Key Highlights

• Digi Power X (DGXX) shares climbed approximately 39% following the announcement of a Master Services Agreement with Cerebras Systems
• The partnership involves developing a 40 MW AI-focused data center campus located in Columbiana, Alabama
• The 10-year agreement carries an estimated value of $1.1 billion, potentially expanding to $2.5 billion with renewal options
• Development will occur across two phases, with the first phase scheduled for completion by December 15, 2026
• Revenue generation is anticipated to commence in late 2026, reaching full capacity during Q1 2027

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Shares of Digi Power X (DGXX) experienced a substantial rally of approximately 39% on Tuesday following the company’s disclosure of a significant colocation partnership with AI hardware manufacturer Cerebras Systems.

Digi Power X Inc., DGXX

The partnership encompasses the construction of a specialized 40-megawatt AI data center campus situated in Columbiana, Alabama. Under the initial 10-year arrangement, the contract is estimated at roughly $1.1 billion.

Including potential renewal periods, the total contract value may climb to $2.5 billion. This arrangement provides Digi Power X with predictable revenue streams starting from the first day of operational service.

The project is structured in two distinct development phases. The first phase encompasses 15 MW of IT capacity, while the second phase will contribute an additional 25 MW, culminating in a combined 40 MW capacity.

The campus infrastructure will adhere to Tier III standards. These specifications are tailored explicitly for the intensive thermal and power density requirements of cutting-edge AI accelerator technology—precisely the type of computational workloads that Cerebras deploys.

Construction activities for Phase 1 are commencing without delay. Notably, Digi Power X will self-finance the first phase construction, a significant consideration given the project’s magnitude.

The company has already finalized the on-site electrical substation for Phase 1. Grid connectivity has been secured, and a power supply agreement with Alabama Power is fully executed.

The Columbiana location was selected based on its robust power infrastructure, favorable regulatory climate, and strategic access to major fiber optic routes throughout the southeastern region. Digi Power X maintains ownership of the property hosting the site.

Projected Revenue Schedule

Phase 1 aims for a Ready-for-Service milestone of December 15, 2026. Complete buildout encompassing both phases is projected for completion by the conclusion of Q1 2027.

Revenue streams from this partnership are forecasted to begin in the latter part of 2026. Maximum revenue generation is expected to align with the finalization of the complete 40 MW infrastructure deployment.

Strategic Value for Cerebras Systems

From Cerebras’ perspective, this agreement secures guaranteed data center infrastructure from the initial service date. Such operational certainty is critical for an organization expanding frontier AI computational capabilities.

Cerebras Systems has established its reputation through large-scale AI processor technology and computing platforms. The Columbiana facility was characterized as being engineered “from the ground up” to address power density and reliability specifications.

The partnership structure delivers mutual advantages. Digi Power X obtains a contracted, long-term revenue pipeline. Cerebras acquires dedicated, custom-designed capacity without undertaking real estate development responsibilities.

DGXX is additionally listed on Cboe Canada under the DGX ticker symbol, which rose approximately 38.93% on the announcement.

The equity was trading higher by roughly 39% as of Tuesday afternoon in response to the disclosure.

The chief marketing officer (CMO) at Crypto.com, Steven Kalifowitz, who has overseen more than $1 billion spent on partnerships and high profile campaigns in the past several years, is leaving the company.

Crypto.com spokesperson said Kalifowitz will be moving on from his role as CMO, effective June 30, and will then continue on as advisor to the CEO.

“Steven has been a significant contributor to the effective mainstreaming of the Crypto.com brand, from introducing Crypto.com on a global stage through our first brand film in 2021, to striking strategic partnerships and sponsorships that have helped connect Crypto.com to millions of consumers,” the spokesperson said.

Kalifowitz has been CMO at Crypto.com for close to six years, during which time the company surged in recognition from just being an app to a global brand.

