2026-08-04 21:00 UTC | BLOCK 961072
BITCOIN $64,346 | GOLD $4,063 | OIL $78.88
1. Texas pauses new data-center approvals pending power-grid audit
-- Governor Greg Abbott ordered a halt to new data-center approvals while Texas audits a development queue that has reached 474 gigawatts, according to Reuters and Blockspace Media.
-- The review could constrain expansion plans for AI campuses and Bitcoin miners competing for generation, transmission capacity and interconnection rights on the ERCOT grid.
2. Amazon loses bid to block Perplexity's AI shopping tools
-- A U.S. court denied Amazon's request to bar Perplexity from offering artificial-intelligence shopping tools, Reuters reported Tuesday.
-- The ruling could accelerate AI-agent adoption among online-shopping users, shifting transaction traffic and commercially valuable customer data away from incumbent platforms.
3. SpaceX revenue jumps 92% in first results since public listing
-- SpaceX said April-to-June revenue rose 92% as Starlink and artificial-intelligence businesses drove growth in its first earnings report since going public in June, Reuters reported.
-- Rapid growth strengthens the company's ability to finance satellite and launch infrastructure internally, though AI spending remains a near-term drag on the newly traded shares.
4. Russian strike hits children's hospital grounds in Zaporizhzhia
-- Russian forces struck the grounds of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Children's Clinical Hospital on Tuesday evening, according to Ukrainian authorities cited by Ukrinform.
-- Damage to a pediatric medical site increases legal scrutiny of attacks on civilian infrastructure as Kyiv seeks greater U.S. involvement in possible August peace talks.
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