•Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse claimed that former SEC Chair Gary Gensler personally apologized for the agency's multi-year legal battle against the company.
•The U.S. Department of Justice sided with Argentina in an $18 billion legal dispute regarding the 2012 nationalization of oil company YPF.
•The case involves claims from minority shareholders (Petersen Energia and Eton Park) who alleged Argentina failed to make a mandatory tender offer when seizing Repsol's stake.
•The DOJ's intervention comes as Argentina seeks to appeal a massive court judgment that threatens its financial stability.
•The value of data center construction in the US officially surpassed the value of office construction according to the December Construction Spending report.
•Data center capacity under construction fell to 5.99 gigawatts at the end of 2025 due to delays in permitting and power procurement.
•This historical crossover reflects a shift in productivity from human labor to machines and AI.