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Manraj Bains

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Trader and macro researcher

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17 September 2026

By Manraj Bains/Compute, Trading, Data Centres

Future research:

  1. Hardware revenue vs return
  2. Neocloud debt structures
  3. Compute trading chain
  4. Hyperscale infra chain

Filed under Compute, Trading, Data Centres

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