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100 tech billionaires: +$845B in 9 months.
They now hold $4.6T, 36% of Bloomberg's top-500 wealth. Every other billionaire combined: -$62B. Musk alone: +$310B. via Bloomberg #AI
Tech billionaires are pulling away from the rest of the ultra-rich.
The worldβs ~100 tech billionaires added a record $845 billion through September, per Bloomberg, driven by the AI boom.
Their combined fortune: $4.6 trillion.
Every other billionaire combined? Down $62 billion.
Elon Musk alone gained $310 billion, about 40% of the entire indexβs increase.
BTC holders stopped sending coins to exchanges.
Only 4.4% of moved BTC bought 6-12 months ago went to exchanges, down from 40.4% in June. Less sell pressure, but no fresh demand yet. via CryptoQuant #Bitcoin
47+ big US data center projects stalled in 2026.
Delayed, withdrawn or blocked, per RegLayer. Bernstein says only ~35% of the planned US pipeline is credible, and 1,000+ towns tried to curb them. via FT #AI
US threatens EU with "devastating" retaliation over Starlink.
Brussels wants most of the 2 GHz satellite-to-phone band for European firms from 2027, squeezing @Starlink. The plan still needs EU approval. via FT #Starlink
Renting AI compute in 2026, per @elonmusk.
The bottleneck moved from chips to power and grid hookups. Bernstein says only ~35% of the planned US data center pipeline is credible. #AI
BREAKING: Iran says an oil tanker just exploded after hitting a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz.
~20% of the world's oil passes through here. Watch crude at the open.
#Oil#Iran
https://t.co/dKkg093mxb files Chapter 11. Disney bids $20M.
Filed in Delaware. Disney is the stalking-horse bidder for a non-exclusive IP license; the app may shut if no full buyer emerges. via https://t.co/lPZJSB6ehR / CNBC #AI
Bessent: "The Europeans are financing the Russian war machine."
He says the US imports ~$4B of Russian goods ($1.8B of it fertilizer) while Europe imports 10x+ more. Washington vs Brussels on sanctions just got louder. #Russia#Sanctions
π¨πΊπΈπͺπΊπ·πΊ Sec. Bessent on the EU's hypocrisy:
"The Europeans are financing the Russian war machine.
The U.S. imports $4 billion of Russian products; $1.8 billion of that is fertilizer.
The Europeans import more than TEN TIMES that."
Washington is calling the EU hand-wringing out for what it is: blatant hypocrisy.
Writers: Samuel, Michael
Anthropic locks 5% of its shares into a Public Benefit Fund β and the stake grows +2% every time valuation jumps 50%.
With founder + employee pledges, ~20% of the company goes to public good. No lobbying.
#AI#Anthropic
US diesel is up ~70% since the Iran war began.
$3.76 a gallon on Feb 27, $6.32 on Oct 6 (AAA). Trump eased Russian diesel sanctions, but the IEA sees the squeeze lasting into H2 2027. Midterm fuel shock. #Oil
The price of the fuel, used by farmers and truckers, is up more than 75% since the start of the Iran war in late winter.
Diesel costs have become a particular concern for economists, who say higher diesel fuel costs trickle down into βjust about everything," per CNBC
Claude cut a quantum code-breaking circuit 17x.
53-hour solo run: elliptic-curve point addition with 17x fewer gates (+12% qubits), the core step in quantum attacks on Bitcoin-style keys. No machine runs it yet. via Anthropic
#AI#Bitcoin
BlackRock's Larry Fink: halt US data center building and you get a recession.
He told CNBC data centers "are not the problem" and are creating more new jobs than ever. Wall Street sees AI capex topping $1T in 2027. #AI#Stocks
Bessent to Zelensky: "Be very careful."
On Meet the Press he called Zelensky's claim the US throttled Starlink and paused intel sharing "very reckless." Zelensky says sharing now works again. via NBC/CNBC #Ukraine
π¨πΊπΈπΊπ¦ Sec. Bessent FIRES BACK at Zelensky on NBC's Meet the Press:
"President Zelensky should be very careful about making statements like this that aren't true."
Zelensky claimed there had been some kind of a break in intelligence sharing...
Washington is sounding increasingly FED UP with Kyiv.
Writer: Michael
Tether wants AI agents to pay their own bills.
It backed AIsa, a network where agents pay per call for data, APIs and compute in fiat or stablecoins. AIsa claims 250K+ agents and 100M+ transactions. #Tether#AIagents
π₯ NEW: Tether is backing AIsa, a payments network that lets AI agents pay for their own data, APIs and compute, which says it already has 250K agents and 100M+ transactions.
https://t.co/GQJsJ0jHIa
Zelensky: Trump's moves are "all mistakes."
On NBC's Meet the Press, he said he still hopes Trump changes course, days after the Russia sanctions waiver and Starlink limits. Oil and sanctions traders are watching. via NBC #Ukraine
π¨πΊπ¦πΊπΈ Zelensky on Trump:
"I hope that Trump will change his decisions, because I think they are ALL mistakes.
It will not help us, and it won't help the U.S."
For Ukraine, these aren't abstract political decisions. They affect families, cities, soldiers, and the future of an entire nation.
Zelensky's warning deserves to be heard with the seriousness those consequences demand.
Writer: Samuel
Trump: "France is burning!"
On Truth Social he told France to close its borders as riots torched Limoges' 143-year-old city hall. 1,000+ arrests so far. (via AFP/Reuters)
#France#Trump
BREAKING: Trump has said that France should close its borders amid violent unrest, saying that βFrance is burningβ and blaming immigration for the protests.
$809M in airdrops. 3 in 4 tokens down.
Bitquery tracked 51 big 2026 airdrops: 73% of claimers moved tokens within a day. Median token -48% vs launch week; CRTR -99.9%, ODIC -99.6%. via Bitquery
A 150-year-old chart says: sell in 2026.
Farmer Samuel Benner's cycle marked 1999 and 2007 as "sell" years, just before two crashes. Next: hard times into 2032, panic in 2035. It also missed 1911 and 1965.
A scenario, not advice. #Stocks#Bitcoin
1,000+ drones hit Russian oil, 7 days into "ceasefire".
Russia says it downed 1,015, yet St. Petersburg's oil export terminal caught fire. 1 killed, per the governor. Oil futures reopen tonight. (via ABC News)
#Oil#Ukraine
BREAKING: Ukraine has launched a "massive aerial attack," consisting of over 1,000 drones, striking a major oil terminal in Russia.
The attack comes exactly 7 days after President Trump said Ukraine and Russia had agreed to an "energy ceasefire."
Following the announcement, Ukraine's President Zelensky quickly stated that he was unaware of such a ceasefire.
This comes after President Trump asked Ukraine several times to refrain from strikes on energy infrastructure due to surging US diesel prices, which are up over +80% since January.
Oil markets will reopen in 9 hours.
Midterm emergency? Trump won't rule it out.
Legal experts tell Reuters it could trigger confusion, lawsuits and delays in certifying results. (via Reuters)
#Midterms#Markets
President Trump has declined to rule out declaring a national emergency related to the 2026 midterms. Legal experts told Reuters such a move could trigger confusion, litigation and certification delays https://t.co/p2IEf2bviO @specialreports