Anthropic signs $200M deal to bring its LLMs to Snowflake’s customers

AI research lab Anthropic’s not slowing down in its efforts to snap up enterprise clients. The company on Wednesday said it is expanding its partnership with cloud data company Snowflake in a $200 million multi-year AI deal that will bring Anthropic’s large language models to Snowflake’s platform and, consequently, to its sizable customer base. “Anthropic…

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Mastercard Picks Polygon to Bring Verified Usernames to Self-Custody Wallets

Mastercard (MA) has chosen Polygon to power a new system that lets people send crypto to verified usernames instead of long wallet addresses, the companies said on Tuesday. Mastercard Crypto Credential standardizes how blockchain addresses are verified by enabling human-readable aliases that correspond to a verified individual, the company said in a an emailed press…

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Australia Looks to Bring Crypto Under Financial Services Framework With New Draft Legislation

The Australian treasury revealed a new draft proposal for crypto firms in the country, requiring them to hold licenses and be treated as financial products. The proposal would require crypto firms to hold financial service licenses, effectively bringing them under the wing of the country’s securities regulator, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Digital asset…

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    Grvt Raises $19M to Bring Privacy and Scale to Onchain Finance

    Grvt (pronounced “gravity”), a decentralized exchange (DEX) focused on privacy in on-chain finance, has raised $19 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by ZKsync, its foundational technology partner, along with Further Ventures, EigenCloud (formerly EigenLayer) and 500 Global, the company announced via email on Thursday. Built on the ZKsync Validium L2, Grvt…

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