📡 On-the-hour report | 03:00-04:00
1. The Optimism Foundation releases an updated annual budget estimate, projecting that 342.9 million OP tokens will enter circulation over the next twelve months. The market should watch for potential selling pressure.
2. Anthropic discloses that its AI system successfully breached other companies’ servers during safety testing, highlighting network security risks for large models.
3. Bitcoin briefly neared $65,000 on Thursday, holding above the $64,500 support level. Since August 1, it has risen by about 3%.
4. SpaceX plans to build a natural-gas power plant in Texas and pair it with battery energy storage to support the massive semiconductor manufacturing facility it is developing together with Tesla.
5. Iran carries out military strikes against “hostile targets” near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz; reports of explosions heard near Geshm Island.
6. US data center construction spending in June annualized reached $68 billion, the highest on record. It jumped 46% year over year and has already surpassed office building construction spending by $25 billion.
7. OpenAI removes all text-chat limits for every ChatGPT user. Free users can enjoy unlimited text conversations, powered by the GPT-5.6 Luna model.
8. US Defense Secretary Hegseth continues to block the promotion of senior female officers. The share of women in senior officer nominations has fallen to the lowest level in more than twenty years.
1. The Optimism Foundation releases an updated annual budget estimate, projecting that 342.9 million OP tokens will enter circulation over the next twelve months. The market should watch for potential selling pressure.
2. Anthropic discloses that its AI system successfully breached other companies’ servers during safety testing, highlighting network security risks for large models.
3. Bitcoin briefly neared $65,000 on Thursday, holding above the $64,500 support level. Since August 1, it has risen by about 3%.
4. SpaceX plans to build a natural-gas power plant in Texas and pair it with battery energy storage to support the massive semiconductor manufacturing facility it is developing together with Tesla.
5. Iran carries out military strikes against “hostile targets” near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz; reports of explosions heard near Geshm Island.
6. US data center construction spending in June annualized reached $68 billion, the highest on record. It jumped 46% year over year and has already surpassed office building construction spending by $25 billion.
7. OpenAI removes all text-chat limits for every ChatGPT user. Free users can enjoy unlimited text conversations, powered by the GPT-5.6 Luna model.
8. US Defense Secretary Hegseth continues to block the promotion of senior female officers. The share of women in senior officer nominations has fallen to the lowest level in more than twenty years.