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Bitcoin and XRP traded higher on Tuesday despite rising geopolitical tensions after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed it had targeted Amazon’s data infrastructure in Bahrain with cruise missiles. According to Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency, the alleged strike was carried out in response to a recent U.S. attack ...

Quick Breakdown Amazon’s $50B AI investment signals strong long-term confidence in digital innovation, boosting market sentiment across both tech and crypto sectors. The initiative strengthens cloud and AI infrastructure, enabling better analytics, smarter trading tools, and more scalable platforms that can indirectly support crypto adoption and liquidity. Despite the optimism, ...

Quick Breakdown  Cipher Mining stock surged 34% after unveiling a $5.5B AWS partnership for AI infrastructure. Improved Q3 results showed a net loss cut from $46M to $3M and adjusted earnings rising to $41M. The company deepens its tech alliances with Amazon and Google while expanding into AI hosting in ...

In recent years, Bitcoin has gained traction as a treasury asset, with companies like MicroStrategy and Tesla making high-profile purchases to hedge against inflation and diversify corporate balance sheets. These moves sparked speculation that Bitcoin could soon become a mainstream financial tool among large public companies. Yet, despite the buzz, ...

In a move that could reshape digital payments in retail, Walmart and Amazon are reportedly exploring the development of their own U.S. dollar-backed stablecoins, signaling a broader institutional embrace of digital assets as U.S. regulatory frameworks begin to solidify. According to sources cited by The Wall Street Journal on June ...

Amazon is ramping up its artificial intelligence infrastructure with a planned $20 billion investment in Pennsylvania, where it aims to build two massive data centres. The tech giant revealed on June 9 that while Salem Township and Falls Township are currently the leading contenders for the project, other sites across ...

Former Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao has suggested Amazon should start accepting Bitcoin as a payment option. His comments come after reports that the shareholders of the tech company urged its board to consider incorporating Bitcoin into its strategic reserves. Zhao responded to an X post highlighting shareholder requests for ...

Boerse Stuttgart Digital, the crypto infrastructure hub of Germany's asset exchange of the same name, has teamed up with Amazon Web Services(AWS) to enhance its services for European financial institutions in response to the increasing demand for cryptocurrency solutions. The collaboration, announced in a press release on October 14, aims ...

Tether, the leading stablecoin issuer by market capitalization, is setting its sights on the artificial intelligence (AI) sector to challenge tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon, according to CEO Paolo Ardoino. In a recent WIRED interview, Ardoino outlined Tether's evolving strategy, which now includes significant investments in decentralized technologies and ...

Google Pay, Walmart-backed PhonePe, and Amazon Pay are among five payment firms seeking to participate in India's central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot, according to a new report from Reuters. Sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that these firms are working with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ...