Amazon announced on April 20 that it would invest an additional $5 billion in Anthropic, bringing its cumulative committed investment since 2023 to $13 billion, and leaving room for additional funding tied to future commercial milestones of up to $20 billion. In return, Anthropic has pledged to invest more than $100 billion over the next decade in AWS infrastructure, in exchange for 5 gigawatts of compute resources.

Amazon expands its partnership with Anthropic, investing up to $25 billion. Anthropic commits to spending more than $100 billion on AWS within 10 years and receiving 5GW of additional compute capacity. This is the second wave of Anthropic’s compute expansion, with a valuation of $380B. Anthropic’s annualized revenue surpasses $30 billion. Soaring demand has driven its infrastructure expansion, moving forward with compute development in sync with AWS and Google.

Resolv Labs conducted a contract upgrade on April 6 following the minting vulnerability attack on March 22, forcibly burning 36.73 million USR stablecoins held by the attacker. The attack used leaked AWS keys, leaving Resolv facing a $34 million loss. The incident highlights the major risks DeFi protocols face in terms of security for off-chain infrastructure, underscoring that security audits should include backend key management and abnormal transaction detection mechanisms.

The conflict between Iran and the United States and Israel has expanded to digital infrastructure, with AWS’s data center in Bahrain reportedly damaged by an airstrike. The Iranian elite force, the IRGC, has publicly threatened U.S. technology companies across the Middle East, showing that the strategic focus has shifted to critical infrastructure such as data centers. This kind of situation could affect the stability of the entire digital economy.

Bittensor’s fundamentals are heating up, even as the TAO price starts to slow down a bit. Subnet valuations have now exceeded $1.5 billion, with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang even praising the network. This level of exposure has helped fuel a strong rally in recent times, but there are now some

On March 24, a supply chain attack occurred on the Python package LiteLLM, with version 1.82.8 maliciously compromised, potentially leading to the leakage of sensitive data including SSH keys and AWS credentials. The affected version was downloaded 97 million times, with extensive impact. Security researchers suspect the GitHub and PyPI accounts were compromised, with attackers simultaneously targeting multiple large-scale projects, causing significant damage. Immediate version checks and downgrades to secure versions are necessary, along with a reconsideration of dependency culture.

Jinse Finance reports that on March 24, US stocks opened lower, with the Dow Jones falling 0.24%, the S&P 500 index down 0.62%, and the Nasdaq down 0.63%. Li Auto (LI.O) rose 2.8%, with the company announcing a $1 billion stock buyback plan. Amazon (AMZN.O) fell 1%, as the company's Amazon Web Services (AWS) region in Bahrain experienced a "service outage." (Jin Shi)

Middle East tensions feared to escalate again! Trump posted a warning on social media this morning, stating that if Iran does not fully open the Strait of Hormuz within "48 hours", the United States will strike multiple power facilities within Iranian territory, emphasizing it will "start by destroying the largest one." Iran quickly responded, stating that if its energy infrastructure is attacked, it will launch retaliatory strikes against critical infrastructure of the United States and its Middle East allies. Targets include not only energy facilities but also information technology systems and desalination plants and other infrastructure. Among these, desalination plants are crucial civilian facilities in the Middle East, while information technology systems most likely refer to data centers in the Middle East region. As we previously reported, an AWS data center in the UAE was struck by an object and caught fire during Iranian attacks. ( Iran launches air strikes on UAE, AWS data center catches fire! Tens of billions of dollars in AI computing power becomes a strategic resource) Trump: Destroy Iran's largest within 48 hours if Strait of Hormuz not opened

AWS recently launched a one-click managed deployment service for OpenClaw, responding to user demands regarding installation difficulties. Nevertheless, the deployment comes at a time of security crisis for OpenClaw, with 42,900 exposed instances and a known vulnerability CVE-2026-25253, leading to potential remote code execution risks. Additionally, a large number of malicious packages have been discovered within ClawHub, indicating that supply chain security risks urgently need to be addressed. Enterprises deploying need to carefully assess security.

Recently, tensions in the Middle East have escalated, with drone attacks damaging AWS data centers in the UAE and Bahrain, causing cloud service outages that affected multiple banks and payment services. This incident highlights the vulnerabilities of centralized architectures. In contrast, decentralized systems based on blockchain technology offer greater resilience against attacks, providing important insights for enterprises operating under geopolitical risks.