During his tenure, Crypto.com has invested over $1 billion in partnerships, including a $700 million, 20-year deal for naming rights to the Crypto.com Arena (formerly Staples Center), and a $100 million campaign with Matt Damon.

The crypto buying platform also has high-profile partnerships with Formula 1 and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), an American mixed martial arts promotion company based in Las Vegas.

Kalifowitz was previously a brand manager at Twitter for four years, and president of real estate platform Localize.city.

Founded in 2016, Singapore-based Crypto.com allows users to buy and sell more than 200 cryptocurrencies, as well as the ability to earn rewards by depositing crypto or using its Visa card.

A Puerto Rican man is suing Coinbase after he accused the exchange of wrongly withholding crypto that was apparently stolen in a $55 million draining hack.

The suit, which was filed on Monday in a California court, claims that the man, referred to as “D.B.,” was a victim of a hack on August 20, 2024. 

The victim apparently lost his crypto after clicking on a malicious link that spoofed Ethereum DeFi management tool “DefiSaver.” He then unknowingly authorized a smart contract permission that gave the thieves control of his crypto wallets.

From here, they allegedly stole his funds, made up of stablecoin DAI, and used crypto mixing services like Tornado Cash to launder the funds before eventually depositing them on Coinbase. 

Coinbase froze the funds held in a retail account after the plaintiff’s agents, Zero Shadow and Five Stones, traced the funds and requested their freezing. The exchange, however, refused to return the crypto unless a court order was secured. 

The suit further alleges that, “While Coinbase acted reasonably in freezing the stolen cryptocurrency, its refusal to return the frozen funds to plaintiff became unreasonable when plaintiff provided sworn proof that he is the rightful owner and Coinbase refused to act.”

Coinbase lawsuit matches up with $55M DAI hack

The victim’s name, the total amount stolen, and other details are redacted from the lawsuit, but the certain events appear to line up with reports around August 20 and 21 covering a $55 million DAI draining incident. 

🚨 5 hours ago, a victim lost $55.43M in DAI after signing a phishing transaction targeting its DeFi Saver Proxy.

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Read more: Crypto hackers snatch over $1B in 68 incidents this year

These include details like the “Inferno Drainer” malware used in the attack, the theft of the DAI, and the manipulation of the smart contract.

Crypto analysts at the time noted that the victim had acted “carelessly” when signing the transaction, and that he attempted to reverse the transaction upon realising that it was malicious.

The lawsuit, which describes the hack as “sophisticated,” is suing Coinbase on five counts, including unjust enrichment, and is seeking restitution for any profits the exchange may have accrued from holding the funds. 

It also seeks a court order declaring that the plaintiff is the rightful owner, an order directing Coinbase to return the funds, and the “imposition of a constructive trust.”

The lawsuit is also suing John Doe, a legal name used to highlight the currently unknown hacker, or hackers, who stole the crypto. They face seven counts, including fraud, theft, and racketeering.

The plaintiff claims to have found one suspect, a Ukrainian called Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Goreliikhin, who allegedly played a significant role in laundering the funds. 

Protos has reached out to Coinbase for comment and will update this piece should we hear anything back.

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Quick Summary

• PayPal delivered Q1 adjusted EPS of $1.34, surpassing the analyst consensus of $1.27
• Quarterly revenue reached $8.35 billion, climbing 7% from last year and beating the $8.1 billion Street projection
• Newly appointed CEO Enrique Lores unveiled a reorganization into three distinct business divisions
• Q2 adjusted EPS is projected to fall 9%, significantly worse than the 4% decline Wall Street anticipated
• Management aims to achieve minimum gross run-rate savings of $1.5 billion within the next two to three years

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PayPal (PYPL) shares climbed 0.9% during premarket hours on Tuesday following the digital payments giant’s first-quarter performance that exceeded Wall Street expectations, although cautious second-quarter projections limited the upward momentum. Prior to the earnings release, the stock had already declined 14% year-to-date.

