NEW YORK — Bitcoin pulled back on Monday, cooling off after hitting a one-month high last week, as traders looked beyond the Federal Reserve’s latest rate cut and awaited fresh signals on the U.S. economic outlook. The world’s leading cryptocurrency slipped 2.5% to $113,000 as of 09:39 ET (13:39 GMT), retreating from last week’s peak […]
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce has clarified that meme coins, including the $TRUMP token, do not fall under the agency’s regulatory purview. This stance has significant implications for investors and the broader cryptocurrency market. SEC’s Position on Meme Coins In a recent interview, Commissioner Peirce emphasized that many meme coins, such […]
Shares of TeraWulf surged more than 10% after Google boosted its investment in the bitcoin mining and datacenter operator, backing the expansion of its Lake Mariner facility in New York. The deal adds up to $1.4 billion in fresh backstop funding, raising Google’s total commitment to about $3.2 billion and increasing its ownership stake from […]
Govini, a defense technology software startup competing with Palantir, has surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR), marking a major milestone in its rapid growth. “We’ve been scaling at a compound annual growth rate above 100% over the past three years, and we expect to continue on that trajectory,” said CEO Tara Murphy Dougherty. […]
Just days after Astronomer CEO Andy Byron stepped down, the company’s top HR executive, Kristin Cabot, has also resigned following a widely circulated incident at a Coldplay concert. “Kristin Cabot is no longer with the company,” a spokesperson confirmed in a Thursday email. Cabot served as Astronomer’s Chief People Officer. The controversy erupted after concertgoers […]
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman believes the term “artificial general intelligence” (AGI) is losing its value as the AI industry evolves at an unprecedented pace, making it increasingly difficult to define. AGI is often described as an AI system capable of performing any intellectual task that a human can do. For years, OpenAI has aimed to […]
Apple shares surged 13% this week, marking their strongest weekly rally in over five years, following CEO Tim Cook’s appearance at the White House alongside President Donald Trump on Wednesday. The stock closed Friday at $229.35, up 4% for the day, adding more than $400 billion to Apple’s market capitalization, which now stands at $3.4 […]
YouTube TV, Google’s live-streaming service, announced Monday that it may drop several Fox networks — including Fox Broadcast, Fox News, and Fox Sports — if a new carriage agreement with Fox Corporation is not finalized this week. The current deal expires Wednesday, and despite ongoing negotiations, both sides remain at an impasse. In a blog […]
HONG KONG — Bill Winters, the CEO of Standard Chartered, envisions a future where blockchain technology underpins almost every financial transaction worldwide, as adoption of digital assets within mainstream banking continues to accelerate. Speaking at Hong Kong FinTech Week, Winters shared his conviction that “virtually all transactions will eventually be settled on blockchains” and that […]
Two men have been indicted for orchestrating a massive international cryptocurrency fraud scheme that deceived investors out of more than $650 million. According to an indictment unsealed in the District of Puerto Rico, Michael Shannon Sims, 48, from Georgia and Florida, and Juan Carlos Reynoso, 57, from New Jersey and Florida, are accused of founding […]