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Mastercard poised to acquire crypto startup Zerohash for nearly $2 billion, sources say

The move to acquire the crypto company comes after Mastercard was in talks to acquire another stablecoin startup BVNK for around $2 billion.

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Late-stage payments company Modern Treasury acquires stablecoin startup Beam for $40 million

The deal comes one year after the fintech giant Stripe said it would acquire the stablecoin firm Bridge.

Fortune

Exclusive: Stripe-backed blockchain startup Tempo raises $500 million round led by Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital and Greenoaks

The Series A values the Matt Huang–led Tempo at $5 billion and includes participation from Sequoia, Ribbit, and SV Angel.

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Adobe Wants Job Applicants To Showcase AI Skills, Not Just Resumes

Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE) values job applicants who demonstrate creativity and AI fluency, signaling a shift in how the $141 billion software giant evaluates talent.

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Exclusive: Coinbase and Mastercard have both held advanced talks to buy stablecoin startup BVNK for around $2 billion

Stablecoins have become a buzzy sector over the past year amid a red-hot IPO from the stablecoin giant Circle and recently passed legislation in Congress.

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Stripe exec says she’s hiring new grads more than ever but she’s ‘sweating’ about the Gen Z talent pipeline—and warns the era of skills is at risk

Stripe’s head of data and AI is worried that Gen Z graduates won’t get jobs as the tech continues to take over skills—and warned of having no talent pipeline in 10 years.

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Stablecoin startup Coinflow raises $25 million Series A to challenge Stripe’s payments dominance

Pantera Capital led the round, with participation from Reciprocal Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Jump Capital, and CMT Digital.

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Stripe's AI Chief Warns Of Mentorship Crisis As Company Hires Record Number Of New PhD Graduates Amid AI Revolution

Emily Glassberg Sands, the head of AI at Stripe, is raising concerns that rapid hiring of highly skilled new graduates could lead to a shortage of mentorship opportunities for the next generation of tech professionals.

Benzinga

Stripe is already a payments colossus. Now it wants to make stablecoins the backbone of global commerce

Stripe’s new product, Open Issuance, will allow businesses to launch their own stablecoins.

Fortune

How OpenAI and Stripe’s latest move could blow up online shopping as we know it

By putting payments inside an AI chat, OpenAI and Stripe have set off a race to control the future of e-commerce—forcing brands, retailers, and even tech giants to rethink their playbooks.

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You Can Now Buy Directly from ChatGPT

OpenAI is tapping into the e-commerce space as the company has launched instant checkout, a feature that allows you to buy products directly inside the

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OpenAI will allow ChatGPT users to buy products directly in a chat in a radical shakeup of e-commerce

The new Instant Checkout feature will be powered by an open-source Agentic Commerce Protocol co-developed with payments processor Stripe

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Stablecoins are everywhere, but one expert argues that the ultimate winner might not even exist yet

On the latest episode of Crypto Playbook, professor and former Paxos executive Austin Campbell explains why stablecoins are poised to break out of crypto.

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New York-focused crypto venture firm Archetype raises $100 million for third fund

Led by Ash Egan, Archetype has invested in blockchain firms including Privy, which was acquired by Stripe earlier this year.

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Stripe crypto alum raise $19.2 million to power agentic payments through ATXP protocol

ATXP wants to create the first generation of AI agents through its HTTP-like protocol.

International Business Times

How Kevin Leyes' Cybersecurity Firm LeyesX Protects Billionaires From Losing Millions Online

LeyesX services begin at $10,000 per month and can climb to $100,000 for clients requiring nonstop protection. Current clients include undisclosed billionaires, Fortune 500 companies such as Stripe and Crypto.com, and sovereign governments, including El Salvador and Argentina.

Benzinga

Teen Founders, Tap The Brakes: Paul Graham Says Curiosity Beats Companies In High School — Despite YC Wins With Airbnb, Reddit, And Sam Altman At 19

The co-founder of Silicon Valley’s most influential startup accelerator is delivering a reality check to ambitious teenagers everywhere. Paul Graham, whose Y Combinator has funded giants like Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB), Stripe, Dropbox (NASDAQ:DBX), and Reddit (NYSE:RDDT), is warning high schoolers to pump the brakes on their entrepreneurial dreams.

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Exclusive: Stripe’s head of crypto departs to join Polygon Labs as chief product officer

John Egan played a key role in the development of Stripe’s crypto strategy, including both its acquisition of the stablecoin company Bridge and the crypto wallet developer Privy.

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Payments giant spruiks stablecoin as 'future of money'

Stripe has told Australians where it thinks the future of money lies as the global payments giant expands its capital finance offering to local shores.

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Crypto companies are fighting in a 'Bachelor'-style frenzy to launch a stablecoin that will power DeFi's hottest exchange

Industry onlookers believe the fight may impact the bottom line of stablecoin giant Circle.

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5 Billionaires Who Have a Shot at Becoming the Next Jeff Bezos

These 5 billionaires are making bold moves—could one of them become the next Jeff Bezos? See who’s rising fast in tech, retail, and innovation.

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Stripe and Paradigm announce new payments-focused blockchain Tempo

Led by Paradigm managing partner Matt Huang, Tempo is Big Tech’s first major move into crypto.

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Should You Buy the Post-Earnings Pop in Affirm Stock?

Should investors consider buying into Affirm after the stock popped on solid quarterly earnings?

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Exclusive: Crypto firm Fireblocks launches a stablecoin payments network

More than 40 companies have joined the network, including Bridge, a stablecoin startup recently acquired by the fintech giant Stripe.

International Business Times

Google Blockchain is Here, Should You Invest in in It?

Google has revealed new details about its in-development blockchain, the Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL). In a LinkedIn post, Rich Widmann, Google's head of Web3 strategy.

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