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Welcome to Markets Desk, here's what's moving the needle this afternoon.
The dollar is flashing a quiet warning sign. Despite conditions that would normally fuel a rally β geopolitical tension easing, risk appetite returning β the greenback is failing to respond. That divergence between expected behavior and actual price action suggests something structural may be shifting beneath the surface of currency markets, and traders should be paying attention.
Shifting to the AI arms race, Anthropic has struck a partnership with SpaceX to expand compute capacity for its Claude Code platform, including the possibility of data centers in orbit. The deal lifts rate limits for developers and signals that the competition for raw processing power is now literally leaving the atmosphere, with serious implications for cloud infrastructure valuations across the board.
And speaking of AI ambition, Elon Musk's proposed Terafab chip manufacturing facility in Texas carries a price tag that could reach one hundred nineteen billion dollars, according to a new filing. Designed to supply chips to Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI simultaneously, the facility represents a vertical integration play of historic scale β and a capital commitment that will draw scrutiny from investors in every one of those entities.
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