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Google has signed a nuclear power deal with Constellation Energy, securing at least eight hundred ninety megawatts of capacity from Constellation's nuclear fleet. The move underscores how aggressively big tech is chasing firm, carbon-free baseload power to feed its growing AI infrastructure demands, and it adds another tailwind to the nuclear energy trade that's been building quietly for months.
Shifting to crypto, Robinhood has added twenty-five million dollars worth of bitcoin to its balance sheet, a deliberate signal from senior leadership that the company is deepening its commitment to the digital asset space. It's a relatively modest sum for a firm Robinhood's size, but the symbolism matters — putting corporate treasury behind the thesis sends a message to both regulators and retail investors about where the platform sees its future.
And on the hedge fund side, a trend-following fund is drawing attention after outperforming peers this year by doing something almost counterintuitive in systematic trading — bringing human judgment back into the process. The fund's edge came from knowing when to take profits rather than riding momentum blindly, a reminder that discretion still has a seat at the table even in quant-driven strategies.
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