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Private Markets Flip Onchain as Banks Tokenize PE Funds

Private Markets Flip Onchain as Banks Tokenize PE Funds

On October 30, 2025 JPMorgan’s Kinexys quietly ran a live private fund transaction, signaling a shift from tokenizing assets to putting fund administration itself onchain. Here is how tokenized LP shares and programmable workflows could turn weeks of friction into minutes.

Agentforce 360 General Availability Starts the Agentic Era

Agentforce 360 General Availability Starts the Agentic Era

Salesforce made Agentforce 360 generally available on October 13, 2025, alongside deeper Google Workspace, Gemini, and Slack integrations. Here is what actually changed, why it matters, and a 90-day playbook to capture value.

China’s Tianwen-2 Targets Kamoʻoalewa, Earth’s Quasi-Moon

China’s Tianwen-2 Targets Kamoʻoalewa, Earth’s Quasi-Moon

After a quiet late-May launch, Tianwen-2 is on track to rendezvous with Kamoʻoalewa in mid-2026 and attempt a sample return by late-2027. If successful, it could confirm a lunar origin for our quasi-moon and sharpen the playbooks for small-body operations and planetary defense.

CFTC and SEC unlock on-exchange spot crypto trading

CFTC and SEC unlock on-exchange spot crypto trading

In August and September 2025, U.S. market regulators created a clear route for listed spot crypto trading on registered exchanges and signaled coordination on leveraged spot for retail. Here is how that rewires market structure and a practical plan for the next six months.

Ghost Shark Goes Operational: AUKUS Undersea Strike Begins

Ghost Shark Goes Operational: AUKUS Undersea Strike Begins

Australia just opened a Sydney factory to mass-produce Ghost Shark, a containerized extra large undersea drone backed by a multibillion AUD program. The move signals an Indo-Pacific shift toward low-cost, persistent ISR and covert strike at scale.

FDA RXE clears Loyal’s dog longevity pill for a 2026 debut

FDA RXE clears Loyal’s dog longevity pill for a 2026 debut

In February 2025, the FDA’s veterinary center granted Loyal’s LOY-002 a reasonable expectation of effectiveness, opening the door to a 2026 conditional launch. Here is what RXE means, what still must be proven on safety and manufacturing, and why pets may lead geroscience.

HTV‑X1 just rewired space cargo. Why it matters now

HTV‑X1 just rewired space cargo. Why it matters now

Launched on an H3 rocket in October 2025, JAXA’s HTV-X1 reached the International Space Station with power, cooling, and hosting chops that turn a cargo run into months of lab time. Here is why that shift matters and how to use it.

FERC’s 2025 IBR Rule Will Reshape U.S. Wind and Solar

FERC’s 2025 IBR Rule Will Reshape U.S. Wind and Solar

FERC approved new inverter-based resource reliability standards that begin phasing in during 2026. See who is covered, the deadlines that matter, and how developers, OEMs, and utilities can turn compliance into a competitive advantage.

Digital Fort Knox: Inside America’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

Digital Fort Knox: Inside America’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

On March 6, 2025, the White House created a no-sell Strategic Bitcoin Reserve funded with seized BTC. Here is how the policy rewires crypto market structure, from auction dynamics to custody design, and what builders should ship next.

GitHub Agent HQ makes orchestration the new AI battleground

GitHub Agent HQ makes orchestration the new AI battleground

At GitHub Universe 2025, the company unveiled Agent HQ, a neutral mission control that seats agents like Claude, Grok, Devin, and OpenAI inside pull requests, Actions, and VS Code. The agent wars now hinge on orchestration, governance, and CI/CD that ships reliable code.

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Guardian Agents and AI Firewalls Are the New Enterprise Moat

Guardian Agents and AI Firewalls Are the New Enterprise Moat

Fall 2025 turned AI agents from demos into daily operators. That shift created a parallel market for guardian agents and AI firewalls between models, tools, and data. This blueprint shows how to build that runtime policy layer now.

Hera’s Mars flyby sets up the first close-up of a deflected asteroid

Hera’s Mars flyby sets up the first close-up of a deflected asteroid

On March 12, 2025, ESA's Hera skimmed past Mars to line up a late 2026 rendezvous with Dimorphos, the asteroid nudged by DART. Here is how Hera will turn a cinematic hit into a calibrated planetary defense playbook.

Tariff Shock 2025: How U.S. Solar Supply Just Flipped

Tariff Shock 2025: How U.S. Solar Supply Just Flipped

Spring decisions locked steep duties on Southeast Asian panels, then late-summer probes widened to India, Laos, and Indonesia. The market is pivoting to domestic and near-shore supply, thin-film is surging, and developers are repricing PPAs to buy certainty.

Onchain Dollars Go Retail: USDC Checkout, Visa, and PYUSD

Onchain Dollars Go Retail: USDC Checkout, Visa, and PYUSD

Stablecoins just moved from speculation to settlement. Stripe and Shopify are lighting up USDC at checkout while Visa expands stablecoin settlement and PYUSD scales through PayPal and Coinbase. Here is what changes for fees, flows, and builders.

WhatsApp locks out rival AI bots as agent wars shift to OS

WhatsApp locks out rival AI bots as agent wars shift to OS

Meta has updated WhatsApp’s Business API to bar general-purpose AI assistants starting January 15, 2026. Here’s what changes, why it matters, and where to rebuild distribution across the browser, OS action layers, SMS, and email.

Chang'e-6 rewrites the Moon: older basin, drier far side

Chang'e-6 rewrites the Moon: older basin, drier far side

First Chang'e-6 results date the South Pole–Aitken basin to about 4.25 billion years and reveal an exceptionally dry farside mantle. That combination resets lunar timelines and reshapes where, and how, we hunt for polar water.

Victus Sol Makes Responsive Space Operational at Last

Victus Sol Makes Responsive Space Operational at Last

With Victus Sol, the U.S. Space Force moves tactically responsive space from one-off demonstrations to an on-call service. A 24-hour launch window, on-orbit maneuver, and faster OSP-4 task orders reshape deterrence and allied operations in the Indo-Pacific.