The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets approved BitPay’s application as a crypto-asset service provider under the Markets in Crypto-Assets requirements.
Kalshi users betting on what President Donald Trump would say during his speeches were reportedly up against tough competition: the president’s teleprompter operator. ABC News reports that federal investigators believe Gabriel Perez – Trump’s teleprompter operator since 2016 – used inside information to make bets on Kalshi, a major prediction market platform that allows users … Read more
T. Rowe Price launched what it says is the industry’s first actively managed multi-token spot crypto ETF, offering diversified exposure to digital assets.
Google is adding personalized AI avatars to Vids that let users create videos starring a digital version of themselves, alongside Gemini Omni-powered tools for generating and editing videos from prompts and reference images.
Mira Murati’s Inkling won’t dethrone the best Chinese open-weights models, but it gives Western developers something they haven’t yet had.
Roblox’s new “Build” feature lets users generate basic games using a single text prompt.
The exchange’s first institutional funding round values it at $20 billion and will fund expansion into tokenized securities and derivatives.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul might have just signed a moratorium on new AI data centers in the state, but she’s not against using the technology herself. During an interview with Bloomberg‘s Odd Lots podcast, Hochul said that her team is using “AI to analyze every single rule, regulation, [and] policy” to check for outdated … Read more
The Visa Stablecoin Platform will let financial institutions integrate stablecoin payments and treasury operations into Visa’s existing network.
Sometimes it feels like keeping your floors clean is one of those never-ending chores, which is why it’s nice to have a versatile robot vacuum take it off your hands. The Ecovacs Deebot X11 robovac / mop hybrid is designed to do just that, and it’s now $699 ($400 off) at Amazon and directly from … Read more
BP Ventures is shutting down, ending a nearly 20-year run that was marked by reportedly lackluster returns.
Uber has agreed to acquire Delivery Hero in a $14.8 billion all-stock deal that would nearly double the company’s global footprint and create one of the world’s largest food-delivery platforms outside China.
Beehiiv is launching an AI Copilot to help publishers with user growth and analytics.
Bitcoin fell 1.5% from local highs amid a reversal in US stocks as markets moved from bullish US inflation cues to retail profit-taking.
The post-CPI rally gave XRP a nudge. The coin barely moved. Now the chart is filling in the picture.
Today, the European Union ordered Google to give its AI rivals greater access to Android, the open-source operating system that powers billions of devices worldwide. The demand is hardly surprising. It may look like a defeat on paper for Google, which has spent years resisting exactly this kind of access, but it is a regulatory … Read more
A former CFTC commissioner urged lawmakers not to “kill all the hard work that we put in the rest of the bill” by making ethics a make-or-break issue on crypto market structure.
Roblox is about to let people make games with AI right inside its mobile app, which could make a platform that’s already filled with content of questionable quality feel even more overloaded. The company has embraced AI with open arms, including a preview of an ambitious take on AI world models similar to Google’s Project … Read more
X will use Grok AI to better detect stolen content, redirect payouts to original creators, and crack down on engagement bait.
If Stripe acquires PayPal, the real prize could be consumer wallets, stablecoin issuance or the infrastructure powering the next generation of digital payments.
Eligible E*TRADE retail clients can now buy, sell and hold Bitcoin, Ether and Solana through a partnership with crypto infrastructure provider Zero Hash.
Tradable will bring up to $1 billion in private credit assets to Stellar, extending the blockchain’s push into institutional finance and tokenized real-world assets.
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Visa launched a stablecoin platform that lets banks and fintechs issue, manage and settle digital dollars through its payments network.
Travel agency Fora announced a $60 million Series D round led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures, valuing the company at $1 billion.
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Google said users can soon access their notebooks through AI Mode in Search.
With this new update, Google is expanding AI Mode beyond answering questions and into completing tasks across the apps they use regularly.