XRP’s Crazy August Is Almost Over
August was quite the rollercoaster for Ripple’s token, even though history suggested more pain ahead. What’s next in September? With the eighth month of the year almost behind us, it’s worth exploring what really took place as it turned out to be among the most eventful ones, especially when it comes to price pumps….
“We’re not doing 30 bets a year”: Vijay Pande on betting small after running $4 billion at a16z
It used to be that Vijay Pande was better known in academic circles than investor circles. That changed pretty abruptly a dozen years ago, when Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz — who’d spent their firm’s first five years explicitly avoiding healthcare and life sciences — decided the category was worth betting on after all and…
SEC proposes $75M crypto token sale rule that the market has outgrown
Eight years after the ICO boom, the regulator is offering a path that the market already abandoned. The capital it is trying to regulate now flows through channels the proposal does not touch. Summary The SEC proposed a framework allowing crypto projects to raise up to $75 million annually through public token sales without full…
Could the Grid Handle It?
Anthropic’s Australian ambitions could require an extraordinary amount of electricity. The Claude maker expressed interest earlier this year in locating up to 5 gigawatts of AI data center capacity in New South Wales, according to internal government emails obtained by ABC News. The figure would be more than three times the combined capacity of all…
Bullish Makes $100M AI Credit Bet With GPUs Serving as Collateral
Key Takeaways Bullish extended USD.AI a $100 million facility for GPU-backed AI loans. The firm’s shares gained 44% in 1 month as tokenized AI credit expands. Bullish plans to list sUSDai as GPU collateral faces its next credit test. Bullish Puts $100 Million Behind the AI Credit Boom It seems that two big trends are…
Could This Be Bullish for Bitcoin?
US President Donald Trump called it the largest oil deal in history. Can it impact crypto? The United States has secured majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s oil reserves, which could reshape global energy markets, but does it actually matter for bitcoin and crypto? President Trump announced on Friday that…
Wordle today: The answer and hints for August 30, 2026
Today’s Wordle answer should be easy to solve if you’re a secret agent. If you just want to be told today’s word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today’s Wordle solution revealed. But if you’d rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you. SEE…
Tokenized deposits could drain $580B from U.S. bank lending
A research paper published this week quantifies what happens when bank deposits move at blockchain speed. The number is large enough to reshape how banks fund the economy, and the crypto industry is building the pipes without acknowledging the consequences. Summary A research paper published on August 25 found that tokenized deposits could reduce U.S….
How to Run a Chatbot on Your Own Computer
It’s no exaggeration to say the large language models that power AI bots like ChatGPT and Gemini are changing the world. Many of us are now relying on them for coding, writing, summarizing, and searching the web. Whatever directions AI goes in over the next few years, LLMs will be part of that future. If…
Bitcoin Bull Cycle Peak Could Be Driven by Global ETF Demand
Key Takeaways Global institutional demand could drive bitcoin’s bull cycle peak. Wider ETF access may extend adoption beyond the United States. Stablecoin liquidity and RWA rails could support the next phase. Global ETF Demand Could Shape Bitcoin’s Cycle Peak The peak of bitcoin’s current bull cycle could be driven by institutional capital and exchange-traded funds…
