A hyperscaler and a frontier lab, both renting GPUs from a rocket company:
Google pays SpaceX $920M a month
Anthropic pays SpaceX $1.25B a month
~$2.2B a month, both load-bearing in SpaceX's IPO
The loop is no longer a framework. It is a contract
Compute Is The Collateral
Google has agreed to pay SpaceX $920 million a month for computing power as part of a cloud-services deal that runs through mid-2029 https://t.co/NNcexacQwz
@zimlive The population is over 17 million and there were only 540k responses. Only a referendum can be representative of true public view on this matter.
The reason is because so long as markets keep going up and oil prices are kept low by recycling news of a deal the Trump administration will keep the loop going -https://t.co/J2p0Nm0xHc
BREAKING: President Trump says he is "in no hurry" to make a deal with Iran and "if we don't get what we want, we are going to end it in a different way."
Last weekend, President Trump said a deal was going to be announced "shortly."
Today marks 93 days since the Iran War began.
In this article I discuss how Trump Administration found the “money glitch” and are now recycling the Iran war deal to keep markets going up and where the speculative behaviour is likely to move next. https://t.co/J2p0Nm0xHc
From 1 September 2026 the FCA is extending its individual conduct rules to cover non-financial misconduct across almost all financial services firms. Bullying, harassment, violence and discrimination will become matters of direct regulatory concern. https://t.co/kQer8a2P0k
However, maritime law does allow fees for specific "services rendered," like environmental protection.
By weaponizing the vocabulary, Tehran is attempting to disguise an illegal transit tariff as a legitimate administrative fee to monetize and control a critical global chokepoint
Iran is rebranding its Strait of Hormuz "tolls" to "Environmental Protection Fees" to exploit a loophole in international maritime law.
Under UNCLOS, international straits guarantee "transit passage"—meaning coastal states cannot levy tolls on passing ships.
🚨JUST IN: Iran's Foreign Ministry says it will not charge tolls in the Strait of Hormuz, but will instead charge “Environmental Protection Fees”
Deputy Foreign Minister Takht Ravanchi:
"There is no toll; people should use the correct terminology"
Same payment. Now rebranded.
UKJT published its report on control re digital assets. A few interesting takeaways:
🔹 Control ≠ ownership
🔹 Control is layered and complex
🔹 Evidence challenges ahead-
Blockchain records can prove that a key was used—but not who used it. https://t.co/dysgBBstVG
TODAY: The UK's FCA and Bank of England set out a joint vision for tokenisation in wholesale markets, giving firms greater regulatory clarity to adopt the technology with confidence.
Singapore’s Foreign Minister, Dr Balakrishnan casually explaining how he built his own AI agent (a 2nd brain for diplomacy) using Claude & WhatsApp integration etc. on a Raspberry Pi
“You cannot govern a technology you have only been briefed on.” 🇸🇬