Topic: #technology
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Binance Research projects tokenized equities could reach $349 billion by 2030
Binance Research's base case puts tokenized equities at about $349 billion by 2030, up from a $4.43 billion on-chain balance. Its September 18 report, The RWA Activation Era, also introduces new metrics for how much of that value actually gets used.
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BearingPoint study finds only 13% of companies on track with AI initiatives
A BearingPoint study published October 1 found only 13% of surveyed companies are on track with AI and fewer than one-third have moved past pilot projects, Crypto Briefing reported.
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Base's Cobalt upgrade lets B20 token issuers configure balance seizures
Base scheduled its Cobalt upgrade for mainnet on Sept. 30 at 18:00 UTC. It adds seizeWithMemo, an opt-in tool that lets B20 issuers reassign holder balances separately from transfer rules.
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Stable integrates Visa Direct for StableChain payouts to banks and mobile wallets
Stable, the company behind USDT-native Layer-1 StableChain, has integrated Visa Direct, according to a September 30 announcement, linking onchain stablecoin rails to bank accounts and mobile wallets.
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EU proposal to triple data center capacity meets growing local pushback
The European Commission has proposed tripling EU data center capacity within five to seven years, a roughly €200 billion buildout, as communities in Ireland, the Netherlands and France push back, Crypto Briefing reported.
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Whale Alert flags 492,721 QNT transfer worth $139.6M between unknown wallets
Whale Alert flagged a 492,721 QNT transfer worth about $139.6 million between two anonymous wallets, Crypto Briefing reported. That's roughly 4% of circulating supply, and it isn't clear who controls either wallet.
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DeepSeek open-sources TileLang AI chip tools for Huawei's Ascend accelerators
DeepSeek said on WeChat that it has open-sourced a free toolkit for Huawei's Ascend AI chips, including TileLang, which Crypto Briefing described as a domestic counterpart to Nvidia's CUDA.
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OpenClaw Foundation launches OpenClaw Enterprise, open-source control plane for AI agents
The OpenClaw Foundation launched OpenClaw Enterprise on September 29, a free, self-hosted control plane that adds multi-tenancy, auditability and governance controls to AI agents, Crypto Briefing reported.
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Unusual Whales launches Options Trader app on Robinhood's Agent Apps marketplace
Unusual Whales launched a $30-a-month Options Trader app on Robinhood's Agent Apps marketplace at the HOOD Summit in Houston, feeding its options flow data to Robinhood's AI agents, Crypto Briefing reported.
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Aztec Labs relaunches zk.money wallet for private stablecoin payments
Aztec Labs relaunched its self-custodial zk.money wallet on Aztec Network three years after shutting it down. Users can send USDC, USDT or DAI privately using readable ENS-based tags.
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General Compute buys Cerebras chip fleet to pair with Nvidia GPUs for AI inference
General Compute, an AI inference neocloud, said it's buying a large fleet of Cerebras wafer-scale chips to run alongside its Nvidia GPUs, with capacity for agentic coding due in Q1 2027, Crypto Briefing reported.
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Metaplex launches MPL-3643 token standard for tokenized securities on Solana
Metaplex has launched MPL-3643, a permissioned token standard modeled on Ethereum's ERC-3643 that gives Solana issuers onchain compliance controls. It's in a limited-access alpha, Crypto Briefing reported.
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EliseAI raises $350 million led by a16z and Bessemer at $4 billion valuation
EliseAI, which builds AI software for administrative work in housing and healthcare, raised $350 million at a $4 billion valuation in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer, per a Tuesday release.
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Chainlink CCIP 2.0 lets issuers require extra verifiers; analysis flags stall risk
Chainlink's CCIP 2.0, announced Sept. 28, lets token issuers require an extra verifier before cross-chain delivery. CryptoSlate's analysis says an unresponsive verifier could stall tokens already locked or burned at the source.
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Modulate raises $25 million led by Future Ventures to expand deepfake detection
Voice intelligence company Modulate closed a $25 million round led by Future Ventures to expand its deepfake detection platform, and Crypto Briefing put its total funding at $60 million.
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Venus Protocol Liquidity Hub Merges Yield and Collateral
Venus Protocol launched the Liquidity Hub around August 31, allowing users to earn yield on stablecoin deposits while using those deposits as collateral for loans, addressing a core DeFi capital efficiency challenge.
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Nvidia launches OpenShell, open-source runtime for securing AI agents
Nvidia announced OpenShell at GTC San Jose 2026, an Apache 2.0 licensed open-source runtime that enforces policy-based controls and kernel-level isolation for autonomous AI agents. The project has accumulated 8.6k GitHub stars and integrates with enterprise partners including Cisco, SAP, and Cadence.
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Riot Platforms Repays $200M Coinbase Credit, Frees 5,821 BTC
Riot Platforms completed early repayment of a $200 million credit facility with Coinbase Credit on September 21, freeing approximately 5,821 BTC (valued at $340.7 million) from collateral and boosting the miner's financial flexibility ahead of major data-center deployments.
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Trump, Johnson convene tech CEOs on AI policy at White House summit
President Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson are meeting with technology CEOs on September 29, 2026, to shape US artificial intelligence policy. The summit reflects competing visions: Trump favors minimal regulation to compete with China, while Johnson advocates for industry self-regulation paired with measured federal oversight.
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Atlas Energy surges 19% on $613M AI infrastructure contracts
Atlas Energy Solutions announced $613.5 million in cost reimbursement agreements with a frontier AI lab, covering 283 MW of natural gas generation capacity. Shares surged as much as 19% intraday on September 25, reflecting investor appetite for energy-AI convergence plays.
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Nvidia hires OpenAI data center head Chris Malone as DSX Platform VP
Nvidia hired Chris Malone, who ran data center operations at OpenAI, as vice president of its DSX Platform effective September 24, 2026. The move signals Nvidia's push into full-stack AI infrastructure as OpenAI retreats from building proprietary data centers.
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LayerZero integrates TACEO Merces for private cross-chain token transfers
LayerZero and TACEO have integrated to shield participant identities and transfer amounts in cross-chain transactions, addressing institutional concerns about blockchain transparency. Merces mainnet launched on Monad and World Chain on September 24, 2026.
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Qualcomm extends Apple patent licensing deal through March 2027
Qualcomm renewed its global patent licensing agreement with Apple, set to take effect April 1, 2027, securing royalty revenue as Apple accelerates its own modem development and Qualcomm diversifies into data center and automotive markets.
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IBM Digital Asset Haven connects to Swift's blockchain ledger for tokenized deposits
IBM's Digital Asset Haven platform can now interface with Swift's shared ledger, enabling institutional clients to execute tokenized deposit transactions. The integration links two major pieces of institutional blockchain infrastructure built in the past year.