Prediction-market traders are betting that Anthropic will ship its next Claude Opus model within days. This is coming at a time when Anthropic’s own chief executive and a run of departing researchers press the industry to ease off the accelerator. Traders price in a late-September Opus On Polymarket’s “Next Claude Opus released by…?” market, the
Evernorth Holdings has agreed to issue $30 million of convertible debt that may fund additional $XRP purchases and $XRP ecosystem activity, subject to the completion of its proposed business combination with Armada Acquisition Corp. II. The SEC filing dated Sept. 17 shows that Evernorth signed the note purchase agreement on Sept. 11 with NH Investment
Qazaqstan Investment Corporation, IT Park Ventures, Mirae Asset Venture Investment and SparkLabs Group have signed a term sheet to establish a new venture capital fund targeting Series A and later stage startups across Central Asia, with AI native companies forming a key part of its investment focus. According to SparkLabs Group, the SparkLabs Mirae Silk
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) opened a new path for tokenized stock trading in the U.S. last week, adding momentum to a technology that has swept through financial markets over the past year. TD Cowen, however, doesn’t expect investors to rush through the door. The agency’s new Innovation Exemption creates a five-year framework for
Crypto ETF Buyers Reverse Midweek Selloff The closing bell told a very different story from the middle of the week. Bitcoin ETFs entered Friday nursing more than $426 million in weekly redemptions. Hours later, a $433.03 million surge had dragged the category back into positive territory, leaving the five-session total at $6.21 million. That dramatic
The European Central Bank (ECB) plans to invest a small portion of its reserves in tokenized securities, giving the central bank direct exposure to blockchain-based financial markets. The purchase would be settled through Pontes, the new Eurosystem platform, which allows wholesale transactions to settle in central bank money. The platform essentially bridges the ECB’s payment
Last week, the Fed, as expected, raised interest rates by 25 basis points. This was the first rate hike since 2023, and market expectations are growing that further rate increases may occur in October or December. As the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decisions for the remainder of 2026 are closely watched, Chicago Fed President Austan
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent leant on stablecoin adoption and dollar-denominated trade metrics to defend the strength of the U.S. economy, seeking to counter anxiety over surging government debt yields and shifting international payment rails. Bessent pushed back against a recent report by the New York Times which outlined structural risks in the country’s financial position.