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Chinese tycoon tied to $11B ‘pig butchering’ bitcoin scam taken into custody — nypost.com
Chen Zhi, chairman of Prince Group, was arrested by law enforcement officials in Cambodia and extradited to China, government officials said.
Nous Research's NousCoder-14B is an open-source coding model landing right in the Claude Code moment — venturebeat.com
Nous Research, the open-source artificial intelligence startup backed by crypto venture firm Paradigm, released a new competitive programming model on Monday that it says matches or exceeds several larger proprietary systems — trained in just four days
‘There’s so much corruption, embezzlement and missing money’: Venezuela’s rumored $60 billion Bitcoin ‘shadow reserve’ draws skepticism — fortune.com
When Bitcoin first launched in 2009, many investors dismissed the currency as a fringe concept and even as a scam. (Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s former right-hand man at Berkshire Hathaway, memorably called it “stupid and evil.”) But the asset has
This Water Heater Mines Bitcoin. It Could Help Solve AI's Energy Problem — cnet.com
What do you do with the waste heat from computing? Superheat says just take a shower.
Deploying a hybrid approach to Web3 in the AI era — technologyreview.com
When the concept of “Web 3.0” first emerged about a decade ago the idea was clear: Create a more user-controlled internet that lets you do everything you can now, except without servers or intermediaries to manage the flow of information. Where Web2, which
Exclusive: Fireblocks acquires crypto accounting platform TRES Finance for $130 million — fortune.com
The blockchain infrastructure company Fireblocks has struck a deal to buy the crypto accounting platform TRES Finance, company executives told Fortune. The purchase came in the form of cash and equity worth $130 million, according to a source familiar with
What CFO pay packages reveal about long-term strategy — fortune.com
Good morning. Executive pay packages are increasingly being reengineered around explicit, measurable performance targets, sometimes including stock price gains. Take Christy Schwartz, who became Opendoor’s CFO on Jan. 1 after serving as interim CFO, chief
Stanford professor raises $15 million for Babylon, a decentralized protocol to turn Bitcoin into collateral — fortune.com
When a Bitcoin owner wants to generate yield from their holdings, they typically go to a third party. That middleman is usually a stablecoin issuer or exchange like Tether or Coinbase that allows the holder to swap their Bitcoin for collateral—in the form
Rumble launches crypto wallet to let creators get paid directly by viewers — foxbusiness.com
FIRST ON FOX: Rumble said Tether announced Wednesday the launch of a new digital wallet system that would allow users and creators to send, receive and store cryptocurrency directly on the platform without using a bank or third-party payment service. The
Fusion power nearly ready for prime time as Commonwealth builds first pilot for limitless, clean energy with AI help from Siemens, Nvidia — fortune.com
Fusion power industry leader Commonwealth Fusion Systems is building its first demonstration plant utilizing the same process that fuels the sun, and now it’s partnering with Siemens and Nvidia to use AI to eventually help power the AI boom. Essentially
Tech companies may only get half the profit they need to justify AI investment, Goldman analyst warns — fortune.com
The S&P 500 hit a new record high yesterday, up 0.62% at 6,944.82. Futures are marginally down this morning, as might be expected from traders who want to sell up and lock in some of those gains. The STOXX Europe 600 also hit a new high yesterday and was
Corporate Lobbying and the US Attack on Venezuela — jacobin.com
Over the past year, corporate actors who stand to benefit from US-backed regime change in Venezuela spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying the Trump administration, including over their economic access to the resource-rich nation. Oil and gas
MSCI drops plan to exclude digital asset treasury firms, to launch broader review — reuters.com
MSCI drops plan to exclude digital asset treasury firms, to launch broader review Reuters
Someone Made a Lot of Money From the Venezuela Strike — theatlantic.com
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. When U.S. Delta Force commandos slipped into Venezuelan
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