August 2025

The renewable energy outlook for the US is on shaky ground for now, but US presidents come and go. Meanwhile, the wind and the sun are forever. The energy transition will continue regardless of who occupies the White House, with a…

Bullish, the crypto exchange backed by Peter Thiel, is back in the spotlight with a new IPO filing. This time, the company is aiming for a valuation of up to $4.23 billion as it looks to go public in the United States. It’s a big move,…

Dear Tesla Ethicist: As a longtime Tesla shareholder, I’ve been following the ongoing and often tense discussions regarding CEO Elon Musk’s pay. His previous compensation package was struck down last year, as the court ruled…

Elon Musk’s latest crypto provocation came via Grok, his custom AI bot. The question is: Can Bitcoin’s SHA-256 algorithm withstand quantum computing? He posted it the same day IBM announced Blue Jay, a quantum platform that aims to achieve…

The China crypto ban just added another delicious layer to the Asian markets. China is creating a dip so they can buy it. Our theory at 99B is that China bans BTC ▼-0.28% when the price is high and unbans it when the BTC price is low, so…

Shipments from the Tesla Shanghai factory in July totaled 67,886 cars according to preliminary data released by China’s Passenger Car Association on August 3, 2025. That is the total production figure for both domestic and export…

The XRP price broke above $3.00 and didn’t flinch. At least not yet… we’re looking at you, Donald Trump and those capricious U.S. tariffs. You can throw Fed Chair Jerome Powell in there, too. After grinding at resistance, the…

The XRP price broke above $3.00 and didn’t flinch. At least not yet… we’re looking at you, Donald Trump and those capricious U.S. tariffs. You can throw Fed Chair Jerome Powell in there, too. After grinding at resistance, the…

The Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued an advisory flagging 10 major international cryptocurrency exchanges for operating within the country without necessary licenses. Popular exchanges including OKX, Bybit,…

After a brutal crypto sell-off in June, AgentFun.AI (AGENTFUN) is making a notable comeback. Its recent 59.2% monthly surge and 9.6% 24-hour gain hint at a recovery, but not everyone’s convinced this pump is sustainable. The crypto…