SoftBank Group opened nearly 4% lower, as the Vision Fund unexpectedly reported a loss in Q4 of last year.

QuEra Computing completes over $230 million in funding, with participation from SoftBank Vision Fund and others.

Tether giving additional 5,800 BTC to its treasury firm Twenty One ahead of public listing

🛰️FN Express: SoftBank Enters Bitcoin Again, This Time Investing in the Son of the U.S. Secretary of Commerce! SoftBank's previous forays into the crypto space haven't gone too well. Will this re-entry into the U.S. crypto market and its plan to replicate MicroStrategy's strategy be successful? ✖️In late 2017, founder Masayoshi Son heavily bet on Bitcoin, but lost $130 million USD when prices plummeted in early 2018 and he liquidated his holdings. ✖️Its Vision Fund invested nearly $100 million USD in FTX, which ultimately collapsed. 🧐This time, participating in Bitcoin investment through a SPAC structure shows a more cautious and institutionalized investment strategy. Click to see the $3 billion USD Bitcoin joint venture plan 🛸 https://t.co/HLnq4fkh6m

AI video company Runway has raised $308 million in funding, with a valuation exceeding $3 billion.

Blockchain Daily Briefing: Bitcoin's Average Transaction Confirmation Time Reaches 19 Minutes in 2025, a Historic High 1. Bitcoin's average transaction confirmation time in 2025 reaches 19 minutes, a historic high. 2. Robinhood's Q4 crypto trading volume surged 400% to $70 billion. 3. BNB Chain ranked first in trading volume among EVM chains in the past 30 days, processing 68.30 million transactions. 4. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce stated that meme coins may not be subject to SEC regulation. 5. Jerome Powell: He does not want to hinder banks from providing services to legitimate customers using cryptocurrencies. 6. Bitwise: Believes that institutional bullish sentiment is correct, and buying altcoins currently may yield substantial returns in the long run. 7. VanEck analysts: Current Bitcoin reserve bills in 20 states will bring an incremental $23 billion in funds. 8. SoftBank Group opened nearly 4% lower after an unexpected loss in its Vision Fund in Q4 last year. 9. https://t.co/6Mlc7a4YWr The average daily trading volume of graduation tokens has decreased by 82% from its peak three weeks ago. 10. Anthropic expects its revenue to grow to $34.50 billion by 2027, with revenue reaching $3.70 billion this year. 11. Binance: Will transfer $1.40 billion USDC to an address on the ETH network to execute a maintenance plan. 12. OpenAI CEO announces the roadmaps for GPT-4.5 and GPT-5, expected to launch in the coming weeks or months. 13. The New York Times: The U.S. will release BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik. 14. Franklin Templeton's on-chain U.S. Treasury money market fund "BENJI" is now live on Solana.

SoftBank posts a $2.40 billion loss in the third quarter, raising questions about its massive investment in OpenAI.

Mask Network founder Suji Yan: Crypto fund with super large AUM should do MBO/LBO and consolidations, like SoftBank (b4 Vision fund) and Tencent, not re-inventing wheels like Paradigm today. Problem is - most GPs are not super successful founders themselves. They won’t able to create sth >1B single handed as well.

SoftBank posts second straight quarter of profit thanks to AI and semiconductor investments

DFINITY Launches First Decentralized Web3 Accelerator Platform with $15 Million Funding

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