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Walmart's India ecommerce unit Flipkart boosted international sales and profit in the quarter ended April 30 through expansion of its quick commerce service, Flipkart Minutes. Walmart International net sales rose 18% year on year to US$35.1

Elon Musk's SpaceX filed for an initial public offering with a valuation target of approximately US$1.75 trillion on May 21, following a US$4.28 billion loss for the quarter ended March 31. The company's filing reveals that heavy spending on data-center computing masks profitability in its core

Spotify shares rose 6% after the streaming company held its first investor day since 2022 to outline 2030 targets. Under new co-CEOs Gustav Söderström and Alex Norström—who took over after founder Daniel Ek stepped down in early 2026—Spotify announced it expects revenue to increase at a mid-teens co

Opening A venture backed by Blackstone, Anthropic, and Hellman & Friedman has acquired San Francisco-based startup Fractional AI, establishing it as the venture's operating core for enterprise AI services. The acquisition ends Fractional AI's 11-month partnership with OpenAI. The venture aims to h

KKR Backs Beauty Platform Fresha at $1 Billion Valuation Fresha, a London-based marketplace for beauty and wellness bookings, announced on May 22 that KKR invested US$80 million, valuing the company at more than US$1 billion. KKR made the investment through its growth equity arm, which focuses on

On May 21, EU consumer group BEUC and 29 members filed complaints against Google, Meta, and TikTok across 27 countries under the Digital Services Act, alleging the platforms failed to curb financial scam advertisements. BEUC, a Brussels-based consumer advocacy organization, reported that members

Opening Hark, an AI startup building models and hardware for a personal assistant, announced on May 21 that it raised US$700 million in a Series A funding round led by Parkway Venture Capital, valuing the company at US$6 billion post-money. Founder Brett Adcock, who previously started Figure AI an

Taiwan prosecutors are seeking to detain three people accused of using forged documents to ship Nvidia AI servers to China, according to the Keelung District Prosecutors Office announcement on May 21. The servers were manufactured by US server maker Super Micro. Prosecutors allege the suspects

The U.S. Senate's CLARITY Act (Comprehensive Digital Asset Regulatory Framework) faces an increasingly constrained legislative timeline, with only approximately two months remaining as of May 21, 2026. According to Anne Kelley, a partner at MercuryStrategy Partners, the bill now competes for Senate

CME’s XRP futures suite has expanded within the regulated crypto derivatives market, reaching $62.87 billion in notional volume. The first-year figures show broader institutional use across futures, options, and spot-quoted XRP futures. Key Takeaways: CME’s XRP futures suite reached $62.87 bil

Solmate Infrastructure (Nasdaq: SLMT) announced Thursday that its CEO and a board member agreed to purchase 2,298,000 Class B ordinary shares at $4.97 per share in a registered direct offering priced above the current market price. Key Takeaways: Solmate Infrastructure (SLMT) CEO Ron Sade and

Spotify and Universal Music Group announced licensing agreements on Thursday that will allow Spotify Premium users to create AI-generated covers and remixes using music from participating artists and songwriters. The tool operates as a paid add-on, with participating artists and songwriters

Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano, has warned that the blockchain network risks losing its core scientific talent after delegated representatives voted against a major research funding proposal. In a May 20 post on X, Hoskinson expressed deep sadness over the outcome, stating: "Cardano will

The U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned more than a dozen individuals and entities linked to the Sinaloa Cartel on May 20, adding six Ethereum wallet addresses to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions list. The action targets networks accused of converting cash from fentanyl s

DeFi Protocols Leading Market in 2026: Lido, Aave, Uniswap Total value locked across DeFi protocols has approached $200 billion in early 2026, recovering from the $50 billion trough that followed the FTX collapse in late 2022. This represents a roughly fourfold expansion in less than three years, according to Coinpedia. Decentralized finance has matured from an experimental niche into a foundational layer of the cryptocurrency ecosystem, with TVL serving as the standard metric for measuring trus

Syndicate Labs, a venture capital-backed blockchain infrastructure firm, announced on May 21 that it is winding down operations after five years of building developer tools for Ethereum rollups. The company cited a dramatic contraction in demand for reusable rollup technology as the primary reason f