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Elon Musk’s xAI launches $5B debt sale to fuel AI infrastructure investments

XAI Corp., the artificial intelligence startup founded by Elon Musk, is arranging a $5 billion debt sale that will help the company to keep up its lavish spending on data center infrastructure as it strives to keep pace with rivals such as OpenAI and Google LLC. The debt sale was first reported today by Bloomberg, which cited anonymous sources as saying that Morgan Stanley is marketing the deal. It came as the Financial Times separately reported today that Musk is looking to sell $300 million of xAI’s shares in a...
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Digital Fort Knox: Trump signs executive order for US strategic bitcoin reserve

President Donald Trump today signed an executive order creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and other digital currencies, an account whose value is currently worth billions of dollars. It’s estimated that there is close to 200,000 bitcoin held by the U.S. government, although that hasn’t yet ever been a comprehensive audit. The order also asks for a U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile, which, like the bitcoin reserve, will be managed by the Treasury Department. These digital currencies have all at one time been forfeited to the government. “The Reserve will be capitalized...