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THE LATENT: AI infrastructure startup General Compute has raised $100 million in Series A funding, co-led by Blackbird and Abstract.
The company is building an AI inference cloud using chips from Cerebras, SambaNova, and Positron AI, with more than 50 MW of capacity in the pipeline.
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THE LATENT: Galaxy Digital's data center business generated $79 million in adjusted gross profit in the third quarter, up 293% from the previous quarter.
The company also expanded its data center power pipeline to more than 5.7 GW as demand for AI infrastructure grows.
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THE LATENT: Five major U.S. tech giants issued $222 billion in bonds through September amid the AI infrastructure boom, according to a new BIS report.
Researchers warn that growing debt and complex off-balance-sheet financing could pose wider financial risks and push up borrowing costs.
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THE LATENT: Physical AI startup Bedrock Robotics has raised $600 million at a $4.1 billion post-money valuation in a Series C round co-led by Alphabet's CapitalG and Emergence Capital.
The company said it planned to expand deployments of autonomous heavy machinery across U.S. construction sites.
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THE BLOCK: Janus Henderson is launching the first licensed tokenized fund tracking the Nasdaq-100 Index, using Centrifuge's technology on the Stellar blockchain.
The JQQQ fund will initially be available to eligible non-U.S. professional investors, with a $100,000 minimum investment, according to the WSJ.
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THE BLOCK: Galaxy Digital $GLXY reported $323 million in third-quarter net income, reversing an $85 million loss in the previous quarter.
Crypto trading volumes rose 12%, its average loan book grew 27% to $1.8 billion, and the company announced a new $200 million share buyback.
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THE BLOCK: SoFi reported $161.6 million in gross crypto transaction revenue in the third quarter, up 20% from the previous quarter, following its return to crypto trading in late 2025.
However, net crypto transaction revenue totaled just $1.6 million after accounting for associated costs.
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THE LATENT: Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom have expressed non-binding interest in purchasing up to $5 billion in Meta shares combined, the company announced. $META
The potential investment is part of Meta's new $35 billion equity offerings, alongside plans for a further $60 billion share sale program as the company expands its AI infrastructure.
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THE BLOCK: Strategy $MSTR paused its weekly bitcoin bitcoin:native purchases, leaving its holdings unchanged at 848,517 BTC, according to an SEC filing.
The company instead spent $204.9 million repurchasing approximately 2.07 million $STRC preferred shares, using its USD Cash balance.
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THE BLOCK: Strive $ASST acquired 6,182 bitcoin:native for approximately $511.4 million last week at an average price of $82,732, bringing its total holdings to 43,000 BTC.
The company also established an up to $1 billion at-the-market offering program for its SATS preferred stock, according to SEC filings.
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THE BLOCK: Aviva Investors has launched a tokenized share class of its £22 billion ($29.4 billion) Sterling Liquidity Fund on the XRP Ledger, with £50 million ($66.7 million) invested. ripple:native
The Ripple-backed launch brings total investment across Aviva's two tokenized money market fund offerings to more than £86 million ($114.8 million).
