Crypto M&A Disclosed Value Hits Record $9.66B in H1, Deal Count Slips 25%

UAE Sovereign Fund Eyes ¥2 Trillion AI Data Center Investment in Japan

VanEck Urges Shift from AI Stock Bets to Real Assets, Infrastructure

Mubadala Eyes $6.3 Billion AI Data Center Investment in Japan

Blackstone Explores Second Debt Package for Anthropic Chip Financing

Baseten Raises $300M at $5B Valuation for AI Inference Infrastructure

Iran Warns of US Plans to Target Infrastructure, Incite Trucker Unrest

Iran Develops Strategic Plan Targeting Israeli, US Infrastructure – Report

Murata Warns Tech Buildout May Slow, Despite Raising Profit Outlook

Japan Weighs Foreign Bank Financing for $33B in US Power Projects

Iran Orders Immediate Reconstruction of Infrastructure Hit by US Attacks

Meta Buys 1,039 Acres in El Paso for $10B AI Data Center

Nvidia CEO Huang: AI Bubble Unlikely in Next Five Years on Infrastructure Demand

MoonPay acquires Glide in all-equity deal to expand crypto deposit infrastructure

Nvidia Partners with Japanese Robotics Firms to Accelerate AI Development

Alpaca Raises $135M to Build Out Tokenized Stock Rails

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Joins Nvidia Partner Network for AI Data Center Cooling

Meta VP Warns Infrastructure Must Adapt for AI Agents

Gorilla Technology Group Lands $3B AI Contract in Indonesia

Tether's Wallet Dev Kit Crosses 100,000 Wallets, Developer Portal Now Open

Nvidia Invests in Hydra Host to Expand AI Compute Resources

Hungary Submits Legislation to Unlock Frozen EU Funds

IREN Signs $1.6B AI Cloud Deal with Dell, Ties to Microsoft Plans

Bitcoin

This move reflects a growing institutional preference for tangible, long-duration assets (infrastructure) over higher-yielding but potentially overvalued private credit. For crypto, it reinforces a risk-off narrative among traditional allocators, who may also pare back on crypto exposure if they perceive similar froth. The shift also highlights that pension funds are not rotating into crypto as a yield alternative—they are choosing infrastructure instead.

AMP Ltd. is scaling back its exposure to private credit, citing a frothy market, and shifting funds toward infrastructure assets.

AMP Ltd. Cuts Private Credit Exposure, Shifts to Infrastructure Amid Frothy Market

AMP's infrastructure pivot signals institutional appetite for tokenized real-world assets, not just Bitcoin.

Google Processes 3.2 Quadrillion Tokens Monthly, a Sevenfold Jump in a Year

HIVE Digital Plans $3.5B AI Gigafactory in Ontario, Shifts From Crypto Mining

Coinbase Partners with Flipcash to Launch USDC-Backed Stablecoin on Solana

Coinbase launches Flipcash USDF, expands white-label stablecoin infrastructure

Coinbase Warns of HBAR Delays on Hedera Network, Flags Infrastructure Strain

HIVE Stock Jumps 35% on Plans for 320MW AI Gigafactory