PayPal Holdings, Inc., PYPL

The company’s adjusted earnings per share registered at $1.34, narrowly surpassing the FactSet consensus projection of $1.27. Quarterly revenue hit $8.35 billion, representing a 7% year-over-year increase and exceeding Wall Street’s $8.1 billion target.

Total payment volume expanded 11% to reach $464 billion. The number of payment transactions increased 7% to 6.5 billion. The active account base held steady at approximately 439 million, indicating that revenue growth stems from higher spending among current users rather than customer acquisition.

From a profitability perspective, GAAP net income dropped 14% to $1.11 billion. The GAAP operating margin compressed to 17.8%, declining roughly 182 basis points year-over-year.

Free cash flow totaled $903 million for the quarter. The company allocated $1.5 billion for shareholder returns via stock buybacks and announced a quarterly dividend of $0.14 per share, scheduled for distribution on June 25, 2026.

New CEO Drives Organizational Overhaul

The quarterly results coincided with a major restructuring initiative unveiled by newly installed CEO Enrique Lores. PayPal is reorganizing its operations into three core business segments: checkout, consumer financial services, and payment processing.

The digital payments provider also introduced a cost-reduction program focused on organizational simplification and accelerated artificial intelligence integration, with a target of securing at least $1.5 billion in gross run-rate savings across the next two to three years.

“We are taking deliberate steps to sharpen our strategy, simplify our organization, and improve both our growth trajectory and cost structure,” Lores stated.

Lores assumed the chief executive position earlier this year with a clear directive to revitalize the struggling payments platform.

Second Quarter Forecast Falls Short

While the first-quarter results impressed, the company’s forward-looking statements concerned market participants.

PayPal projected a 9% contraction in adjusted EPS for the second quarter. Wall Street had been modeling a decline around 4%. The variance represents a substantial miss relative to expectations.

Full-year 2026 projections remained unchanged. Management continues to anticipate a mid-single digit decline in GAAP EPS and non-GAAP EPS ranging from a low-single digit decrease to marginally positive growth.

Executives characterized the first quarter as a “solid start” while acknowledging what they termed a challenging operating landscape.

The board approved a $0.14 per-share cash dividend for payment on June 25, 2026.

European financial institutions should assess whether the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) can be extended into tokenized payments, Bank of Italy Deputy Governor Chiara Scotti said, as policymakers look for ways to keep euro-denominated settlement central to digital finance.

Scotti called a tokenized extension of SEPA an “important area for reflection” during a Monday speech at the Digital Assets and Monetary Policy Transmission workshop in Rome, saying Europe’s existing payments framework offers scale, shared standards and interoperability.

Her comments come as the Eurosystem prepares a pilot for Pontes, a distributed ledger technology settlement initiative designed to link market DLT platforms with TARGET Services and settle transactions in central bank money. The pilot is expected by the third quarter of 2026.

The European Central Bank (ECB) is also developing Appia, a longer-term roadmap for Europe’s tokenized financial ecosystem that is expected to conclude in 2028, as policymakers weigh how tokenized deposits, stablecoins and central bank money should coexist.

The ECB said it was exploring ways to bring central bank money onto DLT due to concerns over the adoption of a non-euro stablecoin, which may have “serious consequences for Europe’s monetary sovereignty,” such as diminishing the euro’s role and creating a dependency on foreign settlement assets.

Banca d’Italia, ECB, EABCN, and CEPR Workshop on‘Digital Assets and Monetary Policy Transmission.’ Source: Bank of Italy

ECB says stablecoin adoption may shift bank deposits

The ECB has previously outlined concerns related to widespread stablecoin adoption.

In a report published in November 2025, the ECB said that widespread stablecoin adoption may see households replace some of their bank deposits with stablecoin holdings, leading to significant bank deposit outflows.

“Significant growth in stablecoins could cause retail deposit outflows, diminishing an important source of funding for banks and leaving them with more volatile funding overall.”

