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The crypto industry is watching Washington closely this week, as the Financial Times reports growing unease among digital asset firms over their deep ties to the Trump administration. What once looked like political access now carries reputational and regulatory risk, as the relationship between the industry and the White House comes under sharper scrutiny.
On the infrastructure side of the tech world, Google Cloud has made its self-managed VMware solution generally available, running VMware Cloud Foundation on dedicated bare metal hardware across twenty-two regions. The move gives enterprises root-level control over their own virtualization stack, shifting patching and licensing responsibility back to the customer — a trade-off that suits organizations with the engineering muscle to manage it.
And in a story that sits at the unusual intersection of sports, media, and politics, President Trump has publicly offered the White House press secretary role to UFC chief Dana White, reportedly saying quote, Dana, please take the job. White is expected to meet with the president Monday. Whether a combat sports executive becomes the face of presidential communications remains to be seen, but it is a genuinely striking moment in how this administration approaches its public voice.
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