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UNBELIEVABLE: Balaji srinivasan - Caught on Camera

He left America, moved into a $100 billion ghost city near Singapore and tried to build a new society. Malaysia ghosted him

Balaji Srinivasan left the US and took his experiment to build a new kind of society to Malaysia’s $100 billion ghost city, Forest City. His Network School attracted residents who wanted to live around shared ideas about technology and community, but a local council later ordered it to stop operating…

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‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley

As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them

The Guardian - UK

Booted from Malaysia, tech guru Balaji Srinivasan finds a new patron for his ‘nomad’ commune: Kazakhstan

It's been a weekslong saga involving crypto-friendly tech utopianism, tensions over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and even China’s real estate crash.

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Malaysia revokes licence of tech-based ‘startup society’

KUALA LUMPUR - ⁠The business ⁠licence of Network School, a digital nomad community founded in Malaysia by US investor Balaji Srinivasan, has been revoked after an investigation into ‌alleged immigration law violations, the chief minister of Johor state said on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Malaysia investigating tech-based ‘frontier community’

KUALA LUMPUR - ⁠Malaysia is investigating a co-living community for “digital nomads” founded by former Coinbase chief technology officer and US ‌investor Balaji Srinivasan, following claims it included Israelis in violation of immigration laws.

Bangkok Post

SuperAI Singapore 2026 Sells Out: Asia's Largest AI Event Brings Together 10,000 Global Innovators

SINGAPORE, June 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SuperAI Singapore 2026 has officially sold out, bringing 10,000 attendees to Marina Bay Sands this week for Asia's largest AI event. The event convenes AI leaders, frontier technologists, investors, researchers and builders from across 150+ countries, representing more than 1,500 of the world's most…

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Ray Dalio Says US Will Lose The War With Iran if It Fails to Break the Strait of Hormuz Blockade

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio warns that the United States risks an 'empire-ending' defeat and the collapse of the petrodollar if it fails to break Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

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Black Swan Author Says Trump Is 'Exacerbating' Dollar's Decline, Balaji Sees Gold's Return As 'Reserve Currency Of The State'

There are growing concerns about the U.S. Dollar’s steady decline; experts are highlighting its eroding value and its global standing.

Benzinga

Trump's AI Czar Says Tech Behind Chatbots Won't Kill Jobs: 'Narrative Is Overhyped'

As debates over AI-driven job displacement intensify, Silicon Valley investor and economic commentator Balaji Srinivasan and White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks say the real story is that humans remain essential, guiding and verifying AI at both ends of the workflow.

Benzinga

'All Property Becomes Cryptography:' Balaji Srinivasan Believes All Valuable Assets Will Be Powered By Blockchain One Day

Silicon Valley investor and economic commentator Balaji Srinivasan predicted that all valuable assets will be secured and managed through blockchain technology in the future.

Benzinga

Elon Musk Is The 'Most Productive Human Being On Earth,' Says Ark Invest's Cathie Wood: 'Facts Are Facts'

Investor Cathie Wood, the CEO of Ark Invest, offered one of her most emphatic endorsements yet of Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO, Elon Musk, calling him “the most productive human being on earth and in space in history.”

Benzinga

Bitcoin Gets 'Bigger' The More Money Central Banks Print, Says Popular Crypto Analyst: 'It's A Beautiful Thing'

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) purist Willy Woo tied the leading cryptocurrency’s growth with global liquidity on Wednesday, stating that the more money printed, the larger it will become.

Benzinga

Elon Musk Is 100% Correct, Says Balaji Srinivasan: America Is 'Broke' And There Is 'No Fix' But Is It A Win-Win For Bitcoin?

Silicon Valley investor and economic commentator Balaji Srinivasan said Tuesday the U.S. is heading towards a national bankruptcy, with no possible solution to its debt crisis.

Benzinga

Remote Wyoming vacation lodge emerges as haven for US ‘dissident’ right

Wagon Box Inn, founded by Paul McNiel, attracts figures with ambitions to push politics and culture rightwards

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Discover the latest news and analysis on the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency market. Learn about the potential for the Bitcoin price to reach Bitcoin price surge prompts predictions of Top News million valuation by expert million and the...

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Crack-Up Capitalism by Quinn Slobodian review – zoning out

How the special economic areas championed by rightwing radicals undermine democracy

Reason

Balaji's Bet: Bitcoin Hits $1 Million in 90 Days. Live With Balaji Srinivasan, Lawrence White, and Zach Weissmueller

Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern for a discussion about bank runs, the Fed, and bitcoin.

Benzinga

Laguna Labs Launches The World's First Flatcoin Pegged To The Cost Of Living

In a time of record inflation in the U.S., the idea of "flat" has its appeal.

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Balaji Srinivasan: How To Build Your Own Country in the Cloud

The Network State author and serial entrepreneur on the future of freedom, online and offline.

The Guardian - US

Could new countries be founded – on the internet?

Coinbase’s former chief technology officer wants to use social networks to create states. What doesn’t fit into his vision are things like poverty, illness and ageing

Benzinga

Completing The God Protocols: A Comprehensive Overview Of Chainlink

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