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 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.

Janet Harrison · May 19, 2026

Standard Chartered's AI pivot and what it means for banks, vendors and fintechs

Standard Chartered has announced plans to cut 15 percent of its corporate function roles by 2030, removing roughly 7,000-7,800 jobs as it scales AI and automation, a candid signal that major banks are moving from pilots to structural workforce redesign.

Janet Harrison · May 19, 2026

Solana is facing a builder backlash over its Phoenix push

Solana's promotion of Phoenix has sparked criticism from community builders who say rival perp DEX teams have not received equal support. The dispute shows how ecosystem attention can become a competitive advantage in DeFi.

Janet Harrison · May 19, 2026

Phoenix data centers are heating nearby neighborhoods and the pressure is rising

Arizona State University research suggests Phoenix data centers can raise nearby air temperatures by as much as 4 degrees Fahrenheit, adding a concrete local cost to the AI buildout.

Janet Harrison · May 19, 2026

Cursor makes Composer 2.5 a cheaper rival for coding agents

Cursor has released Composer 2.5, a coding model that comes close to top frontier systems on several software benchmarks while offering much lower token pricing. The bigger story is Cursor's push to own more of the model layer inside its developer workflow.

Janet Harrison · May 19, 2026

Gemini 3.2 Flash pushes Google deeper into elite math territory

Google's Gemini 3.2 Flash is being credited by community testers with solving IMO 2025 Problem 6, a feat that would place it in an extremely small group of public models and sharpen scrutiny of frontier math benchmarks.

Janet Harrison · May 19, 2026

Schiff's data center bill forces hyperscalers to shoulder their power tab and reshapes AI investment

Senator Adam Schiff's new bill would force big data centers to pay for their own generation and transmission, shifting costs from ratepayers to hyperscalers and reshaping where AI capacity is built and financed.

Janet Harrison · May 19, 2026

Phoenix Trade takes on Hyperliquid in Solana perps war

Anewchallengerjustcrashedtheperpsparty.PhoenixTradehit1.27 billion in daily volume on Solana, and the fight with Hyperliquid is turning into a full blown rivalry.

Janet Harrison · May 18, 2026

EU AI Act enforcement deadline forces startups to rewire agent design

The EU AI Act's major enforcement tranche arrives in August 2026, forcing agent builders to document risks, add human oversight, and disclose capabilities or face large fines; legal updates also suggest some targeted deadline shifts, but product teams should act now.

Janet Harrison · May 18, 2026

Standard Chartered brings Zodia Custody onto its balance sheet, signalling banks will own crypto services

Standard Chartered is migrating core custody from Zodia onto its balance sheet, signalling a shift from arm's‑length experimentation to banks owning crypto custody as a core service, which should reduce onboarding friction for institutional crypto clients and accelerate custody‑linked products.

Janet Harrison · May 18, 2026

Intesa Sanpaolo's crypto bet is getting bigger and more varied

Intesa Sanpaolo has more than doubled its crypto exposure to about $235 million by March 31, adding Ethereum, XRP, and its first crypto derivatives trade.

Janet Harrison · May 18, 2026

AMD's tiny AI PC points to a more local future for model inference

AMD is betting that the next frontier of AI will run locally, not in the cloud, and its new Ryzen AI Max platform is built to make that case with 128GB of unified memory and support for very large models.

Janet Harrison · May 18, 2026

MiniPlasma shows how one Windows patch can fail for years

MiniPlasma is no longer just a research curiosity. With working exploit code in the wild, Windows privilege escalation has become an immediate operational risk for startups and enterprises.

Janet Harrison · May 18, 2026

AI license plate readers are becoming a trust crisis for local governments

AI license plate readers are triggering a backlash that is forcing local governments to confront a new reality: surveillance tech can be technically effective and politically unsustainable at the same time.

Janet Harrison · May 18, 2026

Yum Brands is putting Nvidia AI into 500 restaurants

Yum Brands is rolling out Nvidia-powered AI across 500 restaurants, turning a pilot into one of the clearest large-scale deployments in quick-service dining.

Janet Harrison · May 17, 2026

OpenAI's talk show deal shows human content is becoming AI's new premium asset

OpenAI's acquisition of TBPN suggests AI companies are now paying premium prices for human voice, trust, and content IP, and that creates a new startup category for founders building at the intersection of media and AI.