#Whatnot secures $545M in a Series G funding round at a $20B valuation. The round was led by ICONIQ, Lightspeed, and Avra, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, DST Global, Alphabet's CapitalG, and Kleiner Perkins.
Whatnot is a digital marketplace and live-stream shopping platform where users buy and sell items through fast-paced online video auctions.
River AI raises $1.1B across Seed and Series A funding rounds
#RiverAI secures $1.1B across Seed and Series A funding rounds led by General Catalyst and AMP PBC, with participation from Nvidia, AMD Ventures, Y Combinator, and Temasek. With no valuation disclosed, the funding round backs the potential of open, user-owned models to compete with closed-source AI leaders.
River AI is an #AI startup building personalized, trainable models and infrastructure that let users own and customize their AI instead of relying on Big Tech's generic models.
#Anthropic is preparing to meet with investors ahead of a potential IPO that could take place as early as October. Banks leading the proposed IPO are arranging investor meetings with Anthropic in the coming weeks, though the timing and other offering details remain subject to change. Anthropic is working with #MorganStanley, #GoldmanSachs, and #JPMorganChase on the proposed offering, after reaching a $965B valuation in a May funding round.
Anthropic is an #AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
#eToro has entered into an agreement to acquire #TradeZero , an online brokerage firm built primarily for active stock and options day traders. The acquisition aims to expand the company’s retail customer base and strengthen its trading infrastructure, boosting its presence in the U.S. The deal is expected to increase adjusted profit in its first year, with completion anticipated in the first half of 2027.
Binance will extend the monitoring tag to include more tokens
Binance will add monitoring tags to #Moonbeam $GLMR , #ICON $ICX , #Moonriver $MOVR , #SuperRare $RARE, and #Sophon $SOPH today, on August 11th. Tokens labeled with the monitoring tag tend to show significantly higher volatility and risk than other listed tokens. They are subject to close oversight and regular evaluations. Users must complete a quiz every 90 days on Binance Spot and/or Binance Margin to trade tokens marked with the Monitoring Tag.
#Coinsbuy -linked wallets lost approximately $7.9M across #Ethereum and #TRON in a coordinated attack that began around 13:00 UTC on August 9. The attacker quickly converted the stolen assets, routing the funds through multiple exchanges and swapping them into #Monero $XMR in an apparent attempt to conceal the transaction trail. Coinsbuy has yet to release a technical postmortem or disclose the attack vector, while its latest release notes were published before the incident.
#MARA reported selling approximately 23,093 $BTC for $1.63B in the first half of 2026, at an average price of around $70,631 per $BTC. The proceeds were used to support operations, growth initiatives, and liquidity needs. As of June 30, the company held 35,577 $BTC worth approximately $2.08B.
MARA (NASDAQ: MARA) is a major publicly traded #Bitcoin mining and digital infrastructure company.
Multipli introduces a $MULT token sale on Sonar by Echo
Multipli’s $MULT token sale is now in the Pre-Open period, running through August 14th, followed by Commitment from August 14th to 21st and Settlement from August 21st to 26th. KYC/KYB is required, with USDC and USDT accepted and priority given to ORB and reward holders. Pricing and FDV will be disclosed when Commitment opens on August 14th.
#Multipli is a decentralized yield and collateralization protocol designed to generate returns on traditionally non-yield-bearing assets, stablecoins, and tokenized real-world assets.