AI

Space and Time co-founders Scott Dykstra (left) and Nate Holiday (Space and Time)

Finance

Blockchain Data Warehouse Space and Time Raises $20M Series A to Accelerate Development of AI Tools

The funding round, which brings Space and Time's total backing to $50 million, was led by Framework Ventures, Lightspeed Faction, Arrington Capital and Hivemind Capital

By Jamie Crawley

Aug 27, 2024 at 4:58 p.m. UTC

Aug 27, 2024

AIDataFunding Rounds

Artificial Intelligence. (Markus Winkler/Unsplash)

Markets

Trading

AI Tokens Lead Crypto Market Ahead of Nvidia Earnings, Bitcoin Under $64K

Analysts polled by FactSet are expecting Nvidia to hit earnings of 65 cents per share, up 141% year-over-year.

By Shaurya Malwa Sam Reynolds

Aug 26, 2024 at 7:32 a.m. UTC

Aug 26, 2024

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16:9 Sahara Desert (Ernesta Sakalaite/Pixabay)

Finance

Funding rounds

Sahara AI, Blockchain Project Tackling Copyright and Privacy, Raises $43M

The funding round was led by Pantera Capital, Binance Labs and Polychain Capital and included participation from Samsung, Matrix Partners, Foresight Ventures and others.

By Jamie Crawley

Aug 14, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Aug 14, 2024

Funding RoundsAIPantera CapitalBinance LabsPolychain Capital

Core Scientific's Marble facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)

Finance

Bitcoin mining

Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific Shares Spike After Signing $2B of Additional Computing Contract

The extension of the previous deal with CoreWeave brings total revenue potential for the miner to more than $6.7 billion.

By Aoyon Ashraf

Aug 6, 2024 at 5:01 p.m. UTC

Aug 6, 2024

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Hyperbolic CEO Jasper Zhang (Hyperbolic)

Technology

Polychain, Lightspeed Lead $7M Fundraise for Math Olympian's Blockchain-Based AI Platform

Hyperbolic's blockchain-based cloud platform aims to make AI affordable to startups, researchers and builders squeezed by surging GPU prices.

By Sam Kessler

Jul 30, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 30, 2024

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Iris Energy is poised to become one of the biggest listed bitcoin miners with HPC optionality: Canaccord. (Shutterstock)

Markets

Canaccord genuity

Iren Is Positioned to Become One of the Biggest Listed Bitcoin Miners: Canaccord

The broker raised its price target for the shares to $15 from $12 and reiterated its buy rating.

By Will Canny

Jul 24, 2024 at 8:54 a.m. UTC

Jul 24, 2024

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A Bitfarms mining facility in Washington state, U.S. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Bitcoin Mining Is So Back (Except It's AI Now)

Hurting for revenue and profit, bitcoin miners are looking to activities outside mining bitcoin, such as hosting AI computers, to make up the difference. It's paying off, at l...

By George Kaloudis

Jul 18, 2024 at 7:17 p.m. UTC

Jul 18, 2024

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Technology

Funding rounds

Chainbase Raises $15M to Grow Omnichain Data Network

Chainbase's aim is to provide unbiased and transparent data that is not controlled by a small number of dominant companies.

By Jamie Crawley

Jul 18, 2024 at 2:07 p.m. UTC

Jul 18, 2024

Funding RoundsAIInteroperability

Markets

Grayscale

Grayscale Launches Artificial Intelligence-Focused Crypto Fund; AI Tokens Gain

The Grayscale Decentralized AI Fund includes the native tokens of AI-focused blockchain protocols such as Near (NEAR), Render (RNDR), Bittensor (TAO), Filecoin (FIL) and Live...

By Krisztian Sandor

Jul 17, 2024 at 2:05 p.m. UTC

Jul 17, 2024

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