OpenRouter, an Exchange for A.I. Models, Raises $113 Million
An investment arm of Alphabet is backing OpenRouter, which helps companies choose among hundreds of models for different software tasks.
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An investment arm of Alphabet is backing OpenRouter, which helps companies choose among hundreds of models for different software tasks.
The post AI agents are starting to pay with crypto as Coinbase, Stripe and Visa want in, Keyrock report says appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Artificial intelligence (AI) agents autonomously spending money online is still a tiny market, but some of the world’s largest tech, payments and crypto firms are already racing to build the infrastructure for it, Keyrock said in a new report. The crypto trading and investment firm estimated that AI agents settled over $73 million across roughly 176 million transactions on blockchain rails between May 2025 and April 2026. The volumes remain negligible compared to traditional finance (TradFi). Visa, for example, alone processes $14.5 trillion annually. But the significance lies less in the headline U.S. dollar value and more in how quickly the infrastructure stack is forming, the report argued. Global firms such as Coinbase (COIN), Stripe, Google (GOOG) and Visa (V) all rolled out competing systems for machine-to-machine payments. The broader
Bitcoin's surge boosts market optimism, potentially driving further investment and interest in cryptocurrencies, while influencing economic policies. The post Bitcoin price surges past $77,000, market confidence grows appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
The new and revolutionary AI project, Ozak AI, has officially crossed the milestone by bagging more than $7 million in total presale funding, a state that shows even more than just capital inflow. It shows a clear expansion in participation as the interest of the investors now revolves around various
REAL Finance signs first securities tokenization deal with Factori AD. Agreement activates institutional pipeline exceeding $100 million in assets. Pilot covers 5 million Alpha Bulgaria warrants valued near €2.75 each. REAL Technologies Inc., the parent company of REAL Finance, has signed its first securities tokenization agreement with Factori AD, a fully licensed and EU-regulated investment […] The post REAL Finance inks $100M tokenization deal with EU broker Factori AD appeared first on CoinJournal.
The potential deal highlights the intensifying competition in AI hardware, impacting both centralized and decentralized computing strategies. The post Anthropic and Microsoft discuss AI chip deal after $5B investment appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Binance and OKX still lead in crypto perpetual trading, while decentralized exchanges continue to grow strongly in 2026. Binance and OKX continued leading the crypto perpetual futures market in early 2026. However, decentralized exchanges are gaining momentum and are gaining popularity among traders globally. CoinGecko’s new “2026 Crypto Perpetuals Report” shows that Perp DEXs have […] The post Binance and OKX Dominate Crypto Perpetuals Despite Rising DEX Competition appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.
SpaceX's Bitcoin investment underscores growing institutional interest, potentially stabilizing and elevating cryptocurrency market dynamics. The post SpaceX reveals $1.4B Bitcoin holding, boosting market confidence appeared first on Crypto Briefing.