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Today's world in 2 minutes

AI
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    OpenAI's data center exec Chris Malone just bounced — another high-profile departure in a growing exodus from the company.

    Infrastructure leadership vacuum while they're trying to scale. Not good.

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    Anthropic pitching investors on $30 trillion potential revenue — absolutely delusional numbers that make OpenAI's pitch deck look conservative.

    Watch who bites on this valuation. Shows where froth is.

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    Chinese AI lab releasing a cybersecurity-focused model that has people actually worried about offensive capabilities getting democratized.

    If it's real, your bug bounty program just got automated.

  4. 4

    Nvidia's now acting as a banker to AI startups — extending credit and taking equity stakes to move chips, which is extremely dangerous territory.

    When your chip supplier becomes your VC, power dynamics get weird.

CRYPTO
  1. 5

    Bitcoin ripped past $80K on the 'debasement trade' — Bessent's bond moves have everyone rotating into hard assets again.

    Fiscal worry is back. Digital gold narrative returns from the dead.

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    Kalshi prediction markets showing low odds of major crypto bill passing this year — DC theater continues, nothing ships.

    Price your regulatory optimism accordingly. It's not happening soon.

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    Kraken hit with 'dust attack' showing how hard it actually is to police crypto flows — compliance theater meets reality.

    On-chain surveillance has real limits. Mixers still work.

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    BlackRock and Wall Street custody making it easier for whales to ditch self-custody — the institutional takeover continues quietly.

    Cypherpunks write code. Wall Street writes custody agreements and wins.

GEOPOLITICS
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    Canada just dropped 50% retaliatory tariffs — the US-Canada trade war went from posturing to actual economic damage in 48 hours.

    Supply chains breaking. Cross-border arbitrage windows closing fast.

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    US switched to economic pressure on Iran instead of military strikes — oil dropped 3% as war risk evaporated overnight.

    Energy volatility trade just died. Reposition accordingly.