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08-04
Jump Capital Closes $350M Fund VIII for Enterprise AI Infrastructure and Security
Jump Capital has closed Fund VIII with $350 million to double down on enterprise AI — eyeing the companies and infrastructure that will move artificial intelligence out of the lab and into mission-critical production.
The firm says this fund targets three converging forces shaping enterprise AI ado
ChangeNOW and CoinRabbit Release Joint Report on Crypto Privacy and Regulation
The new report maps the illicit and legitimate uses of crypto privacy tools, drawing on data from TRM Labs, Chainalysis, the RAND Corporation, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Statista, and U.S. Treasury Department disclosures. It argues that the current regulatory focus is aime
GitHub AI Agent Vulnerability Allows Data Leak Through Simple Prompt
GitHub AI workflow contains a prompt injection vulnerability that can leak private data.Article author and source: 36KrNoma stated that, despite GitHub having implemented strict protective measures to prevent such incidents, simply using the keyword "Additionally" triggered unintended behavior in th
OpenAI launches three new medical products, targeting the 18% U.S. healthcare market.
OpenAI is making a major bet on the healthcare industry, having launched three new healthcare products over the past six months, including an updated version of ChatGPT for clinicians and the “ChatGPT Health” tool. It has already secured eight large healthcare systems as customers, including Cedars-
Nine flagship AI models launched in one month, signaling the 'disposable' era
The shelf life of the "strongest model" is shortening.Article author and source: DingjiaoWithin one month, nine flagship models were released in quick succession—an uncommon occurrence in the large model industry.From the official release and open-sourcing of Tencent HunYuan Hy3 at the beginning of
Palantir shares rise 21% on strong Q2 earnings and guidance
ChainThink reports that, as of August 4, according to BIT market data, Palantir (PLTR.N) continues to rise, with its gain expanding to 21%.Palantir reported after-hours yesterday that second-quarter revenue increased 93% year-over-year to $1.94 billion, with net profit reaching $1.06 billion, and it
Avalanche Ecosystem Hits $1B in Tokenized Assets, AVAX Eyes $10
Avalanche price is back in the spotlight after a series of ecosystem developments underscored growing institutional adoption, network upgrades, and expanding on-chain activity. From nearly $1 billion in tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) on the network to the rollout of the Helicon upgrade on the Fu
DWF Labs Co-Founder Explains DEXE Trading Activities Amid Short-Selling Speculation
ME News reports that on August 4 (UTC+8), Andrei Grachev, co-founder of DWF Labs, responded to recent market speculation regarding DEXE trades, stating that all related transactions can be verified through centralized exchange records. Grachev outlined DWF Labs’ DEXE trading process as follows: subs
UBS Raises S&P 500 Target to 7,900 Amid Sector Divergence and Bullish Outlook
July was a strange month for markets. The S&P 500 went essentially nowhere, closing the month flat. Meanwhile, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index dropped more than 20%. That kind of divergence, broad index calm while a major sector craters, is not something you see every day.UBS looked at that...
STRC Surges Above $90 for First Time Since June 17
Strategy Inc’s preferred stock STRC opened above $90 this week for the first time since June 17, closing at $92.32 after hitting an intraday high of $92.80. For a security designed to hover near its $100 par value, that gap has been a source of concern for holders. Now the spread is narrowing, and M
Bittensor Launches Root Reborn to Optimize TAO Yield
Bittensor just reimagined what staking looks like on its network, and the result reads less like a protocol upgrade and more like the launch of an on-chain asset management layer.The Root Reborn upgrade, tagged as runtime v441, transforms root staking from a passive dividend machine into a competiti
Mastercard Completes $1.8 Billion Acquisition of Stablecoin Firm BVNK
Key Insights:Mastercard completed its $1.8 billion acquisition of BVNK, adding stablecoin infrastructure to its global payments network.BVNK’s technology will support cross-border payments, payouts, settlement, treasury services, and fiat-to-crypto conversion tools.The deal combines Mastercard’s net
Ether.fi Ventures Invests in Blockspace to Professionalize Ethereum's Off-Protocol Infrastructure
Ether.fi Ventures just wrote a check for Blockspace, a new commercial entity built to improve and monetize the Ethereum infrastructure that exists outside the core protocol.Blockspace isn’t trying to reinvent the protocol. It’s targeting the layer of infrastructure that already handles over 90% of E
Dinari Partners with Circle to Offer Tokenized Stocks to U.S. Investors
ME News reports that on August 4 (UTC+8), Dinari, in collaboration with stablecoin giant Circle, enabled U.S. investors to buy and sell stocks through self-custody wallets for the first time. Dinari’s model replaces the traditional brokerage stack with a wallet-based system, allowing users to instan
Chinese life sciences AI model GeneLLM emerges as the 'Biological DeepSeek'
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The official release of V4-Flash has just shaken the global general-purpose model community, and China’s life sciences version of DeepSeek has quickly followed suit.Recently, Jindu Life Science—founded by four Oxford University returnee scholars—successfully published its self-develop...
