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The GENIUS Act: A Trojan Horse for a U.S. CBDC Disguised as Stablecoin Regulation?

In June, we wrote about the hidden risks of stablecoins and why they arenโ€™t nearly as โ€œstableโ€ as the name suggests. From redemption risk to reserve opacity and regulatory blind spots, the dangers were already there. But now, the stakes [โ€ฆ]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News Roundup for the Week Ending July 18, 2025

Itโ€™s Friday, July 18, 2025, and weโ€™re back with your top startup and tech funding news roundup for the week ending July 18. The venture engine isnโ€™t slowing downโ€”this week delivered another high-voltage run of funding activity across AI, defense, [โ€ฆ]

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Jack Dorseyโ€™s new app BitChat lets you send bitcoin without the internetโ€ฆ Sort of

How Bitchat uses Bluetooth mesh to move Bitcoinโ€”no Wi-Fi or SIM card required Two weeks ago, we wrote about a curious little app quietly launched by Jack Dorseyโ€™s TBD team called Bitchat, a decentralized peer-to-peer messaging tool that runs entirely [โ€ฆ]

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Defense tech startup Hadrian raises $260M to boost U.S. defense manufacturing with AI

For decades, American manufacturing has been on the decline, slowly gutted, outsourced, and left scrambling to keep up with global competitors like China. Now, Hadrian, a California-based defense technology startup, is betting that AI and automation can help turn that [โ€ฆ]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News โ€“ July 17, 2025

Itโ€™s Thursday, July 17, 2025, and the summer funding streak isnโ€™t slowing down. Todayโ€™s deals offer a clear signal: investors are writing big checks for platforms that simplify software development, rewire financial systems, and push the limits of AI, quantum [โ€ฆ]

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Lovable raises $200M Series A at $1.8B valuation to scale its AI vibe coding platform

First came the users. Then came the hype. Now comes the money. Lovable, the Stockholm-based AI startup that helps users build full-stack software by chatting with an AI, just closed a massive Series A to join Europeโ€™s growing list of [โ€ฆ]

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US Congress Passes Stablecoin Bill โ€˜Genius Actโ€™; Trump Expected to Sign

After years of lobbying and millions spent on campaign donations, crypto finally got what it wanted. The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed the Genius Act, a bill that lays out a federal framework for U.S.-dollar-backed stablecoins. The bill [โ€ฆ]

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OpenAI launches ChatGPT Agent: An AI assistant that can book trips, analyze data, and take action

OpenAI just rolled out its most autonomous AI product yet: ChatGPT Agent. Announced Thursday by CEO Sam Altman in a post on X, the new system doesnโ€™t just help you think through a taskโ€”it actually does the task for you. [โ€ฆ]

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Bitcoin Standard to go public in $1.5B Cantor-backed SPAC deal, becomes 4th largest public bitcoin holder

Bitcoin just blasted past $120,000 for the first timeโ€”and crypto companies are wasting no time cashing in. Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company is the latest to ride the wave, announcing plans to go public through a $1.5 billion SPAC deal backed [โ€ฆ]

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Clean Energy Finance Is Broken โ€“ Why Decentralization Could be the Gamechanger

Clean energy is one of the important topics in todayโ€™s climate-conscious world; it aligns with the UN Sustainable Development Goal 7, which focuses on access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all by 2030. According to the latest [โ€ฆ]

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Uber to invest $300 million in EV maker Lucid to launch 20,000 robotaxis with Nuro tech

Uber is getting back into the robotaxi businessโ€”and this time, itโ€™s placing a $300 million bet on Lucid Motors and autonomous driving startup Nuro to make it happen. The ride-hailing giant announced Thursday that it plans to roll out over [โ€ฆ]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News โ€“ July 16, 2025

Itโ€™s Wednesday, July 16, 2025, and the venture capital faucet is wide open. Todayโ€™s tech funding news slate spans everything from AI-driven utilities and autonomous bulldozers to crypto stablecoins and battlefield power systems. Weโ€™re running a little behind todayโ€”but trust [โ€ฆ]

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Scale AI lays off 200 staff, cuts 500 contractors after $14.3B Meta deal and CEO departure

Just one month after Meta invested $14.3 billion in the startup and hired away its founder and CEO, Alexandr Wang, Scale AI is laying off a significant chunk of its workforce and cutting ties with hundreds of contractors. The San [โ€ฆ]

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OpenAI says it will use Google Cloud to power ChatGPT, marking a major shift beyond Microsoft

In a major shift that signals how competitive the AI infrastructure race has become, OpenAI said Wednesday it will begin using Google Cloud to help run ChatGPT, CNBC reported. The move breaks from its previous dependence on Microsoftโ€™s Azure and [โ€ฆ]

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