A crypto VC raised $1 billion to fund AI agents. The bet is that finance, not models, is what they need.

  Katie Haun has raised $1 billion for two new venture funds at Haun Ventures, split evenly between early and later-stage vehicles to be deployed over the next two to three years. The capital will go [...]

Forte acquires Sealance to improve identity and privacy for Web3 game devs

Forte, the compliance company for blockchain projects, has acquired Sealance Corp., the creators of technology for Web3 identity and privacy. [...]

Bitcoin biopic starring Casey Affleck to use AI to generate locations and tweak performances

Killing Satoshi, an upcoming biopic about the elusive creator of Bitcoin, will reportedly rely heavily on artificial intelligence to generate locations and adjust actors' performances, Variety re [...]

Aethir drives real-world asset tracking with Plume and GAIB

Aethir puts under-utilized GPUs to use in its blockchain-based decentralized graphics processing unit (GPU) cloud. [...]

The Axie Infinity co-founder who survived a $620M North Korean hack is now building AI drone detection for Europe’s defence

Stendr, a Norwegian counter-drone startup led by Aleksander Leonard Larsen, who co-founded blockchain gaming unicorn Sky Mavis, has raised a $5.4M oversubscribed pre-seed from RainFall, ACME, SkyFall, [...]

Phoenix Labs is laying off majority of employees, 2 years after Forte deal

Phoenix Labs, the maker of Dauntless and Fae Farm, has laid off a majority of its staff two years after it was quietly acquired by blockchain gaming firm Forte. [...]

Is this the future of trading? NYSE reportedly building a venue for 24/7 tokenized stock and EDF settling

NYSE plans a blockchain-based 24/7 trading platform for tokenized stocks and ETFs with instant settlement and stablecoin support. [...]

Story uses Web3 to enable creators to capture the value they contribute to the AI ecosystem

Story, an intellectual property blockchain, believes that creators, developers and artists should be able to be rewarded for what they contribute to AI. [...]

Lotte Group taps Arbitrum for Web3 entertainment experiences

Lotte Group, a big five conglomerate in South Korea, said at CES 2025 that it has picked the Arbitrum blockchain for its Lotte Caliverse. [...]