The Federal Reserve has appointed Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, to co-lead a new task force examining how artificial intelligence affects productivity and jobs. The task force, p…
Bitcoin faces a quantum computing threat to its ECDSA security, with post-quantum signatures like ML-DSA and SLH-DSA being 10-70 times larger, potentially requiring block size increases to 64 MiB or S…
Semiconductor stocks that surged on AI demand in the first half of 2026 are now declining, with Micron's 346% revenue growth failing to prevent a 7.5% stock drop on July 7. Chipmaker Sequans Communica…
Independent lab Eigen Labs cracked Google's hidden quantum cryptography research in three days using crowdsourcing and AI agents, surpassing the original results. The breakthrough demonstrates the urg…
The Federal Reserve's June meeting minutes identify surging demand for AI infrastructure as a driver of persistent inflation, sending Bitcoin down 2.8% to around $62,200. Fed officials flagged AI-rela…
The Federal Reserve is considering raising interest rates as inflation hits 4.1%, driven by tariffs, elevated oil prices, and a surge in corporate spending on AI infrastructure. FOMC minutes from Marc…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has prioritized artificial intelligence and semiconductor development as part of China's 15th Five-Year Plan, aiming to build domestic alternatives to US chips. The plan, …
Jack Dorsey's nonprofit Start Small has donated tens of millions of dollars to open-source AI projects and Bitcoin development, including $31 million to OpenSats and $5 million to Brink, signaling a l…
The Nasdaq Composite fell 4.18% on June 5, its worst single-day drop since April 2025, as a trillion-dollar selloff in semiconductor stocks dragged the Dow and S&P 500 lower and spilled into crypto ma…
Bitcoin mining stocks fell roughly 20% in early July 2026 due to cooling AI sentiment, while Bitcoin remained resilient near $63,042. Miners like Riot Platforms and Marathon Digital have pivoted to AI…
AI stocks Micron and Samsung fell 8% and nearly 10% respectively despite posting massive earnings, as overcrowded positioning led to a sell-the-news reaction. Meanwhile, Bitcoin gained 9.1% over the p…
Morgan Stanley, lead underwriter of SpaceX's IPO, values the company's space segment at just $8 per share of its $135 stock price, with 94% of the valuation coming from Starlink, AI synergies, and inf…
Franklin Templeton Senior Investment Strategist Katrina Dudley remains bullish on AI infrastructure spending, calling it a 'decade-long cycle' in a June 11 Bloomberg appearance. She argues current mar…
Researchers at Delft University of Technology have created Mycelium, a self-replicating seedbox for the Tribler BitTorrent client, as part of a broader effort to build a decentralized digital democrac…
Chile is reviewing the future of state-owned Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, as an internal audit reveals a 27,000-tonne overstatement of 2025 production, bringing output to its lowest i…
Yield Guild Games is shutting down its crypto game publishing arm YGG Play, laying off 35 employees and retiring its website, launchpad, and games like LOL Land and Waifu Sweeper by August 1, citing t…
Perpetuals.com Ltd (Nasdaq: PDC) announced that its risk-free trading platform UpsideOnly surpassed 100,000 users within weeks of its May 19 launch, with users from 180 countries generating $38.4 bill…
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong proposed a radical solution for the US $36 trillion debt crisis, suggesting constitutional amendments, special economic zones, and growth driven by AI, robotics, and crypt…
Quantum computers cannot break Bitcoin's cryptography today, but advances from Google and IBM suggest the gap is closing faster than expected, raising the stakes for 'Q-Day' when a sufficiently powerf…
US stock markets stabilized on July 1, with the S&P 500 holding flat and the Nasdaq slipping 0.3%, recovering some losses after a prior week that saw the Nasdaq drop 4.6% and the S&P 500 fall 2%. The …