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Payments · Stablecoins
Circle agrees to acquire Tazapay, adding over 60 banking and fintech partners and 100 payout markets to accelerate USDC distribution.
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Egypt’s AI builders gathered at the Grand Egyptian Museum, highlighting the nation’s growing ecosystem and move from enablement to production-scale applications.
NVIDIA spotlights five firms applying its AI to clean energy, aiming to overcome outdated infrastructure, long R&D timelines, and upfront cost barriers.
NVIDIA says its Vera Rubin NVL72 system posts leading MLPerf Inference v6.1 results, highlighting AI inference performance, scaling efficiency, and software optimization.
Emerald AI, Google, and NVIDIA form AI Energy Management Alliance to help data centers dynamically manage electricity use and support flexible grid operations.
Circle revealed founding validators and major integrations for Arc, aiming to meet security and compliance standards for financial infrastructure ahead of its September 16 mainnet launch.
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