04:58 2025-06-06
A16z leads $17 million in artificial intelligence voice startup TomaToma, an artificial intelligence voice startup, closed a $17 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).
Founded in early 2024 by Monik Pamecha and Anthony Krivonos, Toma previously participated in Y Combinator's accelerator program. The company's artificial intelligence voice agents are now in use at more than 100 auto dealerships across the U.S., handling service reservations, parts orders, and customer phone calls and alleviating staffing issues. Toma plans to use the new funds ...
04:22 2025-06-06
Zhao Changpeng: The New York Times tried to make up FUD stories and never talked to SKY about Trump or American affairs"When I saw SKY's photo with the logo of BNBChain printed on it, I didn't know who he was," Mr. Zhao tweeted in response to "The New York Times' inquiry about his story about the Trump Meme Token Dinner, which mentioned one of the attendees, SKY, and pointed out that SKY had posted a photo with Changpeng Zhao on X, calling him a big cousin." I didn't know who he was. I followed him after he posted. A week later, I posted a perpdex post, after which I learned about his project LuckyFutures, and t...
04:19 2025-06-06
The Hong Kong Stablecoin Ordinance will come into force on August 1, 2025The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government today (June 6) gazetted the Stablecoin Ordinance (Commencement) Notice, designating August 1, 2005 as the date on which the Stablecoin Ordinance (Cap. 656) (the Ordinance) will come into operation.
"After the Ordinance comes into effect, the licensing regime will provide appropriate regulations for related stablecoin activities and is a milestone in promoting the sustainable development of Hong Kong's stablecoin and digital asset ecosystem,"...
04:10 2025-06-06
Lair Finance and Infrared Finance have reached a cooperation, and LAIR tokens have risen by more than 22%.Lair Finance announced the launch of the first iBGT-based re-staking token, LrBGT, jointly with Infrared Finance, a Berachain ecosystem head protocol, empowering the PoL reward mechanism and cross-chain ecosystem integration to build a Lair full-chain revenue hub.
Infrared Finance occupies a core position in Berachain's mobile pledge system with iBGT and other products. TVL exceeds 1 billion US dollars, accounting for nearly 60% of the whole network. After the release of the cooperation news, th...
04:04 2025-06-06
Silk Road Founder Receives $31 million Bitcoin Donation Suspected to Be Linked to Alphabay Darknet MarketAccording to Cointelegraph, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis reported that 300 bitcoin (worth about $31 million) donations received by Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht earlier this month were suspected to have come from dark web marketplace Alphabay-related wallets. The analysis revealed that donors used a variety of hybrid services to hide traces of transactions, and the funds may have originated from early Alphabay suppliers. Blockchain detective ZachXBT confirmed that the funds did not co...
03:40 2025-06-06
Meta's supervisory board orders removal of Ronaldo AI fake video adsAccording to Decrypt, Meta's supervisory board on Thursday ordered the removal of an AI-faked video ad featuring Brazilian football legend Ronaldo that misled customers into engaging in an online game called Plinko and making false revenue promises. The board criticized Meta for failing to strictly enforce its anti-fraud policy, noting that despite the video being reported and viewed 600,000, it was not dealt with in a timely manner. The incident highlights the platform's poor control of celebri...
03:27 2025-06-06
China Renaissance has announced that it has invested in Circle in 2018.China Renaissance, a Hong Kong-listed company, has disclosed that its Huaxing New Economy Fund has invested in Circle in 2018. The company will continue to be optimistic about the development of blockchain technology and actively explore the layout in the field of Web 3.0 and cryptocurrency assets.
Circle Internet Group listed on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, the highest was $103.75, which was 2.35 times higher than the listing price of $31, and closed at $83.23, still up 1.68 times. ...
03:24 2025-06-06
Pakistan's crypto minister meets with Wall Street giants to explore Web3 collaborationBilal Bin Saqib, Minister of State Crypto and Blockchain Affairs of Pakistan, recently held talks in New York with Brandon Lutnick, Chairperson of Cantor Fitzgerald, a 78-year-old Wall Street giant with over $80 billion in assets under management. The two sides discussed in depth tokenization, bitcoin mining, the future development of Web3 in Pakistan and potential cooperation opportunities, demonstrating Pakistan's strategic intention to actively expand cooperation between blockchain technology...