Bitcoin News
By Bruce Buterin
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The Bitcoin Miner Bet at the Center of It All. A March filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission laid out just how much Situational…
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The AI Stock Slide That Broke the Trade. AI stocks had a rough July. The broader enthusiasm that had driven valuations in the sector…
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Aschenbrenner's Longer View on AI. It's worth remembering who Aschenbrenner is and why the fund attracted $20 billion in the first…
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Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund is back out with the hat. Situational Awareness, the fund he launched in 2024 after leaving OpenAI, is actively reaching out to investors and…
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The fund was managing roughly $20 billion in assets as of June 8. That's a big number. And for a while, the returns were equally striking — Situational Awareness had posted a…
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A March filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission laid out just how much Situational Awareness had committed to one particular corner of the market.
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That's the bet, basically. Bitcoin miners sitting on large facilities and energy contracts are, in theory, well-placed to pivot toward the kind of high-density computing that AI…
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It's a logical thesis on paper. Not always in practice.
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AI stocks had a rough July. The broader enthusiasm that had driven valuations in the sector through much of the year ran into some turbulence, and leveraged funds caught in that…
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See also: Bitcoin Holds Near $64,500 as Short-Term Holders Dump and ETF Flows Split
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That's a pretty significant move. It's not a fire sale, necessarily, but it does mean the fund is exploring ways to manage its position beyond just waiting for a recovery.
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No details on the fundraising timeline either.
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Whether that vision holds up through a volatile patch in AI stocks is a different question. The fund's strategy was always going to be bumpy given the leverage involved and the…
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Read also: Bitcoin ETFs Pull In $32.1 Million as Price Slips Under $64,000
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Right now, Situational Awareness is in a tough spot. Big gains through June, big losses in July, and a scramble for new capital that the fund still hasn't fully explained publicly.
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