Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

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A beginner’s guide to AI

Brush up on the basics, from agentic to generative, before Consensus Miami 2026.

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Markets

Bitcoin miner Riot's shares jump 8% after expanding AMD data center deal, signaling AI pivot

AMD’s expansion and improved financing terms highlight Riot’s shift beyond bitcoin mining and strengthen confidence in its growing data center business.

mining grid

Tech

AI agent forms its own company, gets ready to trade crypto

Although Manfred will not start trading crypto until the end of May, it already has a crypto wallet and credentials to hire staff, make payments and do business.

The letters "AI" surrounded by thin fibers. (Steve A Johnson/Unsplash)

Markets

Big Tech's multi-billion dollar AI bets are still on track as Mag 7 giants report earnings

The four Mag 7 giants reported quarterly results on Wednesday, showing that they are still on track to spend multi-billion on AI. Here is what it means for crypto.

CoinDesk

Tech

The Protocol: Mythos forces crypto industry to rethink security practices

Also: Aave’s $300 million recovery effort, crypto for AI agents, and Bitcoin proposal for Satoshi-linked tokens.

A masked person holds a finger to their mouth. (Max Bender/Unsplash)

Markets

The AI-crypto disconnect: Why Pantera’s CEO thinks institutions are missing the boat on bitcoin

Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead says the "biggest divergence in history" has left AI stocks fully priced while bitcoin remains massively undervalued at 43% below its historical trend.

Consensus 2025: Dan Morehead, Dan Tapiero

Finance

Institutional money is coming for bitcoin, but Adam Back says it moves slower than you think

The legendary cryptographer discusses institutional money flows into bitcoin.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back

Markets

Riot extends $200 million Coinbase credit facility, and bitcoin weakness could mean more sales

The miner locked in fixed borrowing costs and extended maturity, but a shrinking BTC treasury and loan-to-value triggers leave little room for error if prices slide.

Riot Platforms’ acquisition of Block Mining makes sense, JPMorgan says. (Sandali Handagama)

Finance

Galaxy Digital delivers first data center tranche to CoreWeave after narrowing Q1 loss

Galaxy secured approval to double its Helios data center power capacity to over 1.6GW, building on its strategic expansion into AI infrastructure.

Data center (Taylor Vick/Unsplash)

Policy

CFTC's AI will review U.S. crypto registration applications, chairman tells CoinDesk

The regulator is working on new technology to stretch abilities of reduced staff, says Chairman Mike Selig, including AI monitoring of trading data.

CFTC Chairman Mike Selig (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)