4.14 $/GPU-hour (listed) +11.80% 1M · as of Oct 25, 2026, 01:01 UTC
Urdais
Intelligence for the Information Age
Compute
LiveDigitalOcean Signals: Observability for AI Agents and Inference
DigitalOcean · Oct 23, 2026
Prompt Caching is GA on DigitalOcean Serverless Inference: Up to 90% Off the Context Your Agents Resend
DigitalOcean · Oct 23, 2026
Post-Training at the Frontier
RL Post-Training at the Frontier: How CoreWeave, You.com and NVIDIA Customized Nemotron’s Agentic Search & Browsing Capabilities with RL Rollouts
CoreWeave · Oct 23, 2026

CoreWeave Leads the Charge in AI Infrastructure Efficiency, with up to 20% Higher GPU Cluster Performance than Alternative Solutions
CoreWeave boosts AI infrastructure efficiency with up to 20% higher GPU cluster performance compared to alternatives, narrowing the AI efficiency gap with optimized, purpose-built solutions.
CoreWeave · Oct 22, 2026
Inside Agent Compute Engine: Building the compute foundation for the agentic era
Google Cloud · Oct 22, 2026

CoreWeave Launches NVIDIA GB200 Grace Blackwell Systems at Scale
CoreWeave launches NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems, offering advanced AI infrastructure to clients like IBM, Cohere, and Mistral AI.
CoreWeave · Oct 22, 2026

CoreWeave Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering
CoreWeave filed for an IPO with the SEC, planning to list Class A common stock on Nasdaq under "CRWV"; details on share count and pricing are yet to be determined.
CoreWeave · Oct 22, 2026

Introducing Agent Compute Engine and expanded agent governance
Google Cloud · Oct 22, 2026

GTC 2025: A Recap of an Awe-Inspiring Week
Check out our GTC 2025 recap, highlighting AI breakthroughs, new partnerships, keynotes, tech demos, and major product launches like CoreWeave AI Object Storage and NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 racks.
CoreWeave · Oct 22, 2026

CoreWeave Launches AI Object Storage: A Cutting-Edge Object Storage Service Optimized for AI Workloads
Learn more about the launch of CoreWeave AI Object Storage, a high-performance, scalable, and secure storage service built to accelerate AI training and inference with seamless GPU integration.
CoreWeave · Oct 22, 2026
Critical PHP RCE Vulnerabilities: Patch Now (CVE-2026-109618, CVE-2026-109619)
DigitalOcean · Oct 21, 2026

Achieve AI Infrastructure Goodput of up to 96% with 3 Key Strategies
Learn more about 3 strategies to boost AI infrastructure goodput to 96%: using optimized hardware, proactive interruption management, and efficient checkpointing for fast recovery.
CoreWeave · Oct 22, 2026
Energy / Power
LiveMaximize Flow Measurement Performance While Minimizing Energy Loss With Annubar Averaging Pitot Technology
POWER Magazine · Oct 23, 2026
Energy Department Designates Helium as Critical Material to Strengthen American Manufacturing and Supply Chain Security
Designation reflects helium’s essential role in semiconductor manufacturing and advanced energy technologies.
U.S. Department of Energy · Oct 23, 2026
Energy Department Authorizes Strategic Petroleum Reserve Exchange to Support Fuel Supply Stability
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) authorized the exchange to help support regional fuel availability and alleviate potential impacts on transportation fuel supply in Louisiana and surrounding region.
U.S. Department of Energy · Oct 23, 2026
Why Flat Performance Matters More Than Peak Efficiency in Data Center Design
POWER Magazine · Oct 23, 2026
Energy Department to Use Defense Production Act Funding to Restart American Refinery and Expand Refining Capacity
President Donald J. Trump today announced plans to provide up to $150 million in Defense Production Act Title III funding to expand domestic petroleum production, storage, and logistics at refineries across the United States.
U.S. Department of Energy · Oct 23, 2026
NRC Finalizes Rule Allowing Reactor Applicants to Use DOE, DOW Demonstration Data
POWER Magazine · Oct 22, 2026
PJM, FERC Focus on Large Load Challenges at Tech Conference
PJM Interconnection · Oct 22, 2026
Keeping the Lights on When Power Demand Fluctuates
POWER Magazine · Oct 22, 2026
Energy Department Announces Over $125 Million for 63 Projects Across 16 States to Lower Energy Costs, Expand Electricity Access, and Advance Economic Development for America’s Tribal Communities
This investment represents the largest-ever single investment in the Office of Indian Energy’s history.
U.S. Department of Energy · Oct 22, 2026
Stop Viewing Battery Passports as Compliance: They’re the Missing Link to Monetize Second-Life Batteries
POWER Magazine · Oct 22, 2026
Virginia Officials Give Go-Ahead for 3-GW Dominion Energy Gas-Fired Power Station
POWER Magazine · Oct 21, 2026
Energy Department Authorizes Exchange from Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) authorized the exchange to address supply chain disruptions and ensure Americans in the Northeast region stay warm.
U.S. Department of Energy · Oct 21, 2026
Crypto
Live
Crypto longs lose $404 million in four hours as bitcoin briefly slips below $80,000
Spot bitcoin ETFs lost $773 million on Thursday and Friday after three days of net inflows, per SoSoValue data.
The Block · Oct 24, 2026

