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January 29, 2026
Remove Tesla’s non-repeatable profits, and the stock has never been more expensive—now boasting a ‘core’ PE of 632 — fortune.com
Somehow, Elon Musk managed to garner pretty good notices from both Tesla’s performance in Q4, unveiled after the market close on January 28, and the vision he detailed in the earnings call that followed. Wall Street analysts generally applauded the numbers
Boomer’s ‘Pet Rock’ Humbles Bitcoin True Believers — bloomberg.com
Sidhartha Shukla writes on how Bitcoin's "digital gold" promise is unraveling as traders forgo the token for surging metals.
Pizza cutter-wielding FBI imposter tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail, authorities say — fortune.com
A man falsely claiming to be an FBI agent showed up to a federal jail in New York City on Wednesday night and told officers he had a court order to release Luigi Mangione, authorities said. Mark Anderson, 36, of Mankato, Minnesota, was arrested and charged
Landmark crypto bill clears Senate hurdle but Democrats withhold support over lack of ‘gryfto’ rules to prevent Trump family conflicts of interest — fortune.com
On Thursday, the Senate Agriculture Committee advanced legislation that would provide far-reaching regulation for the crypto industry, though the vote only passed with Republican support. The markup process represented a key hurdle for the legislation,
Silver hits new record of $120—sparking doubt and frustration in Bitcoin land — fortune.com
Metals are hot, and Bitcoin’s not, much to the chagrin of the crypto sector. Silver peaked above a record-high $120 per ounce in the early hours of trading on Thursday, and gold also rose to a record price of about $5,600. Meanwhile, Bitcoin is down below
Bitcoin Drops Below $86,000 as Traders Retreat From Risk Assets — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin dropped below $86,000 for the first time in about six weeks amid a pullback in risk assets.
Fidelity is launching its own stablecoin — theverge.com
Fidelity is launching a stablecoin that investors will be able to buy and sell for $1 when it arrives in the "coming weeks." The stablecoin, called Fidelity Digital Dollar (FIDD), will live on the Ethereum network and is backed by cash reserves, cash
Exclusive: Escape Velocity raises a $62 million fund to bet on ‘DePIN’ crypto networks for telescopes, solar energy, and more — fortune.com
While Bitcoin treads water to start 2026, sentiment for other niches in crypto has soured even more—especially DePIN, or decentralized physical infrastructure. Tokens for the decentralized cellphone service Helium and the decentralized mapping network
The $600 billion wave of AI ‘capex’ growth boosting tech stocks will slow down this year or next, analysts warn — fortune.com
Tech stock futures were up this morning—contracts for the Nasdaq 100 were up 0.22% prior to the opening bell in New York—after a fistful of tech companies said they would increase their capital expenditures on AI, promising a vast wave of cash big enough
An Infinite State of Exception in Nayib Bukele’s El Salvador — jacobin.com
Both Donald Trump and El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele style themselves successful businessmen with an affinity for social media, cryptocurrency, and criminalizing poor Salvadorans. And each stands to gain from the relationship with the other. President Nayib
Meet the Vitalists: the hardcore longevity enthusiasts who believe death is “wrong” — technologyreview.com
“Who here believes involuntary death is a good thing?” Nathan Cheng has been delivering similar versions of this speech over the last couple of years, so I knew what was coming. He was about to try to convince the 80 or so people in the audience that death
Where is Donald Trump’s strategic Bitcoin reserve? — fastcompany.com
The government seems to be amassing more Bitcoin. But little work seems to be happening to enact the terms of the executive order Trump signed to start the ‘strategic reserve.’ Last March, President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring that the
Does crypto make you horny? — unherd.com
A blockchain conference is an accelerationist dreamscape. Held to the thrumming beat of techno, such events are a swirl of places, people, and projects — influencers and investors, developers and salesmen, hackers and scammers, lawyers and bankers, artists
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