Welcome to April 26, 2026 The Singularity is what intelligence does when it stops being scarce. OpenAI released GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5 Pro, posting fresh SOTA marks of 39.6% on FrontierMath Tier 4, 90.1% on BrowseComp, 84.9% on
A U.S. Sailor watches a commercial ship as U.S. forces continue to enforce a blockade against Iranian ports, preventing ships from entering or exiting. American forces have directed 38 ships to turn around, or return to port.
The Thai baht has been among the worst performers in Asia since the start of the Iran War and it's at risk of further losses as the conflict drives up oil prices, strategists say
In South and Southeast Asia, higher oil prices are straining trade balances and sending stocks tumbling. In North Asia, enthusiasm for chipmakers and AI is driving equity benchmarks to repeated record highs.
The Bank of Japan is widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged on Tuesday, setting up a communication challenge for Governor Kazuo Ueda as the foundering yen hovers near levels that have prompted past interventions
Sun Pharma agreed to acquire New York-listed women's health-care company Organon, in what is likely to be one of the biggest India outbound deals in years
Denso is considering withdrawing a proposal to take over Rohm, potentially ending a deal for a Japanese power semiconductor maker valued at north of $9 billion
Even as China has refrained from overt criticism of Donald Trump over the Iran war and signaled it wants a positive meeting between the US President and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Beijing has quickly moved to expand its toolkit of economic pressure mechanisms aimed at
Stepping down a few months from now, Tim Cook has overseen a spectacular run of Apple's stock as CEO. Here's a look at how much Apple shares have gained during his tenure.
BREAKING: Iran through Pakistani mediators has given the US a new proposal for reaching a deal on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and ending the war, per Axios. Details include: 1. Nuclear negotiations are postponed for a later stage under the deal 2. President Trump is
Nickel rose to the highest intraday level in nearly two years as cuts to mining quotas in major producer Indonesia and a global sulfur shortage tightened the supply outlook for the battery metal
A Taiwanese court has sentenced a former Tokyo Electron employee to 10 years in prison for stealing TSMC's proprietary data, highlighting the growing threat of industrial espionage in the island's most strategic sector
China's central bank is taking a further step to rein in a liquidity glut in its financial system by reducing the amount of medium-term funds it lends out to banks
Power market brokers in the Chinese industrial hub of Guangdong are moving to cancel long-term supply deals with factories as the Iran war drives a surge in spot prices and erodes their margins.
Toyota saw sales decline in March as demand dipped for its best-selling RAV4 ahead of the refresh of the SUV, while the conflict in Iran threatens to cut off key supplies and force manufacturers to dial back production.
The US and Iran failed to kick off a second round of peace talks this weekend despite a last-minute push by Pakistan, delivering a blow to Islamabad's efforts to broker a settlement to end the two-month-old war.
A US move to sanction one of China's largest private refiners over ties to Iran will hurt a vast and already embattled petrochemicals sector — but the collateral damage will extend far beyond oil
Mali's defense minister was killed in a suicide attack on his home during a coordinated assault by an al-Qaeda affiliate across several locations in the West African country
It is so sad to see something like this happening to the best research system in the world, and probably the best ever in history. In China, for years scientists had wished to have something nearly as good -- in fact, Chinese NSF has been emulating NSF in recent years
bittensor ($TAO) halved daily emissions from 7,200 to 3,600 TAO on april 11. nine days later polychain deployed $200m and nvidia has $420m with 77% staked. $620m of capital entered a $2.5b FDV asset where 68% of supply is already locked and daily sell pressure just dropped by
BREAKING: A Syrian billionaire needed U.S. sanctions lifted so he could cash in on $12 billion in reconstruction contracts, per NYT. In an attempt to influence American foreign policy, he proposed a Trump-branded golf course, cut Jared Kushner & Ivanka Trump into a
India ramped up coal and gas-fired power generation last week as peak demand hit a record 256.1 gigawatts (GW) over the weekend amid a heatwave, official data showed.
OpenAI is reportedly working with MediaTek, Qualcomm $QCOM and LuxShare to make a new AI agent smartphone Mass production is expected to begin in 2028 according to Taiwan supply chain insider Ming Chi Kuo
United Airlines $UAL just confirmed they approved American Airlines $AAL about exploring a merger, though talks have now ended - Bloomberg "Without a willing partner, something this big simply can't get done" - United CEO
Wrote today about how 'VOO and Chill' (America's #1 inv strategy) won again, claiming another victory vs the overthinkers and doomer columnists who told us it was all over a month ago as media mentions of "war" spiked. Instead, stocks surged 9% surge in April to hit fresh ATHs.
