Dom Cooke / Colossus:
A profile of Jeffrey Yan and his startup Hyperliquid, a $10B crypto exchange that never took VC money and generated $900M+ in profit in 2025 with 11 employees  —  Jeffrey Yan turned down $100 million, airdropped billions to strangers, and can't travel without a bodyguard.

Julie Bort / TechCrunch:
OpenAI acquires personal finance startup Hiro Finance for an undisclosed sum; Hiro stops new signups, will shut down on April 20 and delete all data on May 13  —  OpenAI has acquired personal finance startup Hiro Finance, founder Ethan Bloch announced on Monday and OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch.

Politico:
Regulators in Europe were largely left out of the loop as Anthropic limited the release of its latest model Mythos to select companies and organizations  —  BRUSSELS — Regulators in Europe have been left out of the loop as U.S. firm Anthropic restricts the release of a new, powerful artificial intelligence model.

Jeff Tomich / Politico:
Voters in Festus, Missouri, ousted all four incumbent council members running for reelection last week, days after the council's approval of a $6B data center  —  The rout of half the Festus City Council was fueled by a surge in voter turnout and widespread frustration with the data center approval process.

Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Oracle expands its partnership with fuel cell maker Bloom to procure up to 2.8 GW of capacity, after receiving a warrant to purchase $400M of Bloom stock  —  Oracle is poised to make a quick buck off an investment in Bloom Energy.  —  On Thursday, Oracle was issued a warrant to purchase …