Sources: Apple is ramping up work on AI wearables with cameras and Siri, such as smart glasses, AirPods, and a pendant that can be worn as a necklace or pinned
Apple Inc. is accelerating development of three new wearable devices as part of a shift toward artificial intelligence-powered hardware …
Polymarket partners with Singapore-based Kaito AI to launch “attention markets”, letting users bet on “mindshare” and “sentiment” metrics from social media
The prediction market is partnering with an AI engine that tracks social media data to create markets about cultural relevance.
Trump Media, owner of Truth Social, plans to distribute a new token to shareholders with partner Crypto.com, expected to operate on the Cronos blockchain
Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg :
Coinbase plans to launch a platform to let individual investors buy digital tokens before they are listed on its exchange, reviving 2017 and 2018's ICO craze
Blockchain startup Monad will be first project to sell its token on new platform — Coinbase Global is launching a new platform …
Sources: Polymarket is in early talks with investors to raise funds at a $12B to $15B valuation, up from ~$8B pre-investment in a raise earlier in October
The prediction market Polymarket is holding early conversations with investors and looking to raise money at a valuation between $12 billion …
Bullish shares closed up 84% at $68 in the crypto company's NYSE debut, above its IPO price of $37, giving it a $9.9B market value based on outstanding shares
Bloomberg :
Kalshi raised $185M led by Paradigm at a $2B valuation; sources: Polymarket is completing a $200M+ investment led by Founders Fund at a ~$1B pre-money valuation
Prediction-Market Unicorn Hits $2 Billion Valuation Bogdan Patru / Bitcoin Insider : Prediction Market Kalshi Achieves Unicorn Status with $185 Raised at its $2B Evaluation, as BTC...
Eric Trump says the TRUMP memecoin team and Magic Eden have canceled the $TRUMP Wallet; Trump's World Liberty Financial reportedly sent them a cease-and-desist
- Earlier this week, Magic Eden and the $TRUMP token project announced a forthcoming “official” wallet and trading app.
Winklevoss twins' crypto exchange Gemini says it has confidentially filed for an IPO in the US, after SEC dropped its probe and Gemini settled with CFTC for $5M
Update CoinDesk : Billionaire Winklevoss Twins-Backed Exchange Gemini Files With SEC For Planned IPO Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal : Crypto Exchange Gemini Files for IPO Lan...
Sources: Coinbase is in advanced talks to buy Deribit, the largest bitcoin and ether options trading platform, which was reportedly valued at $4B-$5B in January
and likely won't allow us to keep trading there. 😬😓 More than 70% of the total BTC options volume is traded on Deribit. [image] @tyler_did_it : Major acquisitions happening in the ...
The US OCC says banks can engage in some crypto activities, rescinding prior guidance that told them they should clear such activities with regulators first
The U.S. regulator overseeing national banks clarified Friday that banks can engage in some crypto activities …
Stripe reintegrates crypto payments in the US, letting users pay merchants in USDC or USDP on Ethereum, Solana, and Polygon, after disabling the feature in 2018
Accept stablecoin payments that settle as fiat in your Stripe balance. Siamak Masnavi / CryptoGlobe : Stripe Now Allows Business to Easily Accept USDC Payments on Ethereum, Solana,...
Tether reports a “record” $5.2B net profit in H1 2024, net operating profit of $1.3B in Q2, and $97.6B US debt holdings, more than Germany and other countries
Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk :
Mastercard pilots a P2P network for crypto transactions on Bit2Me, Lirium, and Mercado Bitcoin exchanges in 13 European and Latin American countries
- Mastercard is launching a peer-to-peer network for sending and receiving digital assets across borders.
A US judge sentences ex-OpenSea product head Nate Chastain to three months in prison for making ~$50K via insider trades, in the first NFT insider trading case
Chastain was found guilty on charges of buying and selling NFTs from collections he knew would later be featured on his former company's home page.