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As artificial intelligence reshapes how people search for and consume information, news publishers are facing a pivotal shift. Increasingly, audiences encounter headlines, summaries, and analysis through AI-driven search engines and conversational tools before they ever visit a news website. For Newsweek CEO Dev Pragad, this change is more than a
TradFi Meets Crypto: A 24/7 Trading Shift Binance is steadily blending traditional finance with the always-on world of crypto. Through Binance Futures, users can now trade contracts tied to well-known commodities and public companies, all from the same platform they use for digital assets. The appeal is simple. Traditional
Finance
Tokyo-based bitcoin treasury firm Metaplanet posted a net loss of 95 billion yen ($619 million) for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, reversing a net profit of 4.44 billion yen ($28.9 million) the previous year. The swing was largely driven by a 102.2 billion yen ($665.8
Innovation
Cross-chain infrastructure provider deBridge has introduced a new Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed to help AI agents execute non-custodial transactions across multiple blockchains. The launch aims to simplify how artificial intelligence tools interact with decentralized networks, enabling automated swaps, bridging, and complex multi-step onchain actions across EVM-compatible chains and
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Finance teams are moving beyond AI pilots and proofs of concept. Their focus now is simple: measurable return on investment. New research from Basware and FT Longitude shows that while general AI initiatives delivered an average ROI of 67 percent last year, agentic AI systems achieved around 80 percent by
Markets
Bitcoin is hovering just under the $70,000 mark, caught in a tug-of-war between improving inflation data and lingering structural weakness in the crypto market. The world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization was trading around $68,600 on Monday, according to data. The price briefly slipped below $70,000
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Chinese technology giant Alibaba has stepped beyond chatbots and cloud computing into a rapidly emerging frontier: artificial intelligence that powers physical machines. This week, Alibaba unveiled RynnBrain, an open-source model designed to help robots understand their surroundings and carry out real-world tasks. The announcement signals China’s growing ambition in
Finance
Animoca Brands has received a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) licence from Dubai’s regulator, marking a key step in the company’s expansion across the Middle East. The Hong Kong–based digital asset firm announced Monday that it has been granted regulatory approval by Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory
Markets
Global cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs) have recorded a fourth straight week of investor withdrawals, with nearly $3.74 billion exiting the market over the past month, according to new data from digital asset manager CoinShares. The latest weekly report shows $173 million in outflows, extending a month-long pullback across crypto-linked
Finance
Harvard University’s endowment has scaled back its exposure to bitcoin while taking a significant new step into ethereum, according to a recent regulatory filing. A fourth-quarter disclosure from Harvard Management Company shows the investment arm reduced its holdings in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust by more than 20 percent.
Innovation
TRISO-X just won a rare nuclear fuel license. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved commercial fabrication of tristructural isotropic (TRISO) fuel in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, opening a domestic pathway for advanced-reactor supply chains. The decision lands as US power demand rises for data centers, electric transport, and cryptocurrency mining. X-Energy
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Shield AI is discussing a $1 billion raise. People familiar with the talks said the round would value the company at about $11 billion before the capital, or up to $12 billion after it. The size points to heated defense-AI demand still. The San Diego-based startup declined to comment Friday.