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Today's world in 2 minutes

AI
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    Anthropic is in talks with Samsung to manufacture custom AI chips, moving away from pure Nvidia dependence.

    Vertical integration race just accelerated. Inference cost drops incoming.

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    Meta's Wang says their upcoming model has caught up with OpenAI, while Microsoft commits $2.5B and 6,000 employees to a new AI deployment unit.

    Open-source versus closed arms race intensifies. Enterprise integration just got industrial.

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    OpenAI is floating giving the US government a 5% equity stake in the company as restructuring discussions continue.

    The national security capture of frontier AI is now explicit.

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    Google's AI buildout drove a 37% increase in electricity use in 2025, while Amazon shows similar warning signs on infrastructure costs.

    Energy is the real AI moat. Power contracts matter more than models.

CRYPTO
  1. 5

    JPMorgan warns that MicroStrategy's new bitcoin sales policy creates 'two-way risk' and adds volatility to the broader crypto market.

    Saylor's treasury strategy just became a systemic risk. Watch the delta.

  2. 6

    Trump made over $1.4 billion on crypto last year while Bitcoin went nowhere, as his token launched and he defends no capital gains tax on BTC.

    The presidency is now a crypto fund with regulatory capture. Watch policy.

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    Bitcoin jumped to $62k after weak US jobs data eased rate hike fears, while ETFs bled $8.95B in two months as institutional flow reverses.

    Macro correlation back on. Fed pivot hope drives crypto more than fundamentals.

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    Alibaba and Tencent join $2B funding round for Kuaishou's Kling AI video platform, signaling Chinese tech giants doubling down on generative AI infrastructure.

    China's AI arms race money is flowing. Kling competes with Runway.

GEOPOLITICS
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    Europe is trying to rebalance trade with China but can't quit Chinese air conditioners during a heat wave, exposing the real dependency underneath tariff talk.

    Climate makes decoupling impossible. Energy transition needs Chinese supply chains.

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    Treasury Department sanctioned over 130 ISIS-affiliated crypto wallets on Tron, marking escalation in blockchain surveillance and enforcement.

    On-chain KYC is here. Tron addresses now flagged at protocol level.