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2026/09/04
David Tepper Sells 41% of Micron Shares, Still Second-Largest Holding
When you sell nearly half your position in a stock and it’s still your second-biggest bet, you know you’ve had a good quarter. David Tepper’s Appaloosa Management dumped 690,000 shares of Micron Technology during Q2 2026, trimming the fund’s stake by 41% to 975,000 shares.The punchline: the remainin
GitHub Launches AI Coding Router Project HydraFusion
GitHub just made a compelling case that the best AI coding assistant isn’t a single model. It’s a traffic cop that knows which model to call and when.The company announced Project HydraFusion on September 4, 2026, as a research preview inside GitHub Copilot. The system is a multi-model orchestration
DASH Rises 17.5% as Privacy Coin Rally Gains Momentum
Dash [DASH] climbed 17.5% on Coinbase as traders turned their attention to another crypto associated with private payments.The rally took DASH to its highest price since May and followed hard on the heels of a powerful run by Zcash [ZEC] – perhaps showing the increased interest in privacy-focused as
South Korea Unveils Stablecoin-Based Tokenization Roadmap for 2027
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission unveiled a phased roadmap on September 4 for converting stocks, bonds and investment funds into blockchain-based tokens, with the earliest phase due to start in February 2027 once an amendment to the Electronic Registration Act takes effect.The plan links
Real Betis Defeats Real Madrid 1-0 in La Liga Clash
Real Madrid walked into Seville on September 4 with a flawless record and walked out with a reminder that La Liga doesn’t care about your winning streak. Troy Parrott’s goal in the 81st minute gave Real Betis a 1-0 victory, snapping Madrid’s perfect start to the 2026-27 season in front of a raucous
Nscale Aims for $3.5B Pre-IPO Financing, Eyes $30B Valuation
A company that didn’t exist two years ago is now trying to raise $3.5 billion before going public at a valuation that could hit $30 billion. Nscale, a London-based AI cloud infrastructure provider founded in 2024, is in advanced negotiations for pre-IPO financing that would set the stage for one of
Coinbase Plans to Offer 24/7 Single-Stock Perpetual Contracts in the U.S., Awaiting CFTC Approval
ChainCatcher report: Coinbase Derivatives and Coinbase Financial Markets, subsidiaries of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, submitted Form 1-N and Form BD-N, respectively, to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on September 1, aiming to launch single-stock perpetual contracts in the Un
Polymarket Launches Perpetual Contracts with Up to 20x Leverage
Odaily Planet Daily reports that the prediction market platform Polymarket launched its perpetual contracts product, Polymarket Perps, on September 3. The initial offering includes 10 markets covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, HYPE, gold, silver, WTI crude oil, the S&P 500, the Nasdaq 100, and a co
Base Ecosystem Launches 25 New Projects and Integrations in August 2026
Base, the Ethereum Layer 2 network built by Coinbase, shipped 25 new products and integrations in August 2026, spanning stablecoins, decentralized finance, tokenized equities, and AI-driven payment infrastructure. The update, shared on September 3, reads less like a press release and more like a cat
AI Startups Compete for $12.5M Bid to Acquire Spirit Airlines' De-Identified Business Data
Spirit Airlines stopped flying on May 2, 2026. But its digital exhaust, the millions of internal emails, chat messages, and lines of code generated over four decades, is now the subject of a multi-million dollar bidding war between Google and a pair of AI startups.Google won the initial auction on A
Micron Expands AI Memory Production to 100,000 Wafers Monthly by 2026
Micron Technology is betting big on the AI memory boom, with plans to scale its High Bandwidth Memory production to roughly 100,000 wafers per month by the end of 2026. That represents an increase of nearly 60,000 wafers per month from output levels that sat around 40,000 to 50,000 last year.The HBM
SpaceXAI's Colossus 2 Becomes World's Largest AI Data Center at 946 MW
SpaceXAI’s Colossus 2 data center in Memphis, Tennessee, has claimed the title of the world’s largest AI data center, reaching approximately 946 MW of IT power capacity. The facility, which became operational on September 3, 2026, houses an estimated 1,112,000 H100-equivalent compute units built on
Sam Altman Urges AI Industry to Aim Higher Than Curing Cancer
Sam Altman is tired of the cancer pitch. Speaking on Bloomberg Television on September 4, 2026, the OpenAI CEO told the industry to stop treating “AI will cure cancer” as the ceiling of ambition and start treating it as the floor.His argument is straightforward: a technology capable of reordering ci
Dogecoin Price Breaks Out as Analysts Predict $1 Retest
Key Insights:Dogecoin (DOGE) price breaks out of a bullish flag, with analysts watching $0.12 as the next target.DOGE LMACD points to a possible bullish two-week momentum shift similar to October 2022.A market analyst says a 10x market cap rise could push DOGE price above the $1 mark.Dogecoin price
BitFuFu Adds 59 BTC to Treasury, Now Holds 1,373 BTC Worth $109M
BitFuFu (NASDAQ: FUFU) closed August 2026 with 1,373 BTC sitting in its corporate treasury, after adding 59 BTC during the month. At prevailing market prices, that stack is worth roughly $109 million.The numbers behind the monthBitFuFu produced 174 BTC in August, averaging 5.6 BTC per day across its
