The Golden Globes signs a deal with Polymarket, which will provide stats and predictions about the awards show at the official 2026 viewing party (Jordan Moreau/Variety)
The UK's FCA grants Ripple approval for its Electronic Money Institution license and crypto asset registration, clearing the way for UK expansion (Sarah Wynn/The Block) https://www.theblock.co/post/384953/ripple-secures-fca-authorization-clearing-path-uk-expansion
A16z captured 18%+ of all US venture capital allocated in 2025 and now manages $90B in assets, vs Sequoia Capital's $56B and General Catalyst's $43B (Iain Martin/Forbes)
Sources say DeepSeek will launch its next-generation V4 model in the coming weeks and claim it outperformed Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's GPT series in coding (The Information) https://www.theinformation.com/articles/deepseek-release-next-flagship-ai-model-strong-coding-ability