Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Markets

Amazon Enters AI Arms Race as Crypto and Risk Asset Fears Mount

The pivot to AI comes with risks, including heavy borrowing and concerns about sustainability, with potential shortfalls if demand for AI slows.

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Tech

Anthropic Research Shows AI Agents Are Closing In on Real DeFi Attack Capability

Models tested by MATS and the Anthropic Fellows program generated turnkey exploit scripts and identified fresh vulnerabilities, suggesting automated exploitation is becoming technically and economically viable.

Artificial Intelligence (Markus Winkler/Unsplash)

Markets

Nvidia Earnings Beat, Strong Outlook Calm Jittery Markets; Bitcoin Re-Takes $90K

"Blackwell sales are off the charts, and cloud GPUs are sold out," said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

Nvidia

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)

Finance

AI Payments Startup Kite Debuts Token With $263M Trading Volume in First Two Hours

The blockchain firm’s native token debuted Monday with strong activity on Binance and Korean exchanges, following a $18 million Series A raise in September.

16:9 Kites (Bill Fairs/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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

Finance

Crypto Miner TeraWulf to Raise $3B in Google-Backed Debt Deal to Expand Data Centers

Google already owns 14% of TeraWulf and is supporting other crypto firms like Cipher Mining in their AI expansions.

Data center (Taylor Vick/Unsplash)

Finance

OpenAI Rival Sentient Unveils Open-Source AGI Network, The GRID

Sentient is rolling out The GRID, an open-source AGI network designed to let developers build, share, and monetize AI agents.

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Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: MSFT, Meta Soar on Strong AI Earnings, but Crypto AI Tokens Fail to Follow

MSFT and Meta both rocketed off in after-hours trading after reporting strong earnings, thanks to Artificial Intelligence, but on the crypto side, there wasn't much movement.

Bitcoin holds near $64,000 as Microsoft's AI payoff lifts stocks. (Shutterstock)

Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: The First AI vs BTC Environmental Impact Numbers are Here. And it Might Start a New Debate

Bitcoin’s environmental footprint dwarfs that of large language models across every metric, from CO₂ emissions to water use to mineral depletion. But comparisons need context.

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