PANews reported on October 24th that, according to people familiar with the matter, several banks are preparing to launch a $38 billion debt offering as early as next Monday to finance Oracle-related data centers. This would be the largest such deal to date for artificial intelligence infrastructure entering the market. People familiar with the matter said JPMorgan Chase and Mitsubishi UFJ are the lead banks in the deal, which is divided into two separate senior secured credit facilities. One $23.25 billion package will finance a data center in Texas, while the other $14.75 billion facility will support a project in Wisconsin. For months, investors have been eager to gain exposure to the AI sector, with banks and private lenders vying to lead the massive debt financing needed to fuel the boom. Meta recently selected Pacific Investment Management Company and Blue Owl Capital to lead a $29 billion debt and equity transaction for its data center expansion in rural Louisiana.

Song accused BTC Core developers of defecting and failing to address widespread community concerns about non-monetary data on the ledger. Jimmy Song, a Bitcoin (BTC) developer and advocate, slammed the decision by Bitcoin Core developers to remove the OP_Return limit for non-monetary data embedded on the Bitcoin blockchain in the upcoming Bitcoin Core 30 upgrade, calling it “fiat” mentality.Song accused the Core developers of deflecting user concerns about removing the OP_Return limit, which is currently 80 bytes in size, and ignoring the significant pushback from the Bitcoin community and node runners. He also said:You can argue whether that's something desirable or not, but saying you can't define it is a stalling tactic meant to avoid the real argument about actual impact — particularly, the long-term impact of this change,” Song continued.Read more

