1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (478+ words) AI is collapsing the walls between venture capital and infrastructure finance. Nvidia’s rise to the top of the $100M-plus funding round leaderboard shows that startups are increasingly being financed alongside the compute, power and data centers they need to scale....

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (333+ words) Nasdaq Ventures has agreed to invest $100 million in Payward, the parent company of Kraken, Nasdaq said in a Thursday (Sept. 10) press release. The investment of part of a broader expansion of the partnership between Nasdaq and Payward that will also…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (484+ words) Nu, which has built its digital bank in Latin America over the past 13 years, entered the United States with a full suite of products, the company said in a Thursday (Sept. 10) press release. Nu launched in the U.S. through a partner…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (398+ words) Kalshi obtained regulatory permission to list precious metals-related perpetual futures on its platform, CNBC reported Thursday (Sept. 10). The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which oversees derivatives contracts, approved the listing of the gold and silver perpetuals this week, the report said....

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (478+ words) According to Reuters’ account of the New York Times report, the Justice Department began examining the arrangement shortly after it was announced in December and subsequently issued Nvidia a formal request for information. The investigation is focused on whether the…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (336+ words) The artificial intelligence investment boom poses potential risks to global financial stability, Bank for International Settlements General Manager Pablo Hernández de Cos said Thursday (Sept. 10). “The concern is straightforward,” de Cos said. “Should the returns to AI disappoint, a pullback…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (323+ words) That deal could value Atome at more than $2 billion, Bloomberg News reported Thursday (Sept. 10), citing sources familiar with the talks. As Bloomberg notes, Grab has been working to fuel growth through acquisitions. The company this year acquired Stash Financial in…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (320+ words) Salesforce has been in talks to acquire Listen Labs, an artificial intelligence-powered customer research platform, for about $2 billion, Business Insider reported Wednesday (Sept. 9), citing unnamed sources. The talks are ongoing, and they may not result in a deal, according to…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (504+ words) AI is turning speed and identity into the new security perimeter: AI can industrialize phishing, impersonation and fraud while compressing attack timelines, pushing budgets toward automated detection, identity verification and faster response. Quantum is putting an expiration date on today’s…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (340+ words) MVB Financial has partnered with Velocity to join a Visa Direct pilot supporting stablecoin-enabled funding and settlement for push-to-card payouts, Velocity said in a Wednesday (Sept. 9) press release. Through their partnership, MVB will use stablecoin payments to settle its Visa…...