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Well folks, the Nebius Group (NBIS) shares just skyrocketed 47% in pre-market trading. All this after the company let slip they’d signed a deal to supply Microsoft (MSFT) with graphics processing units (GPUs) valued at $17.4 billion over five years. Good for them, right? More than the entire worth of Nebius, which, as it turns out, is a paltry $15.29 billion. In other words, Microsoft is so serious about AI that it’s willing to shell out more money than Nebius even *exists* for. If that’s not a flex, I don’t know what is.

A distinguished analyst of markets-whom we shall refer to as “Doctor Profit,” though his wisdom might better align him with Doctor Faustus-has issued a dire warning. The recent ascent of altcoins, he declares, is no act of divine providence but rather a stratagem devised to ensnare the unwary before impending macroeconomic tempests strike.

Fundraising stacks should work the same way. Too many teams are still patching raises together with custom contracts, spreadsheets, and chat threads. It’s slow, risky, and wastes precious runway. The next generation of fundraising stacks will be ready for investors on day one and built to work across chains without rework. It’s like having a universal remote that works with every TV. 📺🔄

Whales, those majestic creatures of the crypto ocean, have once again taken center stage in DOGE’s price theatrics. On August 15, the first whispers of an ETF sent retail investors scrambling like mice after cheese. But the whales? Oh, they sold into the frenzy like seasoned con artists at a county fair, leaving a local top in their wake. According to Santiment, wallets holding 1M-10M DOGE now control a staggering 10.91 billion tokens-7.23% of the supply. This marks their highest accumulation since December 2021. Bravo, whales, bravo! 👏🐋

“Are the ‘rumors’ haunting us now?” 👻

In a LinkedIn soliloquy that could only be described as Shakespearean in its ambition, Nasdaq’s President Tal Cohen extolled the virtues of marrying tokenization and blockchain with the staid old guard of traditional markets. “Friction, begone!” he cried, as if banishing a particularly stubborn stain. “Settlement times, hasten thy pace! Processes, automate thyself!” One can almost hear the chorus of accountants weeping into their ledgers. 📜💨

Picture this: HSBC and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), two banking colossi, are about to elbow their way into Hong Kong’s bustling stablecoin rodeo. Yeehaw, or maybe just “ow”-depending on how strict the rules feel when they hit.

In a world where the digital and the tangible often collide, Binance, that grand marketplace of the ethereal, has deigned to welcome yet another sovereign into its realm-Ethena’s USDe stablecoin. As the dawn of September 9, 2025, broke over the horizon, the gates of Binance opened to the trading pairs USDe/USDC and USDe/USDT, like a … Read more

Mr. Greaves holds that the continent’s blend of necessity-driven innovation, grassroots entrepreneurship, and a surge in venture capital interest is transforming it into the world’s most authentic crypto growth narrative. Indeed, it seems the spirit of the African entrepreneur is not just alive but thriving, much to the amusement of those who once doubted the continent’s technological prowess.

The market’s somnolent state follows the recent revelation of a weaker-than-forecast U.S. jobs report. August nonfarm payrolls, a mere 22,000 positions, fell far short of expectations, sparking dreams of rate cuts and sending Treasury yields into a tailspin. Equities, ever the opportunists, seized the moment and soared. Yet, crypto traders, ever the skeptics, remain on tenterhooks, their eyes fixed on Thursday’s CPI release and the European Central Bank’s impending rate decision-two events poised to dictate the mood of global risk assets.