Sam Volkering

Is inference AMD's key to $1 trillion?

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The “altstock boom of 2025” is taking off

Forget altcoins — public “altstocks” are where the action is in 2025. From Circle’s IPO to stablecoin-powered toy companies, the crypto takeover of public markets is here. Here's how it's playing out… and where the biggest profits may be hiding.

How ChatGPT saved my life on Thursday night

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Ed Miliband’s nuclear about face…and his AI face

Last year, I predicted that AI’s energy demands would force a rethink on nuclear. Now it’s happening. Ed Miliband is backing the biggest nuclear expansion in over 50 years—and that opens the door to a new wave of AI investment in the UK.

Who needs government when you've got Nvidia?

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The SmartDollar Stack and Circle’s upsized IPO… is this the buy of 2025?

One of the most anticipated IPOs of 2025, just got…bigger. Circle (NYSE:CRCL), the USDC stablecoin issuer (who tried to IPO in 2021) just upsized its…

Who is Huang from 2010? And importantly what is 2025's CUDA?

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The Year of the Super IPO? Musk vs Altman, and the Race to $100 Billion Floats

Reports are swirling this week that Elon Musk’s xAI is raising $300 million at a valuation north of $113 billion. Yes, you read that right. A company barely two years old, with its Grok chatbot only recently available worldwide, is now being priced like a tech titan.

Meta goes full nuclear on their future

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Zuckerberg + Luckey = WAR DOGS

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Rickards on Gold Leasing: Is It All There?

Is the U.S. gold reserve still intact? Jim Rickards thinks it might be leased out — and that could “break the system.” In a must-watch interview with Daniela Cambone, he exposes how paper gold dominates the market, why physical delivery barely happens, and what really goes on behind the doors of Fort Knox. If you’re holding gold — or thinking about it — this is essential viewing.

Hallucinating AI or time traveller?

I pop onto the Telegraph website today and aside from weird chest puffing about Elon returning to his companies, and the recent “failure” of his…

American fumble: will the US drop the AI revolution?

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Trump’s crypto “orgy of corruption”

While headlines mocked the “awkward” state dinner, markets were watching something else entirely: Trump’s soaring stock. With investors piling into bitcoin treasury plays, the real story isn’t politics—it’s what this tells us about the next financial regime.

Robots, AI, and Stargate

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OpenAI’s $6.5 billion buy isn’t about a device. It’s about robots.

Everyone’s talking about OpenAI’s new device. But when I saw they paid $6.5 billion to bring Jony Ive’s design studio in-house, I didn’t see a gadget—I saw a robot. In this piece, I break down what I think OpenAI’s really building, why it could challenge Elon Musk’s Optimus, and how this new AI arms race might redefine everything from your tech portfolio to your home.

Where's Dropbox for AI models?

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Google I/O shows us AI is useful 🚂

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A memecoin dinner to monetary strategy. Is Trump crazy, or strategically brilliant?

At first glance, $TRUMP looks like a joke—just another memecoin riding the election cycle. But peel back the layers, and you’ll find something far more serious: programmable stablecoins, tokenised assets, and the foundation of an Alt-Stack being quietly built behind the scenes. This isn’t about crypto hype. It’s about reshaping the financial rails before anyone realises they’ve changed.

Androids don't dream of electric sheep, they dream of themselves

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