Analysts report North Korea is using prohibited Nvidia GPUs to supercharge AI-driven attacks on digital assets, drawing on decades of state-led AI research. The move complicates sanctions enforcement and raises new risks for exchanges and custodians.
Coinbase Ventures announced nine investment themes for 2026, focusing on RWA perpetuals, specialized trading venues, enhanced DeFi composability, and AI-driven developer tooling. The move signals a strategic push into infrastructure and on-chain financial primitives as markets mature.
The new executive directive aims to fuse federal data, advanced supercomputing, and AI to speed breakthroughs in energy, biology, and national security. Crypto and blockchain projects may see both opportunity and risk as government compute power and data access expand.
Bitcoin rebounded to $88,000 after falling to $80,000 last week, buoyed by risk-on sentiment tied to Google's AI-led rally. The tech giant's role is an unlikely but meaningful positive for BTC momentum.
Abu Dhabi asset manager Lunate is considering a commitment of up to $1 billion to MGX, the emirate’s state-backed AI investment vehicle, as the UAE intensifies efforts to lead global AI financing.
Amazon said it will invest up to $50 billion to expand AI and supercomputing infrastructure for the U.S. government, and crypto markets posted a short-term rebound Monday after last week’s broad sell-off. The announcement revived risk appetite as investors priced in bigger institutional and government demand for compute and tech exposure.
President Trump announced the Genesis Mission, a federal initiative designed to speed U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence through funding, regulatory changes, and public-private partnerships. The administration frames the plan as a strategic effort to outcompete rivals and secure critical tech supply chains.
Nvidia posted record Q3 revenue, easing fears of an AI bubble and triggering a broad risk-on move that lifted tech shares and major cryptocurrencies.
Universal Music Group, Sony Music and Warner Music Group have licensed their catalogs to AI-driven streaming startup Klay, Bloomberg reported, allowing users to remake songs with artificial intelligence. The deals signal major labels' willingness to experiment with AI-based music distribution and new revenue models.
Bitfury announced a $1 billion investment initiative to back ethical technology, AI, and next‑generation decentralized systems, with $200 million earmarked for deployment in year one. The move marks a strategic pivot from pure mining operations toward broader infrastructure and innovation.