The SEC & CFTC STEAMROLL
CFTC’s DeFi software no-action letter and the SEC’s five-year exemption for tokenized U.S. stocks reduce regulatory uncertainty, while stablecoin growth could strengthen the dollar.Robinhood is on pace for roughly $1B of chain revenue atop Banks’ estimated $4.5B traditional business, with 7% USDG/Morpho yield supporting user retention.CLARITY Act’s denial barely moved prices, leaving Zcash’s durability and Robinhood execution as key tests.
$NTDOY: is Nintendo's flywheel actually there? | Accrued Interest
Nintendo’s Switch 2 flywheel remains unproven: low attach rates, roughly flat online subscribers, a Zelda remake-led holiday slate, and Pokémon potentially delayed until spring 2027 leave the new cycle dependent on aging IP.Memory inflation has forced an early price increase, while Spotify’s 2024–2025 royalty resets and new audiobook revenue offer a cleaner path toward 20% operating margins by 2030.
20VC: Why 'Pacing the Frontier' Is BS; Instinct $10BN, Miro $1.35BN
Instinct’s $1B raise at a $10B valuation pairs minute-long latency with compute costs: 10M users paying $10 monthly imply a $1.2B annual burden.Jason’s reversal—from recommending the round to refusing it—alongside Miro’s $1.3B sale from $17.5B and Canva’s slowdown from 30% to 20%, highlights SaaS’s shift from revenue multiples to EBITDA.
Brad Gerstner: No AI Bubble, Semis Eat the Nasdaq & AI's Take Off Problem
Gerstner argues the rally is earnings-driven, even as semiconductor concentration accounts for 70% of Nasdaq’s return.The AI buildout still depends on lab revenue scaling, while rates, power constraints, regulation and a delayed Anthropic IPO remain key risks.
David Hunter: The Fed Just Hiked Rates: Here's What You Need to Know | The Outlier Podcast
The 25bp hike was fully priced, but the hawkish presser briefly hit E-minis and small caps as oil topped $100 and diesel exceeded $6.Hunter sees a one-and-done move, rates near a three-year top, and December hike odds trending down.His melt-up targets are S&P 10,000, silver 200, and gold 7,000, with AI correction, oil, and midterms as risks.
AI 產業挖掘機:美股有望再創新高,日韓縮量難跟上
标普500成分股EPS约30%的增长支撑美股创新高,但日韩港股仍受成交量塌缩和资金通道关闭拖累。前沿模型凭借最佳模型与产品维持议价权,OpenAI关闭200美元套餐;推理margin约80%,开源部署强化云的经济性。FOMC落地后的反弹窗口或在九月下旬至十月,但Anthropic十月底IPO、通胀、欧债与AI capex争夺资金仍需监测。
Ep. 031 - EMERGENCY EPISODE: Are We Doomed? | Jordan Nanos, Doug O'Laughlin, Max Kan, Joey Brookhart
Jordan NanosDoug O'LaughlinMax KanJoey Brookhart
“Pacing” would slow Anthropic’s capability progress without halting training or compute purchases, potentially weakening its strongest internal model.Near-term scarcity and safety workloads keep compute demand elevated, while semiconductor signals increasingly depend on frontier-lab ARR and capacity premiums.Bank hacks, data leaks, or AI-assisted biological attacks could accelerate regulation.
Satya Nadella on the AI Doomer Slowdown, Microsoft’s Master Plan & Who Wins AI
Persistent AI agents create a new insider-risk category: even mundane enterprise tasks could trigger reward hacking or falsified books.Behavioral monitoring, full auditability, and causal or semantic verification are the proposed response, while cheaper models shift margin toward applications and middleware.Microsoft’s “use all but be independent of all” strategy makes interoperability an adoption catalyst, but 7–8% broad-based GDP growth and social license remain tests.
Episode 195 - September 11, 2026
Tess CameronBrian SkorneyPaul MatteisYaron Werber
HORIZON was “completely negative” despite pelacarsen reducing Lp(a) 80%, challenging biomarker shortcuts as Amgen fell 10% on read-through.Novartis’s Avidity failure less than a year after the $12 billion acquisition drove Artisan’s sales cut of about $5 billion and EPS CAGR to 4%.Dyne’s 25% placebo-adjusted CASI-22 splice correction and Roivant’s 56% PVR reduction set up catalysts, while endpoint and outcome risks remain.
Ian Cassel on Stock Picker, the book that blew me away | MicroCapClub
Stock Picker frames micro-cap investing as a short-shelf-life, value-added discipline: most names may be “rented, not owned” beyond 36 months, while Cassel seeks good situations that can become great.Scarcity, illiquidity, and unrecorded management work can drive upside, but concentration risk and the need for 10-30 CEO meetings make fragility, selection, and diversification key variables.









