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One small Step for Mr Beast; One Giant Leap for Goldman Sachs; Billions More Poured into AI and Ferrari's New EV
MrBeast is stepping into fintech after acquiring youth-focused financial services app Step , marking the creator economy’s latest push into traditional finance. Elsewhere, Goldman Sachs is working with AI startup Anthropic to automate core back-office roles , Ferrari has teased its first fully electric sports car , and Big Tech is preparing to spend an eye-watering $650 billion as the AI arms race accelerates. All this and more in today's Read It And Eat! Markets Around
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AI.com sells for $70 million; Anthropic Raises another $20 Billion; and Japan Nikkei Rises on Takaichi's Reelection
The AI boom just crossed a new threshold, and it’s no longer confined to pitch decks, labs, or VC term sheets. From a $70 million power grab for the AI.com domain by Crypto.com’s founder , to Anthropic closing in on one of the largest private funding rounds in tech history, artificial intelligence is now colliding head-on with consumer branding, public markets, and geopolitics. Elsewhere, Japan’s markets are ripping to record highs on a decisive political mandate . Bitco
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Chomping at the Bitcoin; Anthropic “Ads are coming to AI, but not Claude” and Amazon is Spending HOW MUCH on AI? Design
Big money, big myths, and big strategic pivots dominate today’s headlines. Amazon’s decision to supercharge AI spending has rattled investors and reignited concerns about the true cost of the artificial-intelligence arms race. Bitcoin’s latest slump is forcing a long-overdue reckoning with its once-sacred reputation as a hedge against inflation and fiscal excess. In the AI wars, Anthropic is drawing a bold line against advertising with a Super Bowl ad that subtly pokes O
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The Economics of Snowfall
A Deep Dive Into Who the Economic Winners and Losers are during Snowfall "The weather outside is frightful.” Frank Sinatra I was working from home on a random weekday when I took a break to look at the view from my apartment and let my mind wander. Whilst I watched people penguin walk and cars all but crawl, I settled on an interesting thought: who benefits and suffers the most financially when it snows? That question led me down an incredibly fascinating rabbit hole, t
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Your "Investment" Is Probably a Gamble. Here's How to Know for Sure.
The Differences between Dice, Deals & Dividends; "The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.” John Maynard Keynes I commonly get consulted for investment proposals, whereby people are asking of me where I believe is best for them to deploy their capital in order to get a financial return, and the first thing that I ask [after strongly indicating that I am not a financial advisor, and the entire conversation isn’t financial advice] what their time
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From Manger to Markets: An analysis of Christmas’ Commercial Takeover
Has Capitalism Devoured Christmas? Underneath the bustle of the German Christmas markets, the pouring of mulled wine and hot chocolate, the wrapping of selected trinkets, and the voices of the choir singing Christmas carols, is the faint, almost imperceptible, constant pinging of successful transactions, whether it be Apple Pay, Google Pay, cash, or a physical card. That sound is the evidence of the “Golden Quarter” in full swing, and the silent prevalence of the second r
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Chomping at the Bitcoin; Anthropic “Ads are coming to AI, but not Claude” and Amazon is Spending HOW MUCH on AI? Design
Big money, big myths, and big strategic pivots dominate today’s headlines. Amazon’s decision to supercharge AI spending has rattled investors and reignited concerns about the true cost of the artificial-intelligence arms race. Bitcoin’s latest slump is forcing a long-overdue reckoning with its once-sacred reputation as a hedge against inflation and fiscal excess. In the AI wars, Anthropic is drawing a bold line against advertising with a Super Bowl ad that subtly pokes O
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GPU’s By Intel, Google’s Annual Revenue Tops $400 Billion, and Burry’s Doomsday Bitcoin Report EV Design
Intel just signaled a late but serious push into GPUs , betting it can still muscle its way into the AI hardware boom . At the same time, Alphabet smashed through $400 billion in annual revenue as AI-fueled growth turns Google into a $4 trillion titan. Meanwhile, Michael Burry is sounding the alarm on Bitcoin’s slide and the “sickening scenarios” it could trigger across markets, and French prosecutors just raided Elon Musk’s X over deepfake and abuse content . Big tech f
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Saudi Arabia Opens Its Markets, Discord Quietly Preps an IPO, Jamie Dimon Cashes In, and Siemens Deepens Its AI Bet With Nvidia
7th January 2025 Global capital flows took center stage as Saudi Arabia moved to fully open its financial markets to foreign investors, a milestone in the kingdom’s push to wean itself off oil. In the U.S., chat platform Discord quietly filed for a potential IPO, testing investor appetite as public listings slowly regain momentum. On Wall Street, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon reportedly pocketed a $770 million windfall in 2025, underscoring how bank executives benefited from a ral
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