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Shift in Data Center Bargaining Power: Cloud Providers Once Held the Upper Hand, but Now "CoreWeaves" Are Taking a Firmer Stance

The dominant position of cloud computing giants in AI data center leasing negotiations is weakening. Eager to deploy NVIDIA servers, cloud providers such as Microsoft have granted operators like CoreWeave greater bargaining leverage. This has led to more lenient Service Level Agreement (SLA) terms and stricter payment demands, with NVIDIA and AMD even entering the bidding process to provide credit guarantees for customers.

wallstreetcn10:48

Crypto projects set a record with $638 million in token buybacks this year.

According to ChainCatcher, citing the Financial Times, data from blockchain analytics firm Allium Labs shows that crypto projects have spent nearly $640 million on token buybacks year-to-date, totaling $638 million. This figure exceeds the $545 million recorded during the same period last year, while the full-year total for 2024 stood at only $366,000. Perpetual futures exchange Hyperliquid and meme coin launchpad pump.fun together accounted for nearly 90% of the total buyback volume. Allium Labs’ Head of Research

ChainCatcher09:18

8 Health Care Stocks Whale Activity In Today's Session

This whale alert can help traders discover the next big trading opportunities.Whales are entities with large sums of money and we track their transactions here at Benzinga on our options activity

Benzinga01:35

Deconstructing Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP Token Launch: On-Chain Political Revenge Against Trump and Liquidity Extraction

For on-chain traders, political maneuvering is merely a facade; the real battle lies in the high-stakes gameplay. Author: Gemini, Shenchao TechFlow. On September 7, 2026, Hunter Biden, son of former U.S. President Joe Biden, posted a video on X confirming that his personal meme coin, $LAPTOP, would officially launch on the Base chain on September 9. If you dismiss this as yet another tedious celebrity token issuance, you are severely underestimating the mischievous intent behind it. According to the currently disclosed tokenomics, this is not just a rehash of the past "laptop scandal"

Shenchao TechFlow01:12

Analysis: Bitcoin’s hard-asset characteristics may surpass those of gold, offering greater “immunity” to bond market volatility

PANews, September 8 – According to CoinDesk, gold and Bitcoin have recently strengthened in tandem as market concerns over the fiscal health of developed economies intensify. To date, the 90-day correlation coefficient between the daily returns of BTC and gold has risen to 0.59, the highest level since 2020. However, compared with gold, Bitcoin appears more “immune” to volatility in the bond market. Data show that the 90-day correlation coefficient between BTC and the yield on US 10-year Treasury notes is only -0.17, suggesting that the negative impact of rising US Treasury yields on Bitcoin is relatively limited; during the same period, gold and the 10-year US Treasury

PANews00:13

Vitalik refutes prediction that AI will halve Bitcoin's price, stating that "90% of his net worth is bet on the opposite outcome"

PANews, September 7 – According to CryptoNews, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has refuted predictions that artificial intelligence (AI) could cause Bitcoin’s price to halve within two years. Liron Shapira, a Silicon Valley investor and host of the Doom Debates podcast, stated that he is 50% confident Bitcoin will drop by more than 50% within two years, as AI may undermine the network security expected by investors. Buterin responded with the opposite view, arguing that AI does not pose a genuine threat to Bitcoin’s underlying security. He distinguished between two scenarios: first,

PANewsSep 7 18:45

South Korea announces timeline for securities tokenization: first batch of tokenized assets to include bonds, funds, and unlisted equities

South Korea's Financial Services Commission (FSC) has unveiled a three-phase roadmap for tokenized securities, planning to gradually open the market starting in 2027, with the ultimate goal of achieving on-chain settlement integrated with stablecoins. In contrast to Robinhood’s aggressive approach, South Korea has opted to prioritize legislation and infrastructure development before progressively liberalizing the market.

Shenchao TechFlowSep 7 16:52

Bitcoin’s Golden Lineage Awakens: This Could Mark the Start of the Largest Bull Market in BTC History

What we are witnessing now is likely just the beginning of a major bull market.

Shenchao TechFlowSep 7 16:50

On September 4, the company announced a share buyback program, including measures such as remixing.

