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Bitcoin is hovering just below sixty-three thousand five hundred dollars after this week's inflation data came in roughly as expected. The in-line CPI print was enough to ease some anxiety, but not enough to spark a rally. Traders are now watching Jackson Hole, the next jobs report, and the following CPI release for their next move.
Meanwhile, in the semiconductor world, a Russian startup is claiming it can expose silicon wafers in five minutes — compared to the two weeks typical of conventional lithography. The technology centers on a multicathode electron beam system with tips measuring just one and a half to two nanometers wide. The caveat is significant, though: a full working lithography machine remains years away, and industry giant IMEC isn't losing any sleep just yet.
And in cloud computing, the GPU rental company Nebius is making an ambitious pledge — more than a gigawatt of new datacenter capacity per year starting in two thousand twenty-seven. CEO Arkady Volozh is positioning Nebius among a handful of firms capable of that kind of scale, though the plan comes loaded with debt and will require careful financial maneuvering to pull off.
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