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OKX Ventures And HashKey Capital Invest In Vietnam's CAEX Exchange, Joining VPBankS And LynkiD As Strategic Partners
CAEX partners with OKX Ventures and HashKey Capital to advance Vietnam's regulated crypto exchange, raising capital to meet licensing requirements and expand compliant digital asset infrastructure. Vietnam Prosperity Crypto Asset Exchange Joint…
Communications Services Down on Risk Aversion -- Communications Services Roundup
Communications-services fell as traders retreated from risk ahead of high-stakes talks between the U.S. and Iran. Paramount Skydance shares are trading around recent lows, amid doubts about the timing of its planned Warner Bros. Discovery…
Spacety raises $190 million to scale satellite manufacturing, plans IPO
HELSINKI — Chinese satellite maker Spacety has completed multiple rounds of equity financing worth $190 million to scale its vertically integrated satellite manufacturing and data services model. Changsha-based Spacety announced the $190…
Breaking | HSBC, StanChart-led group among first to get stablecoin licences in Hong Kong
HSBC and a consortium led by Standard Chartered have been awarded Hong Kong's first stablecoin issuer licences, marking the city's latest step towards embracing cryptocurrency's most-traded cash substitute in its bid to become a global digital…
J.P. Morgan Is Thinking About Climate Tipping Points
How does the market price an existential risk: nuclear warfare, AI takeover, or global pandemic of unprecedented proportions? In short, it doesn't. At the end of the world, your assets are irrelevant. Most corporate executives and investors have…
Material World: Biology Scales, Spandex Shifts and the Machinery Catch Up
Material World is a weekly roundup of innovations and ideas within the materials sector, covering what's changing in how fashion is made, scaled or engineered from emerging biomaterials and alternative leathers to sustainable substitutes and…
White House Sends Warning to Staff After Mysteriously Well-Timed Bets
The White House has written to staff reminding them that insider trading is a federal offense after a flurry of online bets cashed in on Donald Trump's foreign policy decisions. The email came after a series of lucrative wagers were placed on…
The Week's 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: SiFive Leads With $400M For Custom Chip Designs As Aviation, Biotech And Defense Startups Also Raise Big
Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2025 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. This is a weekly feature that runs down the week's top 10…
Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M
Over the last several years, fusion power has gone from the butt of jokes — always a decade away! — to an increasingly tangible and tantalizing technology that has drawn investors off the sidelines. The technology may be challenging…
What I Look for Before Backing a Billion-Dollar Company
Investors back startups that reshape industries, not those making minor improvements. True innovation creates entirely new capabilities, not just better versions. Breakthrough companies win by making industries cheaper, faster and more scalable.
Hypersonics and space venture investment rounds to note
The hypersonic aircraft manufacturer has collected $350 million in Series C capital to support efforts at speeding up production and creating more prototypes. Hermeus opened for business in 2018, then secured $60 million in funding from the Air…
Woman started Pilates studio after getting burned out from venture job
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Anna Noelle Rinke, the 30-year-old Austin-based founder of Homebody Studios. Her previous employment and identity have been verified by Business Insider. The following has been edited for length…
Fintech Startups Globally Raise More Money In Far Fewer Deals In Q1 2026
Venture funding to fintech companies is up year over year so far, but concentrated into significantly fewer companies, Crunchbase data shows. Global venture funding to financial technology startups totaled $12 billion across 751 deals in 2026 as of…
Sundar Pichai Doubles Down on Startups as Google Expects Windfall From Anthropic, SpaceX
Sundar Pichai 's biggest A.I. wins may come from other companies instead of Google itself. As the longtime CEO of Google and its parent, Alphabet, Pichai has poured billions into A.I. products and cloud services, but it's Google's early bets on…
Trump policies, China's biotech boom are ending Europe's pharma powerhouse era
Once the go-to location for global drugmakers, Europe is losing market share to aggressive U.S. trade policies and China's growth as a biotech hub. Europe's share of global R&D has been cut in half over the past 35 years, with more companies…
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