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Ocean AI email security startup raises $28 million after stealth mode
2+ hour, 58+ min ago (147+ words) [Digital Today reporter Chi-gyu Hwang] AI-based email security startup Ocean has come out of stealth mode and raised $28 million in funding. Lightspeed Venture Partners, Picture Capital, Cerca Partners and angel investors participated in the round. According to a recent report…...
AEON raises $8 million in pre-seed round for AI agent payment settlement layer
15+ hour, 21+ min ago (135+ words) AEON, which is building a settlement layer dedicated to AI agents, raised $8 million in a pre-seed round led by YZi Labs, an affiliate of Binance. The Block reported recently that IDG Capital, Hash Key Capital, Stanford Blockchain Builders Fund and…...
Wall Street adopts blockchain to remove collaboration bottlenecks, not decentralisation - a16z Crypto
20+ hour, 22+ min ago (227+ words) Guy, a general partner at a16z Crypto, said Wall Street and governments are increasingly embracing the term "digital assets" as a signal of digital transformation akin to companies moving to cloud services. He wrote that the financial industry may look digitised…...
Crypto custody firm Copper pursues sale valued at $500 million
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (208+ words) Crypto custody firm Copper is pursuing a sale valued at about $500 million. Coindesk recently reported, citing two sources, that Wall Street investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald is advising on the sale. Copper's core asset is seen as its Clear Loop settlement…...
XRP may return to key support zone as bitcoin decline weighs
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (382+ words) An outlook suggests XRP could retest a long-term core support zone in 2026. On May 23 (local time), blockchain media outlet The Crypto Basic reported that crypto analyst Chart Nerd pointed to XRP's long-term Gaussian channel structure and raised the possibility of…...
XRP down 26 percent in 2026, price stuck despite positive news
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (336+ words) XRP is down about 26 percent so far in 2026 from the start of the year, widening market frustration. According to blockchain outlet Be In Crypto on May 22, XRP recently traded around $1. 36 to $1. 37. That left it about 62 percent below its all-time high…...
Variational, Arbitrum-based derivatives startup, raises $50 million
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (189+ words) Variational, an Arbitrum-based derivatives startup, has received $50 million in a Series A round led by Dragonfly Capital. The Block recently reported that Bain Capital Crypto and Coinbase Ventures also participated in the investment. Variational, co-founded by Lucas Schuermann and Edward…...
Michael Saylor says bitcoin has hit bottom, claims start of upward rally
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (310+ words) Michael Saylor, CEO of bitcoin investment company Strategy, said bitcoin has entered a strong support zone and could recover. Cryptopolitan reported on May 22 that Saylor, in an interview, compared the recent bitcoin market to a "warming spring" and said a…...
Coinbase to launch AI, defense, China-themed stock index perpetual futures
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (221+ words) Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, is launching stock index futures structured as perpetual futures. According to a recent report by The Block, Coinbase will list a Tech100 (TEK) contract tracking the top 100 Nasdaq-listed companies, along with three…...
Kalshi, Polymarket fail to block Nevada, Washington gambling lawsuits
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (163+ words) Prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket failed to block gambling-related lawsuits filed by the U. S. states of Nevada and Washington, The Block reported on May 22. The 9th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Kalshi and Polymarket's request to halt lower court rulings and…...