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Fannie Mae accepts first mortgage product backed by cryptocurrencies

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 26, 2026

Fannie Mae will now accept cryptocurrency-backed mortgages through a new product offered by a mortgage company. Better housing and better…

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Democratic voters in Illinois rejected most candidates backed by the crypto and AI industries, marking an unexpected defeat after industry PACs spent more than $18 million (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 18, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Are we screwed if AI works? — With Andrew Ross Sorkin The Big Technology Podcast…

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Leading the Future, a pro-AI PAC backed by Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, hit pro-regulation Democrat Alex Bores with attack ads against Bores’ work for Palantir (Nancy Scola/Politico)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 7, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: AI revenues explode, Dario’s memo, McDonald’s CEO’s baby burger The Big Technology Podcast takes you…

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Hut 8 is partnering with Fluidstack to build an AI data center in Louisiana for Anthropic, backed by a 15-year, $7 billion lease, starting with 245 MW of compute capacity (Akash Sriram/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 17, 2025

Featured Podcasts Channels with Peter Kafka: “Neither team is used to losing.” Lucas Shaw on What’s Next for Netflix and…

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Crypto casinos have become online gambling havens for teenagers and problem gamblers, backed by operators who turn social media influencers into recruiters (New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 14, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI Priority 2026, Disney’s AI Play, Data Center Construction Issues The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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Commonware, which develops open source code for launching blockchains, has raised $25 million led by Tempo, a stablecoin-focused blockchain backed by Stripe and Paradigm (Ben Weiss/Fortune)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 7, 2025

Ben Weiss / Fortune: Commonware, which develops open source code for launching blockchains, has raised $25 million led by Tempo,…

North Korean hackers offer $70,000 per month to act as front – Radio Free Asia

Iran war could revive cooperation between Beijing and Manila in the South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Vietnam protests China’s development of controversial reef in South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Potential and limits – The diplomat

After 29 years, RFA is on hiatus – Radio Free Asia

Target faces AFT boycott following ICE response in Minneapolis

Infiniti hopes its new SUV can turn around U.S. fortunes

MLB faces historic change as possible lockout, media rights and league changes loom

Fannie Mae accepts first mortgage product backed by cryptocurrencies

United Airlines and flight attendants reach labor agreement with raises

Trump’s attack on Gavin Newsom backfires and confirms his cognitive decline

After Massive Special Election Wins, Democrats Now Target House Republicans in Florida

Democrats now have the largest lead in the midterm elections

Karoline Leavitt delivered a message to voters who will lose the midterm elections for the Republicans

Bernie Sanders and AOC decide to ban new AI data centers

SoftBank says it has secured a $40 billion bridge loan maturing in 2027 from JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and other banks, to fund new investments in OpenAI (Akash Sriram/Reuters)

Sources: Moonshot AI may abandon its Cayman structure to allow a Chinese or Hong Kong entity to prepare for an IPO in Hong Kong and plans to raise funds at a valuation of around $18 billion (Wall Street Journal)

Meta Oversight Board Says Community Ratings Are Not a Proper Substitute for Fact-Checking and Warns Expanding Beyond the U.S. Could Pose Human Rights Risks (Andrew Deck/Nieman Lab)

New York-based Blossom Health, which makes a "AI co-pilot" to augment psychiatrists’ clinical decisions and automate office tasks, raised $20 million in seed and Series A (Lily Mae Lazarus/Fortune)

In Interview, David Sacks Says He Gave Up Role as AI and Crypto Czar After Exhausting His Time As Special Government Employee (Bloomberg)

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Fannie Mae accepts first mortgage product backed by cryptocurrencies

Democratic voters in Illinois rejected most candidates backed by the crypto and AI industries, marking an unexpected defeat after industry PACs spent more than $18 million (Bloomberg)

Leading the Future, a pro-AI PAC backed by Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, hit pro-regulation Democrat Alex Bores with attack ads against Bores’ work for Palantir (Nancy Scola/Politico)

Hut 8 is partnering with Fluidstack to build an AI data center in Louisiana for Anthropic, backed by a 15-year, $7 billion lease, starting with 245 MW of compute capacity (Akash Sriram/Reuters)

Crypto casinos have become online gambling havens for teenagers and problem gamblers, backed by operators who turn social media influencers into recruiters (New York Times)

Commonware, which develops open source code for launching blockchains, has raised $25 million led by Tempo, a stablecoin-focused blockchain backed by Stripe and Paradigm (Ben Weiss/Fortune)