IREN ( IREN ) co-founder Daniel Roberts outlined an ambitious vision for the company as a vertically integrated AI infrastructure platform in a lengthy X post on Friday, arguing that the biggest bottleneck in artificial intelligence is no longer chips but physical infrastructure. “AI demand is growing exponentially. Infrastructure is not,” Roberts wrote, pointing to […]
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2085.44, down 0.0% (-0.18) since 4 PM ET Thursday. Fourteen of the 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: NEAR (+19.4%) and ICP (+4.3%). Laggards: SUI (-2.6%) and XRP (-1.0%).
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Crypto majors bitcoin BTC$77,398.65 and ether (ETH) enters the weekend after being confined to a tight trading range over the past four days, with BTC trapped between $76,100 and $78,000. The lack of volatility has led to small pockets of the altcoin market taking advantage of the speculative nature of crypto investors. The AI sector
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The current state of the financial markets is best described as macro geopolitics first, crypto second. The evidence is clear. Despite recent positive legislative developments related to the Clarity Act, bitcoin BTC$77,341.59 has shown some excitement, trading near $77,200 – largely unchanged over the past 24 hours and for the week. Meanwhile, oil is still
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Ark Invest bought $5 million worth of bullish stock ( BLSH ) on Thursday, the fourth straight day it has added BLSH shares to its exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Cathie Woods chief investment officer has bought $12.5 million worth of shares in the crypto group, which is also CoinDesk’s parent company, since Monday based on the
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Polymarket is set to lobby for approval of prediction markets in Japan, according to a Bloomberg report on Friday. The decentralized prediction market platform has appointed a representative in the country and is aiming for government approval in 2030, the Bloomberg report said, citing people familiar with the matter who asked not to be named.
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After a certain age, birthdays have a way of raising existential questions. A 20th birthday celebration that StreetEasy, a New York City real estate company, is holding this week is raising more than its usual share. In a campaign called “Reserve Your Future,” StreetEasy is taking reservations for 20 years into the future at 12
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Blockchain researcher ZachXBT has highlighted a suspected security breach involving Polymarket, the world’s largest decentralized prediction market platform. Over $520,000 was reportedly drained from two smart contracts on the Polygon blockchain, according to on-chain data shared by ZachXBT. The affected addresses are 0x871D7c0f9E19001fC01E04e6cdFa7fA20f929082 and 0x91430CaD2d3975766499717fA0D66A78D814E5c5, allegedly sent to attacker address 0x8F98075db5d6C620e8D420A8c516E2F2059d9B91. Polymarket developers said the
ZachXBT Marks $520K Polymarket Leverage On Polygon, Team Says Funds Are Secure Read More »
Oil prices rose on Friday as investors saw few signs of concrete progress in negotiations to establish a peace agreement between the United States and Iran. Nearly three months since the fighting began, disagreements remain over the fate of Iran’s uranium stockpile and reports that Iran and Oman may impose transit charges on ships passing
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Layer-1 blockchain Near’s upcoming upgrade will enable the network to scale dynamically without human intervention. The market gives it a thumbs-up, sending the native token’s price significantly higher. NEAR has gained more than 27% in the last 24 hours to trade at $2.25. “Dynamic resharding is coming to NEAR. The upcoming network upgrade will enable
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