NYC council announces probe into ‘predatory marketing practices’ on prediction markets
Council Speaker Julie Menin sent letters to four companies offering prediction market services to New Yorkers as part of an investigation into their marketing…
Alphabet’s stock slips as Nvidia’s $500 billion financing deal threatens custom chips
Investors are concerned that Alphabet faces a fresh threat from Nvidia’s plans to help fund the AI buildout alongside major Wall Street players.…
Nebius adds to the excitement around neocloud stocks with upbeat earnings of its own
Investors are reacting positively to earnings results and demand signals from neocloud companies CoreWeave and Nebius. Source:MarketWatch
Wintermute to pour $1B into AI, high-frequency trading amid TradFi expansion: Report
Wintermute will reportedly invest $1 billion in AI infrastructure and highfrequency trading as part of its expansion into traditional finance.…
Standard Chartered-led Anchorpoint launches Hong Kong dollar stablecoin
HashKey Exchange and OSL Group are now authorized distributors, enabling institutional and professional investors to mint and redeem HKDAP tokens.…
This week’s solar eclipse could make stocks go down. No, really. Here’s why.
The eclipse on Wednesday is unlikely to lead to the end of the bull market. But could have some impact on investors. Source:MarketWatch
CoreWeave surges 16% on $2.58 billion revenue quarter as AI infrastructure demand eclipses crypto
Booming AI demand sends CRWV up 16% and lifts IREN and CIFR as investors favor computing infrastructure over crypto. Source:CoinDesk
AI capex could hit $1.6 trillion next year, says fund manager who sees more echoes of 1998 than the dot-com bust
A T. Rowe Price fund manager thinks the hyperscalers can comfortably fund their investment spending, and moreover, derive high returns on that invested capital…
SEC, CFTC sue Goliath Ventures over $400M crypto Ponzi scheme
Regulators allege Goliath promised crypto liquiditypool returns but instead paid earlier investors and funded its founder’s luxury spending.…
Itaú joins Brazil tokenization pilot with OpenAssets
The bank will test tokenized fixedincome securities and investment funds as part of an ANBIMAled industry pilot. Source:Cointelegraph
Oracle’s stock has taken a hit as AI spending concerns resurface
A lack of clarity around Oracle’s future AI spending plans is keeping investors on the sidelines, one analyst believes. Source:MarketWatch
Unitree’s IPO may be just the beginning of an investor frenzy over humanoid-robot stocks
The Chinese company will be the first to market in a wave of new humanoidrobotics IPOs. Source:MarketWatch