Incoming Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said he had information that wealthy figures linked to Viktor Orban's outgoing government were moving assets abroad and called on authorities to detain fleeing "oligarch" families, per Bloomberg
Pakistan's central bank raised its benchmark rate for the first time in almost three years as the US-Iran war disrupts energy supplies, adding pressure on inflation
Anthropic banning an entire company from use, one that probably changed all its work flows to take advantage of AI programming The same company that wants you to rely on it You can't trust this company. They will do this on a whim
Verizon $VZ Q1 2026; Adj EPS $1.28 vs $1.21 est; Revenue $34.44B vs $34.8B est; Postpaid phone net adds +55K; Prepaid net adds +115K; Adj EBITDA $13.48B vs $13.14B est
Verizon Q1 2026 Earnings $VZ Oper rev. $34.44b, est. $34.8b Adj EPS $1.28, est. $1.21 Adj. ebitda $13.48, est. $13.14b Business rev. $7.42b, est. $7.42b Consumer rev. $26.45b, est. $26.63b Total postpaid phone net additions 55,000 Total core prepaid net additions 115,000
Hyperliquid $HYPE; $1.6B daily oil perp volume; commodity OI $50M→$1.3B in 90 days; 30-45% of total platform volume; Bloomberg used for oil price discovery when CME closed; $820M
hyperliquid ($HYPE) did $1.6b daily volume in oil perpetuals alone. commodity OI went from $50m to $1.3b in 90 days. 30-45% of total platform volume is now tradfi assets. bloomberg used it for oil price discovery when CME was closed during the iran crisis weekend. $820m
BREAKING: The European Union has now spent an additional $32 billion on fossil fuel imports since the Iran War began. The IEA is now calling the situation the biggest energy security threat in history.
Germany's Finance Ministry signaled it's ready to consider suspending debt restrictions as an emergency step with Europe's largest economy bracing for the impact of the war in Iran
Microsoft revenue share to OpenAI eliminated; OpenAI nonexclusive across all clouds; partnership extended to 2032; Microsoft remains primary cloud partner
we have updated our partnership with microsoft. microsoft will remain our primary cloud partner, but we are now able to make our products and services available across all clouds. will continue to provide them with models and products until 2032, and a revenue share through
BREAKING: Microsoft stock, $MSFT, falls -5% after announcing that its OpenAI license will now be nonexclusive and it will no longer pay revenue share to OpenAI.
The US is being "humiliated" by Iranian leaders as President Donald Trump struggles to negotiate an end to the war, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said
What is the long-term impact of this war? A good measure might be to look at deferred futures contracts. The blue line is the December 2026 Brent Crude Oil Futures contract. It made a new high today, holding its uptrend, and up 42+% YTD.
A data center developer is seeking $4.54 billion in junk-debt financing for an artificial intelligence project tied to Nvidia, testing investor appetite after a recent surge in offerings.
Last week was 4th straight weekly gain for S&P 500, longest winning streak since October 2024; it also closed at all-time high on Friday, 5th record in past 8 trading days; YTD tally of records is 9, on par with 2007 and 1966.
Officials to discuss whether to resume US bombing campaign on Iran after ceasefire was extended last week - CNN [QT @financialjuice: Trump to hold national security meeting on Iran stalemate with top advisers - CNN citing two sources familiar with the matter]
[QT @FoxNews: What we know about the accused WHCA dinner shooter — Cole Allen - 31-year-old computer scientist from Torrance, California - Built shooter video games - Elite academic track: enrolled at Caltech in 2013, graduated in 2017 with a mechanical engineering degree]
Breaking: A White House ethics filing shows Trump made up to $161,000,000 in bond trades in March. His biggest buys included: U.S. Treasuries, Corporate Bonds from $NVDA, $MSFT, $GS, and $BA, Municipal bonds. Meanwhile, the Fed meets Tuesday and Wednesday with a rate
Goldman Sachs has raised its oil outlook, projecting Brent near $90 and WTI around $83 in Q4, citing tighter Middle East supply and prolonged Iran war disruptions.
