The New Money

Metaplanet Raises More Cash To Buy Bitcoin Metaplanet Inc. | 株式会社メタプラネット (OTCQX: MTPLF) has raised approximately $60.3M USD in a new debt financing round for the sole purpose of acquiring more Bitcoin. Metaplanet is the first publicly listed company in the history of Japan to begin purchasing Bitcoin to hold directly as an asset. What's happening, the big idea, and more: https://lnkd.in/eJWcHsA5 Featured | cc: Simon Gerovich, Batara Eto, Tyler Evans, Hiroaki Kuwajima, Mark Yusko, Yoshi Ikurumi, Dylan LeClair, Shiho Boda #bitcoin #digitalassets #fintech #crypto

Google DeepMind Is Getting In On The Humanoid Robot Race Google DeepMind has announced a new partnership with humanoid robot company Apptronik. Apptronik plans to integrate Google DeepMind’s artificial intelligence technology into their flagship humanoid robot Apollo, which is already capable of lifting items, performing manual labour and detecting obstacles. What's happening, the big idea, and more: https://lnkd.in/ecMiJWmh Featured | cc: Jeffrey Cardenas, Nicholas Paine, Kay Sheils Kingsbury, Barry Phillips, Greg Steele, Luis Sentis, Gordon Daugherty, Stefan Nusser, Norm Foust, Nate Kurtz, Chard Corsini, Luke Bierbaum, Shaun Wellens, Demis Hassabis #robotics #ai #technology #innovation

Tether Is Pouring Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Into Rumble Tether.io has announced they are investing $775M USD into Rumble (NASDAQ: RUM). Rumble has become one of the most important companies in media focused on maintaining free speech and being censorship resistant, which has attracted an enormous amount of content creators to their platform. What's happening, the big idea, and more: https://lnkd.in/eb3g5ebV Featured | cc: Chris Pavlovski, Brandon Alexandroff, Wojciech Hlibowicki, Tyler Hughes, Michael E., Claudio Ramolo, Assaf Lev, Paolo A., Claudia L., Caine Knight, Frank Slickman, Mark Stevenson, Robert Arsov, Ethan Fallang, Ryan Milnes #media #technology #investing #funding

BTQ Technologies Is Cashed Up To Accelerate Post Quantum Cryptography Quantum computing company BTQ Technologies (CBOE: BTQ) has raised $10M CAD in a new financing round. BTQ Technologies is one of the only publicly listed companies in Canada focused on quantum computing and is also developing next generation chips for post quantum cryptography. What's happening, the big idea, and more: https://lnkd.in/eETJYdQc Featured | cc: Olivier Francois Roussy Newton, Nicolas Alexandre Roussy Newton, Lonny Wong, CPA, CA, Gavin Brennen, Jeffrey M., Mathieu Gauthier, Curtis Schlaufman, Hunter Scharfe, Mikael Tandetnik, Johan Wattenström, Daniel Novak, Chen-Mou Cheng #quantumcomputing #technology #innovation

Volkswagen Is Investing In A Canadian Lithium Company Volkswagen has announced they will invest $69M CAD into Patriot Battery Metals (TSX: PMET) as part of a new strategic financing. Patriot Battery Metals owns the Shaakichiuwaanaan Property located in James Bay, Quebec which is one of the most significant lithium deposits in all of North America. What's happening, the big idea, and more: https://lnkd.in/e2RJUnY5 Featured | cc: Ken Brinsden, Natacha Garoute, LLB, CPA, Darren L. Smith, M.Sc., P.Geo, Alix Drapack, P.Eng, MBA, ICD.D, Blair Way, Brian Jennings CPA,CA, BSc., Melissa Desrochers #lithium #mining #technology

Bitwise Launches Solana Staking Exchange Traded Product In Germany Asset management company Bitwise Asset Management has officially launched a Solana staking Exchange Traded Product on the Deutsche Borse XETRA. This is the third staking Exchange Traded Product for digital assets that Bitwise has launched in Europe, following behind their Exchange Traded Products for Aptos and Ethereum. What's happening, the big idea, and more: https://lnkd.in/dHPu9wfQ Featured | cc: Hunter Horsley, Teddy Fusaro, Katherine Dowling, Matthew Hougan, Hong Kim #assetmanagement #digitalassets #solana #crypto #fintech

Sam Altman’s Nuclear Power Company Signs Historic New Deal Oklo Inc (NYSE: OKLO) has entered into a new deal with technology infrastructure company Switch to provide them with nuclear power for their data centres based in the United States of America. This is one of the largest deals to ever happen for nuclear power between two American companies and represents a potential breakthrough for the scalability of Oklo’s technology. What's happening, the big idea, and more: https://lnkd.in/dFUPngp4 Featured | cc: Jacob DeWitte, Caroline Cochran, Craig Bealmear, Alexandra Renner, Stephanie Holmes, Heather Ellerbe, Jay Liebe, Thomas Morton, Ryan Lewis, Natalie Mitchell (Stewart), Joshua Ewing, Jeffery Bryce, Hugo Andraus, Chris Donnelly #nuclearpower #nuclearenergy #technology #energytransition

There’s A New Stablecoin Built By Ripple Ripple has officially launched their first ever stablecoin known as RLUSD. RLUSD is available on the XRP Ledger and the Ethereum blockchain and is backed by the United States dollar and government bonds. RLUSD will provide monthly updates on reserves and collateral in an effort to build complete transparency around its backing. What's happening, the big idea, and more: https://lnkd.in/e_2u_BXR Featured | cc: Brad Garlinghouse, David Schwartz, Monica Long, Jon Bilich, Eric van Miltenburg, Eric Jeck, Stu Alderoty, Mariel Kelley #crypto #stablecoin #fintech #digitalassets

Waymo Robotaxis Are Going Global Waymo has announced plans to officially begin testing their autonomous vehicles in Tokyo for the first time ever. This is the first time Waymo will have ever operated outside of the United States of America and represents a larger paradigm shift about the future of autonomous vehicles. What's happening, the big idea, and more: https://lnkd.in/eyf5H_rr Featured | cc: Tekedra N. Mawakana, Dmitri Dolgov, Becky Bucich, Elisa de Martel, Amar K. Mehta, Satish Jeyachandran, Ryan McNamara, Saswat Panigrahi, Mauricio E. Peña, Ph.D. #ai #machinelearning #technology #autonomousvehicles

VERSES AI Has Outperformed An OpenAI Model VERSES (CBOE: VERS) has announced their Genius system has outperformed OpenAI’s o1 Preview model in a comparison based on the code breaking game Mastermind. The new performance data could represent a major paradigm shift in the ability for Genius to logically reason, which is highly important for applications such as cybersecurity, fraud detection and forecasting complex systems. What's happening, the big idea, and more: https://lnkd.in/etwkT7dm Featured | cc: Gabriel René, Dan Mapes, Hari Thiruvengada, James Hendrickson, ✨ Steven Swanson, Kevin Wilson, Capm Petersen, Mahault Albarracin, Lynda Ryan, Michael Wadden, John Carenbauer, Dr Inês Hipólito, Lori Pike #ai #technology #innovation