According to Beating, China's National Development and Reform Commission halted Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI agent company Manus, prompting the China Securities Regulatory Commission to tighten approval for Hong Kong IPO listings by red-chip companies (Chinese firms holding domestic assets th

According to Coinglass data via ChainCatcher, the crypto derivatives market saw $300 million in total liquidations over the past 24 hours. Long positions accounted for $82.41 million in liquidations, while short positions totaled $217 million. Bitcoin experienced $18.34 million in long liquidations

Greg Abel held his first independent leadership of Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting on May 2 (Beijing time evening), with Warren Buffett stepping back for the first time in sixty years to attend as an observer rather than lead speaker. The Q&A session began at 9:30 a.m. local time, wi

According to The Economic Times, on May 1, Amsterdam-based AI infrastructure firm Nebius announced it will acquire Eigen AI for approximately $643 million in cash and Class A shares. Eigen AI, founded by former MIT researchers, specializes in inference and optimization technology. Nebius plans to in

According to Beating News, the Pentagon announced agreements with eight technology companies to deploy their AI tools and infrastructure on U.S. military secret-level (IL6) and top-secret (IL7) networks. The newly signed companies include Nvidia, Microsoft, AWS, Reflection AI, plus previously

MoonPay announced Friday the launch of MoonAgents Card, a virtual Mastercard debit card that converts stablecoins to fiat at the point of payment for both AI agents and users. The card, issued through Monavate (a regulated global payments platform and Mastercard principal member), links

According to Bloomberg, the Bank of England and UK Treasury are discussing slowing the digital pound (Britcoin) project, with a decision originally planned for this summer now likely to be postponed. Regulators want to first observe progress in private-sector

According to BlockBeats, on May 2, Federal Reserve banking regulator Michael Barr stated that regulators must consider how to best regulate new technologies such as Anthropic's Mythos. Barr noted that while such capabilities can help companies identify and address vulnerabilities to enhance

According to PANews, xAI launched its Voice Cloning API on May 2, allowing users to create custom voices in approximately 2 minutes or select from 80+ preset voices spanning 28 languages for applications including voice assistants, audiobooks, and game characters. The feature is currently

According to BusinessWire, crypto onramping solution Fun raised $72 million in Series A funding on Friday (May 1), co-led by Multicoin Capital and SignalFire. The funding will support the company's expansion into the Asia-Pacific region with a new Singapore office and potential acquisitions.