Cointime reports: OpenAI could release its next-generation Astra and Sol model series, along with a Cyber model for cybersecurity, as soon as Friday, November 6 local time. The report did not disclose model numbers, pricing, context window length or benchmark scores, nor whether the models will debut via API, ChatGPT, Codex or partner channels. A “gpt-6.2-astra” identifier has already appeared in Codex usage statistics, and users in apparent gray-scale testing report improved physics and animation generation, though no public benchmarks verify these claims.
Cointime update: ZetaChain said ZETA will migrate to Solana as a native token on Dec 9, with the privacy-focused AI app ZetaLabs launching the same day and using ZETA as its core token. A second governance proposal, now voting on ZetaHub until Nov 7, sets the migration mechanism, timing and holder protections. If passed, the ZetaChain L1 will halt around Dec 9, ZETA will migrate 1:1 with mint authority permanently revoked, and holders need take no action.
Cointime reports: Bitcoin miner turned data center operator Ionic Digital reported third-quarter total revenue of $48.9 million, up 32% year over year. Digital infrastructure leasing brought in about $43.9 million, nearly 90% of the total, while crypto mining revenue fell 86% to roughly $5.1 million from $37.1 million. Adjusted EBITDA reached about $35 million versus $154,000 a year earlier, though cash rent actually received was only about $7 million.
Cointime update: Google is giving schools more control over whether they use its Gemini AI, but districts that want Google Search without the AI are being told they cannot have both. The policy has fueled accusations that the company is pressuring educators into adopting AI. Schools can now reject Gemini, yet opting out of AI also means losing access to Search.
Cointime update: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has issued its first examiner guide for artificial intelligence, weighing bank autonomy against potential financial harm. The framework directly addresses outside AI agents—the same risk that recently led major banks to restrict customer-account access. The guide marks the OCC’s first formal supervisory framework for AI in banks.
Cointime reports: Riot Platforms shares jumped after the bitcoin miner disclosed a $28 billion AI lease and sold BTC to finance its AI expansion. Hut 8 shares sank after the miner reported falling revenue and rising costs ahead of its major data center leases generating income.
Cointime reports: Voters in at least 29 US communities backed measures to curb data centers, creating new obstacles for the infrastructure powering AI. The votes centered on concerns over electricity bills, water supplies and public oversight, the issues dominating local debates over data center development.
Cointime update: Coinbase’s x402 protocol revives the web’s long-unused HTTP 402 status code, enabling AI agents and applications to pay for APIs and data in stablecoins such as USDC. The protocol repurposes the 402 “Payment Required” response as a machine-readable payment request, so autonomous software can settle API and data access directly on-chain. Coinbase has positioned x402 as payment infrastructure for an agent-driven web.
Cointime reports: Microsoft and Alphabet shares rose while Nvidia and Tesla fell after a Democratic election sweep, leaving the tech and AI sectors split as investors reassess Washington’s approach to AI and Big Tech. The divergent moves underscored a divided market reaction to the political shift.
Cointime update: Riot Platforms has signed a $28 billion AI lease covering its entire Corsicana campus, the miner disclosed. Riot has sold 20,264 BTC this year to help fund its data-center buildout, while mining still supplied about 64% of third-quarter revenue. The deal marks a further shift by the bitcoin miner into AI hosting capacity.
Cointime reports: AMD reported fiscal Q3 revenue of $13.377 billion, up 45% year over year and above the roughly $13.06 billion consensus, with adjusted EPS of $2.09. Data center revenue reached $8.546 billion, up 97% and about 64% of total sales, as MI450 GPUs and Helios rack systems began ramping with Anthropic, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as early customers. AMD guided Q4 revenue to about $17 billion and said data center sales would rise roughly 50% sequentially, sending shares up as much as 7.5% after hours.
Cointime update: OpenAI said future AI data centers could be rebranded and designed to ease pressure on power grids by cutting electricity demand during emergencies, the ChatGPT maker stated. The company framed the facilities as grid-protection assets rather than pure power drains. No timeline or specific site was given for the approach.
Cointime reports: Anthropic’s Claude AI model is becoming cheaper to use, with prices falling, but the company’s computing expenses grew faster than sales in the latest quarter. The widening cost-sales gap poses a challenge for the AI developer as it prepares for an initial public offering.
Cointime update: Changpeng Zhao, in his first interview since the Binance hack, said AI is accelerating cyberattacks and called for the crypto industry to form a security alliance. The former Binance CEO made the remarks as the exchange continues to deal with the aftermath of the breach. He did not provide details on the alliance’s structure or membership.