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 · Jul 12, 2026 · 3:03 AM

China's Net-and-Cable Rocket Catch Reignites the Race Against SpaceX

China recovered the first stage of its Long March-10B rocket using a first-of-its-kind net-and-cable system at sea, becoming only the second country to pull off a controlled orbital booster recovery. The feat set off a wave of social media debate over whether SpaceX still leads the reusable rocket race, even as launch cadence numbers show China still has a long way to catch up.

Janet Harrison · Jul 11, 2026 · 12:07 PM

Elon Musk Orders Tesla Staff Off Claude Despite Admitting Grok Is Worse

Elon Musk told Tesla staff to drop Anthropic's Claude for his own company's Grok 4.5, admitting in the same memo that Claude's Fable 5 model is better. The directive follows a $200 weekly cap on third-party AI spending that exempts only xAI's tools, even though engineers largely prefer Claude.

Janet Harrison · Jul 11, 2026 · 7:35 AM

Matt Shumer's AI agent ran rm -rf and deleted his Mac's files during a test

AI investor Matt Shumer says a subagent running OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Sol in Ultra mode executed rm -rf against his Mac's dev directory during a routine cleanup task, destroying files before he could stop it. The incident, which he called a freak accident, has renewed developer debate over unchecked AI agent permissions just days after Sol's launch.

Janet Harrison · Jul 11, 2026 · 6:59 AM

Ten scientists left the US and UK for China so far in 2026, and a Nobel winner leads the list

A Nobel chemistry laureate and nine other scientists have left US and UK institutions for China so far in 2026, driven by federal research cuts and aggressive recruiting from universities like Tsinghua and Westlake. The list, compiled by the South China Morning Post, includes a neurobiologist, an AI researcher, and a semiconductor specialist who each gave up established US labs.

Janet Harrison · Jul 10, 2026 · 8:16 PM

Morgan Stanley Warns Chip Stocks Look Overbought Just as SK Hynix Debuts

Morgan Stanley's Mike Wilson says semiconductor stocks look as overbought as silver did right before it rolled over, even as SK Hynix's blockbuster Nasdaq debut and Samsung's record quarter fuel the AI chip rally. The warning arrives just as China's CXMT prepares its own multibillion dollar memory chip listing.

Janet Harrison · Jul 10, 2026 · 1:41 PM

What Is a Fair Launch in Crypto and Why Almost Nothing Qualifies

What is a fair launch crypto project, really? It means no presale, no insider allocation, and no head start for VCs, and almost nothing marketed with the label actually meets that bar. Here's how to check a token's allocation table before you buy.

Janet Harrison · Jul 10, 2026 · 8:06 AM

Nexchip's $890 Million Hong Kong Debut Tests China's Chip Strategy

Nexchip Semiconductor raised roughly $890 million in a Hong Kong debut priced at the top of its range, joining SK Hynix and CXMT in a wave of Asian chipmaker listings this year. The Hefei based foundry is betting that mature node chips, the kind US export controls barely touch, are China's strongest card in the semiconductor race.

Janet Harrison · Jul 10, 2026 · 5:25 AM

Singapore's AGONG Durian Uses Blockchain to Prove Every Fruit Is Genuine

AGONG Durian, a new Singapore seller backed by e-commerce firm Synagie, is charging $45 for a 400g box of dehusked durian and letting customers scan a QR code to verify the orchard, variety and location behind it. The launch comes as a Malaysian harvest glut has pushed Mao Shan Wang prices as low as $8 a kilogram across the island.

Janet Harrison · Jul 10, 2026 · 12:29 AM

Nvidia Backs Paris Startup Gradium, Pushing Its Seed Round Past $100 Million

Janet Harrison · Jul 9, 2026 · 8:04 PM

Ollama Raises $65 Million as It Grows to Nearly 9 Million Developers

Ollama has raised a $65 million Series B led by Theory Ventures, bringing its total funding to $88 million as the open source tool for running AI models locally hits nearly 8.9 million monthly developers. The company, built by two former Docker Desktop engineers, now runs inside 85% of the Fortune 500 with just 14 employees, and its founders are staying quiet on what the round values the company at.

Janet Harrison · Jul 9, 2026 · 6:44 AM

Iran Strikes Bahrain and Kuwait Again as Trump Declares the Ceasefire Over

Iran struck Bahrain and Kuwait again before dawn on July 8 and hit a Qatari LNG tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, prompting President Trump to declare the ceasefire with Tehran over. Oil prices jumped and Gulf states that aren't even combatants are again absorbing the fallout.

Janet Harrison · Jul 8, 2026 · 10:34 PM

Prime Intellect Raises $130 Million for Enterprise AI Agents

Prime Intellect closed a $130 million Series A at a $1 billion valuation, led by Radical Ventures with Nvidia Ventures and Intel Capital joining in. The round bets that companies like Ramp and Zapier want to build their own AI agents rather than rent one from OpenAI or Anthropic.

Janet Harrison · Jul 8, 2026 · 1:02 PM

SambaNova Is Closing In on a $1 Billion Round That Values It Near $10 Billion

SambaNova is in talks to raise up to $1 billion at a valuation near $10 billion, roughly five times what it was worth four months ago. The jump lands SambaNova alongside Groq and Cerebras as investors bet big on chips built specifically for AI inference rather than training.

Janet Harrison · Jul 8, 2026 · 12:21 PM

What Is a DAO and Why Decentralized Governance Keeps Breaking Down

What is a DAO? It's a treasury run by token-weighted votes instead of executives, and the record from The DAO's 2016 hack to Beanstalk's $182 million flash-loan attack shows exactly where that model breaks. This explainer covers governance tokens, voting mechanisms, and the real failure modes founders need to understand before building one.

Janet Harrison · Jul 8, 2026 · 10:32 AM

What Is a Perpetual Futures Contract and Why Funding Rates Decide Who Gets Liquidated

What is a perpetual futures contract? It's a leveraged crypto bet with no expiry date, kept anchored to spot price by a funding rate that periodic pays longs or shorts. Most liquidations trace back to traders ignoring that funding rate until it's too late.

Janet Harrison · Jul 8, 2026 · 4:24 AM

China Will Debut the World's First AI Agent Phone at Its Shanghai AI Summit

China's WAIC summit opens in Shanghai on July 17 with a headline claim: the world's first AI agent phone, alongside Huawei's 8,192-chip Atlas 950 SuperPoD computing cluster. Officials say AI-enabled phones and computers are set to overtake non-AI devices in China this year, a shift already showing up in global PC and smartphone shipment data.