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Platinum is drawing investor attention once again.

🍕 15 years ago today, a Florida man paid 10,000 Bitcoin for two large Papa Johns pizzas. In today’s dollars, that’s roughly $1.1 billion, which is nearly enough to buy Papa Johns the company. So happy Bitcoin Pizza Day! And subscribe to Jessica Karl's free daily newsletter to get charts like this directly in your inbox: https://lnkd.in/e5CWFw5p

Columbia University is typically one of the most popular schools among Leelila Strogov’s clients. But this year, the head of New York-based college counseling company AtomicMind says applications plunged.

Data center expansions, startup deals and major workforce implications: AI will upend life as we know it. Bloomberg reporters answer your questions about how governments and tech corporations are grappling with the AI industry 🎧 Tune in on May 23 at 1pm ET: https://bloom.bg/3Shtl9J

US businesses are having to navigate increasingly complex rules as their cargo crosses the border. My colleague Brendan Murray and I took a look at some of the issues these importers are facing. With thanks as always to our Editor Molly Smith

US importers aren't just racing against the clock to secure shipments before pauses on Trump's tariffs expire. They also have to battle through a mountain of paperwork to get the goods in

The software giant is teaming up with a low-carbon cement startup to help address emissions from the construction of data centers.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman 🤝 Former Apple legend Jony Ive: This formidable new Silicon Valley bromance made a $6.5 billion, all-stock deal for OpenAI to acquire Ive’s io. It’s a bet that the 58-year-old can repeat his greatest feat: develop an era-defining product that changes the game just as the iPhone did when it was launched in 2007. It’s a bet they can do all this before Apple gets its own #AI house in order. And Dave Lee thinks it’s a bet with long odds. Read why: https://lnkd.in/g4vxN64n 📷️: OpenAI

The Trump Administration told Harvard University it can’t enroll international students, delivering a major blow to the school after the government froze billions of dollars of federal funding and escalating its fight with elite colleges to unprecedented levels. Kasia Klimasinska, CFA and Carol Massar report bloom.bg/4dsoMTI

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she discussed US steel and aluminum tariffs on Thursday, in her latest call with Donald Trump.