Stablecoin Bank COCA Reaches $1B Valuation
London-based stablecoin challenger bank COCA has officially entered the three-comma club. Following a significant price rally, the $COCA token has surpassed the $1.50 mark, pushing the project’s ful...
Pendle Announces Token Upgrade As Its DeFi Yield Platform Scales
January 20, 2026 – Singapore, Singapore
Pendle, the world’s largest crypto yield trading platform, has announced an upgrade to its native token, introducing sPENDLE.
The update is intended to u...
ByteDance targets Alibaba with aggressive AI cloud expansion
According to Financial Times, ByteDance, owner of the social media platform TikTok, has expanded its corporate cloud offering, Volcano Engine, in the Chinese enterprise market, leveraging AI advanceme...
Claim: NVIDIA green-lit pirated book downloads for AI training
NVIDIA executives authorized using millions of pirated books from Anna’s Archive for AI training, according to an expanded class-action lawsuit. The suit, citing internal NVIDIA documents, alleges t...
OpenAI targets “practical adoption” for 2026 strategy
OpenAI will prioritize the “practical adoption” of artificial intelligence in 2026, according to CFO Sarah Friar. The company reported more than $20 billion in annualized revenue in 2025.
Friar st...
Why the IRS draft update for gambling tax reporting matters
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a draft update to gambling tax reporting, and a review of the details reveals several noteworthy changes for operators, such as the threshold.
This admini...
Tech at Davos; Netflix and Intel Earnings on Deck This Week
We have a change of pace this week after the AI dramas of the past few days. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff assault on Europe, related to his aspirations for owning Greenland, will have mark...
OpenAI’s Annual Recurring Revenue Tripled to $20 Billion in 2025
OpenAI’s annual recurring revenue (ARR) topped $20 billion in 2025, up from $6 billion in 2024 and $2 billion in 2023, according to the artificial intelligence (AI) startup’s chief financial offic...
