Player grades: Thunder survive SGA’s struggles in 125-107 Game 2 win over Lakers

OKLAHOMA CITY — Getting a rare one-on-one look, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander quickly took advantage of the breathing room. He shouldered through Luke Kennard before he went with a patented stepback 3-pointer. Swish. The reigning MVP performed his signature celebration as he served the dagger. The Oklahoma City Thunder once again pulled away late in their 125-107…

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Perp DEXs still don’t work for institutions, consensus panelists explain why

Institutional investors are increasingly exposed to Bitcoin Bitcoin$79,493.04 and other major tokens are traded through ETFs and centralized exchanges. However, panelists told Consensus Miami that they are largely staying away from decentralized exchanges (DEXs) offering perpetual (perp) futures related to cryptocurrencies and tradfi assets, citing security risks and a mismatch between DeFi’s permissionless design and…

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Amazon’s new AI wallet: AWS, Coinbase, and Stripe build payment rails for bots

On Thursday, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched new payments infrastructure for artificial intelligence agents, built in partnership with Coinbase and Stripe. AWS explained that autonomous software agents will be allowed to use stablecoins to purchase APIs, web content, MCP servers, and other online services in real time. However, it added that future versions will eventually…

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Elon Musk called Anthropic ‘evil’ 3 months ago. Now he’s taking $4 billion to become its data landlord

Three months ago, Elon Musk wrote on X that humans are “evil” and “world-weary” and that artificial intelligence laboratories hate Western civilization. On Wednesday, he leased one of his most valuable assets to Anthropic: the world’s largest supercomputer. But lovers of humanity shouldn’t bask in Musk’s newfound praise for too long (even if he does…

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