In a working paper published on March 4, 2026, the ECB highlighted further risks, including that stablecoin adoption induces a “deposit-substitution mechanism, whereby funds shift from retail bank deposits to digital assets.”

Related: UBS partners with five banks for Swiss franc stablecoin sandbox

Later on March 23, Piero Cipollone, a member of the ECB’s Executive Board, said that both tokenized deposits and stablecoins need tokenized central bank money as a public settlement anchor for scaling Europe’s tokenized financial system, Cointelegraph reported.

Magazine: Crypto wanted to overthrow banks, now it’s becoming them in stablecoin fight

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Quick Summary

• First quarter adjusted earnings per share of 55 cents exceeded analyst expectations of 48 cents
• Revenue reached $1.68 billion, marginally surpassing the $1.67 billion consensus forecast
• Annual EPS outlook upgraded to $2.35–$2.40 range, previously $2.25–$2.30
• Company initiating $275 million accelerated stock buyback program
• Approximately 1% pricing adjustment implemented to counter elevated input costs from Iran situation

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Shares of DuPont (DD) advanced 1.6% to $46.15 during premarket hours on Tuesday following the specialty materials corporation’s announcement of first-quarter results that surpassed analyst projections and an improved annual forecast.

DuPont de Nemours, Inc., DD

The company reported adjusted earnings per share of 55 cents, comfortably exceeding the FactSet consensus estimate of 48 cents. Revenue climbed to $1.68 billion from $1.61 billion in the year-ago period, narrowly topping the $1.67 billion analyst forecast.

On a GAAP basis, DuPont recorded net income of $161 million, translating to 39 cents per share, a significant reversal from the $589 million loss, or $1.40 per share, reported in the comparable quarter of the previous year.

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It’s important to recognize that year-over-year comparisons require context. The company completed the separation of its electronics division, Qnity Electronics, which impacts historical comparisons.

Additionally, the first quarter results incorporate a three-cent-per-share benefit from discontinued operations associated with the sale of the Aramids business, which was finalized on April 1.

Company Elevates Annual Forecast

Management increased its full-year adjusted earnings per share guidance to a range of $2.35 to $2.40, up from the previous $2.25 to $2.30 projection. Revenue expectations were similarly lifted to $7.16–$7.22 billion from the prior $7.08–$7.14 billion range.

These updated targets exceed current Wall Street expectations, which call for $2.27 per share in earnings on $7.10 billion in revenue.

For the second quarter, the company projects adjusted EPS of approximately 59 cents on revenue of roughly $1.8 billion. This aligns closely with analyst expectations of 58 cents per share on $1.8 billion in sales.

Chief Executive Lori Koch emphasized organic revenue growth, improved profit margins, and double-digit adjusted earnings expansion as key achievements during the quarter. Chief Financial Officer Antonella Franzen explained that the revised annual outlook incorporates approximately 4% organic growth, including about 1% from pricing actions designed to mitigate increased input costs stemming from the Iranian conflict.

Capital Allocation and Divisional Results

The company unveiled plans for a $275 million accelerated share repurchase program commencing immediately. This initiative is part of a comprehensive $2 billion buyback authorization granted by the board in November, which featured an initial $500 million accelerated component.

From a segment perspective, the Healthcare & Water Technologies division delivered 6% year-over-year sales growth, accompanied by a 1.1 percentage point expansion in operating margins. The Diversified Industrials segment achieved 3% revenue growth, likewise recording a 1.1 percentage point improvement in profitability.

DD shares had declined approximately 9% since the outbreak of the Iran conflict on February 28, as market participants assessed the impact of elevated oil prices on production costs. Prior to Tuesday’s trading, the stock remained up 13% year-to-date and had appreciated 66% over the trailing twelve-month period.

The second quarter projection of 59 cents in adjusted earnings per share on $1.8 billion in sales represents the company’s latest near-term guidance.

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Laggards: LTC (+0.7%) and BNB (+0.7%).

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