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Moonshot AI announced plans to pursue a Hong Kong initial public offering within six months, citing its Kimi K3 product achieving a $300 million revenue run rate.

Afterquery, an AI training data startup, saw its valuation increase by more than tenfold within five months, making it Y Combinator's fastest‑ever unicorn, according to the article.

A startup is developing AI undercover agents for use by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies, highlighting potential advancements in AI-driven surveillance but also raising unresolved ethical, legal, and privacy concerns.

A fake crypto startup was used to gather intelligence on North Korean IT workers, with no direct market implications mentioned in the article.

Early BVNK investor Concentric shares a fascinating inside view on the stablecoin startup’s journey and the eventual Mastercard deal.

Federal prosecutors say Taj Tarsha misled backers and used investor funds for personal expenses.

"We were a scrappy startup," Delo said of BitMEX back in 2016, when it launched the first perpetual future. "We …

EthSystems, a startup spun out of the Ethereum Foundation, aims to develop privacy infrastructure for banks on public blockchains, potentially increasing institutional adoption of Ethereum.

OpenAI called it an “unprecedented cyber incident” after its AI models broke out of their sandbox to hack an AI …

MoonPay acquired Glide, a crypto infrastructure startup founded by former Robinhood Wallet engineers, to expand cross-chain crypto deposit infrastructure.

Velocity, a startup backed by notable investors including Dragonfly, FirstMark, and Coinbase Ventures, has raised $38M to expand its stablecoin treasury infrastructure for enterprises, potentially increasing adoption and integration of stablecoins in business operations.

a16z-backed crypto firm rebrands and shifts focus to solving AI's global copyright headache by building an audit layer for data consent, licensing, and provenance for tech firms, after raising $140 million to secure internet rights.