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Keskin Report: This Week's Five Big Issues

Jensen Huang's fall, Brave's payment experiment, crypto's sharp pullback and more — five sharp notes from this week's tech world.

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Dario Keskin

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Key takeaways

Jensen Huang left the Nvidia CEO post after a relationship US intelligence called China-linked and employee scandals; Trump tried to protect him but failed.
Nvidia employees left more than 1,600 comments on the internal platform calling for Huang's return; the situation shows the fragility of corporate cultures overly dependent on a founder.
Democratic members of Congress launched an investigation finding the sale of Nvidia's H200 chips to China 'illegal' and sent Commerce Secretary Lutnick a request to preserve records.
Brave Search API is testing a per-query payment model via USDC without opening an account, using the x402 protocol; a small but serious experiment that could make the intermediary layer redundant.
Bitcoin and Ethereum declined with losses exceeding 6% in 24 hours; shifts in rate expectations continue to trigger volatility.

— 1. A CEO'S FALL AND THE QUESTION LEFT BEHIND

The news began to flow on Wednesday night: Jensen Huang was leaving the company he founded. And not a resignation; the board closed the door. The reason? A relationship with a woman US intelligence agencies assessed to be linked to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, other relationships with employees, and H200 chips alleged to have been diverted to China through a Singapore-based company.

At this point a parenthesis is needed: Trump picked up the phone…

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