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Nvidia's governance story is moving fast. CEO Jensen Huang has admitted to an extramarital affair with Alice Huang, whom U.S. officials believe was passing information to Beijing. The Nvidia board has opened a formal investigation, and the implications for one of the most strategically critical companies in American technology are serious and still unfolding.
Shifting to geopolitics with direct market consequence, President Trump has signaled what he called a strong inclination to end Russia's war in Ukraine, with trilateral talks now underway in Abu Dhabi. Energy markets and European defense names are both watching closely, as any credible path toward a ceasefire reshapes the risk calculus across multiple asset classes simultaneously.
On the digital asset side, cybersecurity firm CertiK is pushing crypto exchanges to impose hard dollar caps on hot wallet holdings, arguing that cold storage ratios alone give investors a false sense of security. The call comes as LNbits separately disabled its hosted Bitcoin services with no timeline for restoration, citing security concerns, adding another layer of operational risk to the sector's infrastructure conversation.
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