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How Bitcoin and AI are becoming leverage for builders and independent thinkers.
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright issued two emergency orders on June 30 under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act, authorizing PJM to force AI data centers and large loads onto ba…
Stargate's $500B AI infrastructure push has locked in nearly 7 gigawatts of planned U.S. capacity across six campuses. The grid math is already hurting Bitcoin miners.
Sunrun, Tesla, and Renew Home announced a framework to aggregate more than 16 GW of home batteries and smart thermostats into a virtual power plant targeting AI data center demand.…
The BEA's final Q1 2026 GDP estimate shows AI data center equipment and software investment carried roughly 74% of all U.S. economic growth in the first quarter, while consumer spe…
Arthur Hayes argues the $1.5 trillion AI capex debt wave absorbed the entire U.S. M2 expansion since November 2022, explaining Bitcoin's underperformance. His thesis: when the bubb…
LM Funding America announced June 23 it is pivoting its 26 MW of Bitcoin mining infrastructure in Oklahoma and Mississippi toward AI and high-performance computing, ordering initia…
Chainalysis data shows the economic weight of machine-to-machine payments has shifted decisively toward larger-value transfers on the x402 protocol. The demand for permissionless m…
President Trump signed an executive order on June 22, 2026 mandating federal agencies migrate to post-quantum cryptography by Dec. 31, 2030. Bitcoin developers have been building t…
Microsoft Threat Intelligence disclosed a clipboard-hijacking worm targeting Bitcoin, Tron, and Monero wallets across Windows machines. It spreads via USB, exfiltrates over Tor, an…
Institutions want a post-quantum roadmap for Bitcoin by 2029. Sitting around a table at Pubkey, Ryan Gentry, Thomas Pacchia, and Christian Langalis sort the real engineering, BIP-3…
The $5 wrench attack is the one threat a hardware wallet alone can't solve. Bitkey's Max Guise on what actually protects your bitcoin when someone shows up at your door: privacy, d…
Fund manager John Tinsman screens for the highest-growth, lowest-marginal-cost companies on the market, and his read on AI is blunt: the data-center economics are some of the best…
Cashu creator Calle joins the show on the future of digital cash: why physical cash is disappearing, how Chaumian ecash on Bitcoin answers the surveillance dollar, the honest custo…
Tether, issuer of the $137 billion USDT stablecoin, is relocating its global headquarters to El Salvador.
The Senate Banking Committee is set to launch its first digital assets subcommittee, led by Senator Cynthia Lummis.
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Rumble secures $775 million from Tether to support its growth initiatives.
Bitkey ensures bitcoin security by leveraging robust cryptographic standards, debunking fears of quantum computers cracking the network.
The Human Rights Foundation has awarded 7 Bitcoin to 20 global projects, advancing Bitcoin development and human rights efforts in regions under authoritarian regimes.
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