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Indian Tech Stocks Split As MapmyIndia Rises And Ola Electric Falls

Inc42 reported that 29 of 57 listed Indian new-age tech companies gained during the week while 27 fell, with MapmyIndia and PhysicsWallah rising as Ola Electric, Pine Labs and FirstCry weakened.

#Indian tech stocks #Inc42 #MapmyIndia

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Crypto IPO Pipeline Slows As Capital Rotates Beyond Digital Assets

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Crypto IPO Pipeline Slows As Capital Rotates Beyond Digital Assets

CoinDesk reported that crypto IPO plans have slowed as Christian Lopez of Cohen & Company Capital Markets pointed to investor caution, aftermarket risk and capital access rather than regulation as the main constraints.

#crypto IPO #digital assets #Kraken

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Circle OCC Approval Creates Federal Trust Bank Route For USDC Custody

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Circle OCC Approval Creates Federal Trust Bank Route For USDC Custody

Circle received final OCC approval to establish Circle National Trust for federally supervised digital asset custody, but did not disclose an opening date, first institutional customers or a reserve-management timetable.

#Circle #USDC #OCC approval

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HSBC Uses Marketnode For Tokenized Dollar Notes In Hong Kong

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HSBC Uses Marketnode For Tokenized Dollar Notes In Hong Kong

HSBC completed a live blockchain-native issuance of tokenized U.S. dollar structured notes in Hong Kong, with Marketnode acting as tokenization and digital paying agent. The report did not disclose note size, investor name, pricing, settlement-speed data or cost savings.

#tokenized securities #HSBC #Marketnode

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Indian Startups Raise $71.9 Million Across 17 Deals In Funding Slowdown

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Indian Startups Raise $71.9 Million Across 17 Deals In Funding Slowdown

Inc42 reported that Indian startups raised about $71.9 Mn across 17 deals between July 4 and July 10, down 31% from the previous week. The weekly list named Elevate Education, Purple Style Labs and Aukera among the largest disclosed rounds, but did not include valuations, revenue figures or customer metrics for most recipients.

#Indian startup funding #Inc42 #Elevate Education

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Hyundai Tests $20,000 USDT Treasury Transfer On Avalanche

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Hyundai Tests $20,000 USDT Treasury Transfer On Avalanche

Hyundai used USDT on Avalanche to move $20,000 between its U.S. and Mexico entities in about seven minutes, but transaction fees, compliance approvals and wider rollout dates remain undisclosed.

#stablecoin treasury #USDT #Avalanche

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Apple Lawsuit Accuses OpenAI Of Using Trade Secrets For Hardware Push

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Apple Lawsuit Accuses OpenAI Of Using Trade Secrets For Hardware Push

Apple alleges OpenAI used former Apple staff and confidential material to support a hardware push, while OpenAI says it has no interest in other companies' trade secrets.

#Apple OpenAI lawsuit #trade secrets #OpenAI hardware

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e& Sells Vodafone Stake For $5.95 Billion Without Naming Cash Use

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e& Sells Vodafone Stake For $5.95 Billion Without Naming Cash Use

e& agreed to sell its full 16.21 per cent Vodafone stake to Vega for $5.95 billion, ending its board-level investment in the British telecoms group. The UAE company expects roughly Dh4.7 billion in net cash return but did not name the institutions holding the shares before completion or a specific use of proceeds.

#e&#Vodafone #Vega

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Metaplanet Studies Bitcoin-Backed Digital Bonds With JPYC And Progmat

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Metaplanet Studies Bitcoin-Backed Digital Bonds With JPYC And Progmat

Metaplanet is studying Bitcoin-backed digital credit products with JPYC, Progmat and a securities unit under Project Nova. The company linked the work to its JPY 2.1 billion Siiibo Securities acquisition, but said no issuance decision has been made and its 43,000 BTC treasury is not pledged.

#Metaplanet #Bitcoin backed digital bonds #JPYC

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Burjeel Sukuk Draws $1.6 Billion Order Book As Proceeds Cover Expansion And Digital Projects

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Burjeel Sukuk Draws $1.6 Billion Order Book As Proceeds Cover Expansion And Digital Projects

Burjeel Holdings listed a $500 million sukuk on the London Stock Exchange after a $1.6 billion order book. The company said proceeds will refinance debt and support expansion, digital transformation and AI-enabled healthcare work, but it did not name project budgets, suppliers or deployment dates.

#Burjeel Holdings #sukuk #London Stock Exchange

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SEC Novel ETF Review Draws Early Pushback Over Prediction Markets

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SEC Novel ETF Review Draws Early Pushback Over Prediction Markets

The SEC is asking whether novel ETFs should be allowed to move further into cryptocurrencies and prediction markets. Early commenters warned against event-contract ETFs, while Roundhill, Bitwise and GraniteShares proposals remain unresolved.

#SEC #prediction markets #novel ETFs

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Morgan Stanley Sees AI Capital Rotation Towards Hyperscalers

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Morgan Stanley Sees AI Capital Rotation Towards Hyperscalers

Economy Middle East cited IDC's forecast for semiconductor revenue to reach $1.29 trillion in 2026 and said Morgan Stanley sees AI-market leadership rotating from chipmakers towards hyperscalers. The article did not disclose Morgan Stanley's index levels, portfolio weights, hyperscaler capex assumptions or customer-level AI return evidence.

#AI infrastructure investment #Morgan Stanley #IDC

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