Artificial Intelligence

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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)

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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)

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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

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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)

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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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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.

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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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TAO Synergies Becomes Largest Public Holder of Bittensor Token With $10M Purchase

The company plans to stake the tokens within the Bittensor network, believing in the continued growth and expansion of decentralized AI.

artificial intelligence (AI) key on a keyboard (BoliviaInteligente/Unsplash)

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The Big Bet on Crypto’s AI Infrastructure

A new, decentralized movement is emerging — one that merges AI and blockchain to create open, scalable and trustless infrastructure, says ML Tech’s Leo Mindyuk.

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AI Crypto Livepeer Explodes 150% on Upbit Listing

The surge happened while other artificial intelligence-focused crypto tokens declined with bitcoin and the broader market.

Livepeer (LPT) price on May 30 (CoinDesk)