Beijing warned Brussels that the "EU will bear all consequences" after the bloc included Chinese companies in its latest sanctions package against Russia, per POLITICO
April @DallasFed Manufacturing Index fell to -2.3 vs. +0.9 est. & -0.2 prior … new orders up to +9.9 (+6.1 prior); production up to +19.0 (+6.8 prior); shipments up to +15.0 (+1.8 prior); wages down to +24.8 (+25.2 prior) … employment up to -0.9 (-1.0 prior)
More than half of the Middle East's urea output may have been lost since the start of the Iran conflict, according to CRU, threatening global food inflation
$1.1B seed round; $5.1B valuation; founded by David Silver (AlphaGo/AlphaZero); UK & Europe largest-ever seed; British state backing via BritishBBank + UKSovereignAI
Ineffable Labs has raised a $1.1bn Seed round - the UK's and Europe's largest ever. The round values the company at $5.1bn. The company has been founded by David Silver - one of the earliest researchers [who led AlphaGo and AlphaZero], backed by the full support of the British state from @BritishBBank and @UKSovereignAI
Mexico's investment-grade credit rating faces a key decision by the end of June, when Moody's Ratings is expected to resolve the negative outlook it assigned the nation in late 2024
Israel approves extension of special state of emergency until May 7th due to continued shelling from Lebanon and uncertainty over ceasefire with Iran - I24 News
Trump: 'Think the Iran war will come to an end very soon, and we will be victorious'; Germany Chancellor Merz: US 'humiliated', entered war 'without a clear exit plan'
Watch cloud revenue growth at Amazon, Google and Microsoft this week as they all report on Weds Its been powered by expensive models from Anthropic and OpenAI. But as AI costs blow past budgets, there's a wave of very capable, open source Chinese AI models pitching themselves
The semiconductor sector is taking over the market: Semiconductor stocks now represent a record 16.1% of the S&P 500's market cap. The percentage has TRIPLED since the 2022 bear market. This is also now 11 percentage points above the 2000 Dot-Com Bubble peak.
A U.S. special forces soldier who helped plan the January capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was indicted last week for allegedly using classified information about the raid to make prediction market bets.
California's unrealized wealth tax has officially qualified and will be on the ballot… If it passes, anyone with a net worth of $1B+ will have to give 5% of their assets to the state. Soon there will be no one left to take from. Just corrupt politicians and illegal immigrants.
BREAKING: The S&P 500 closes at its highest level on record, now up +13.6% since its March 30th bottom. That marks a +$7.8 trillion run over the last 20 trading days for the S&P 500.
All these stocks hit new ALL TIME HIGHS at some point today Nvidia $NVDA Micron $MU Intel $INTC Sandisk $SNDK Google $GOOGL Taiwan Semiconductor $TSM Dell $DELL Celestica $CLS Baker Hughes $BKR Linde $LIN Trane $TT Quanta Services $PWR Amkor $AMKR Arcellus $ACLX Emcor Group $EME
Recent shifts in US tariff policy may add $1.1 trillion to federal budget deficits over a 10-year period, though exact calculations aren't yet possible, according to the director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office
Paramount asked the Federal Communications Commission to sign off on a funding structure for its acquisition of Warner Bros. that includes more than a third of the company's equity coming from Middle East government entities
American economic confidence is now below April 2020 levels: The Gallup Economic Confidence Index declined -11 points in April, to -38, the lowest reading since November 2023. This is now below the pandemic low of -33 points seen in April 2020.
Don't bet on Jerome Powell leaving the Federal Reserve anytime soon. That's the strong message from veteran Fed watchers in the aftermath of the Department of Justice dropping its criminal investigation into whether the Fed Chair lied to Congress last year over the $2.5 billion
Problem is that, while any AI labor market displacement effects are still highly uncertain (and premature), the evidence so far leans more in the direction of the lower-hires channel than the higher-fires channel (but that may change with a broader downturn)
PetroVietnam plans to import more liquefied petroleum gas from the US than its traditional Middle East suppliers next month, in the latest sign that the Iran war is reordering global energy flows
Amazon $AMZN CEO Andy Jassy posted this earlier today: "Very interesting announcement from OpenAI this morning. We're excited to make OpenAI's models available directly to customers on Bedrock in the coming weeks"
White House Crypto Advisor Patrick Witt; US Strategic BTC Reserve; 'big announcement in next few weeks'; 'breakthrough'; Bitcoin 2026 Conference Day One
WHITE HOUSE CRYPTO ADVISOR PATRICK WITT ON US STRATEGIC $BTC RESERVE: "IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, WE'LL BE MAKING A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT. I THINK WE HAVE A BIT OF A BREAKTHROUGH THERE."
