Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says Tether's target of raising $15B to $20B was a “misconception”; sources say Tether's advisers have floated raising as little as $5B
CEO Paolo Ardoino downplays the scale of $185bn stablecoin group's capital raise — Tether's chief executive …
Investigation: the Trump family's crypto empire has reaped over $1B in pre-tax profits over the past year; Eric Trump says the true figure is “probably more”
The president and his family have built a rapidly growing digital assets empire which has been fuelled by the administration's industry-friendly policies
GWI: Time spent on social media globally peaked in 2022 and is steadily declining; North America is the exception, with usage up 15% in 2024 compared to Europe
Time spent on the platforms is declining in every age group, though is most pronounced in younger generations … Stefano Santinelli : AI floods our feeds - and social media's ceilin...
How SK Hynix's rise as Nvidia's main HBM chip supplier, ahead of Samsung and Micron, disrupted the old order at the top end of the memory chip market
www.ft.com/content/36be... [image] Philip Stafford / @staffordphilip : Very nice piece on why memory chips, the unglamorous corner of the chip market, are having a moment in the s...
How SK Hynix's rise as Nvidia's main HBM chip supplier, ahead of Samsung and Micron, disrupted the old order at the top end of the memory chip market
www.ft.com/content/36be... [image] Philip Stafford / @staffordphilip : Very nice piece on why memory chips, the unglamorous corner of the chip market, are having a moment in the s...
AI shopping agents are prompting sellers and brands to rethink how they sell online, as advertisers adopt techniques to appear more prominently in AI results
OpenAI, Perplexity and Google create AI-powered features, leading brands to rethink how they sell products online Bluesky: @staffordphilip . Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to Bluesky:...
Sources: SoftBank's Masayoshi Son pitched a joint US-Japan sovereign fund to top DC and Tokyo officials to back large tech and infrastructure projects in the US
Washington and Tokyo discuss possibility of fund that would make large-scale US tech and infrastructure investments
Sources: Cantor's Brandon Lutnick, the son of the US commerce secretary, seeks to form a $3B bitcoin acquisition vehicle with SoftBank, Tether, and Bitfinex
Investment vehicle backed by son of commerce secretary comes as US adopts more favourable policy on digital currency
Sources: FTX reached late stage negotiations with Taylor Swift for a $100M+ sponsorship deal, supported by Swift fan SBF but opposed by some FTX executives
Negotiations between singer-songwriter and Sam Bankman-Fried's crytpo group collapsed this spring
Crypto broker Voyager Digital says its exposure to Three Arrows Capital consists of 15,250 bitcoin and $350M USDC, and “may issue a notice of default” to 3AC
CoinDesk : Source: PR Newswire .
Crypto broker Voyager says its exposure to Three Arrows Capital consists of 15,250 bitcoin and $350M USDC; Voyager might issue a “notice of default”
The crypto broker said it's on the hook for about $370 million of bitcoin and $350 million of USDC and has asked for a repayment installment by Friday. Source: PR Newswire .
How cryptocurrency exchange FTX wants to automate risk management in US futures trading, replacing traditional brokers with its tech, and introduce 24/7 trading
Sam Bankman-Fried cut an unlikely figure as he took the stage on the final morning of this year's big derivatives-industry conference in Boca Raton, Florida. Tweets: @giano , @staf...
The Ronin Network, which supports Sky Mavis' Axie Infinity game, says it was hacked, and 173,600 ETH and 25.5M USDC was stolen, worth $600M+; RON is down ~20%
It may be the largest exploit in DeFi history. — The latest crypto hack may be the largest yet.