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Rumble Shares Soar on Tether Partnerships, Planned Northern Data Acquisition

Rumble unveiled three major deals with Tether and Northern Data, expanding its AI infrastructure, ad business and cloud capacity.

Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski at Consensus 2025 in Toronto (CoinDesk)

Markets

Microsoft Deal Supercharges IREN’s AI Ambitions, Canaccord Says

The broker reiterated its buy rating on the stock while raising its price target to $70 from $42.

Data center servers

Finance

The Great Korean Pivot: From Memecoins to Machine Chips

As crypto trading volumes collapse in South Korea, retail investors are flocking to the stock market, fueling a state-backed AI-driven rally that’s replaced altcoin mania with semiconductor fever.

South Korea's flag (Daniel Bernard/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Holds $100K as Altcoins Extend Losses, AI Tokens Defy Trend

Bitcoin’s slide to $100,600 caps another week of losses due to renewed Fed caution. Ether and most altcoins are struggling, though AI-linked tokens are seeing outsized gains.

A trader slumps at his desk in front of chart screens (Getty Images+/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Miner IREN Posts Record First-Quarter Earnings, Looks to Growth in AI

The company is targeting $3.4 billion in AI Cloud ARR by end of 2026 with expansion to 140,000 GPUs and strengthened financing position.

An engineer sits at a bank of crypto mining rigs.

Markets

Bitcoin Weakness Sends a Warning to Stocks, but Liquidity May Soon Turn, Citi Says

The Wall Street bank said fading crypto momentum could be flagging trouble for equities, though improving liquidity may revive the year-end rally.

Nasdaq. (CoinDesk Archives)

Finance

Cango Eyes Strengthening of Bitcoin Mining Operations, Entry Into AI HPC Market

The Chinese automotive transaction firm turned bitcoin miner Cango issued an update to its shareholders.

Cango reception (Credit: Cango)

Policy

Trump Says He Wants U.S. to Be ‘The Bitcoin Superpower,’ Cites Competition From China

In a Miami speech, the U.S. president said his orders ended a “war on crypto,” mentioned that crypto helps the dollar and warned China could gain if Washington stumbles.

U.S. President Donald Trump delivering a speech at the America Business Forum in Miami, Florida, on Nov. 5, 2025.

Tech

The Protocol: ZKSync Aims to Revamp Its Tokenomics Model

Also: The First AI Agent App Store, ETH Devs Lock In Fusaka Mainnet Date and Edge & Node’s Ampersand.

Playing cards and poker chips. (Michał Parzuchowski/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Hut 8’s Tuesday Tumble Misguided and a Buying Opportunity: Benchmark

Investors overreacted to the absence of a hyperscaler deal announcement, overlooking Hut 8’s long-term potential in AI, energy, and bitcoin infrastructure.

A Hut 8 mining facility (hut8.io)