WHITE HOUSE CRYPTO ADVISOR PATRICK WITT ON CLARITY ACT AND LEGISLATION: "WE ARE GOING TO SEE THIS INDUSTRY TAKE OFF LIKE A ROCKET SHIP IF WE CAN GET IT DONE."
Senator: Do these high grocery prices make it harder for families to eat healthy food? RFK Jr.: Beef has dropped by 1%. Senator: Beef prices are up 20%.
Tech dominance is now a global trend: The information technology sector now reflects 85% of Taiwan's stock market cap, the most among major world markets. This is followed by South Korea and the Netherlands, at 57.2% and 54.6%, respectively. The US is ranked 4th, with IT
Palestinian authorities said Sunday that local elections in a single Gaza community and the Israeli-occupied West Bank were a success and called them a step toward a long-delayed presidential election in the territories and eventual statehood.
President Donald Trump's Justice Department is using the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday to try to pressure preservationists to drop their lawsuit over his planned $400 million ballroom on the site of the former East Wing of the White House.
Earnings from India's bellwether software services exporters have reinforced investor concerns about the sector's growth prospects, signaling that the downturn in their stocks has further to run
Exclusive: London-based activist fund Palliser Capital has made a 'significant' investment in Japanese factory automation firm SMC and has proposed it conduct a $3.8 billion buyback, according to a letter sent to the company and reviewed by Reuters
Overheard in Silicon Valley: "Did a Claw post this?" [QT @om_patel5: THIS OPEN LETTER TO ANTHROPIC BROKE MY HEART a max tier user named robbie wrote anthropic an open letter begging them not to deprecate claude 4.6 he's autistic. diagnosed as a small child. spent the last 20 years building super organized google drive files, systems, methods]
Australia has long been known for its prosperous economy, with many calling it 'The Lucky Country.' But, its luck may be running out. While the overall economy is not in recession, its people are.
GPT-5.5 in Codex made a surprisingly solid table top RPG game masters guide & player guide, which it 'playtested.' It leans into the storytelling aspect, and still has some very LLM-y elements, but it is a novel setting.
Asian companies are heading into the busiest week of the current earnings season, offering investors an early glimpse of how the Iran war has affected financial results
Allianz Global Investors has secured $270 million in commitment for the first close of its private credit fund targeting infrastructure investment in Asia Pacific
The world's biggest auto show is underway in Beijing as China widens its automotive lead over the rest of the world, with European automakers showcasing Chinese versions of their vehicles too
Climate change's rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought because of mistaken research assumptions on how high coastal waters already are, a study said.
A leaked trove of emails regarding Monaco's Mareterra — the planet's most expensive real estate, with homes topping $500 million — shows how the principality grapples with dirty money.
A Taiwan court fined the local unit of Japan's Tokyo Electron $5 million in a trade secrets case, handing jail terms of up to 10 years to five defendants for alleged theft of TSMC's sensitive chip technology.
This is actually very awesome [QT @larsencc: Introducing: Browser Use Box (bux). Your 24/7 personal agent box, powered by Browser Harness. ♞ We got tired of agents that vanish when you close the laptop. So we put them on a server. > 24/7 box that runs while you sleep > Real Chrome with persistent logins > Telegram baked
HSBC is reviewing a long-standing perk that covers school fees for a swath of bankers in Hong Kong as part of a broader push to standardize benefits globally and reduce costs, according to people familiar with the matter.
One of the world's rarest whales lives in only one place: the Gulf of Mexico, where the Trump administration wants to expand oil and gas drilling that scientists fear could push the giant mammal to extinction.
WSJ: Budget Airlines Pitch Trump Administration on $2.5 Billion Relief Plan While Spirit's talks with officials continue, industry executives see window to negotiate for financial assistance and tax relief
🔎 LOCATED: Weapons storage facility with numerous weapons was located inside a children's room in the area of Aadshit al-Qusayr. Among the weapons located: explosives, 'Kalashnikov' rifles, grenades, RPGs, machine guns, munitions, and combat equipment.
