Aug 08, 2026Twila Rosenbaum BlackRock is expanding its tokenized cash-management offering to Europe using JPMorgan's Kinexys blockchain platform. Selected money market fund share classes in pounds, euros and dollars will be represented as tokens that can be transferred 24/7 between approved wallets. The move follows the success of BUIDL and aims to meet growing demand for digital collateral and efficient payments. View more
Aug 08, 2026Twila Rosenbaum Brazil's tokenized cows made headlines, but they're far from the strangest thing ever put onchain. From a year of farts to a burned Banksy and even human skin, we count down 10 of the most bizarre tokenized assets ever created. View more
Aug 07, 2026Twila Rosenbaum DeepSeek has restarted a near-$8bn funding round at a $74bn valuation, while investing in Unitree Robotics and warning customers of price rises. The moves mark a shift from its efficiency-first image. The company plans to build its own data centres and develop AI for humanoid robots. Whether its market will accept higher costs remains an open question. View more
Aug 07, 2026Twila Rosenbaum Google has unveiled a prototype AI translator that runs completely offline on a Raspberry Pi 5, using the Gemma 4 E2B model. The device processes speech locally without any internet connection, making it ideal for travelers, emergency responders, and sensitive conversations. The project is open source on GitHub, with hardware costs under $100. View more
Aug 07, 2026Twila Rosenbaum Nvidia is assembling a senior AI safety and security engineering team to vet AI agents and build cyber-defense tools. The chipmaker argues open-weight models strengthen security and drive adoption. With rivals like AMD chasing the same open-source opportunity, Nvidia is betting trust will keep demand for its hardware growing. The move puts Nvidia at the center of a heated debate over open versus closed AI. View more
Aug 07, 2026Twila Rosenbaum Gravity has raised $30.5 million in Series A funding to expand its advertising platform for AI chatbots and agents. The full-stack service lets brands place text ads inside ChatGPT and other AI assistants, while also introducing a controversial agent-to-agent ad format. With backers like Lightspeed and Committed Capital, the startup is betting on a future where AI bots make buying decisions on behalf of users. Industry projections suggest AI search ads could reach $100 billion by 2030. View more
Aug 07, 2026Twila Rosenbaum Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund lost 67% in July, but more than 5,000 retail investors are still mirroring his stock picks through Autopilot. The copycat portfolio has no leverage, so it fell only 30% and has bounced 35% from its low. About $28m remained in the strategy despite the crash. The portfolio remains a concentrated bet on AI infrastructure. View more
Aug 06, 2026Twila Rosenbaum Valar Atomics has raised $1 billion in equity led by Sequoia Capital, with an additional $200 million credit facility, to scale its small modular reactor manufacturing. Founder Isaiah Taylor announced the round, and Sequoia partner Shaun Maguire has joined the board. Reports value the nuclear startup at about $6 billion. The company aims to mass-produce reactors for AI data centers. View more
Aug 05, 2026Twila Rosenbaum Okta has agreed to acquire Permiso Security, an AI identity security startup, for nearly $200 million. The deal will bring identity threat detection and response capabilities into Okta's platform, with a focus on AI agents and machine identities. Permiso was co-founded by former FireEye executives and has raised about $29 million. View more
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