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OKX Draws Circle and Ripple Backing at $25 Billion Valuation

Philippines DICT Chief Stays At Work Amid Resignation Report

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OKX Draws Circle and Ripple Backing at $25 Billion Valuation

OKX took undisclosed new investment from Circle, Ripple, Standard Chartered’s venture arm and Qube Research as it pushes beyond exchange trading into tokenized shares, stablecoins and consumer finance.

#OKX #Circle #Ripple

October 8, 2026Read More →

Philippines DICT Chief Stays At Work Amid Resignation Report

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Philippines DICT Chief Stays At Work Amid Resignation Report

DICT Secretary Henry Aguda said he remains focused on the department’s work after a report claimed he had resigned or been forced to resign, while platform-safety and public Wi-Fi issues remain active.

#DICT #Henry Aguda #platform safety

October 7, 2026Read More →

Singapore Online Shoppers Rank Lowest For Savvy Buying In Southeast Asia

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Singapore Online Shoppers Rank Lowest For Savvy Buying In Southeast Asia

A Cube-Lazada study covered by Asian Business Review found only 9% of Singapore online shoppers qualify as savvy, with marketplace exposure and purchase protection among the main gaps.

#Singapore e commerce #online shopping #Lazada

October 7, 2026Read More →

SUBCO Weighs Australia Cable Ship As Repair Capacity Shifts Toward 2030

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SUBCO Weighs Australia Cable Ship As Repair Capacity Shifts Toward 2030

SUBCO is considering an uncrewed survey vessel and a US$165 million cable-laying ship as Australia looks for more certain submarine cable survey and repair capacity beyond 2030.

#submarine cables #Australia connectivity #SUBCO

October 7, 2026Read More →

Alliance Backs Kenya’s Cloud9 With $500,000 for Cross-Border Payments

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Alliance Backs Kenya’s Cloud9 With $500,000 for Cross-Border Payments

Alliance invested $500,000 in Kenyan fintech Cloud9 as the company expands from digital banking into cross-border payments, stablecoin settlement and business accounts after two acquisitions.

#Cloud9 #Alliance #fintech

October 7, 2026Read More →

AstaBrief Gives Asta An Open 8B Fast Mode For Scientific Reports

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AstaBrief Gives Asta An Open 8B Fast Mode For Scientific Reports

Ai2 released AstaBrief 8B as an open-weights report-generation model for Asta, with a one-pass pipeline that averaged 51.1 seconds per report in Fast mode.

#artificial intelligence #scientific AI #open weights

October 7, 2026Read More →

Ethereum Testnet Update Targets 200 Million-Gas Blocks

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Ethereum Testnet Update Targets 200 Million-Gas Blocks

Ethereum developers released Prysm 7.2.1 so the Sepolia trial of Glamsterdam can test 200 million-gas blocks, more than three times the prior 60 million setting, before any main-network change.

#crypto #Ethereum #blockchain infrastructure

October 6, 2026Read More →

Yokogawa Opens Singapore Hub For Industrial Cyber Resilience

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Yokogawa Opens Singapore Hub For Industrial Cyber Resilience

Yokogawa Engineering Asia has launched a Singapore center focused on OT cyber resilience, training, response planning and recovery coordination for Southeast Asia, Oceania and Taiwan.

#industrial cybersecurity #operational technology #cyber resilience

October 6, 2026Read More →

VOA Tests Six-Month Startup Buildout Before Funding Decisions

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VOA Tests Six-Month Startup Buildout Before Funding Decisions

TechCabal’s interview with VOA Venture Partners founder Victoria Olayide Adesanya describes a six-month build programme that lets the firm work inside African financial-infrastructure startups before deciding whether to invest.

#African fintech #venture capital #VOA Venture Partners

October 6, 2026Read More →

Bitcoin Holds $86,000 As Dollar Index Hits 18-Month High

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Bitcoin Holds $86,000 As Dollar Index Hits 18-Month High

CoinDesk reported that bitcoin stayed near $86,000 while the U.S. Dollar Index reached about 102.5, with U.S. rate expectations and European political risks strengthening the dollar backdrop.

#crypto #bitcoin #U.S. dollar

October 6, 2026Read More →

Aggarwal Pledges Ola Electric Stake To Fund ₹1,000 Cr Rights Issue

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Aggarwal Pledges Ola Electric Stake To Fund ₹1,000 Cr Rights Issue

Ola Electric founder Bhavish Aggarwal pledged 20 Cr shares to finance his participation in a rights issue that forms part of a larger ₹1,500 Cr fundraising plan.

#Ola Electric #Bhavish Aggarwal #rights issue

October 5, 2026Read More →

Southeast Asia’s AI Funding Gap Shifts Focus To Local Workflows

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Southeast Asia’s AI Funding Gap Shifts Focus To Local Workflows

Southeast Asian AI startups face a global market dominated by huge model rounds, pushing the region toward enterprise workflows, infrastructure services and local capital advantages.

#Southeast Asia AI #startup funding #venture capital

October 5, 2026Read More →