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Stories by Sonny Jang
- Schmidt and Amodei Anthropic Stake Estimates Span About Two Months
The estimates date from Aug. 18 and Oct. 19. Anthropic has not disclosed either person's ownership percentage.
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- Deutsche Bank CEO Says AI Setbacks Are Possible but Rejects Broad Bubble Fears
Christian Sewing’s Oct. 21 remarks contrasted with Citadel founder Ken Griffin’s warning a day earlier that investors were “almost certainly” in an AI bubble.
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- Musk Says AI and Robots Could Make Conventional Money Less Important
He estimated digital superintelligence could add roughly $30 trillion in annual output, while describing that figure as a rough guess.
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- BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Warns Data Center Delays Could Fuel Inflation
Fink said expanding computing capacity could lower AI costs and warned that slower construction could put economic growth at risk.
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- 中国工商银行 President Says Technology Alone Cannot Give Digital Anchor Currency Global Influence
He called for broader market participation and global regulatory coordination to expand the yuan’s international use.
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- Dragonfly Partner Disputes Private-Jet Claim About Polymarket CEO
Haseeb Qureshi says Shayne Coplan disclosed the expenses and reimbursed Polymarket in full before he began drawing a regular salary.
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- Musk Estimates AI Could Add $30 Trillion in Annual Global Output
The Tesla and SpaceX chief sees greater economic output as a way to address U.S. debt, while acknowledging that his estimate is a rough guess.
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- Joe Weisenthal Sees Hyperliquid as a Potential Finance Network
Hyperliquid Labs co-founder Jeff Yan has described a model for financial firms to run markets on the network while keeping their customer relationships.
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- Citadel CEO Ken Griffin Warns Investors Are 'Almost Certainly' in AI Bubble
In a separate conversation recorded June 2, Griffin described a Citadel research task that AI had sped up.
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- Himalaya Capital Founder Li Lu Urges Crypto Ban, Predicts Its Demise
He spoke at an Oct. 5 Columbia Business School luncheon in New York City and gave no timetable for his prediction.
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- Buterin Sees Ethereum Advancing Without His Constant Involvement
He described growing participation across the Ethereum Foundation and community as helping advance the project and uphold values such as security and privacy.
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- Hyperliquid's Jeff Yan Says He Sees No Competitors for Platform
Yan has separately described how financial firms can run markets on Hyperliquid while keeping their customer relationships.
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- Aleksander Madry Plans OpenAI Return to Focus on AI Safety
The former Preparedness team leader will work with Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki as OpenAI examines cybersecurity risks from advanced models.
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- Meta’s Joel Kaplan Plans 2027 Exit After More Than 15 Years
Dina Powell McCormick will add external affairs to her portfolio, while Chief Legal Officer C.J. Mahoney takes on policy responsibilities as other executives join the transition.
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- OANDA Chief Risk Officer Mark Chesterman Leaves After Nearly Seven Years
His directorship at OANDA Europe Limited ended Sept. 30, 2026, following FTMO’s acquisition of the trading group.
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- Meta’s Powell McCormick Leads Partnership Push as Spending May Hit $145 Billion
Meta’s planned El Paso data center venture with BlackRock-managed funds has estimated development costs of about $14 billion.
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- Techable Ventures Founder Says Talent Is Crucial for Robotics Startups
Amulya Vishwanath says her industry network helps founders connect with workers as larger technology companies compete for talent.
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- Hunter Biden Says More Than 12% of LAPTOP Tokens Have Been Burned
Biden said 30% of the tokens are tied to real-world prediction events, with each outcome determining whether its allocation is burned or donated to charity.
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- Bybit Marketing Chief Claudia Wang Plans to Leave for Personal Reasons
Wang said she joined Bybit about two years earlier as a management trainee.
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- Sam Callahan Says Bitcoin’s Case Does Not Depend on Fed Rate Cuts
His argument centers on inflation and debt as August PCE inflation remained above the Fed’s 2% goal.
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- Michael Howell Says Global Liquidity Shapes Bitcoin’s Outlook
He favors a volatility-weighted basket of Bitcoin and gold, with Bitcoin’s share potentially growing as institutional participation expands.
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- Newell Brands Names Guillermo Beade COO for Global Sales, Marketing and Supply Chain
The appointment takes effect Oct. 26. Beade will report to CEO Chris Peterson and join the company’s executive committee.
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- Clearfield Co-Founder Cheri Beranek Plans to Retire in March 2027
She could leave her president and CEO roles sooner if the company appoints a successor before her planned retirement date.
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- Michael Saylor Sees Digital Credit as Central to Strategy's Future
Saylor also raised the possibility of a $1 trillion valuation. He expects Strategy shares to outperform Bitcoin if its credit business succeeds.
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- Michael Saylor Sees Four-Year Bitcoin Bull Run and Six-Figure Return
The Strategy executive chairman also expects Bitcoin to end 2026 above its current level.
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- David Schwartz Greets XRP's New X Account With Grateful Dead Joke
The reference points to the history of ripple.com, a domain once held by a fan of the band.
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- BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Identifies AI Compute, Labor and Power Constraints
In an interview published Oct. 6, Fink said demand for computing capacity is growing faster than supply.
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- Anthropic's $1.5 Trillion IPO Talks Put Eric Schmidt's Stake in Focus
Schmidt’s estimated 1% holding would be worth about $15 billion on paper at that valuation. Anthropic has not set an offering price.
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- Arthur Hayes Says Bitcoin Holders Should Not Sell Over Quantum Concerns
The Maelstrom co-founder also discussed wallet address practices in a conversation published Oct. 12.
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- Broadridge’s Mark Nichols to Discuss Tokenization at Oct. 29 Link:NYC
Broadridge’s Distributed Ledger Repo platform processed $7.5 trillion in transactions in September, averaging $359 billion a day.
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- Jenny Lee Says Some Asian Startups She Sees Are Preparing for IPOs Earlier
Lee put the average holding period before a company goes public at eight to 10 years. Granite Asia made more than 40 equity investments in the past two years.
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- Tom Lee Says Venture Capital Friends Wish They Had Bought Bitcoin
He recounted a Taiwan dinner with investors he had known for about a decade, saying he expected their venture investments to outperform Bitcoin.
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- Eric Schmidt’s Anthropic Stake Is Estimated at About 1% After Draft IPO Filing
Schmidt invested in Anthropic’s $124 million Series A in 2021. The company has not set an IPO date or price.
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- Former Coinbase Research Head David Duong Is Ethereum Institutional's Head of US
The Swiss nonprofit works with financial firms on tokenization, stablecoins and other uses for Ethereum.
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- Matrix Service Company Names Dominic A. Savarino CFO, Sets Nov. 6 Start
Savarino will receive a $500,000 annual salary and a one-time equity grant valued at $450,000.
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- Lear Names Jared Fedele CFO as Jason Cardew Plans 2027 Retirement
Cardew will move to an advisory role after leaving the CFO post. Fedele’s initial annual base salary will be $750,000.
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- Michael Saylor Says the First $3 Billion Is the Hardest
The quoted words do not explain what the dollar figure represents.
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- GTCFX Appoints Charbel Raffoul CEO After Naming New General Manager
The brokerage offers crypto contracts for difference but does not serve US residents.
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- Netflix Fires Film Chief Dan Lin Before Third-Quarter Earnings
Lin held the job for almost three years. Chief Content Officer Peter Rice is expected to find a replacement.
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- Bakkt Appoints Gerry Afentakis Managing Director for Europe
Afentakis previously held a leadership role at Zodia Custody Europe. Bakkt is seeking regulatory authorizations as it expands in the region.
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