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Weekly Roundup 09/25/26 (Post Clarity rulemaking, Sherrod Brown is back, RIP BitMEX, Coldcard white hats, is EA a cult?) (EP.741)

Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: How loud are America's largest data centers? What's wrong with XAI's data center in Mississippi? The Trump admin is reportedly trying to promote...

2026-09-25

Episode notes

Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode:

  • How loud are America's largest data centers?
  • What's wrong with XAI's data center in Mississippi?
  • The Trump admin is reportedly trying to promote dollar stablecoins
  • Binance invests in Circle
  • We pick up the pieces after Clarity
  • Fairshake plans to spend $30m opposing Sherrod Brown in Ohio
  • How AI anxiety helps the Democrats
  • Sherrod Brown is back to haunt crypto
  • Coinbase is listing IPOs now
  • Are prediction markets out of step with the original vision?
  • BitMEX finally closes its doors
  • 52 BTC were saved from the Coldcard hack by white hats
  • Is Anthropic privatizing the frontier?
  • A White House memo says effective altruism is a cult

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