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Weekly Roundup 08/14/26 (Anti-Datacenter sentiment, dinosaur fossil investing, SEC is DIYing Clarity) (EP.734)
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Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- Who is the main character in AI?
- Why are people so mad about datacenters?
- Sherrod Brown is back and he's running against AI
- Are datacenters being built with Flock?
- Culturally scarce goods and dinosaurs are rallying
- The SEC starts to fill the gap left by the Clarity Act
- FinCEN ends beneficial ownership reporting
- The CFTC charges a $400m Ponzi operator
- Are there successful Ponzi schemers?
- Is Bitcoin at risk from miners transitioning to AI?
- The collapse of the diamond market
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