Headlines
•Bitcoin holds near $80,000 as Clarity Act boosts institutional sentiment — Bitcoin ETFs see $131.3 million in net inflows
•Microsoft East Africa data center project stalls after Kenya talks break down — guaranteed payment demand unresolved
•Pershing Square takes new Microsoft stake, calls valuation 'highly compelling' — position built starting February after stock decline
•Micron shares dip in premarket after historic surge — traders lock in gains as Nasdaq futures slide
•Anthropic and Gates Foundation commit $200 million to AI for healthcare and education — Anthropic closes in on $30 billion fundraising round at triple prior valuation
•Trump-Xi Beijing summit triggers tech selloff — Nasdaq-100 futures down more than 1%, Treasury yields top 4.5%
•UK clears Getty-Shutterstock $3.7B merger — Shutterstock must divest UK editorial business