Artificial Intelligence

November 3, 2026 @ 5:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has curtailed access to sophisticated artificial intelligence coding assistants for most of its non-engineering staff, including traders and bankers, following an internal assessment of productivity gains against potential risks. According to reporting based on internal guidance revised in October, the firm previously… Read More

November 2, 2026 @ 11:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Anthropic has filed an updated S-1, adding financial information after its initial filing last month. The amended document was widely expected as the artificial intelligence (AI) firm moves closer to an initial public offering (IPO) expected before Thanksgiving. According to the document, Q3 revenue (ending… Read More

November 2, 2026 @ 8:07 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Ripple, Robinhood to expand RLUSD stablecoin reach Robinhood adds Ripple’s stablecoin infrastructure , in the hopes of making it more broadly available. Zen.com, Mastercard expand European Pay by Bank availability The union gives merchants and consumers more payment options directly from their bank accounts Revolut… Read More

November 2, 2026 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The path to $1 trillion in annual payment volume has compressed dramatically across successive generations of platforms. PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) required roughly 23 years after its 1998 founding to cross the threshold. Adyen (AMS: ADYEN) needed about 17 years from its 2006 launch. Stripe achieved… Read More

November 2, 2026 @ 5:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto-linked equities tumbled on Friday after Binance disclosed a security breach that drained an estimated $6.3 billion in customer assets, an amount that analysts immediately ranked as the largest theft in cryptocurrency history. Shares of Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR),  Gemini (NASDAQ: GEMI), and Galaxy… Read More

November 2, 2026 @ 3:24 am By Michael Wong  |  

International Business Settlement Holdings (IBS) has agreed to buy AI chip designer QuantumCompute Solutions for HK$563 million ($72.4 million), marking an expansion into semiconductor design and edge computing. The Hong Kong-listed company signed an agreement with Brainwave Innovations, the seller, on October 30, according to… Read More

November 2, 2026 @ 2:42 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Canada’s Wealthsimple raises CDN $425M, valued at CDN $13.8B The Toronto-based fintech agreed to raise as much as C$425 million in an equity round. The institution offers checking, lending, credit cards, investments and business services. GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, led the raise. Participants include… Read More

November 2, 2026 @ 1:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenAI has reduced the size of its latest private funding effort by roughly ten billion dollars while also lowering the valuation it is seeking, according to reporting that cites people familiar with the process. The ChatGPT developer had previously targeted a raise of about thirty… Read More

November 2, 2026 @ 12:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Reddit (NYSE: RDDT) shares endured a historic freefall on Friday, tumbling roughly 29% in their steepest single-day decline since the company’s 2024 public debut. The drop, which pushed the stock to around $91–$92 and wiped out billions in market capitalization, followed a subdued fourth-quarter revenue… Read More

November 2, 2026 @ 12:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New findings from cybersecurity professionals reveal that the physical and firmware foundations supporting large-scale artificial intelligence systems are susceptible to remote interference capable of altering chatbot outputs in potentially harmful ways. Rather than concentrating solely on the software or the companies developing the models, the… Read More

November 1, 2026 @ 9:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The technology sector wrapped up a punishing week in late October 2026, with weaker-than-expected earnings reports and growing unease over the scale of artificial intelligence investment triggering a broad market retreat. The Nasdaq Composite fell 2.9 percent on Friday, October 30, marking one of its… Read More

November 1, 2026 @ 9:26 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Binance hack “In dollar terms, it would rank among the largest in crypto history, alongside Bybit’s roughly $1.5 billion loss in February 2025. We should expect these records to keep being broken: crypto prices are rising, and exchanges hold more assets every year, so each… Read More

November 1, 2026 @ 5:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A series of recent developments have illustrated how artificial intelligence is moving from experimental tool to structural force reshaping markets, public institutions, investment products, employment, and corporate strategy. From U.S. financial regulators confronting autonomous trading agents to central banks assessing institutional readiness, governments restricting consumer… Read More

November 1, 2026 @ 3:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As 2026 nears its end and attention turns to 2027, global financial markets are navigating pronounced turbulence. US stocks, with technology shares at the forefront, have shed more than $1 trillion in value amid mounting uncertainty over artificial intelligence investments, alongside geopolitical tensions and socioeconomic… Read More

October 30, 2026 @ 9:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tencent and Visa formalized a Memorandum of Understanding that establishes a broad framework for joint work on cross-border payments, agentic commerce, enterprise artificial intelligence, and assistance for businesses expanding internationally. The arrangement pairs Tencent’s payment tools, digital platforms, and technology resources with Visa’s worldwide network… Read More

October 29, 2026 @ 3:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) latest quarterly results underscore accelerating artificial intelligence adoption across its cloud platform, with particular relevance for financial technology applications that demand secure, scalable compute. On Wednesday, the company delivered first-quarter figures for fiscal 2027 that surpassed analyst forecasts, prompting shares to rise… Read More

October 29, 2026 @ 8:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) reported third-quarter results that fell short of Wall Street forecasts for both revenue and earnings, prompting a sharp decline in its shares after hours as investors scrutinized the company’s massive investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure. In early trading today, the company’s… Read More

October 29, 2026 @ 8:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin Core, the dominant software used by nodes that validate and relay transactions across the Bitcoin network, has publicly revealed three security vulnerabilities uncovered by an automated scan employing a large language model. These represent the first disclosures made under the project’s revised rules for… Read More

October 28, 2026 @ 8:47 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Anurag Gurtu’s vision for Airrived is to give the best business minds easy access to, and full control over, artificial intelligence (AI) tools that help them reach their goals. And if that means you eventually do that without Airrived playing a major role, even better…. Read More

October 28, 2026 @ 3:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Shares of Datavault AI Inc. (Nasdaq: DVLT) tumbled nearly 50 percent on Tuesday after the company revealed in a regulatory filing that it has been unable to withdraw bitcoin associated with a large equity financing, forcing a restatement of multiple periods of financial results. The… Read More