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Crypto
Zcash Ironwood upgrade may be delayed amid lack of infrastructure readiness
Zcash is considering delaying its Ironwood network upgrade scheduled for late July, amid concerns that exchanges, mining pools and wallet providers may not have enough time to prepare for the software transition. Shielded Labs\' Jason McGee said on the Zcash community forum that the Ironwood upgrade and the shift to the Z3 stack are happening at the same time. Participants must replace zcashd with a Z3 stack made up of Zebra, Zaino and Zallet.
Crypto
Bitcoin rebounds after breaking below $60,000; focus on AI funding shift and rate outlook
Bitcoin fell below $60,000 for the first time since last October and rebounded to around $63,000 on bargain buying. The broader crypto market slid, with heavy liquidations. Investors focused on stronger U.S. jobs data that pushed back rate-cut expectations, and on large AI-related fundraisings seen as drawing money from risk assets. Decrypt reported Strategy sold bitcoin for the first time in four years, hurting sentiment, while spot crypto ETFs saw outflows.
AI & Enterprise
Google in talks to invest $100 million in Fluidstack, boosting TPU ecosystem
Google is in talks to invest about $100 million in cloud startup Fluidstack, the Wall Street Journal reported on Feb. 20, citing sources familiar with the matter. If completed, the deal would value Fluidstack at $7.5 billion. Fluidstack runs a cloud platform for AI training and inference workloads and highlights rapid configuration of large GPU clusters. Google’s move is part of its strategy to expand its TPU AI chip ecosystem.