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Survey: Half of Readers Traded Crypto in the Past Three Months

By Shane Burke · Oct 30, 2025 11:53am PDT
About half of subscribers to The Information who responded to our latest survey said they bought or sold cryptocurrency, crypto exchange-traded funds or crypto treasury stocks in the past three months. Notably, more of our readers are buying than selling: 47% of all respondents said they bought crypto or something related in the past three... About half of subscribers to The Information who responded to our latest survey said they bought...
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The Big Question for Amazon and OpenAI

By Theo Wayt · Oct 15, 2025 5:00pm PDT · 2 comments
Walmart’s announcement this week that it would become the first major retailer to start selling products through ChatGPT’s Instant Checkout shows that big retailers are being forced to take new forms of artificial intelligence–related online shopping seriously. It’s not shocking that Walmart, as a megaretailer that wants to sell more stuff... Walmart’s announcement this week that it would become the first major retailer to start selling...
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New Stablecoin Law Is Spurring Competition and Threatening Profits

By Yueqi Yang · Oct 8, 2025 6:00am PDT
In just over two months, the new stablecoin law has upended crypto markets, giving a group of new competitors a chance to wrest control from the industry’s two dominant companies, Tether and Circle. The biggest disruptor has been Stripe, which is benefiting from its well-timed $1.1 billion acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure startup Bridge... In just over two months, the new stablecoin law has upended crypto markets, giving a group of new...
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SoftBank Values Cryptocurrency Startup Blockdaemon at $1.2 Billion

By Berber Jin and Hannah Miller · Sep 9, 2021 12:42pm PDT
Cryptocurrency startup Blockdaemon is raising new capital that will value the company at $1.2 billion including the investment, said a person familiar with the matter. SoftBank Vision Fund 2, the $30 billion venture fund of SoftBank Group, is leading the investment. Los Angeles–based Blockdaemon manages hardware and software to help... Cryptocurrency startup Blockdaemon is raising new capital that will value the company at $1.2...
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Eight Takeaways From Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency

By Jon Victor and Alex Heath · Jun 18, 2019 5:00am PDT · 9 comments
Inside Facebook, a group has spent the past year developing a cryptocurrency that could have far-reaching implications for the company’s business and the broader digital payments industry if successful. Now the group is finally going public with the details of its plans. Facebook unveiled the plans early Tuesday when it published an... Inside Facebook, a group has spent the past year developing a cryptocurrency that could have...
David Marcus, the head of Facebook's cryptocurrency project. Photo by Bloomberg
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Facebook Plans Outside Foundation to Govern Cryptocurrency

By Alex Heath and Jon Victor · Jun 5, 2019 11:57am PDT · 2 comments
Facebook plans to cede control of its forthcoming cryptocurrency to outside backers, a move meant to encourage trust in the digital payment system and reassure financial regulators, The Information has learned.In recent months, the social network has courted dozens of financial institutions and other tech companies to join an independent... Facebook plans to cede control of its forthcoming cryptocurrency to outside backers, a move meant...