Emirates NBD is looking to sell an AT1 bond, the first offering of the riskiest type of bank debt by a Middle Eastern lender since the start of the Iran war
Acko Technology & Services, an Indian digital insurer backed by General Atlantic, has hired investment banks for a potential IPO that could raise as much as $350 million, sources say
In the latest SAFE, firms reported tighter bank loan interest rates and lending conditions. Turnover was broadly unchanged, whereas profits weakened. Selling price and cost expectations rose strongly, but medium-term inflation expectations remained stable
Countries with a higher renewables output have been protected from steep rises in electricity prices since the United States and Israel attacked Iran, price comparisons from across Europe show. That could help households, businesses and growth in those countries as the price
The Trump administration has rolled back support for many forms of clean energy. One exception is nuclear power. Trump wants to quadruple U.S. nuclear capacity by 2050, and a new generation of advanced reactors in development could signal the dawn of a new nuclear age.
If you thought the Iran war caused the S&P 500 to sell off in March, you'd be wrong, @nirkaissar says. US stocks can keep reaching new highs even if the conflict intensifies
About 8 in 10 Americans who re-enrolled in Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage say their health care costs are higher this year, including about half who say their costs are "a lot" higher, according to a survey from the health care research nonprofit KFF.
Hello, New York City. 🗽 Over the next week, our electric air taxi will showcase a quieter, cleaner, faster way to move through New York, in partnership with the @PANYNJ, @NYCEDC, and @FAANews. The first ever point-to-point eVTOL flights in New York's history, connecting JFK
Mizuho today downgraded Adobe $ADBE to Neutral from Outperform with a $270 price target Mizuho downgrades Adobe $ADBE on intensifying competition from AI Mizuho downgraded Adobe to Neutral from Outperform with a price target of $270, down from $315. The analyst has become cautious on Adobe amid competitive threats from AI.
Canada; sovereign wealth fund creation; PM Mark Carney; economic policy update; Bloomberg sources
Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to announce the creation of a Canadian sovereign wealth fund as part of an economic policy update, according to officials with knowledge of the matter
Top 10%: $119T, ~70% of total wealth; Top 0.1%: ~136,453 households, ~$25T, ~$183M per household; Q4 2025
Wealth in the U.S. is still heavily concentrated; top 10% (combo of orange, red, green bar segments) held $119 trillion in Q4 2025, nearly 70% of total wealth; top 0.1% (approximately 136,453 households) held roughly $25 trillion, or around $183 million per household @DataArbor
JPMorgan is relocating a handful of roles from its Paris trading hub to London, partly because executives believe they overestimated the number of EU-based staff needed to meet post-Brexit rules
Hawkeye 360, a provider of satellite-based signals intelligence for US government agencies is seeking to raise $416 million in an initial public offering
Meta Platforms $META just signed a purchase agreement to get SOLAR POWER FROM SPACE AT NIGHT Meta Platforms has reserved its spot to *eventually* purchase up to a gigawatt of solar power from startup Overview Energy Overview says it's developing satellites that collect solar
Here are some of the major corporate layoffs that have been announced so far in 2026 - WSJ Nike: -1,400 workers Meta: -8,000 employees (10% of workforce) KPMG: -100 audit partners (10% of U.S. audit partners) Snap: -1,000 jobs (16% of staff) Disney: -1,000 employees GoPro: -145
Two Iran-linked oil tankers that US forces interdicted near Sri Lanka last week are now sailing west. The US has given no formal indication of what it intends to do with either vessels
Tom Lee and Bitmine $BMNR now own more than 5 Million Ethereum $ETH Here are Bitmine's new updated holdings: - 5,078,386 $ETH up from 4.98 on April 19th - 200 Bitcoin $BTC up from 199 last week - $940M of cash - $200M stake in Beast Industries - $91M stake in Eightco $ORBS
Stephen Schork, principal and editor at The Schork Group, offers his price outlook for gasoline and sees higher oil prices through the remainder of the year as demand increases with the US about to enter peak driving season.
Societe Generale is mulling a significant risk transfer tied to over €9 billion ($10.5 billion) of loans in what would be one of the largest such deals seen in recent years.
