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View More NewsGoogle is preparing to support a multibillion-dollar data center project in Texas leased to Anthropic as competition for AI infrastructure accelerates.The project, operated by Nexus Data Centers, could exceed $5 billion in its initial phase, with Google expected to provide construction loans, Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. A consortium of banks is also competing to arrange financing by mid-year, per the report.According to the report, Anthropic recently signed a lease for the 2,800-acre campus, which forms part of its broader infrastructure tie-up with Google. Construction is already underway, supported by early-stage debt financing from…
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said stablecoins will be the crypto sector’s “ChatGPT moment” for businesses in search of faster, more efficient payments, and that many companies are already discussing and strategizing how to implement stablecoins into their operations.“You have boards of directors and CEOs of companies, whether it’s Fortune 500 or Fortune 2000, they’re asking their treasurers, they’re asking their CFOs, hey, what are we doing with stablecoins,” Garlinghouse told FOX Business on Friday.“Giving the treasurer and the CFO that option is the unlock,” he said. Garlinghouse said this unlock would be “the ChatGPT moment of crypto” because it would be…
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In the early 2000s, I spent much of my time over the course of several years fighting the incursion of religion into science classes in the United States. At the time, the main target of religious fundamentalists was evolution. Well-funded groups at places like the Discovery Institute were trying to insert the religious concept of Intelligent Design (ID) into high school science classes on an equal footing with biological evolution—in spite of a lack of evidence in favour of the notion that the current complexity in biological species required divine intelligence to arise, and a massive amount of counter-evidence that…
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Morgan Stanley plans to price its proposed spot bitcoin BTC$65,811.84 exchange-traded fund (ETF) at 14 basis points, a level just below current low-cost options…
Stablecoins are once again at the center of the crypto business narrative — but for very different reasons.Circle’s sharp sell-off this week highlights how…
In brief California public officials are banned via executive order from using inside information to make money on prediction markets. The ban extends to…
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Virginia lawmakers recently passed a bill requiring state agencies to privilege bids for government contracts made by small businesses, especially those owned by women,…
Amman, March 18, 2026 — The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns the killing of Mohamed Sherri, a journalist with Hezbollah-affiliated broadcaster Al-Manar TV,…
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Not all voters are sold on crypto, and in Illinois, the crypto industry lobby failed to secure a victory, despite spending millions. On Tuesday, Illinois…
In brief Canadian financial intelligence unit FINTRAC revoked the registrations of 23 money services businesses offering crypto-related services Tuesday. Canada’s Finance Minister said the…
Sky-high prices. Fuel costs will add $400 million to Delta’s costs for the month of March alone, the airline’s chief executive Ed Bastian said…
RedotPay, a Hong Kong-based stablecoin payments startup, is facing internal strain and executive turnover as it seeks up to $150 million in fresh funding…