Month: May 2025

Dinari Raises $12.7M to Expand Tokenized Stock Access for Non-U.S. Investors: Report

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Dinari, a crypto startup focused on tokenizing real-world assets, has raised $12.7 million in a Series A funding round led by Hack VC and Blockchange Ventures, with backing from VanEck Ventures, F-Prime, and the Avalanche Fund, according to a Fortune report. The round brings the California-based firm’s total funding to $22.65 million, Fortune reports. Dinari … Read more

Bitcoin Miners With HPC Exposure Underperformed BTC for Third Straight Month: JPMorgan

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Bitcoin (BTC) mining companies with high-performance computing (HPC) exposure underperformed the world’s largest cryptocurrency for the third month in a row in April, Wall Street bank JPMorgan said in a research report on Thursday. Some bitcoin miners have pivoted into new business areas, such as offering HPC services to the fast growing artificial intelligence (AI) … Read more

‘Everything Is Encrypted’: Aztec’s Privacy Rollup Hits Testnet Amid Growing Demand

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Aztec, a layer-2 rollup focused on privacy, shared Thursday that its testnet has finally gone live. The announcement comes as a wave of new privacy-focused solutions begins to capture the interests of large institutions that need confidentiality with large transaction batches. The team behind Aztec said that they have been working on the product for … Read more

Apple sure has had a rough 2025

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It’s been a rough start to 2025 for the world’s most valuable company. Apple now faces three huge headwinds against its business: President Trump’s tariffs and whatever impact those might have on shipments from Asia; the possibility that it could lose its lucrative deal with Google to serve as the default search engine; and a … Read more

Google is reportedly showing ads in chats with some third-party AI chatbots

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Google’s AdSense advertising network started supporting ads inside users’ chats with some third-party AI chatbots earlier this year, Bloomberg reported. The company is rolling out the feature following tests with AI search startups iAsk and Liner, the report said, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter. “AdSense for Search is available for websites that want … Read more

Kuwait Cracks Down on Illegal Crypto Mining to Protect National Grid

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Kuwaiti authorities are cracking down on illegal crypto mining, with over 60 individuals now under investigation, as part of a sweeping campaign to root out unlicensed operations. The country’s Public Prosecution confirmed the investigations are ongoing and warned that more suspects could be identified in the coming weeks. The “security operation,” carried out last Friday, … Read more

GAN and Tec Monterrey Forge Alliance To Boost LatAm Startup Ecosystem

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Despite recent tensions between the United States government and Latin American countries over migration and tariffs, the business ecosystem within the hemisphere remains committed to cross-border investment. Ahead of President Donald Trump imposing a 25% tariff on all imports from Mexico in March, Melissa Guevara, a Senior Associate at Costa Rican VC firm Caricaco Ventures, told Contxto … Read more

Morgan Stanley Eyes Launching Crypto Trading Through E*Trade: Bloomberg

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Morgan Stanley (MS) is planning to bring cryptocurrency trading to its E*Trade platform, marking the most serious move yet by a major U.S. bank to offer retail users direct access to cryptocurrencies. The initiative, still in early stages, could debut next year. The bank, Bloomberg reports, is weighing partnerships with crypto-native firms to help build … Read more

Crypto Daybook Americas: Robinhood’s Crypto Growth Presages Riot, Strategy Even as Tariffs Hit GDP

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By Francisco Rodrigues (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) The impact of President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs is starting to be felt. The U.S. economy contracted for the first time in three years last quarter and stock prices have seen their worst first 100-day performance of a presidential administration since 1974. Results from trading platform … Read more