Bitcoin is lagging behind major stocks even with positive news, as strong gains in AI-related shares and rising risky trading in crypto have widened the performance gap between Bitcoin and the stock market.
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A British startup has turned streetlights into tiny solar-powered AI centers. Conflow Power’s iLamp runs Nvidia chips on surplus solar energy, aiming to cut the huge power and water use of big AI data centers while also adding tools like gunshot detection.
MoonPay has received a New York trust charter, letting it offer regulated bitcoin custody and over-the-counter trading in the state, after earlier securing a BitLicense from New York’s financial regulator.
Trump orders “Genesis Mission,” a US-wide project to use AI to speed up scientific discovery. Led by the Department of Energy, it will link national lab supercomputers and government data to build AI tools for research in energy, materials, and computing.
Standard Chartered will provide digital asset custody for 21Shares, which runs Bitcoin investment products. The move shows big global banks are taking a larger role in holding BTC for fund managers and other large investors.
OpenAI temporarily locked down its San Francisco offices after receiving a reported violent threat from an anti-AI activist, according to internal messages cited by Wired. The activist group StopAI says it remains committed to nonviolence.
Sygnum Bank reports that in 2025 most crypto investors now use Bitcoin mainly for portfolio diversification, with 45% seeing BTC as a safe haven and hedge, and Bitcoin making up about one-third of investor crypto holdings.
Apple has reportedly advanced its folding iPhone to engineering validation testing, after working with Samsung to create a display and hinge design that removes the visible screen crease seen on current foldable phones.
Experts are debating whether a recent trend in Bitcoin-related data tools (DATs) is slowing down or changing, as they weigh in on what this could mean for the future use and growth of Bitcoin.
Security researchers found that online tools JSONFormatter and CodeBeautify exposed 80,000+ saved code snippets, leaking credentials, API keys, and sensitive configs from banks, governments, and tech firms via publicly accessible “Recent Links” pages.
Tokyo-listed firm Metaplanet drew another $130M in bitcoin-backed loans, bringing total borrowing to $230M under its $500M credit line, to buy more BTC and fund operations. The company is holding its Bitcoin despite currently sitting on paper losses.
TSMC’s CEO says its most advanced chip factories can only meet about one‑third of current demand, as AI hardware makers like Nvidia, AMD, and cloud giants race for cutting‑edge 7nm‑and‑below chips, keeping AI chip supply tight for the near future.
Institutional investors pulled $1.27B from bitcoin funds in one week, contributing to four straight weeks of outflows totaling $4.92B, though year-to-date inflows into bitcoin investment products remain positive, CoinShares data shows.
The UK plans a £250M cloud deal to boost AI research, aiming to increase its AI computing power twentyfold by 2030 and link new cloud GPU resources to national supercomputers Isambard-AI and Dawn via a unified research portal.
Bitcoin derivatives data show traders heavily betting on a drop, but a quick price rebound and falling open interest now point to a possible short squeeze if BTC climbs above $87,000
The UK government’s Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce has proposed sweeping changes to speed up nuclear power projects, aiming to supply rising energy needs from AI datacenters and other electrified industries by cutting costs and simplifying approvals.
Exodus is using its Bitcoin reserves to help fund a $175M deal to buy W3C Corp, parent of payment firms Monavate and Baanx, aiming to build its own full payments system and make it easier for users to move between holding and spending bitcoin.
The University of Namibia has launched what it calls Africa’s first master’s degree program in blockchain technology, aiming to train local experts and support future Bitcoin-related research and development on the continent.
OpenAI now lets business, education, and developer customers choose where their ChatGPT and API data is stored, expanding in-region data storage options for organizations around the world.
Investors have placed a $1.7B options bet that bitcoin will rise above $100,000 by year-end without reaching new record highs, signaling expectations for a moderate Bitcoin price rally rather than a sharp surge.