Bobby Jain and Millennium have struck a deal that will see his eponymous firm return all external cash and manage money exclusively for his former boss's hedge fund empire.
UK House of Commons Speaker Hoyle: UK's PM Starmer is going to face a vote on a possible parliamentary probe into whether he misled parliament over Mandelson.
Singapore's Land Transport Authority said it has suspended a government construction contractor's access to its digital system after the company was involved in a cybersecurity incident, CNA reported.
Nigeria's giant Dangote refinery is benefiting from record margins for producing jet fuel that it is mostly selling abroad even as domestic airlines threaten to halt flights over surging fuel prices
German sportswear maker Adidas' shares rose after Kenya's Sabastian Sawe became the first person to run a marathon in under two hours in an official race, accomplishing his feat wearing the brand's Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3 trainers
There it is… DeSantis officially proposes a new Florida map that eliminates 4 Democratic seats. A state that Trump won by +13 pts would be redistricted from 20R-8D to 24R-4D.
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Monday on a Missouri case in which a jury awarded $1.25 million to a man who developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma after spraying Roundup on a community garden in St. Louis. Jurors held Monsanto liable for failing to warn of the risk.
US 2-Year Note Auction High Yield 3.812% (Tailed by 0.1 basis points) Bid-to-cover 2.65 Sells $69 bln Awards 4.28% of bids at high Primary Dealers take 11.87% Direct 31.65% Indirect 56.48%
RBI; tighter loss-provisioning rules; banks set aside more funds for future losses on credit and loan portfolios; align with global standards
India's central bank has introduced tighter rules requiring banks to set aside more funds for future losses on credit and loan portfolios, in a move to align the sector's norms with global standards
Citadel; stocks + bonds can rally in tandem; Iran conflict resolution without escalation; even with Hormuz stalemate continuing
Stocks and bonds can rally in tandem as the Iran conflict moves closer to a resolution that avoids escalation, even as the stalemate around the Strait of Hormuz continues, according to Citadel
ondo ($ONDO) grew tokenized market cap 150% YTD and the entire RWA sector has $30b tokenized but only $1.9b actively used in DeFi. 94% of tokenized treasuries are sitting dormant waiting for lending protocols to accept them as collateral.
Enbridge; C$4B Sunrise natural gas expansion; British Columbia; first major pipeline under PM Carney; source: Bloomberg
Canada approved Enbridge's C$4 billion Sunrise natural gas expansion project in British Columbia, marking the first major pipeline project allowed by Mark Carney's year-old government, per Bloomberg
Rising defaults in private credit are rattling investors, while apparent fraud by some borrowers has fueled worries about lax underwriting. Politicians are calling for—what else?—more regulation, writes Allysia Finley
X Money; 'everything app'; Elon Musk; imminent launch
Elon Musk has said he's nearing his long-stated goal of turning X into an "everything app" with the imminent launch of a new financial services tool, X Money
Boeing $BA; MQ-25A Stingray; first autonomous flight over weekend; US Navy first operational carrier-based unmanned aircraft
Boeing $BA completed the first flight of its MQ-25A Stingray drone over the weekend "The MQ-25A Stingray is the U.S. Navy's first operational, carrier-based unmanned aircraft."
King Charles III; Washington DC state visit; April 27, 2026; trans-Atlantic ties under strain; security spotlight
Two and a half centuries after the American colonies declared independence from Britain under King George III, his descendant King Charles III lands in Washington on Monday with trans-Atlantic ties under strain and security in the spotlight.
Preservationists are pressing ahead with their lawsuit against President Trump's planned $400 million White House ballroom, declining a request by the Justice Department to withdraw the complaint following the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday.
T Rowe Active Crypto ETF filing with 3rd amendment. Ticker $TOKN, fee 75bps. Launch likely very soon. The reason this one is notable imo is because it's by far biggest active manager to apply their active prowess to this space.
The US Army will proceed with a $591 million General Dynamics contract to start production at an artillery-ammunition factory after severe delays prompted a review of whether the project should be canceled.
Brazil's decision to block access to top prediction market sites over illegal gambling concerns hits particularly close to home for one of the world's youngest billionaires
Crude oil pumped from the depths of the Pacific Ocean is flowing for the first time in more than a decade through a pipeline that crosses California state park land after the Trump administration defied state officials to restart drilling off Santa Barbara.
