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Hyperliquid is booming lately as it expands with precious metals futures and more, and now Ripple Prime is letting institutional investors tap into it.
Investor pushback on a $500 billion valuation has reportedly prompted Tether to rethink the size of its planned capital raise.
The move marks the platform’s first direct integration with a DeFi venue, a Ripple Prime spokesperson told The Block.
Tether advisors have floated a $5 billion raise, down from $20 billion, after investor resistance to a $500 billion valuation, per the FT.
Advisers are now discussing a smaller fundraising of roughly $5 billion, as prospective backers question both the size of the deal and Tether’s lofty valuation.
The move comes amid ongoing tensions with Aave DAO over which entity ultimately controls the Aave lending protocol.
The French action comes as investigations into X’s Grok chatbot expand across multiple jurisdictions, including the UK and EU.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Codex made him feel useless. X users responded by roasting his vulnerability—and airing months of anger over AI job losses.
A French official said the government is looking at ways to stop the use of VPNs to evade an incoming social media ban for kids under 15.
At the time the former Eclipse CEO and founder Neel Somani acknowledged but denied allegations of sexual harassment.
Behind the scenes, the esports powerhouse has moved hundreds of terabytes of content to a decentralized data layer built for scale.
Standard Chartered analyst says Solana's "ultra-low-cost" model will dominate micropayments, but scaling may take several more years.
