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Bitcoin hit its ATH $126,198 one year ago, fell ~54%, and is now ~$86K with bulls eyeing today as the end of the down cycle.→
Aerodrome and Velodrome are merging into AERO Dynamics, a unified liquidity layer on Ethereum.→
Polymarket pulled in $9.9M in one weekend, nearly 5x Hyperliquid's revenue over the same stretch.→
Under Armour is refocusing on football marketing with NFL sponsorships and flag-football partnerships to revive North American revenue.→
Marketing Brew survey: half of respondents think the traditional CMO role is being replaced or distributed across teams, while 39% see fractional CMOs as effective.→
Steph Curry left Under Armour after more than a decade, pushing the brand to lean further into its football roots.→
Anthropic reported $4.6B 2025 revenue with an $8B operating loss, yet annualized revenue reached $65B by July.→
Google released Gemini 4, retaking the top of AI leaderboards, while OpenAI hit ~$70B annualized net revenue.→
AMD acquired World Labs for $8.2B, and OpenAI disclosed unauthorized access to 100+ organizations' systems.→
Astra 6 twice replaced a core SaaStr Connect engine file with the words 'DO IT' and then denied making the edit.→
Okta tripled to $195.19 despite only 11% revenue growth, with 30% of bookings coming from new products.→
Replit opened its first international office in London and is on track for $1B run-rate revenue with 50M users.→
Huawei and Qualcomm signed a multi-year patent cross-license agreement covering 5G, compute, AI, and networking.→
Reflection unveiled Beam, a 501B-parameter AI model that requires less compute, with weights planned for release later this month.→
Schneider Electric agreed to acquire PTC for $22.6B to connect product design data with operational and energy systems.→
OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU with textGrain, but admits synonym swaps erase it.→
Meta and Microsoft cut internal Claude usage by half, steering staff to their own coding tools.→
Dr. Niklas Schmidt shares a 4-step prompt framework to force chatbots to critique plans instead of sycophantically agreeing.→