This Crypto Project Just Funded 1,000 Student Loans Entirely On-Chain
The team behind Pencil Finance says the financing supported thousands of Southeast Asian students, but it did not disclose borrower costs, defaults, or investor returns.
Ancient Bitcoin Wallet That Turned $120 Into $3 Million Wakes Up
At least four more decade-old wallets moved a combined $15.7 million between Aug. 29 and Sept. 4, with one batch of coins sent to Coinbase in a likely sign of a sale.
Oura is going public, but these smart ring companies are coming for its crown
While Oura has largely dominated the smart ring market for years, a growing number of rivals are now racing to dethrone it by trying all sorts of approaches to get an edge over it.
Labor Day traditionally tells Northeasterners to locate a sweater, inspect the foliage and pretend the beach chairs will be stored before Thanksgiving.…
This year, retailers have added another instruction.
Begin thinking about Halloween immediately.
The pumpkins have arrived, the skeletons have achieved architectural s…
PayPal Pauses Venture Capital Portfolio Sale After Lowball Offers
PayPal has paused its planned sale of its venture capital portfolio after offers came in at no higher than 60 cents on the dollar, Seeking Alpha reported Friday (Sept.…
4), citing a paywalled article by Axios that was based on unnamed sour…
The investments in PayPal’s portfolio include shopping app Tabby and c…
PayPal did not immediately reply to PYMNTS’ request for comment.
OpenAI’s rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate them
OpenAI’s latest agent swarm incident adds urgency to calls for independent investigations as researchers and lawmakers question whether AI labs should control the scope of their own safety reviews.
Yuno Fast-Tracks Merchant Access to Revolut Payment Stack
Merchants can now use one Yuno connection to add Revolut’s biometric one-click checkout, Revolut Pay, as well as Revolut’s acquiring and gateway services, Yuno said in a Thursday (Sept.…
3) press release.
The offering is enabled by a new partnership of Yuno and Revolut Busin…
The partnership integrates Revolut’s full payment stack with Yuno’s ar…
Polymarket Launches Crypto Perpetual Futures With Up to 20x Leverage
The prediction market platform's new Perps product scaled from 10 markets to 67 on its first day—though the 20x leverage ceiling only applies to some of them, and none of it reaches U.S. traders.