Binance integrates Predict.fun prediction markets into its Wallet app, covering gas fees for seamless trading. The move taps into a sector with volumes surging 200-fold to over $20 billion monthly, lowering entry barriers for millions of retail users.
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Visa announced it will acquire Israeli fraud-detection startup BioCatch for $2.4 billion in cash from Permira and other investors. The purchase centers on behavioral biometrics technology and expands the payments company’s fast-growing value-added services business as global fraud losses surpass $1 trillion a year.
Visa plans to cut about 2,600 jobs, representing roughly 7% of its workforce, with AI cited as a significant but not sole factor. The company will redirect savings into growth areas such as affluent customers, cross-border activity and geographic expansion as it reports quarterly earnings the same day.
CXMT shares jumped nearly 466% in their Shanghai debut, closing at 49 yuan to reach a 3.3 trillion yuan market cap that exceeds every other China-listed firm. The $8.6 billion IPO haul will support memory wafer manufacturing while the firm commands 7.67% of the worldwide DRAM sector and stands to benefit from Beijing's semiconductor self-reliance campaign.
