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SoftBank Sells Entire Nvidia Stake for $5.83 Billion to Double Down on OpenAI and AI Infrastructure

SoftBank Sells Entire Nvidia Stake for $5.83 Billion to Double Down on OpenAI and AI Infrastructure

Published: November 11, 2025 TOKYO — SoftBank Group Corp. said it has exited Nvidia in full, selling 32.1 million shares for $5.83 billion in October as part of a broader “monetize-and-redeploy” push into artificial intelligence—including a multibillion‑dollar commitment to OpenAI and new AI infrastructure financing. The transaction was disclosed in SoftBank’s half‑year results released today. ソフトバンクグループ株式会社 What happened The sale closes out SoftBank’s latest round‑trip in Nvidia and includes shares held by an asset‑management subsidiary. While SoftBank did not give a granular rationale beyond capital recycling, the move lands alongside a series of balance‑sheet actions—bond issues, bridge loans, and other
11 November 2025
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Bitcoin Rebound, CBDC Ban, NFT Revival – Inside Crypto’s 48-Hour Whirlwind (Sept 23–24, 2025)

Hong Kong Just Opened the Liquidity Floodgates: HashKey’s CaaS launch, Kraken tie‑up and a $500M IPO plan supercharge the city’s crypto reboot

The in‑depth story A policy pivot to unlock liquidity Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has taken its most market‑opening step since launching a full licensing regime for virtual‑asset trading platforms (VATPs): allowing licensed exchanges to link local order books to their overseas affiliates. SFC chief executive Julia Leung framed it as part of a “multi‑pronged” plan to integrate with global liquidity while preserving safeguards—delivery‑versus‑payment, prefunding at overseas VATPs, a Hong Kong reserve fund for compensation, and joint surveillance. sfc.hk Leung said the circular issued during FinTech Week would “enable licensed VATPs to share a global order book with
5 November 2025
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Anthropic’s Private Shares Soar to $185 Amid AI Frenzy – $183B Valuation, Major Deals & $1.5B Lawsuit

Anthropic’s Record-Breaking Rise: $13B Mega-Funding, Big Tech Deals & the AI Showdown in 2025

Anthropic Developments and News as of November 3, 2025 In summary, Anthropic in late 2025 stands as a centerpiece of the global AI drama – a startup-turned-goliath with extraordinary funding, big-tech allies, and cutting-edge AI models, all vying to shape the future of AI. Its recent moves – from mega-financing and TPU mega-clusters to enterprise-friendly AI tools – illustrate both the immense potential and the grand challenges of the AI revolution. As Anthropic races OpenAI, Google DeepMind, xAI and others, the world will be watching to see if this safety-focused upstart can lead in innovation without losing its soul to
3 November 2025
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MultiSensor AI’s Wild Stock Ride: Major AI Deal Sparks 42% Surge, $14M Funding Triggers 50% Plunge – What’s Next for MSAI?

MultiSensor AI’s Wild Stock Ride: Major AI Deal Sparks 42% Surge, $14M Funding Triggers 50% Plunge – What’s Next for MSAI?

Recent News: Big Deal Euphoria and a Sudden Selloff Late October 2025 brought whiplash-inducing news for MultiSensor AI shareholders. On October 14, the Houston-based company announced a major U.S. deployment deal: an unnamed “global leader in logistics and e-commerce” began rolling out MSAI’s AI-powered sensor platform across its U.S. distribution and fulfillment centers newsfilecorp.com. (Analysts believe this marquee client is likely Amazon or a similar top-tier e-commerce player ts2.tech.) The deal marked MultiSensor’s first large-scale North American deployment after successful pilots in Europe and the UK newsfilecorp.com. “Our focus is on driving measurable impact and return on investment for our
31 October 2025
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Lyzr Raises $8M and Lands Accenture’s AI Backing – Is “Agentic AI” About to Explode?

Lyzr Raises $8M and Lands Accenture’s AI Backing – Is “Agentic AI” About to Explode?

Lyzr’s Innovative AI Platform and Funding Lyzr is a New Jersey–headquartered startup (with its tech team largely in Bengaluru) building infrastructure for “agentic AI” – autonomous AI agents that can execute business tasks with little human oversight. In practice, Lyzr’s low-code Agent Studio lets companies design, deploy and manage AI agents that handle specific workflows. For example, a bank could spin up an AI agent to auto-approve routine loans, and an insurer could automate claims triage. Importantly, Lyzr embeds compliance and security “guardrails” into these agents. As Accenture’s Kenneth Saldanha explains, Lyzr’s tools “lets companies create secure, explainable and compliant
30 October 2025
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Morgan Stanley Jumps Into Pre-IPO Trading – CEO Ted Pick’s First Big Deal Targets Startup Shares

Morgan Stanley Jumps Into Pre-IPO Trading – CEO Ted Pick’s First Big Deal Targets Startup Shares

Private Markets Boom as Startups Stay Private Longer Morgan Stanley’s EquityZen acquisition comes amid a broader private-market boom on Wall Street. In recent years, cash-rich startups have delayed going public, creating an “iceberg” of hidden value in the private markets. Firms like OpenAI, SpaceX and TikTok-parent ByteDance now hold valuations rivaling the largest public companies, blurring the line between Silicon Valley and the stock market reuters.com. This trend has two big side effects: investors are eager to get in early on the next breakout tech firm, and startup employees are seeking ways to cash out some of their stock awards
29 October 2025
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TEN Holdings (XHLD) Skyrockets 150% on New Tech Deal – Can the Event-Tech Underdog Keep Surging?

