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OpenAI’s ChatGPT to hit 700 million weekly users, up 4x from last year
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images OpenAI is set to hit 700 million weekly active users for ChatGPT this week, up from 500 million in March, marking a more than fourfold year-over-year surge in growth, the company said Monday. The figure spans all ChatGPT artificial intelligence products — free, Plus Pro, Enterprise, Team, and […]
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Expect the crypto rally to cool in August as new tariffs ratchet up macroeconomic concerns
Institutional adoption of cryptocurrencies has been trouncing the macroeconomic narrative as the main performance driver for the past two months. Now investors should look for a reversal of that dynamic over the coming month, however. Ether stole the spotlight from bitcoin in July, roaring ahead more than 49% in the month, but bitcoin still managed […]
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Ethereum turns 10: From scrappy experiment to Wall Street’s invisible backbone
CANNES — Ten years ago, Vitalik Buterin and a small band of developers huddled in a drafty Berlin loft strung with dangling lightbulbs, laptops balanced on mismatched chairs and chipped tables. They weren’t corporate titans or venture-backed founders — just idealists working long nights to push a radical idea into reality. From that sparse office, […]
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Crypto wobbles into August as Trump’s new tariffs trigger risk-off sentiment
A screen showing the price of various cryptocurrencies against the US dollar displayed at a Crypto Panda cryptocurrency store in Hong Kong, China, on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. Lam Yik | Bloomberg | Getty Images The crypto market slid Friday after President Donald Trump unveiled his modified “reciprocal” tariffs on dozens of countries. The price […]
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Robinhood reports second-quarter earnings beat with revenue climbing 45% over last year
The logo of Robinhood Markets is seen at a pop-up event on Wall Street after the company’s initial public offering in New York City on July 29, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Robinhood beat Wall Street expectations for the second quarter Wednesday. Here is how Robinhood’s results compared to Wall Street estimates, according to analysts […]
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Robinhood’s 175% rally this year is best among U.S. tech stocks
As Robinhood investors await second-quarter earnings, expectations are sky-high. The online broker, known for popularizing stock and crypto trading with young investors, has seen its shares surge 177% this year, outpacing all other U.S. tech companies valued at $5 or more, excluding those that went public in 2025. The next best performer is Palantir, up […]
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Why it appears Washington is becoming friendlier toward crypto ETFs under Trump
ETF Edge Why it appears Washington is becoming friendlier toward crypto ETFs under Trump Published Wed, Jul 30 20257:00 AM EDT Siena Griffin@siena_griffin WATCH LIVE Source
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Anthropic in talks to raise fresh capital at $170 billion valuation
Anthropic is in talks to raise between $3 billion and $5 billion in a funding round led by Iconiq Capital that would value the artificial intelligence startup at $170 billion, CNBC has confirmed. The OpenAI competitor has been reeling in billions of dollars at a rapidly increasing valuation reflecting investors’ thirst for a piece in […]
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Cash App opens up to Apple Pay and Google Pay for the first time
Cash App’s new Pools feature lets users set a group funding goal, name the pool, and invite contributors. Courtesy: Cash App Cash App is going on the offensive in peer-to-peer payments. The Block-owned payments platform on Tuesday unveiled Pools, a new peer-to-peer feature designed to make group payments simple. It’s the company’s first major P2P […]
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PayPal beats on earnings, raises full-year outlook as Venmo growth accelerates
PayPal reported better-than-expected results for the second quarter and raised its full-year guidance for transaction margin dollars and earnings per share. The stock slipped more than 4% following the report. Here’s how the company did compared with Wall Street estimates, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG: Earnings per share: $1.40 adjusted vs. $1.30 expected […]
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