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Texas Instruments just posted its best trading day in over two decades, and the reason boils down to three letters: A, I, and the insatiable hunger for chips that power it.The Dallas-based semiconductor giant reported Q1 2026 revenue of $4.83 billion, a 19% jump year-over-year and 9% higher than the

HIVE Digital Technologies just announced plans to build a 320 MW AI data center in Ontario’s Greater Toronto Area, a facility the company is calling a “gigafactory” that would house more than 100,000 GPUs at full capacity. The project carries a targeted investment of CAD $3.5 billion, roughly $2.5 b

What to know:Ripple joined Flutterwave’s Series E round to support RLUSD expansion.RLUSD integration targets faster settlements and improved cross-border payments.Flutterwave plans broader digital asset connectivity across African markets.Ripple has joined Flutterwave’s Series E funding round as the

BlackRock has launched a new Bitcoin investment product designed to generate monthly income through options strategies.The asset manager announced on June 16 the launch of the iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF [Nasdaq: BITA], a new exchange-traded product built around BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin infra

Short AI safety tests might be giving us a dangerously incomplete picture. That’s the core message from the Center for AI Safety, which has been sounding alarms about an “evaluation gap” between how AI models perform in controlled lab settings and what happens when they’re let loose in more complex,

Fireblocks, the institutional crypto infrastructure platform that processes more than $5 trillion in digital asset transfers annually, has integrated the Stacks Bitcoin Layer 2 network. The move opens Bitcoin DeFi services to more than 2,400 institutional clients who previously had no streamlined wa

SpaceX has muscled its way past Microsoft to claim the fourth spot among the world’s most valuable publicly traded companies. The milestone, which occurred on June 16, came just four days after the company’s record-shattering initial public offering.Microsoft’s market capitalization sat at roughly $

In the first half of 2026, funding in the embodied intelligence sector exceeded RMB 46 billion across 226 companies, but capital was highly concentrated—the top 20 firms secured over 70% of funding, with the top 5 alone raising RMB 17.1 billion. Capital’s “Matthew effect” is driven more by herd ment

Rented computing power cannot support the valuation.Article author and source: Silicon Base Observation ProThe AI computing sector has welcomed another player racing toward a Hong Kong IPO.On June 10, Pxiang Future Group submitted its listing application to the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exch

Peter Schiff insists that Bitcoin’s bubble has burst following its steep fall from an October 2025 all-time high of $126,000.However, investor Anthony Pompliano defended the cryptocurrency’s long-term performance and argued that volatility is part of what has driven its returns.Schiff Makes the Bear

ME News reports that on June 16 (UTC+8), MoonPay Trade added support for Ledger Wallet, enabling users to perform cross-chain trades without leaving the secure environment of their Ledger device. Users can now access this feature directly within the Swap function of Ledger Wallet. (Source: Foresight

The first day of SPCX options trading looked exactly how you’d expect for a stock that just pulled off the largest IPO in history: overwhelmingly bullish.Options on SpaceX shares began trading on June 16, 2026, just days after the company’s historic Nasdaq debut. The flow was lopsided from the jump,

Robinhood Markets cut roughly 290 full-time positions on June 16, 2026, absorbing an estimated $28 million in restructuring charges while the company’s trading volumes sit at all-time highs.Key Takeaways:Robinhood Markets cut 290 jobs on June 16, taking a $28M restructuring charge in Q2 2026.HOOD sh

The Mobile World Congress has always been about phones. This year, it was about the machines that make phones smart.MWC Barcelona 2026, which ran from March 2 to 5, was dominated by AI infrastructure. Supermicro showed off server racks running AI-Radio Access Networks at booth 2D35, partnering with

Analysts remain divided on XRP’s path to $5, with most forecasts ranging between $3 and $5 over time.Standard Chartered and Bitwise see $5 as achievable, though timelines vary and risks remain.Regulation, ETF inflows, Bitcoin’s trend, and technical strength could determine XRP’s next major move.XRP