Janet Harrison

Janet Harrison has over 16 years experience in the financial services industry giving her a vast understanding of how news affects the financial markets, and an early adopter of blockchain technology and digital currencies. Janet is an active holder and trader spending the majority of her time analyzing blockchain projects, reports and watching new and upcoming projects and other initiatives in the industry. She has a Masters Degree in Economics with previous roles counting Investment Banking.

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Janet Harrison · May 21, 2026

Kalshi's new backing shows prediction markets have won over Wall Street

Kalshi's extra $200 million from Baillie Gifford and Layer Global is more than a funding update. It is a signal that regulated prediction markets are gaining institutional credibility even as the legal fight continues.

Janet Harrison · May 21, 2026

Jensen Huang is widening Nvidia's target far beyond chips

Jensen Huang's latest earnings call did more than top expectations. It signaled that Nvidia sees a fresh $200 billion opportunity in agentic AI and physical systems, a shift that could reshape where startups and investors place their bets.

Janet Harrison · May 21, 2026

Crypto Twitter goes quiet as retail traders vanish

Scrolling through X feels different lately. The endless gm threads are gone. The 100x calls have dried up. Multiple users are reporting unusually low activity, and the data suggests a 15 month bear market finally broke retail engagement.

Janet Harrison · May 21, 2026

Anthropic's $1.25bn-per-month bet on xAI makes compute the new battlefield

Anthropic agreed to buy all 300MW from xAI's Colossus 1 for about $1.25bn per month, a deal that turns compute into a competitive product and gives xAI a new recurring revenue stream while forcing labs to rethink how they secure GPU capacity.

Janet Harrison · May 21, 2026

YouTube brings Gemini-powered remixing to Shorts, forcing creators to rethink ownership

YouTube added Gemini Omni to Shorts Remix at Google I/O, allowing users to AI‑reimagine eligible Shorts with metadata, watermarks and opt-outs, a shift that normalizes platform-native generative remixing while raising fresh creator rights and monetization questions.

Janet Harrison · May 20, 2026

OpenAI's IPO talks would mark a rare disclosure moment for AI

OpenAI's expected move toward an IPO would force rare financial disclosure and give investors a first real look at the economics of frontier AI.

Janet Harrison · May 20, 2026

Trump's new crypto order could open the door for fintech startups

Trump's latest executive order pushes federal agencies to make digital assets easier to integrate with banking and payments, giving crypto startups a clearer path into regulated finance.

Janet Harrison · May 20, 2026

European banks are moving closer to a euro stablecoin that could reshape payments

Intesa Sanpaolo and ABN Amro have joined a larger European bank coalition behind Qivalis, a euro stablecoin project that reflects a broader institutional push to challenge dollar-dominated digital payments.

Janet Harrison · May 20, 2026

Sorted Wallet's new funding bet is on phones the crypto world ignores

Sorted Wallet's $4.4 million seed round shows how stablecoin payments are moving toward real-world utility, especially in markets where smartphones and reliable internet are still a constraint.

Janet Harrison · May 20, 2026

ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 Is Forcing A Re‑think Of Google's Video Story

Independent tests and community benchmarks show ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 outperforming Google's Gemini Omni Flash on motion and temporal fidelity, a development that could sway enterprise and startup buyers as the AI video market shifts toward procurement.

Janet Harrison · May 20, 2026

Meta cuts about 8,000 roles as it pivots people and capital toward AI

Meta has started cutting about 8,000 jobs while moving thousands of people into AI teams, a strategic reallocation that funds larger AI spending by trimming conventional roles and reshapes where talent flows in 2026.

Janet Harrison · May 20, 2026

Minnesota's prediction market ban is forcing a new legal fight

Minnesota has become the first U.S. state to ban prediction markets, and the CFTC is already suing to stop the law. For operators like Polymarket, the bigger risk may be a widening patchwork of state bans.

Janet Harrison · May 20, 2026

Memory makers borrow big to build for AI, leaving startups squeezed in the short term

Memory-chip makers are taking on heavy debt to accelerate DRAM and HBM fab builds for hyperscaler AI demand, keeping prices high now while promising later relief when new capacity comes online.

Janet Harrison · May 20, 2026

Bitcoin Depot's Chapter 11 exposes the structural limits of the crypto‑ATM model

Bitcoin Depot's Chapter 11 and network shutdown expose the fragile economics and regulatory burden facing crypto ATM operators, and they signal that the retail kiosk on‑ramp may be a shrinking niche as app and institutional access mature.

Janet Harrison · May 20, 2026

Google's smart glasses push turns AI wearables into a bigger race

Google's smart glasses move signals that AI wearables are becoming a serious platform battle, with Meta, Apple, and startups all fighting for the same interface.

Janet Harrison · May 19, 2026

ICE moves to list futures on GPU compute, putting AI infrastructure on the trading floor

Intercontinental Exchange plans futures contracts tied to GPU and cloud compute prices, joining CME in financializing compute and offering regulated hedges for AI infrastructure costs.