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.
Effective March 2, 2026, ETHzilla Corporation will become Forum Markets Inc., shifting from an Ethereum-based treasury model to providing institutional onchain infrastructure. The rebrand responds to treasury volatility and recent institutional divestments.
Canaan has purchased a 49% stake in three Texas Bitcoin mining facilities for $40 million, adding 120 MW of capacity and 4.4 EH/s to its footprint. The deal signals Canaan’s strategic expansion from hardware manufacturing into mining infrastructure operations.
Aave founder Stani Kulechov proposed a DeFi protocol to use tokenized solar assets as collateral, aiming to tap a proposed $50 trillion renewable energy market. The idea would let lenders and borrowers access real-world solar infrastructure value on-chain.
The Cardano Foundation released Rosetta Java v2.0.0, a backend upgrade that standardizes blockchain data access and is reported to improve node sync speed by about 30%. The update aims to ease integrations for exchanges, wallets, and other services.
Morgan Stanley launched formal coverage of bitcoin miners, reclassifying some operations as infrastructure and rating CIFR and WULF as Buys while assigning a Sell to MARA. The move lifted CIFR and WULF shares as investors re-evaluated miner business models.
Mesh raised $75 million in a Series C round, becoming a crypto unicorn at a $1 billion valuation as it pushes to unify fragmented digital asset payment rails worldwide. The capital will fund expansion of its payments infrastructure and merchant integrations.
OpenAI and SoftBank each committed $500 million to SB Energy to build a 1.2 GW Stargate data center in Texas, advancing the $5 trillion Stargate AI infrastructure initiative. The funding underscores growing private capital flows into large-scale AI compute projects and could boost interest in STG-linked assets.
Coinbase Institutional's 2026 outlook says policy clarity, rising institutional participation and converging infrastructure position crypto to play an 'extraordinary, transformative' role at the center of global finance over the next year.
Canaan Inc. reports record Bitcoin reserves and expanded mining capacity as it steps up strategic investments and infrastructure growth. Management expects these moves to further strengthen operations through the end of 2025.