Consumer spending continues to remain resilient despite fears of the Iran war oil shock slamming into the bottom leg of the K-shaped economy Total March retail sales: +1.7%MoM And in case you think that's driven by higher gas prices Core (ex-energy) March retail sales:
580 employees said no. Google spent 3 years preparing to say yes. In 2018, 4,000 Googlers killed the Maven contract. Palantir picked it up and now holds a $13B Pentagon position.
.@bhorowitz explains why moats like code and UI may not work in the AI era: "For my entire career, the one thing that you knew about technology companies is you couldn't throw money at the problem." "With AI, that's really changed in that you can throw money at the problem
A Russian drone attack before dawn on Ukraine's southern city of Odesa wounded 14 people, including two children, authorities said Monday, in the latest barrage of civilian areas that have been a hallmark of Moscow's full-scale invasion of its neighbor.
The ex head of vetting at the Foreign Office Ian Collard has confirmed to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee that he briefed Olly Robbins that Mandelson was a borderline case whose risks could be managed (see attached). And there is nothing in his evidence that suggests
Intel® Xeon® 6 is powering the compute foundation of @Microsoft's newly scaled Sovereign Private Cloud with Azure Local – supporting deployments that now reach thousands of notes within sovereign environments. With built-in AI acceleration via Intel® AMX, Xeon 6 enables AI
From open ecosystems to ROCm acceleration, @AnushElangovan joined @TBPN to dive into the AMD software stack and break down what's driving the next wave of AI. Speed is the moat and we're not slowing down: More at AMD AI DevDay on April 30th.
Rogers Communications Inc., Canada's largest wireless company, is making about 10,000 employees eligible for voluntary buyouts as the telecommunications industry deals with major growth and debt challenges.
Ecuador dissolved two opposition political parties ahead of local elections in November, a move critics decried as another sign of the country's democratic backsliding under President Daniel Noboa.
Two offshore wind developers will give up federal leases and instead commit funds to fossil fuel projects under agreements with the Trump administration, the Interior Department said Monday
ARTHUR HAYES ON $BTC: "I THINK WE'VE HAD A BIT OF A CHOP, WE'VE HAD A BIT OF A WAR. NOW IT'S TIME TO BREAK OUT, AND THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE BITCOIN IS GOING HIGHER." "MY END OF YEAR PRICE TARGET IS $125,000."
BREAKING: Over 560 Google, $GOOGL, employees have signed an open letter to the CEO urging him refuse to let the US government use its AI technology for classified military operations. "We want to see AI benefit humanity, not being used in inhumane or extremely harmful ways,"
Sergey Brin, founder of Google, on the California wealth tax making the ballot: "I fled socialism with my family in 1979 and know the devastating, oppressive society it created in the Soviet Union. I don't want California to end up in the same place." He has now fled California
Storm-1516 campaign uses fabricated videos, phony websites and anonymous influencers to spread tales about election fraud, corruption and sexual abuse.
Kalshi: crypto 2nd largest category; Bitcoin 90% of crypto volume; BTC largest crypto deposit over stablecoins; only payment method outside US across 140 countries
Crypto is our second largest category on @Kalshi. Bitcoin alone drives 90% of volume, BTC is our largest crypto deposit method over stablecoins, and crypto is our only payment method outside the US across 140 countries. We owe a lot to this community.
Nearly half an hour into a conference call on Friday to discuss first-quarter results with analysts, Customers Bank CEO Sam Sidhu revealed something unusual — up until that point, he hadn't actually been speaking. "The prepared remarks you heard on my behalf today were delivered...
The agency overseeing the new $16 billion Gateway rail tunnel under the Hudson River approved a $1.29 billion construction contract, a major step forward for one of the biggest infrastructure projects in the US
Berkshire Hathaway's Greg Abel will face shareholders for the first time as CEO at the 2026 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting. Watch live on Saturday, May 2 at 9:15 a.m. ET. Only on CNBC.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he's in no hurry to sign a minor deal for tariff relief with the US, arguing that other governments that have done so aren't happy with the results
yield basis ($YB) solved impermanent loss. 7 months live, $277m TVL, zero security incidents, fees grew 6.7x during the february crash when the token dropped 44%. counter-cyclical revenue from a working product. market cap is $10.6m. that's a 26x TVL to mcap ratio.