2026-02-08 18:00 UTC | ⛏️ 935617

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1. Bitcoin crashes 35% from October peak (web:1)
-- Bitcoin down nearly 40% from October highs; at 7-month low near $76,000 after falling below $84,000.
-- Market observers note atypical failure to rebound despite gold strength and Nasdaq gains, signaling deleveraging and risk-off trading.

2. Kevin Warsh to lead US Federal Reserve (web:24)(web:27)
-- Trump nominates Wall Street veteran Warsh as next Fed chair to succeed Powell in May 2026, pending Senate confirmation.
-- Appointment introduces uncertainty over monetary policy direction; markets divided on whether Warsh signals orthodox banking or politically aligned easing.

3. AI capex race escalates to $650 billion (web:21)(web:28)
-- Major tech firms forecast combined $650 billion capital spending in 2026; OpenAI commits $10B+ compute deal with Cerebras.
-- AI arms race sustains despite valuation risks; reflects competitive pressure to scale foundation models and enterprise deployment.

4. Russia-Ukraine strikes escalate in February (web:5)
-- Russian drone strike kills 15 mineworkers in Dnipro; Moscow launches widespread drones and cruise missile campaign across Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia.
-- Escalation follows brief infrastructure strike moratorium; humanitarian toll mounting amid broader energy crisis in Ukraine.

5. Anthropic debuts Claude Opus 4.6 multiagent model (web:25)
-- Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.6 with one-million token context window and multiagent team capabilities for knowledge work beyond coding.
-- Enterprise AI competition intensifies; Snowflake-OpenAI partnership announces $200M deal to embed agents across data platform infrastructure.