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Elon Musk may be on the verge of pulling off the largest corporate merger in history. According to Bloomberg, a combination of Tesla and SpaceX could be announced as soon as December, potentially timed to Tesla's shareholder meeting on the third, where the very directors who would approve the deal are up for re-election. The price tag would be one point five trillion dollars.
Meanwhile, the fallout from Jensen Huang's departure from Nvidia continues to ripple across the industry. Economists speaking at Web Summit Lisbon called it a critical mistake and a significant loss, though others argue large corporations are built to outlast their founders. Rivals are already watching for openings, and Wall Street analysts warn that Huang's deep industry relationships simply cannot be easily replaced.
On a quieter but consequential front, Bitcoin wallet makers are grappling with a genuinely hard problem. Trezor's chief technology officer laid out the steep trade-offs involved in moving to post-quantum cryptography, and the picture isn't simple. Upgrading Bitcoin's signature schemes means navigating technical constraints, user friction, and an ecosystem that moves slowly by design.
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