January, 2026

January, 2026

Bitcoin enters Japan blast radius after economy hits a terrifying breaking point
At first glance, this looks like a story that lives on the back pages of a newspaper, Japanese government bonds with maturities that run so long they sound like a joke, 20 years, 30 years, 40 years. I...

Apple Developing AI Wearable Pin in Challenge to OpenAI, Meta
Apple is developing an AI-powered wearable pin that could be released as early as 2027, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. The device would position Apple to compete more effecti...

Apple Plans a Conversational Siri, Discusses Google TPU Deal
Apple plans to bring more conversational capabilities to Siri, turning it more into a chatbot like ChatGPT, Bloomberg reported. The update, codenamed Campos, will take advantage of Google’s Gemini A...

OpenAI Names Former TML Staffer Zoph to Oversee Enterprise Push
Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines Lab cofounder who rejoined OpenAI in a swirl of controversy last week, will lead the company’s push to sell AI products to businesses, as part of a broader reorgan...

Yelp to Buy AI Agent Startup for $300 Million
Recommendation app Yelp on Wednesday said it agreed to acquire AI agent startup Hatch for $300 million, or roughly 12 times the startup’s annual recurring revenue. Hatch charges a monthly fee for AI...

Technical Committee Members Named in Google Search Remedy
The Department of Justice on Wednesday named three people to a technical committee that will oversee the implementation of the remedy for Google’s illegal search monopoly. The three are Tammy Savag...

Senate Agriculture Committee unveils crypto market structure bill text, but chair says ‘differences remain’
The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee has released updated bill text ahead of a hearing next week — and some issues remain. ...

Vivek Ramaswamy’s Strive looks to raise $150 million in secondary stock offering
Strive, Inc. raised about $160 million in a November offering of a new dividend-bearing Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock....

Vietnam opens crypto exchange licensing with nearly $400 million capital barrier to entry
The pilot regime favors domestic banks and securities firms, with ownership rules and capital requirements likely limiting participation....

Tokenized assets could surpass $11 trillion by 2030, Ark Invest says
While sovereign debt dominates tokenization today, Ark expects bank deposits and global public equities to move a greater share....

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