The raise, structured through equity and token warrants, marks Lighter’s second major funding milestone after a $21 million round in 2024, bringing its total funding to nearly $90 million.
The raise, structured through equity and token warrants, marks Lighter’s second major funding milestone after a $21 million round in 2024, bringing its total funding to nearly $90 million.
The surge reflects both a regulatory shift and booming user activity. Earlier this year, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) gave Polymarket the green light to operate domestically. The decision marked a sharp reversal from 2021, when the agency barred the platform from offering event contracts in the United States.
Bitget’s total reserves rose to $7.83 billion, while Bitcoin holdings increased by 6%, from 28.6K BTC to 30.3K BTC, bucking the industry-wide decline in centralized exchange reserves.
At its Bengaluru summit, ConvoZen unveiled an end to end conversational AI stack and two indigenous speech models, Akshara and Ragini, built for India’s multilingual, voice first ecosystem. Backed by enterprise adoption, the platform positions itself as sovereign AI infrastructure for large scale customer operations.
Recent lawsuits and studies reveal a dark side to AI chatbots. From validating violent obsessions to drafting attack plans, generative AI platforms are increasingly linked to real-world violence, prompting experts to warn of an impending rise in mass casualty events.