The old new thing: Cisco and retro tech are back and forming the AI buildout’s backbone
‘Everybody forgot about them for 20 years. And now suddenly they’re important again.’ Source：MarketWatch
'The orange tie stays': Michael Saylor responds to venture capitalist's bitcoin obituary
"Bitcoin feels like the CD in the age of Spotify, the DVD in the age of Netflix," wrote Jason Calacanis. Source：CoinDesk
Starbucks’s Snoopy cups and McDonald’s SpongeBob toys are commanding huge markups on eBay
Adults are scooping up promotional items out of nostalgia — and playing into a frenzy around collectibles . Source：MarketWatch
I just started dating someone I really like, but he’s moving to Mexico for six months. Should I spend the money to visit him?
“Traveling is something we both want in a partnership.” Source：MarketWatch
Robinhood Chain fees collapse 97% even as transactions stay near record highs
Sevenday average fees fell 82% while transaction counts slipped 6%, with about $1.5 billion a day still changing hands. Source：CoinDesk
Why Wall Street giants build tokenization money for institutions, not regular consumers
JPMorgan and Citi move billions in tokenized deposits, but only among their branches. A U.K. challenger bank is about to do something neither has done.…
Bastion wins conditional OCC approval for national trust bank charter
Bastion Platforms National Trust Company will offer stablecoin custody and wallets, payment infrastructure and whitelabel issuance from a single federally…
Stocks face a growing list of threats — so why are investors staying so calm?
Investors are well aware of the risks, but they have simply decided none are significant enough to force them out of the market. Source：MarketWatch
AI leaders want to ‘pace the frontier’ as part of a safety slowdown. But how?
Tech giants are attempting to unite on AI safety, but they’re clashing over how an actual slowdown would work Source：MarketWatch
Dtcpay welcomes SBI Group as strategic investor extending Series A to $25M
Singaporebased payments company completes Series A funding round with Japanese investor SBI Group. Source：Cointelegraph
Hong Kong jails former banker over $1.6B false credit, cryptocurrency bribes: Report
Former banking official gets four years in prison over false letters of credit and accepting $470,000 in cryptocurrency bribes. Source：Cointelegraph
Why investors shouldn’t be spooked by fears of an October stock-market crash
You may be able to profit from investors’ irrational belief that crashes are especially likely to occur in October. Source：MarketWatch