Nous Research, the startup behind the open-source Hermes AI agent, is finalizing a new funding round of at least $75 million at a $1.5 billion valuation, according to three sources with knowledge of the deal. The round is led by Robot Ventures with significant participation from USV and other prominent investors. Nous Research is raising […]
Reed Smith, a global law firm with more than 30 offices across North America, Europe and Asia, has launched an automated compliance platform designed to help crypto companies deal with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation. The platform, called Aquarius, arrives as the bloc moves into a new phase of digital asset oversight […]
Apple’s trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI is packed with a number of extraordinary allegations that paint a picture of a coordinated effort to extract confidential information from current and former Apple employees. The 41-page complaint, filed on Friday, includes one message that reads, ‘LOL, I found out I can access the [network storage], so funny.’ […]
Bolivia is evaluating a regulatory framework that would officially recognize Tether’s USDt stablecoin as a means of payment, a move that could position the country as one of Latin America’s most notable adopters of digital currencies for everyday transactions. The initiative comes as the nation faces a prolonged shortage of US dollars, which has strained […]
The successful launch of Robinhood Chain, a new layer-2 network, has injected fresh optimism into the Ethereum ecosystem, even winning over some former critics. Meanwhile, political turbulence in the UK and the US, along with key market developments, defined the past week in cryptocurrency. Robinhood Chain ignites ETH sentiment shift Robinhood Chain, which uses Ether […]
Standard Chartered has raised concerns that Michael Saylor’s evolving communication around Bitcoin sales is creating uncertainty for the market, potentially weighing on the largest cryptocurrency’s near-term price outlook. The bank’s global head of digital assets research, Geoff Kendrick, warned that recent messaging from Strategy — the corporate giant formerly known as MicroStrategy — is ‘muddying […]
The New York Times and The Daily News have escalated their two-year-old copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the AI company of concealing evidence about its ability to search customer chat logs and training datasets for their copyrighted works. In a court filing, the news outlets allege that OpenAI lied when it claimed it lacked the […]
Paris-based voice AI startup Gradium has raised $100 million in total for its seed round, with Nvidia joining as a new investor, the company announced Thursday. The round was originally launched in December 2024 at $70 million but was re-opened to accommodate additional backers, including the chip giant. Gradium, a Paris-based voice AI startup, has […]
Real Vision chief crypto analyst Jamie Coutts has said that Bitcoin may be entering the latter stages of its current bear market, with early technical signs suggesting that downside momentum is beginning to slow. Speaking on Cointelegraph’s Trade Secrets, Coutts offered a measured outlook on the leading cryptocurrency’s near-term trajectory, even as broader market sentiment […]
Ether (ETH) climbed 3% between Thursday and Friday, outperforming the broader cryptocurrency market as growing tokenization activity and the launch of Robinhood Chain boosted investor sentiment. However, the rally stalled below the $1,800 resistance level, and weak onchain and derivatives metrics suggest the asset remains vulnerable to a retest of $1,700 support. Tokenization and Robinhood […]
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