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Coinbase has decided to increase the buyback cap to a substantial $180 million thereby leading to a notable surge in investor participation. On Tuesday, September 5, the world’s leading crypto exchange Coinbase announced that it is topping its debt buyback from $150 million previously, to now at $180 million. Thus, Coinbase is willing to buy back a larger number of its outstanding Notes than it unveiled previously. As per the announcement made on September 5, Coinbase has allocated $180...

Only 9.5% of the Arm American Depository Shares would be available to the general public at the IPO, while SoftBank retains the rest. Chip design company Arm may be looking for up to $4.87 billion in funding at the conclusion of its upcoming initial public offering (IPO), which could put the company’s valuation at $52 billion. Arm has submitted an updated F-1 filing to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as it prepares for the IPO. Arm’s shares will float as American...

Baidu launched its AI applications using Ernie large language model. The AI assistant can search documents, summarize and translate text, and create content. On Tuesday, September 5, Chinese tech giant Baidu unveiled more than 10 AI-based applications after its ChatGPT-rival Ernie bot got a nod for public use. During the product presentations, one noteworthy reveal was the introduction of WPS AI, a word-processing application integrated with generative AI. Kingsoft Office, a company listed...

The funds will be used by the comapny for international expansion across continents to capitalize on significant market demand. Popular Israeli fintech company ThetaRay, known for its cutting-edge AI-based transaction monitoring and screening solution, Sonar, has secured $57 million in a funding round. The announcement, made on Tuesday, revealed that the fresh round was led by Portage, with the participation of existing investors like OurCrowd and JVP, the company’s largest shareholder....

Point72 Ventures, through the funding round, will help GenTwo extend its offerings and also expand its international business. Securitization specialist fintech GenTwo has raised $15 million in a recently concluded Series A funding round. The round was led by venture capital firm Point72 Ventures, founded by billionaire hedge fund manager and investor Steven Cohen. The billionaire owns a baseball team – the New York Mets. GenTwo has a PRO platform that helps investors securitize and trade...

The mixed economic data that has emerged is at the root of the uncertainty surrounding the Fed’s monetary policy. A recent report has revealed that the US Treasury yields are currently on the rise as investors analyze key economic data released the previous week. This surge has prompted investors to contemplate what lies ahead for the nation’s economy. The Morning Surge in US Treasury Yield At 4 a.m. Eastern Time, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note had reportedly risen by...

Some of China’s state-backed telecommunications companies are keen on investing in Alibaba Cloud, said sources familiar with the matter. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s cloud computing division, Alibaba Cloud, is considering a private round of fundraising from Chinese state-owned enterprises before making a debut in Hong Kong. Sources familiar with the matter stated that Alibaba Cloud is working with advisers to raise about 10 billion yuan to 20 billion yuan ($1.4 billion to $2.8 billion)....

Despite its slender battery, the company claims that the Magic V2 can deliver approximately 14 hours of continuous video playback when unfolded. Honor has introduced its flagship foldable smartphone, the “Honor Magic V2”, as part of its strategy to enter the international market, particularly in Europe and other regions, by the first quarter of 2024. Formerly a subsidiary of Huawei, Honor was sold to investors, becoming an independent company after its former mother company had a series of...

With Samsung winning the position of a competitor against SK Hynix, Nvidia will have more options when it comes to chip supply and stop relying on SK Hynix as a sole provider.  South Korean multinational electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co has reportedly won the right to supply advanced memory HBM3 chips to the world’s leader in artificial intelligence computing Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ: NVDA). Following the reports, Samsung saw its shares soar by 6%. Citigroup analysts Peter Lee and Josh...

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, Klarna’s CEO and founder, said that the firm is very hopeful for the second half of 2023, suggesting that the aggressive cost-cutting strategy in 2022 may now be yielding. Despite its efforts towards profitability, buy now, pay later firm Klarna has revealed that it failed to record a half-year 2023 profit. The Swedish firm, which had earlier taken measures to cut costs, confirmed that the measures did help reduce its losses by roughly 67% in the period. However,...