TEN Holdings (XHLD) Skyrockets 150% on New Tech Deal – Can the Event-Tech Underdog Keep Surging?

WARSAW, Poland, Oct. 28, 2025 – TEN Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: XHLD), a small-cap event technology provider, saw its stock skyrocket over 150% intraday after unveiling a new partnership – a dramatic comeback for a stock that had languished in penny-stock territory. Below we break down the key facts and what’s driving this explosive rally, from fresh deals and analyst insights to market sentiment on this volatile event-tech underdog. Key Facts New Partnership Triggers Buying Frenzy TEN Holdings’ stock exploded on Tuesday after the company revealed a major tech partnership that promises to expand its offerings. In an early-morning filing, TEN
28 October 2025
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Aptera (SEV) Nasdaq Debut: Solar EV Startup’s Wild First Day, Key Takeaways and Outlook

Aptera (SEV) Nasdaq Debut: Solar EV Startup’s Wild First Day, Key Takeaways and Outlook

Aptera’s Wild Nasdaq Debut and First-Day Performance Aptera Motors made a splashy entrance onto the Nasdaq Capital Market on October 16, 2025 – and the stock’s first trading day was anything but ordinary. The company’s Class B common shares (ticker SEV) opened around $20.42 and initially jumped to $22.43, but that early enthusiasm quickly gave way to intense selling pressure kraken.com kraken.com. Within hours, SEV plummeted to an intraday low of $3.63, triggering shock among market watchers at the nearly 80% swing from peak to trough. By midday, the stock had rebounded and stabilized near $9 per share, where it
16 October 2025
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Wall Street’s High-Stakes Gamble: Kalshi’s $300 Million Raise Ignites Prediction Market Wars

Wall Street’s High-Stakes Gamble: Kalshi’s $300 Million Raise Ignites Prediction Market Wars

Kalshi’s $300 Million Cash Infusion and Rapid Ascent Kalshi’s latest funding round – over $300 million at a $5 billion valuation – marks one of the largest bets yet on the emerging prediction market industry tradingview.com. The startup, founded by young MIT graduates in 2018, became the first federally regulated events exchange in the U.S. after gaining CFTC approval in 2020. Investors have now more than doubled Kalshi’s valuation since June, when it was valued at $2 billion following a $185 million Series C tradingview.com. The hefty new round was led by top-tier Silicon Valley firms Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, joined by crypto-focused backers like
10 October 2025
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MEDIROM (NASDAQ: MRM) Set for Takeoff: Series A Boost & Altman-Backed ‘Orb’ Deal Fuels 150% Upside

MEDIROM (NASDAQ: MRM) Set for Takeoff: Series A Boost & Altman-Backed ‘Orb’ Deal Fuels 150% Upside

Company Background & Business Model MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies (NASDAQ: MRM) is a Tokyo‑based provider of holistic health and wellness services. Founded in 2000, it operates 300+ Re.Ra.Ku branded relaxation salons across Japan medirom.co.jp, offering massage, aromatherapy and lifestyle therapy. These salons generate the bulk of revenues (47.3M of $52.7M in 2024) ir.medirom.co.jp. In parallel, since 2015 MEDIROM has built a Digital Preventative Healthcare arm. Key elements are: the Lav® on-demand health‐guidance app, and the MOTHER Bracelet®, a battery‑free wearable activity tracker. In 2023 it launched REMONY, a remote health monitoring service bundling the MOTHER Bracelet with corporate wellness programs medirom.co.jp.
9 October 2025
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From Tennis Ball Launchers to Tokenized Equities: What Connexa Sports (YYAI) – Now AiRWA – Means for Investors in 2025

From Tennis Ball Launchers to Tokenized Equities: What Connexa Sports (YYAI) – Now AiRWA – Means for Investors in 2025

Stock Price & Recent Performance A micro‑cap stock in free‑fall After trading between $1 and $3 for much of August 2025, Connexa Sports’ share price crashed when it announced a $500 million joint‑venture with crypto exchange JuCoin to build the AiRWA real‑world‑asset (RWA) platform. The combination of extreme volatility, negligible support levels and negative technical indicators means YYAI is behaving like a speculative penny stock rather than an established sports‑technology player. Macrotrends & long‑term view Historical data compiled by Macrotrends shows the magnitude of the decline: the share price averaged $1.4475 in 2025, opened the year at $1.27, reached a high
8 October 2025
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Mystery $75M Bet Propels POET Technologies – Tiny Optical Chipmaker Rides AI Gold Rush

Mystery $75M Bet Propels POET Technologies – Tiny Optical Chipmaker Rides AI Gold Rush

$75 Million Infusion Fuels AI Connectivity Expansion POET’s $75 million capital raise – a non-brokered private placement of ~13.64 million shares (with warrants) – marks a major vote of confidence in the company’s technology ts2.tech. “This is the largest single investment in POET’s history,” noted CEO Dr. Suresh Venkatesan, adding it boosts POET’s balance sheet to $150 M+ cash and no debt ts2.tech ts2.tech. The deal was funded by a single institutional backer (whose identity was not disclosed), sparking speculation of a potential strategic partner behind the scenes ts2.tech. With this hefty war chest, management plans to “scale up [POET’s] growth ambitions in the
8 October 2025
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