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Samsung rushes early equipment sign-off for its second Texas chip fab
Samsung Electronics has asked its equipment suppliers to secure safety certification for tools headed to a second chip plant in Taylor, Texas. Samsung is attempting to fast-track the build schedule despite the factory’s specifications not being set yet. The company is willing to run to hit a 2030 production date while AI chip demand continues...
Thu, Aug 20
Hangzhou puts 15 humanoid robots on traffic duty around West Lake
As the 2026 World Robot Conference kicked off in China on August 19 with roughly 3,000 products on display, the humanoid robots that have patrolled the Hangzhou West Lake area have stolen the headlines as a signal that the country is ready to move robots from exhibition halls to the streets. The fifteen-humanoid unit that...
Thu, Aug 20
After taking AI money, Republicans get cold feet on data centers
Data centers have hit peak levels of unpopularity, and Republicans have started to feel the metaphoric heat akin to the literal heat complaints that local residents have raised since the AI boom took off. According to a National Republican Senatorial Committee memo that Axios reports to have seen, the committee warned AI companies that the...
Thu, Aug 20
Bitget rolls out multi-strategy trading expansion on single accounts with CFD Sub-Accounts launch
Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has launched Sub-Accounts for CFD trading, allowing professional traders, proprietary trading teams, and high-net-worth users to run multiple trading strategies across independent MT5 accounts under a single main account. The new feature separates positions and execution between accounts while providing centralized oversight of CFD trading activity. The launch...
Thu, Aug 20
Is Samsung’s $72B payout a vote of confidence in AI?
Samsung Electronics is reportedly planning to give back more than 100 trillion won, which is about $71.75 billion, to investors through its new payout program, which shows the electronics giant believes that the demand for AI products will remain high. In order for the plan to be approved, it will be presented at a board...
Thu, Aug 20
Fractile’s $6.5B talks show how one Anthropic deal reprices AI chips
An agreement with Anthropic has led British chip company Fractile to discussions of a $6.5 billion valuation, indicating investors’ eagerness to re-evaluate companies capable of competing with Nvidia. The larger message is equally significant: frontier AI companies are now influencers in the chip space, as customer commitments may lift company valuations even before chips are...
Thu, Aug 20
CZ hails Trump’s Hyperliquid US push as hugely positive for crypto
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has defended President Trump’s push to bring HyperliquidX into the United States legally. On X, he argued that the White House’s stance on pushing for HyperliquidX would not only benefit the platform but could also have positive implications for the broader crypto industry. Popular content creator Jake Gagain cited his remarks...
Thu, Aug 20
JeffyBet: The New Online Casino Raising the Bar with 7,000+ Games, Live Dealers, Daily Cashback & Free Spins
The Canadian online casino market continues to grow rapidly, with players looking for platforms that combine a huge game selection, rewarding bonuses, fast payouts, and exciting daily promotions. One of the newest brands entering the market is JeffyBet, an online casino built around premium gaming providers, generous rewards, and thousands of casino games available in...
Thu, Aug 20
HYPE Rallies Over 17% as Trump Confirms CFTC Push to Onshore Hyperliquid
HYPE is up over 17% over the past 24 hours, rising from around $58 to a high of $72. This comes immediately after President Trump stated that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is working to bring the decentralized exchange into the United States. Trump made the comment on Wednesday at a White House gathering of...
Thu, Aug 20
Ant’s Falcon FX AI lands Citi, HSBC and StanChart
Artificial intelligence in the sphere of finance is moving from the stage of experimentation into the level of a component of the operation of global currency trade. Ant International announced on Thursday that it upgraded its Falcon forecasting program to version 2.0 and signed contracts with six major banks, which will use its model in...
Thu, Aug 20
FalconX sends $14 million in HYPE to Gate as institutional selling fears grow
On August 19, FalconX transferred 198,750 HYPE to Gate, which represents roughly $14 million, leading blockchain intelligence company Onchain Lens to hypothesize that this sends signals of a probable sell. The mere existence of one big exchange deposit may not say much. However, as it turns out that many institutional wallets seem to be lowering...
Thu, Aug 20
Bitcoin jumps 8.7% after Treasury buyback plan sends yields lower
On August 19, the U.S. Treasury announced that starting September 9, it will at least double its long-end buybacks, and Bitcoin surged as much as 8.7%, reaching an intraday high of $69,749. Bitcoin’s biggest daily move since March 4 occurred not because of a cryptocurrency-related development, but due to a government announcement regarding debt management....
Thu, Aug 20
OpenAI CFO tells employees the company will go public in 2027
OpenAI will go public in 2027, chief financial officer Sarah Friar told employees at an all-hands meeting on Wednesday, per CNBC, which cited two people familiar with her remarks who were not authorised to speak publicly. Friar said the company “will be a public company in 2027” and could debut earlier if the business continues...
Thu, Aug 20
Crypto PAC money sweeps four primaries, then stalls in Miami
Fairshake-backed candidates won four of five primaries Tuesday, but Oliver Gilbert beat more than $2 million in crypto PAC attack ads in Florida's 24th.
Wed, Aug 19
Winklevoss Capital sells its Zcash rigs to a company it backs and takes stock
Cypherpunk paid $33.33 million for a Zcash mining fleet with a warrant for 43.3 million shares instead of cash, diluting CYPH holders. The fleet runs 18% of ZEC hashrate.
Wed, Aug 19
The founder behind Waymo unveils new stealth robotics startup, Dulo
Sebastian Thrun, the engineer behind Google’s self-driving program that became Waymo, revealed on Tuesday that he is starting a new robotics company called Dulo. Thrun mentioned the new company only briefly at the end of his keynote at Actuate, a robotics conference, in San Francisco. He named the venture but did not share any further...
Wed, Aug 19
A $12 million Shanghai insurer just took in 2,380 Bitcoin for stock
Zhibao Technology closed a $154.7 million PIPE on August 17 funded entirely with 2,380 Bitcoin.
Wed, Aug 19
US OCC commits to November GENIUS Act finalization date
Jonathan Gould, the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States, has said that the office will publish its final rulebook for payment stablecoins by November. Gould delivered the GENIUS Act commitment during a fireside chat at the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium in Jackson Hole on August 19. He said, “So we are very intent on...
Wed, Aug 19
Nvidia weighs a $20 billion bet on Mercor, its own AI data supplier
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) wants to put money into Mercor, a company that it buys training data for AI models from. The deal could value Mercor at $20 billion, but some experts worry that Nvidia’s “circular financing” could create risks for the financial system. Is Nvidia funding its suppliers? Nvidia is reportedly in talks to invest...
Wed, Aug 19
FalconX and Ethena launch $1 billion institutional lending facility
Cryptocurrency broker FalconX and stablecoin protocol Ethena have partnered to launch a secured lending facility. The launch was announced by the two firms, which gives large crypto investors a new credit channel built around bank-style custody controls. How will Falcon X and Ethena’s facility work? FalconX and Ethena have announced that they are partnering to...
Wed, Aug 19
