Weekly Roundup 09/25/26 (Post Clarity rulemaking, Sherrod Brown is back, RIP BitMEX, Coldcard white hats, is EA a cult?) (EP.741)

Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: 

• How loud are America's largest data centers?
• What's wrong with XAI's data center in Mississippi?
• The Trump admin is reportedly trying to promote dollar stablecoins
• Binance invests in Circle
• We pick up the pieces after Clarity
• Fairshake plans to spend $30m opposing Sherrod Brown in Ohio
• How AI anxiety helps the Democrats
• Sherrod Brown is back to haunt crypto
• Coinbase is listing IPOs now
• Are prediction markets out of step with the original vision?
• BitMEX finally closes its doors
• 52 BTC were saved from the Coldcard hack by white hats
• Is Anthropic privatizing the frontier?
• A White House memo says effective altruism is a cult

Content mentioned in this episode:

• Nic on Substack, How Noisy are America's Largest Data Centers?