Key Takeaways Stripe is developing Tempo, a high-performance blockchain for payments, in partnership with Paradigm, per a now-removed job posting. The move follows Stripe’s $1.1B acquisition of stablecoin firm Bridge and its purchase of crypto wallet developer Privy. Share this article Stripe is quietly developing a new blockchain, marking its latest push into the crypto and stablecoin ecosystem, according to a Fortune report. A recently removed job posting for the crypto lobby group Blockchain Association described the project, called Tempo, as a high-performance, payments-focused blockchain. The listing said Tempo is in stealth, run by a five-person team, and built in…
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Most organizations say they aren’t fully prepared to use generative AI in a safe and responsible way, according to a recent McKinsey report. One concern is explainability – understanding how and why AI makes certain decisions. While 40% of respondents view it as a significant risk, only 17% are actively addressing it, per the report. Seoul-based Datumo began as an AI data labeling company and now wants to help businesses build safer AI with tools and data that enable testing, monitoring, and improving their models—without requiring technical expertise. On Monday the startup raised $15.5 million, which brings its total raised…
The growing role of ChainLink in Swift’s blockchain integration is to compare it with XRP’s longstanding ambitions in the same sector. Related readings Reports reveal that Swift already uses chain link technology to connect more than 11,000 banks to public and private blockchains. The relationship between chain links and global finance Supporters point out that ChainLink’s work currently spans major financial players such as DTCC, MasterCard, Central Banks and Top Asset Managers. Collaboration with Swift is at the heart of this progress, enabling data and transaction flows across multiple blockchains. When asked which blockchains carry these transactions, ChainLink Advocate’s Zack…
Key Takeaways SEC’s resolution of the Ripple case frees resources to focus on building clearer crypto regulations. Commissioner Hester Peirce emphasized the importance of shifting from litigation to proactive regulatory efforts. Share this article SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce says the conclusion of the Ripple lawsuit allows regulators to shift their focus toward developing a clear regulatory framework for the crypto market. “A welcome development for many reasons, including that minds once occupied with litigation now can concentrate on creating a clear regulatory framework for crypto,” said Peirce, who is often referred to as ‘Crypto Mom’ for her pro-innovation stance on…
The coding-equals-prosperity promise has officially collapsed. Fresh computer science graduates are facing unemployment rates of 6.1% to 7.5% — more than double what biology and art history majors are experiencing, according to a recent Federal Reserve Bank of New York study. A crushing New York Times piece highlights what’s happening on the ground. The individual stories are surreal. Manasi Mishra, 21, graduated from Purdue after being promised six-figure starting salaries, only to receive a single interview, at Chipotle (she didn’t get the job.) Zach Taylor has applied to nearly 6,000 tech jobs since graduating from Oregon State in 2023, landing…
Key Takeaways Paxos has applied for a US national trust bank charter, following similar moves by Ripple and Circle. If approved, Paxos would gain increased regulatory oversight and greater operational capabilities for managing digital assets. Share this article Paxos Trust Company, a New York–chartered company that builds blockchain-based infrastructure for tokenized assets and stablecoins, submitted an application to the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for a US national trust bank charter, Reuters reported Monday.With this move, the company joins other crypto-native firms, including Ripple and Circle, in seeking banking licenses that would help them gain federal…
Elon Musk confirmed over the weekend reports that Tesla has disbanded the team working on its Dojo AI training supercomputer, just weeks after announcing he expected to have Tesla’s second cluster operating “at scale” in 2026. “Once it became clear that all paths converged to AI6, I had to shut down Dojo and make some tough personnel choices, as Dojo 2 was now an evolutionary dead end,” Musk posted on X, the social media platform he owns, on Sunday. “Dojo 3 arguably lives on in the form of a large number of AI6 [systems-on-a-chip] on a single board.” After bringing…
Nvidia on Monday unveiled a set of new world AI models, libraries, and other infrastructure for robotics developers, most notable of which is Cosmos Reason, a 7-billion-parameter “reasoning” vision language model for physical AI applications and robots. Also joining the existing batch of Cosmos world models are Cosmos Transfer-2, which can accelerate synthetic data generation from 3D simulation scenes or spatial control inputs, and a distilled version of Cosmos Transfers that is more optimized for speed. During its announcement at the SIGGRAPH conference on Monday, Nvidia noted that these models are meant to be used to create synthetic text, image, and…
Key Takeaways Strategy purchased 155 additional Bitcoin for $18 million, increasing its digital asset holdings. The acquisition price equates to over $116,000 per Bitcoin. Share this article Strategy, the world’s largest Bitcoin corporate holder, has resumed its BTC acquisition. The company announced Monday it had added 155 BTC to its treasury last week, its smallest purchase since mid-March.Michael Saylor, the company’s Executive Chairman, dropped a hint about the acquisition yesterday. When Saylor puts out the Bitcoin tracker, it is often followed by an announcement within a few days. If you don’t stop buying Bitcoin, you won’t stop making Money. pic.twitter.com/G9S2gPO1t8…
The AI chip race narrative used to be about U.S. national security, but apparently now it’s about tariffs: Nvidia and AMD have agreed to pay the U.S. government 15% of the revenue they make from sales of high-end AI chips to China in exchange for licenses to sell to those chips in the country, the Financial Times reported, citing anonymous sources. According to the FT’s government source, Nvidia will share revenues from sales of its H20 AI chips in China, and AMD would share a cut of MI308 chip sales. The government has also started issuing licenses for the sale…