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SpaceX is pushing further into vertical integration with plans to build its own natural gas pipeline in Texas. The eight-mile line would run directly to Starbase, supplying fuel for Starship launches. It is a familiar move for Elon Musk's company — control the infrastructure, control the timeline.
Meanwhile, a new report out of Axios is generating some buzz in gaming circles, suggesting that Fable five may be closer to release than fans had dared hope. The beloved British RPG series has been in Microsoft's development pipeline for years, and any credible scoop about its return is bound to move the conversation, even if details remain thin for now.
And in the world of finance and crypto, a sharp analysis points out a telling disconnect in the stablecoin market. Emerging economies are driving the overwhelming majority of real-world stablecoin usage, yet the founders building these products and the venture capital funding them remain heavily concentrated in the United States and Europe. It is a gap between where the money flows and where the power sits.
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