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Today's world in 2 minutes
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China's Moonshot AI dropped Kimi K3, an open-weight model that's dunking on US closed models and tanking Nvidia/AMD stock while planning an IPO in six months.
Open-weight insurgency just made expensive API calls look stupid. Rewrite your cost model.
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Palantir stock cratered 35% from peak as the AI infrastructure trade gets repriced — defense contractor premium meets reality check.
High-multiple AI plays are getting marked to market. Trim or fade?
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Meta and Anthropic both dropped major announcements this week while Google rolled out new Gemini pricing tiers that you need to track usage on or get rekt.
Your API bill is about to change. Read the new rate limits.
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A CIA operative who spied on the UAE somehow played a role in their AI win — the espionage-to-compute pipeline is real and documented.
Nation-state AI competition involves actual spies. Operational security matters now.
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong called $60k the bottom for Bitcoin — positioning statement from someone who sees the order flow.
Exchange CEOs don't usually call bottoms publicly. He sees something.
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White House is pushing hard for a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve again — actual policy momentum building, not just campaign talk.
Sovereign bid incoming if this lands. Watch the bill text.
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Michael Saylor says corporate Bitcoin adoption is "necessary and inevitable" — he's still buying and evangelizing the treasury playbook.
MicroStrategy model spreading to other corporates. Follow the 8-Ks.
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Bitcoin recovered toward $65k after sliding on AI shock and crypto bill doubts — de-risking from China trade playing out in real-time.
Macro cross-currents between AI disruption and policy clarity. Volatility window open.
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US and Iran are on day six of escalating clashes with mounting fears this spirals into something bigger — energy corridor risk is real now.
Oil volatility incoming. Strait of Hormuz choke point back in play.
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China is doing Australia an "enormous favour" keeping oil prices down — quiet energy diplomacy reshaping Pacific trade flows while everyone watches Taiwan.
Strategic resource alignment shifting. Watch AUD and commodity plays.