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Analysis
Hedge Fund Situational Awareness Commits $500,000,000 to Source Foundry Chip Startup
by shayaanby shayaanSituational Awareness is pouring $500 million into Source Foundry, a startup developing new equipment to ease bottlenecks in advanced semiconductor manufacturing. The …
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Coinbase Ventures has completed 30 startup investments during the first half of 2026, maintaining the industry’s most active venture pace despite a …
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Finance
Circle and Helicarrier alumni raise seed round for stablecoin startup Daya
by shayaanby shayaanDaya, a stablecoin-powered payments and banking platform founded by former Circle and Helicarrier executives, has secured $2.4 million in a pre-seed funding …
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Markets
The startup killer: Ledger CTO says the EU's crushing compliance costs are choking Web3 innovation
by shayaanby shayaanIndustry insiders warn that MiCA’s steep financial barriers are choking early-stage innovation. www.coindesk.com
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Finance
‘Safer Than Palantir’—The Startup Building Stablecoins For Governments
by shayaanby shayaan“Government is actually the gatekeeper of the real world,” Xin Yan said on the On The Margin podcast. “They gatekeep all the …
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Smart Contracts
AI Startup Says It Will Pay People $2,000 a Month to Masturbate—Yes, Really
by shayaanby shayaanIn short Joi AI is hiring ten “masturbation consultants” for a month for $2,000 to test an AI-guided masturbation feature and document …
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Finance
China rejects claims it blocks startup funds but foreign capital continues to exit Chinese data centers
by shayaanby shayaanChina has denied claims that it is discouraging local tech companies from taking foreign investment, despite continued withdrawals by international investors from …
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Markets
Peer-to-peer trading startup Variational raises $50 million for real-world perps in funding round led by Dragonfly
by shayaanby shayaanThe company is initially offering perpetual futures on real-world assets including oil, silver, copper and gold. www.coindesk.com
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Web3
An Abu Dhabi Fintech Startup, LTVX.ai, Officially Launches to Solve the $264B Declined Transaction Problem Using AI
by shayaanby shayaanABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, May 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LTVX.ai, an AI-driven and revenue recovery and LTV optimization platform, announced …