The volume of illicit crypto activity hit a new high in 2025, according to the blockchain intelligence platform TRM Labs. But that activity, as a share of overall crypto use, went down as legitimate use cases rose.
The company’s borrowing tens of billions of dollars to build out data centers. Some of those bonds, in the United Kingdom, have a 100-year maturity date.
With all the uncertainty around how tech companies will actually make money on AI, investors are turning to companies that make stuff we can't go without.
The new plug-ins automate functions in sales, legal, and financial analytics — and directly compete with enterprise software from firms like Salesforce and Intuit.
Big Tech is spending hundreds of billions of dollars to build out the energy-hungry infrastructure of AI, and many are turning to “behind-the-meter” solutions to get things up and running as quickly as possible.
It sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, but it’s actually on the horizon. Here’s a rundown on the science and economics of getting all that technology into orbit.