Southeast Asia’s first Bitcoin fund launches to meet local institutional demand
The BCMG Genesis Bitcoin Fund-I will be available to accredited Asian investors.
Former DC comic book artist fetches $1.85M auctioning Wonder Woman NFTs
Former DC comic artist, José Delbo, made $1.85 million in four days auctioning 914 NFTs depicting the popular fictional heroine Wonder Woman.
Glassnode: $47k showed strongest on-chain support since BTC broke $11k
Approximately 6.5% of Bitcoin’s circulating supply moved on-chain while the markets found support at $47k, representing “one of the largest on-chain BTC accumulation levels” ever.
U.S. DOE’s ARPA-E Releases $10M of Electric Airplane Funding to GE, Others
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) recently announced the release of funding to several organizations working on electric aircraft, including General Electric, as part of its Connecting Aviation By Lighter Electric Systems (CABLES) program. “Future all-electric, twin-aisle aircraft will require more than 50 MWs of power distribution capability,” the agency said…
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In an interview, Mark Zuckerberg discusses AR/VR and says that by 2030, he expects people with smart glasses to “teleport” to locations for in-person meetings (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
Kif Leswing / CNBC:In an interview, Mark Zuckerberg discusses AR/VR and says that by 2030, he expects people with smart glasses to “teleport” to locations for in-person meetings — – Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday that by 2030, people could use advanced smart glasses to “teleport” to other people’s homes …
Facebook is testing a new opt-in feature for select users in India that will promote their Instagram Reels on Facebook (Vikas SN/The Economic Times)
Vikas SN / The Economic Times:Facebook is testing a new opt-in feature for select users in India that will promote their Instagram Reels on Facebook — India is the first market where this feature is being piloted with select creators — Facebook is doubling down on short-form videos by launching the ability to create …
ADB whets appetite for long-awaited Panda comeback
The Asian Development Bank is marketing a five year renminbi-denominated bond, as it looks to raise Rmb2bn ($307m) from its first outing in the onshore China market in over a decade.
Ford, Volkswagen, Tesla, NIO, & Xpeng Market Caps — Do They Make Sense?
These 5 companies are each quite different from the other. The point here is not to debate whether any of these companies should be worth more or less than the others. Tesla’s got its whole energy business, its giant internal software business (which is venturing into gaming), and potential autonomous driving hardware and software. Ford…
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Aoyuan builds $225m loan with nine banks
Real estate developer China Aoyuan Group has closed a $225m-equivalent dual currency loan with nine banks in the syndicate.
Time of Use, Home Battery Systems, & EVs
Time of Use (TOU) pricing is a term used to describe a differential rate your utility can charge for electricity at different times of the day. TOU can help incentivize the use of renewables, and shift peak loads to help utilities in demand response. Effectively, that means the utility can incentivize people and companies to…
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