markets

AI Miners Surge Pre-Market on Record $38B Oracle Data Center Deal Boosts Sector

A massive Oracle-led AI infrastructure financing ignites a sharp rally in AI and HPC mining stocks.

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Tech

Ledger Unveils $179 Nano Gen5, Built for Identity in an AI-Driven World

Alongside, there's the Ledger Wallet, a reimagined version of the company's Ledger Live app, and Ledger Enterprise Multisig, a new platform for institutional asset management.

A collection of Ledger's products

Tech

The Protocol: AWS Outage Halts Some Crypto Apps

Also: Monad’s Tech, Quantum Computing and Bitcoin and Securitize’s MCP Server.

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Tech

Securitize Unveils MCP Server to Power AI Access to Onchain Assets

The server is built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — an emerging open standard that connects large language models to external data sources and APIs.

Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo (Securitize)

Markets

Debt-Fueled AI Pivot Puts Bitcoin Miners to the Test

Record debt and convertible note issuances signal a strategic shift as miners chase growth beyond bitcoin, but execution risk and revenue generation now take center stage.

CoinDesk

Policy

British Columbia to Permanently Ban New Crypto Mining Projects From Grid

The ban is part of an effort to manage electricity demand and ensure industrial development is powered by clean electricity.

Data center servers (Taylor Vick/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Miner Bitdeer's AI Pivot Earns Price Target Hike at Benchmark

The company's move to bring data center development in-house strengthens its AI and mining strategy, and accelerates monetization, said analyst Mark Palmer

Bitcoin mining machines (Shutterstock, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

CleanSpark Joins AI Rush in Expansion Beyond Bitcoin Mining

The company hired industry veteran Jeffrey Thomas to lead new AI data center division.

CoinDesk