The Agricultural Bank of Russia is considering crypto-based tools as an alternative to traditional settlement methods for exporting over 49.5 million tonnes of grain. This measure could open the agricultural commodities market to digital assets, pioneering this use case.
Russia Mulls Crypto Settlements for Grain Exports
Russia is increasingly open to crypto adoption. The Russian Agricultural Bank…
Hyundai's first three-row electric SUV is here as IONIQ 9 deliveries kick off across the US
June 2, 2025
Hyundai handed over one of the first IONIQ 9 models to customers in the US on Friday, marking the start of deliveries for its new three-row electric SUV.
Hyundai IONIQ 9 deliveries are now underway in the US
Just over two months after the first models rolled off the assembly…
Hyundai vehicles are about to get more expensive with price hikes expected across its lineup
June 2, 2025
Another automaker is preparing to raise vehicle prices in the US. As soon as next week, Hyundai is expected to hike prices across its entire lineup.
Is Hyundai raising vehicle prices in the US?
Hyundai is coming off its seventh straight month with record sales in the US, led…
For years, Tesla Powerwall has been the go-to recommendation for “normals” looking for a painless, low-effort experience from their first home solar and battery backup solutions. Its CEO’s recent involvement in controversial politics, however, means that people are now distancing themselves from the once-trailblazing company.
It begs the question: what other home solar battery solutions are…
DeepSeek R1-0528 arrives in powerful open source challenge to OpenAI o3 and Google Gemini 2.5 Pro
May 30, 2025
The whale has returned.
After rocking the global AI and business community early this year with the January 20 initial release of its hit open source reasoning AI model R1, the Chinese startup DeepSeek — a spinoff of formerly only locally well-known Hong Kong quantitative…
New York-based AI startup Hume has unveiled its latest Empathic Voice Interface (EVI) conversational AI model, EVI 3 (pronounced “Evee” Three, like the Pokémon character), targeting everything from powering customer support systems and health coaching to immersive…
Black Forest Labs (BFL), the startup founded by the creators of the popular Stable Diffusion model, has launched a new image generation model called FLUX.1 Kontext. This model not only generates and edits photos, but also allows users to modify them with both text and other images.
The company also announced its new BFL Playground, where people can try out BFL’s models before letting them loose…
Crypto-fueled chaos strikes again as a Russian couple is rescued from a Buenos Aires kidnapping tied to a digital ransom, sparking a global manhunt.
Russian Couple Abducted in Crypto Sting—Kidnappers Flee to UAE
A Russian couple has been rescued in Buenos Aires after…
Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin explodes across global markets with new listings, major integrations, and zero-fee campaigns fueling institutional and retail adoption.
RLUSD Hits New Platforms—Fiat Onramps, Incentives, and Zero Barriers
Ripple Labs’ RLUSD stablecoin is…
India is expected to release a detailed discussion paper on crypto regulations in June 2025, marking a critical step toward shaping the country’s official stance on digital assets. The paper will reportedly be influenced by international guidelines, particularly those from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Financial Stability Board (FSB).
This anticipated move comes amid growing…
