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January, 2026

January, 2026

AI’s Dealmaking Frenzy
AI’s insatiable need for cash is proving to be a dream for dealmakers. Our scoop from Wednesday night that OpenAI was in talks to raise as much as $60 billion from Nvidia, Microsoft and Amazon was f...
A SpaceX Merger Would Reward Musk Loyalists
Before we get into today’s news, check out a string of scoops from my colleague Sri on the rivalry between OpenAI and Anthropic. OpenAI, she reported last night, is talking to Nvidia, Amazon, Micros...
iPhone Demand Fuels Huge Growth for Apple’s Holiday Quarter
Apple reported its fastest growth in years, fueled by its latest-generation iPhone 17 lineup. The iPhone business grew 23% to $85.3 billion in sales for the December quarter, the company reported Thur...
U.S. Regulator Plans New Prediction Market Rules
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which regulates prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket in the U.S., plans to make new rules to provide clearer standards on the types of contra...
Moonshot’s Kimi K2.5 is 'open,' 595GB, and built for agent swarms — Reddit wants a smaller one
Two days after releasing what analysts call the most powerful open-source AI model ever created, researchers from China's Moonshot AI logged onto Reddit to face a restless audience. The Beijing-based ...
Bitcoin slides below $83K as Wall Street pulls over $1B from crypto ETFs after Fed pause
Analysts point to tight liquidity and a broad risk pullback as BTC fell toward $81,000 and U.S. crypto ETFs saw over $1 billion in outflows....
Vitalik Buterin commits roughly $45 million in ETH to open-source security and privacy projects
Vitalik Buterin personally pledged 16,384 ETH to fund privacy-focused projects amid the Ethereum Foundation's shift toward mild austerity....
Binance seeks top spot in South Korean market, targets full GoFi repayment in 2026
Binance acquired Gopax in 2023 amid its liquidity crisis, opening a pathway for a re-entry into the South Korean market....
Binance pledges $1 billion fund to bitcoin as market tanks to months-low
Binance announced that it will turn its $1 billion SAFU fund into bitcoin over the next 30 days to support the industry through uncertainty....
Kevin Warsh odds jump to 93% on Polymarket as Trump’s Fed chair pick looms
The surge in Warsh's prediction market odds followed Thursday reports that Trump is preparing to nominate him as the next Fed chair....
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