A Bitcoin Policy Institute study of 36 AI models published March 3, 2026 found Bitcoin was the top monetary choice in 48% of responses, while payment-specific prompts saw over half of models favor stablecoins.
Brookfield Asset Management’s AI infrastructure unit Radiant was valued at $1.3 billion after merging with London cloud firm Ori Industries, sources and a Reuters document show. The deal — associated with ticker RXD — marks a significant push into large-scale AI and compute services.
Shares of Marathon Digital rose after the miner announced plans to convert U.S. Bitcoin‑mining facilities into AI‑ready campuses to host high‑density compute. Analysts praised the diversification but stressed that securing confirmed tenants will be critical to deliver predictable revenue.
Brookfield Asset Management’s AI infrastructure unit Radiant was valued at $1.3 billion after merging with London cloud firm Ori Industries, according to sources and a Reuters document. The move, referenced with ticker RXD, reflects growing investor interest in specialized AI and cloud infrastructure.
MARA shares climbed after the bitcoin miner said it has begun converting U.S. facilities into AI-ready campuses to tap growing demand for compute. Analysts welcomed the diversification but warned the plan depends on securing confirmed tenants and navigating conversion costs.
San Francisco-based t54 Labs raised $5 million in seed funding to build identity and risk infrastructure for AI agents, with strategic backing from Ripple. The round was led by Anagram, PL Capital and Franklin Templeton.
Nvidia beat expectations with $68 billion in revenue last quarter and guided to $78 billion next quarter, sending its stock sharply higher. The rally spilled into AI-focused crypto tokens and tokenized compute projects tied to GPU demand.
U.S. authorities in North Carolina seized $61 million in USDT tied to a pig‑butchering crypto scam, highlighting growing effectiveness in tracing stablecoin flows. The move comes as AI‑powered impersonation schemes surge, complicating fraud investigations.
Lobstar, a Solana-based AI agent, unintentionally transferred $441,000 in its native meme tokens after a social media user asked for a 4 SOL donation; the recipient sold immediately and triggered a sharp price crash. The token later recovered and the episode increased visibility for the project.
Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin said on Feb 22, 2026 that combining AI tools with human oversight, improved verification, and stronger redundancy could make crypto systems more resilient after a recent $400M hack.