... Revolut, and Nubank have higher valuations. A total of 60 investors participated in the round, including notable players such as SoftBank and Sequoia Capital. According to the exchange’s own data, FTX currently has more than 1 million users, with the platform processing an average trading volume exceeding $10 billion per day. "We started as a derivatives exchange two years ago, and this round will help us reach a new level," said CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in the company’s press release. In ...

... close a round of approximately $5 billion at a valuation of around $170 billion; this safe AI-focused company is now among the world's most valuable startups. Scale AI (USA) – received a $14.3 billion investment from Meta and partners to scale its platform that processes data for AI model training. These mega-rounds reflect the enormous appetite of investors for the AI industry. Capital is flowing into the development of large language models, generative AI, robotics, and other areas capable of ...

... remains strong, driven by growing institutional interest and the potential for staking. ETH holders receive annual yields of approximately 3-5% by participating in the network, attracting large players and corporations. Ethereum serves as the foundational platform for numerous DeFi and NFT projects, leading many companies to accumulate it in their reserves. Despite volatility, Ether is considered an asset with enormous technological potential. XRP: Multi-Year Highs and New Benchmarks The XRP token (Ripple) ...

... market. It is noted that the annual trading turnover of Open Oil Market has increased 2.7 times since 2021, reaching 5.9 billion rubles in 2023. As of the first half of this year, the indicator grew another 13%. The total trading turnover of the platform since 2021 has reached 12.9 billion rubles, and the number of users exceeded 3,000. Open Oil Market is an independent B2B marketplace (sales from legal entity to legal entity) selling oil products and other raw materials. The company started ...

... momentum. In Asia, Hong Kong has initiated a new wave of IPOs: several large tech companies have successfully gone public in recent weeks, collectively raising multibillion-dollar amounts. In the U.S., a notable event was the IPO listing of the design platform Figma: during its IPO, the company raised about $1.5 billion (Figma's revenue for 2024 was ~$749 million) with a valuation of approximately $15–20 billion. Figma's shares soared nearly threefold at the start of trading, confirming strong investor ...