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How Changpeng Zhao's pardon frees him to refocus on reclaiming ground in the US market, where Binance.US only has a 0.75% share of bitcoin trading volume — Hours after receiving a pardon from President Donald Trump, Binance Holdings Ltd.'s billionaire co-founder Changpeng Zhao issued a thank …
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Sources: OpenAI is developing AI tools to generate music from text and audio prompts, including capabilities such as adding guitar accompaniment to vocal tracks — OpenAI recently made a splash with artificial intelligence that generates short videos from text prompts—say, a scene from …
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| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
A profile of Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger, who left in 2002 and whose claims that Wikipedia has a liberal bias are fueling the right's campaign against it — Larry Sanger's long-standing claims of liberal bias and mismanagement at the world's dominant online encyclopedia are being enthusiastically embraced on the right.| Chris Metinko / Axios: |
Austin-based Roller, a provider of venue management software, raised $50M led by Insight Partners, taking its total funding to over $100M — Roller, a venue management platform developer, raised a $50 million round led by Insight Partners, co-founder and CEO Luke Finn tells Axios Pro.
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Sources: AI chip startup SambaNova is exploring a sale after it struggled to complete a fundraising round; SambaNova was last valued at $5B in 2021 — Artificial intelligence chip startup SambaNova Systems is exploring a sale, after it struggled to complete a fundraising round, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.| Alex Scott / Chemical & Engineering News: |
Glasgow-based Chemify, which combines AI with robotics and chemistry to rapidly make novel molecules for pharmaceutical companies, raised a $50M Series B — Scottish firm will use the cash to advance its AI platform and robotics system to rapidly make novel molecules
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| Katrina Bianca Cuaresma / DealStreetAsia: |
Singapore-based wealth management platform Endowus raised $70M+, bringing its total funding to $130M+, and says the new capital will boost its AI advisory tools — Singapore-based wealth management platform Endowus has raised over $70 million in fresh funding to finance expansion and AI-driven capabilities … | Aigerim Turgunbaeva / Reuters: |
Kyrgyzstan launches a national stablecoin and a CBDC in partnership with Binance; CZ says a national cryptocurrency reserve includes Binance's BNB token — Kyrgyzstan has launched a national stablecoin and a central bank digital currency in partnership with cryptocurrency exchange Binance, President Sadyr Japarov said on Saturday.
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Pave Bank, which lets businesses manage both fiat and digital assets in real time, raised a $39M Series A led by Accel, with Tether and others participating — - Pave Bank raised $39 million in a Series A funding round led by Accel, with participation from Tether Investments, Wintermute, and others.
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President Trump picks Michael Selig, the chief counsel for the SEC's crypto task force, to chair the CFTC, amid a crypto push — President Donald Trump has picked Michael Selig to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, according to an administration official, who asked not to be identified discussing personnel matters.
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Crypto infrastructure provider Fireblocks acquires Dynamic, which streamlines crypto wallet setup, authentication, and onboarding for 50M+ accounts, for ~$90M — The Israeli digital asset firm, valued at $8 billion, broadens its platform amid industry-wide stablecoin momentum.
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| Forbes: |
A look at AI startups aiming to address loneliness among the elderly; a study predicts the AI market for aging and elderly care will grow to over $43B in 2025 — The AI boom has brought with it a new crop of startups looking to build a business on an urgent but vaguely dystopian idea: solving loneliness among the elderly.
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Xiaomi says surging memory chip prices have raised the cost of making smartphones, after pricing of its new Redmi K90 series disappointed Chinese consumers — Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi (1810.HK) on Friday said surging memory chip prices have raised the cost of making handsets …
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Grab is investing an undisclosed amount in May Mobility as part of a multiyear deal, which includes bringing robotaxis to Southeast Asia as soon as 2026 — Grab Holdings Ltd., Southeast Asia's largest ride-hailing and delivery company, is backing driverless technology developer May Mobility Inc … Sponsor Posts
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