AI
Kill the Captcha: They Don't Work, Here's What Does
Digital proof of personhood offers a path out of the arms race between bots and CAPTCHAs, argues Daniel Brunsdon of human.tech.

CoreWeave Stock Surges on $14.2B Meta AI Deal, Core Scientific Merger Looms
CoreWeave secures $14.2 billion dollar Meta contract, draws bullish analyst coverage, and awaits Core Scientific merger vote.

Cipher Is the Latest Bitcoin Miner to Pivot to AI; Price Target Raised to $16: Canaccord
The broker maintained its buy rating on the stock and raised its price objective to $16 from $12.

Cloudflare Unveils U.S. Dollar Stablecoin for AI-Powered Internet Economy
The cloud company said the token, dubbed NET Dollar, will enable instant, global transactions for autonomous agents online.

Cipher Mining Stock Gains 5% on Google AI Hosting Deal
Tech giant to secure equity stake through long-term partnership with Fluidstack.

Bitcoin Miners Surge on Speculation of OpenAI-Driven Energy Demand
Publicly traded miners are riding the AI infrastructure boom as investors bet excess capacity can fuel high-performance computing.

Bitcoin Miner IREN Has 80% Potential Upside Thanks to Big Bet on AI Cloud: Bernstein
The broker hiked its IREN price target to $75 from $20 while reiterating its outperform rating on the stock.

Cloudburst Raises $7M Series A to Scale Off-Chain Crypto Intelligence Platform
The round was led by Borderless Capital with participation from Strategic Cyber Ventures, CoinFund, Coinbase Ventures, Bloccelerate VC and In-Q-Tel.

IREN Shares Jump 11% in Pre-Market Trading as Bitcoin Miner Doubles AI Cloud Fleet
Company lifts AI Cloud ARR target to more than $500 million by Q1 2026 after $674 million GPU expansion.

Internet Computer Bets Big on AI as Crypto Markets Play Catch-Up
This could be the beginning of a new tech stack — one in which AI, not humans, becomes the primary developer of applications, says Dfinity founder Dominic Williams.