The stocks that announced the establishment of a share buyback authorization on Friday, September 4, are as follows: Cross Plus250,000 shares (3.4%)350 million yen (September 7, 2026 – November 30, 20

Fisco JapanSep 7 06:04

BlackRock's IBIT Leads a Surge in ETF Inflows

American investors are rotating back into Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) as US public debt surges and key artificial intelligence (AI) stocks like Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Micron (NASDAQ:MU) waver. This

BenzingaSep 6 02:50

Banks, Crypto in Gainers; Aon, Credit Card Stocks Among Losers: Week's Financials Wrap

Seeking AlphaSep 5 22:00

BTC rebound pushes AI to second place; mining stocks surge 67%, reversing market sentiment

The sharp rise in BTC prices in August has reignited speculative activity among mining companies, leading to a pause in AI investments. Strategy and Strive have increased their BTC holdings, Bitmine is approaching a 5% ETH position, and a coalition of 21 banks is advancing stablecoin initiatives.

Zhitong FinanceSep 5 08:53

What's Going On With Strategy Stock on Friday?

Strategy Inc (NASDAQ:MSTR) stock is falling on Friday as a result of profit-taking and Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) prices falling below the $80,000 mark in the last 24 hours.On Thursday, Strategy shares

BenzingaSep 4 23:07

A New MicroStrategy: How Strive Uses Warrants to Create a Crypto Buying Flywheel

Strategy pioneered the paradigm with convertible bonds, while Strive pushed this paradigm to a more extreme version through a flywheel of perpetual preferred shares and warrants.

Shenchao TechFlowSep 4 16:53

Blackstone and Cliffwater’s private equity funds have again triggered the 5% redemption cap, while new fundraising in the industry plummeted by 82% this year.

Blackstone’s $77 billion flagship private credit fund, BCRED, and the $31 billion Cliffwater flagship fund both hit their 5% redemption caps again in the third quarter, with redemption requests reaching 10% for the former and 16% for the latter. The industry-wide backlog of approximately $15 billion in redemptions remains difficult to resolve in the short term, while fundraising for non-traded business development companies (BDCs) plummeted by 82% this year.

wallstreetcnSep 4 06:17

U.S. Stock Market Close | Waller strikes dovish tone; stock indices post largest one-month gains; Bitcoin breaks $81,000; Circle, Strategy, and Robinhood surge 17%; yen jumps sharply, gold rebounds

The S&P 500 Index rose 1.07%, marking its largest single-day gain since August 4. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index followed a V-shaped trajectory, closing slightly up by 0.11%. Tesla surged 5.42%, leading the Mag 7. Ciena, in the optical communications sector, fell 10.36%. Snowflake soared 16.55% following its earnings release, while Broadcom closed down 2.74%. Bitcoin jumped 5.33%, reaching its highest closing level since May 14.

wallstreetcnSep 4 06:16

High-beta U.S. stocks surged, with Snowflake rising 16% and Tesla gaining over 5%, as AI earnings reports combined with Waller's dovish pivot fueled risk appetite.

Dell Technologies shares rebounded by nearly 25% from pre-earnings levels, as its results indicated that AI spending continues to flow into servers, networking, and data center infrastructure. Snowflake’s strong performance and raised full-year guidance further fueled the narrative that AI is becoming a new engine for software growth. Concerns over power shortages in AI data centers intensified, driving Bloom Energy’s shares up nearly 10% during intraday trading. Cryptocurrency-related stocks, including Robinhood and MicroStrategy—a major Bitcoin holder—surged by double digits intraday, highlighting a return of risk appetite. However, Broadcom’s shares fell nearly 7% following its earnings release, reflecting the market’s increasingly stringent expectations for AI-related financial performance.

wallstreetcnSep 4 05:19

Wall Street Rallies as Fed's Waller Hints at September Rate Hold: Stock Market Today

U.S. stocks rallied broadly at midday Thursday, bouncing off the four-session slide that had dragged the Nasdaq 100 back below its August close, after Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller

BenzingaSep 4 01:47

Major AI Platforms Experience Simultaneous Outages: ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok Report Service Disruptions

Google's Gemini is currently unaffected. The outage is speculated to be related to Microsoft Azure, as all three AI platforms rely on Azure for cloud computing services, although their computational architectures also incorporate other providers such as Google.

wallstreetcnSep 3 23:34

Plummeting rate hike expectations ignite crypto markets! Bitcoin breaks through the $80,000 threshold as related stocks surge collectively.

Bitcoin surpassed the $80,000 mark on Thursday.

Zhitong FinanceSep 3 23:31