According to @business, SoftBank explored a potential takeover of Marvell Technology earlier this year in what would have been the semiconductor industry’s largest-ever deal, based on people familiar with the matter, source: Bloomberg. Marvell has highlighted AI and cloud data center demand as core growth drivers with accelerating AI-related revenue in its FY2025 outlook, underscoring its positioning in AI infrastructure, source: Marvell Investor Relations (Q1 FY2025 earnings materials). SoftBank remains the majority owner of Arm Holdings following Arm’s 2023 IPO, reflecting the group’s strategic focus on compute platforms, source: Arm Holdings 2024 annual report and SoftBank Group disclosures. For crypto markets, AI-chip catalysts have previously coincided with rallies in AI-linked tokens such as RNDR and FET around Nvidia earnings, so traders may monitor AI token baskets for sentiment spillover from this M&A headline, source: Bloomberg.

According to @CNBC, Nvidia (NVDA) spent over $900 million to hire Enfabrica’s CEO and license the AI startup’s technology, establishing a large-capital benchmark for ongoing AI infrastructure investment (source: CNBC). According to @CNBC, the deal directly involves executive recruitment and technology licensing tied to AI data-center capabilities, placing NVDA in focus for traders tracking AI hardware leadership and capital deployment size (source: CNBC). According to @CNBC, the report does not mention cryptocurrencies, so traders in both equities and digital assets can use the >$900 million figure as the primary headline catalyst and factual datapoint from the source (source: CNBC).

According to @DeepLearningAI, HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE) is diversifying its revenue streams by acquiring a 7.2-megawatt data center in Toronto, Canada. The source states this facility will be transformed into an AI infrastructure hub by its subsidiary, BUZZ HPC, and upgraded to host up to 5,000 next-generation GPUs with liquid cooling. This strategic pivot into high-performance computing (HPC) for AI reflects a growing trend among crypto miners, such as Core Scientific (CORZ), to leverage their infrastructure expertise to capture opportunities in the booming AI sector, potentially creating new, stable revenue sources outside of volatile crypto mining.

According to @ItsDave_ADA, a live visual from the PlayStation data center shows screens displaying 'Powered By Solana'. This suggests potential integration of Solana's blockchain technology in PlayStation's systems, which could drive interest in Solana among traders. However, further verification is needed.