Infrastructure

Anthropic-linked pre-IPO perpetual futures traded slightly lower even as the AI firm outlined an enormous cloud, computing and infrastructure spending plan. The contracts continue to imply a valuation around $2 trillion, while traders remain mindful that the products are synthetic derivatives rather than equity stakes.

A volunteer group of Bitcoin developers using AI tools has identified thousands of vulnerabilities across wallets, cryptographic libraries and infrastructure projects. The effort underscores both the defensive promise of AI-assisted security research and the growing risk that attackers can use the same methods.