Argentine judge clears Milei and 10 others in LIBRA case, finding no ‘criminally relevant deception’
The judge's 60-page ruling concluded Argentine President Javier Milei's post promoting the LIBRA token did not, by itself, establish fraud.
The Block · Oct 24, 2026
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #428
This week’s newsletter describes a design for a single-issuer layer 2 whose users can redeem their bitcoin onchain without the issuer’s cooperation and summarizes a proposal for including hash preimages in output script descriptors. Also included are our regular sections describing recent changes to services and client software, announcing new releases and release candidates, and describing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
Bitcoin Optech · Oct 23, 2026

Netanyahu seeking blockchain plan to prepare for possible sanctions
Netanyahu says blockchain could help Israel prepare for possible sanctions targeting its banking system.
The Block · Oct 23, 2026

Sen. Blumenthal seeks answers from Tether over payments to firm founded by ex-White House crypto adviser
Sen. Blumenthal said he wants answers from Tether following reports that it paid millions to a firm started by a former WH crypto adviser.
The Block · Oct 23, 2026
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #427 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by Erick Cestari and Adam Gibson to discuss Newsletter #427.
Bitcoin Optech · Oct 20, 2026

Initia halts network after security incident as attacker reportedly mints tokens
Onchain data shows a $2.7 million ether transfer as Initia investigates the scope of a security incident.
The Block · Oct 23, 2026

Phantom rolls out Kalshi prediction markets to US users, says it’s ‘confident and comfortable’ amid state lawsuits
Phantom users will fund trades with CASH stablecoins, with market restrictions applied in Michigan, Nevada and Washington.
The Block · Oct 23, 2026
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #427
This week’s newsletter summarizes the disclosure of two denial-of-service vulnerabilities in older versions of Eclair and describes a proposed scheme for running complex multi-round contracts inside Lightning channels. Also included are our regular sections announcing new releases and release candidates and describing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
Bitcoin Optech · Oct 16, 2026

Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand central banks expand cross-border stablecoin initiative involving Ripple, Visa and Mastercard
Malaysia and Thailand have joined Singapore's BLOOM initiative for cross-border stablecoin and tokenized deposit settlement.
The Block · Oct 23, 2026

Bitcoin ETFs swing back to net outflows as $636 million in withdrawals erase previous day’s inflows
BlackRock's IBIT led Thursday's net outflows with $254.1 million, while four other funds also witnessed withdrawals.
The Block · Oct 23, 2026
North America: Inside the Growth of Agentic Commerce
Summary North America’s $3 trillion crypto economy remained the most influential in the world, with advancements in agentic commerce, exports…
Chainalysis · Oct 14, 2026
Measurement index
What Urdais Measures
The markets and infrastructure underlying the Information Age.
Compute→
Price of computational capacity
- $/GPU-hour
- ·$/PFLOP-hour
- ·H100 · H200 · B200
Memory
Price of DRAM memory
- Index points
- ·DRAM PPI
- ·Export unit value
Photonics
Price of moving information
- $/Gbps
- ·Transceivers
- ·Optical bandwidth
Energy / Power→
Price of powering computation
- $/kWh
- ·$/MWh
- ·Regional pricing
Chips & Accelerators
Price of advanced compute hardware
- $/accelerator
- ·Performance/$
- ·Availability
Model Economics→
Price of machine intelligence
- $/1M input tokens
- ·$/1M output tokens
- ·Inference cost
Crypto
Native monetary markets of the Information Age
- BTC purchasing power
- ·Network economics
Measured across
- Price
- ·Capacity
- ·Performance
- ·Region
- ·Service quality
- ·Volatility