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Applied Compute, which builds dedicated intelligent companies for enterprises, has completed a $80 million financing round, reaching a post-money valuation of $1.3 billion. Kleiner Perkins led the investment, with participation from Elad Gil, Lux Capital, Greenoaks, NEO, Hana Bicapital, among others, bringing the total financing to $160 million.Applied Compute's mission is to bridge the gap between "smart" and "useful" through "Specific Intelligence." These proprietary intelligent agents are trained based on the real operational conditions of the company and are designed for continuous self-evolution. They help enterprises unlock their institutional context, train agents for specific workflows and performance standards, and deploy them to the production front line.

According to BBX data, the recent global cryptocurrency market's true public disclosures show that the "coin hoarding consensus" among listed companies and the infrastructure of treasury management are steadily advancing. The core data is as follows:$330 million counter-cyclical increase: MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: $MSTR) recently submitted an 8-K filing confirming that it has purchased 4,871 BTC for approximately $330.7 million in cash (average price of about $67,868). Its total holdings have now reached 767,000 BTC, further solidifying its position as the world's largest corporate Bitcoin holder.Breakthrough in corporate treasury infrastructure: Ripple has officially launched the first enterprise treasury management system (TMS) with native digital asset capabilities. This system aims to address the cumbersome processes CFOs face in manual reconciliation and compliance auditing between traditional fiat currencies (connectable to over 500 banks globally) and digital assets.$1.2 billion institutional net inflow: Binance Research's latest market insights show that after experiencing consecutive outflows, the spot Bitcoin ETF recorded a net inflow of $1.2 billion in March, indicating that long-term institutional funds are undergoing structural accumulation of positions.1% treasury allocation bottom line: Charles Schwab's latest research report points out that even if a company or portfolio allocates only 1% to 3% of Bitcoin, its extreme volatility can profoundly reshape the risk exposure of the balance sheet under market pressure.

According to The Block, SoFi has officially launched a banking platform for enterprises called "Big Business Banking," which supports companies in managing fiat and crypto assets within a single regulated system.The platform operates under SoFi's national bank charter, providing 24/7 payment and liquidity management services, supporting API-driven payments for fiat, SoFiUSD stablecoin, and specific cryptocurrencies, and includes tools for converting between fiat and digital assets, including the minting and burning functions of SoFiUSD.The first batch of partner institutions includes Cumberland, Bullish, BitGo, B2C2, Fireblocks, Wintermute, Galaxy, and Jupiter, with the underlying infrastructure built on Solana and other blockchain networks.

The enterprise-level modular L1 public chain ENI has announced a strategic partnership with the globally leading on-chain investment ecosystem Republic Crypto. Republic Crypto is backed by top institutions such as Hamilton Lane and Hashed, with an ecosystem covering over 2,500 enterprises.The two parties will combine Republic Crypto's expertise in token economics and top Western capital markets with the advantages of ENI's enterprise-level modular L1 architecture to open up liquidity channels for real-world assets (RWA) between the East and West, facilitating seamless global settlement for institutional assets and promoting the scaling of Web3 business.

According to Decrypt, Ripple announced the launch of its enterprise-level crypto fund management system Digital Asset Accounts and Unified Treasury, which supports corporate finance teams in managing fiat and digital assets on the same platform. This system allows for the direct management of assets such as RLUSD and XRP, seamlessly integrating into existing fund management processes without relying on independent wallets, exchanges, or custodial platforms, thereby lowering the adoption threshold for enterprises.This release is based on Ripple's previous acquisition of the corporate fund management platform GTreasury, aiming to embed crypto capabilities into mature corporate financial infrastructure. As the use of stablecoins and digital assets grows, the demand for enterprise-level on-chain fund management continues to rise.

According to CoinDesk, the Solana Foundation released a report titled "Privacy on Solana: A Comprehensive Approach for Modern Enterprises," which suggests that enterprise-level adoption requires flexible privacy controls and positions privacy as a customizable feature rather than a trade-off.The report argues that the next phase of crypto adoption will depend more on allowing enterprises to control the subjects and content of information disclosure, rather than solely relying on transparency. The Solana Foundation proposes that privacy encompasses four different modes: pseudonymity, confidentiality, anonymity, and complete privacy systems. Pseudonymity hides identity while transaction data is visible; confidentiality allows participants to be known but encrypts sensitive information; anonymity hides participant identities while transaction data is visible; and complete privacy systems obscure both identity and transaction data through technologies such as zero-knowledge proofs and multi-party computation.The report emphasizes that there is no single privacy model suitable for all scenarios, and enterprises can mix different tools according to their needs. The report notes that Solana's high throughput and low latency enable advanced privacy technologies to operate at near-network speeds, making applications such as encrypted order books or private credit risk calculations possible. The Solana Foundation also proposed mechanisms such as "audit keys," allowing designated parties to decrypt transactions when necessary, thus achieving coexistence between privacy and regulation.

Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek disclosed on social media that Crypto.com is officially advancing enterprise-level artificial intelligence (AI) integration across the company and simultaneously reducing approximately 12% of its positions. Affected employees have been notified, and the company will provide them with appropriate transitional support resources.Kris Marszalek stated that this strategic adjustment aims to combine the best AI tools with high-performing talent to achieve levels of scalability and precision that were previously unattainable. The positions being cut are primarily functional roles that are deemed unable to adapt to the new business model.

Alibaba launched the world's first enterprise-level AI native work platform—"Wukong." Wukong is an independent application that starts its invitation testing today and will also be directly integrated into DingTalk, which has over 20 million enterprise organizations.Wukong fully supports connecting users' DingTalk accounts, secure access permissions, and application systems within enterprises. At the same time, Alibaba's ecosystem business ToB capabilities will gradually be embedded into the platform in the form of skills, serving as a unified outlet for Alibaba's AI capabilities in enterprise work scenarios.

Predictive Oncology announced its official name change to Axe Compute and will trade on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol AGPU. Axe Compute will operate as an enterprise-level operator, commercializing Aethir's decentralized GPU network to provide enterprise-grade computing power services with guaranteed capabilities for AI companies.According to official information, Axe Compute's enterprise computing power business plan will be supported by the Aethir Strategic Compute Reserve, aimed at meeting enterprise clients' needs for GPU reservations, dedicated clusters, bare-metal performance, multi-region deployment, and SLA contracts. Aethir has currently deployed over 435,000 GPU containers in more than 200 regions across 93 countries, supporting mainstream high-end computing hardware including NVIDIA H100, H200, B200, and B300.The listing of Axe Compute is seen as the first time decentralized GPU infrastructure has entered the mainstream enterprise market in the form of a publicly traded company in the U.S. The official statement indicates that Axe Compute will serve as the front-end delivery and contract entity for enterprises, while Aethir will continue as the underlying decentralized computing power infrastructure, introducing an enterprise-level computing power delivery model that complies with U.S. public company governance and compliance frameworks. With the official launch of the new brand and ticker symbol, the company expects to demonstrate the scalability of its infrastructure model in the future and further expand its enterprise client needs.

ChainCatcher news, Pieverse announced the launch of the x402b protocol, aimed at helping BNB Chain create the first enterprise-level Web payment standard by extending the x402 protocol.Pieverse stated that the x402b protocol integrates the EIP-3009 gasless payment and auditable receipt system by introducing the Facilitator module, to comprehensively upgrade the payment experience on BNB Chain.To address the issue of mainstream stablecoins on BNB Chain not supporting EIP-3009, which prevents gasless payments, Pieverse launched pieUSD (1:1 USDT wrapped token) to enable gasless signature payments. Additionally, the Facilitator module can automatically generate compliant electronic receipts at settlement, which are stored on BNB Greenfield, providing on-chain traceable payment proof for auditing and tax standardization.Pieverse claims that the x402b protocol will give BNB Chain the first enterprise-oriented HTTP payment protocol. The complete protocol specifications, smart contracts, and reference implementations will be released at a later date.

ChainCatcher news, Pieverse expands the x402 protocol through the Facilitator module, introducing EIP-3009 gasless payments and an auditable receipt system, fully upgrading the BNB Chain payment experience.• Gasless payment solution: Mainstream stablecoins on the BNB Chain (such as USDT) do not support EIP-3009. Pieverse launches pieUSD------1:1 USDT wrapped token, perfectly supporting gasless signature payments.• Auditing and tax standardization: The Facilitator module can automatically generate compliant electronic receipts at settlement, permanently stored on BNB Greenfield, achieving on-chain traceable payment vouchers.It is reported that x402b gives the BNB Chain its first truly enterprise-oriented HTTP payment protocol. The complete protocol specifications, smart contracts, and reference implementations will be released soon.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, DePIN and the enterprise-level cloud platform dKloud have completed a $3.15 million funding round, with participation from Animoca Brands, Avalaunch, Blizzard, Brinc, Genesis Block Ventures Capital (GBV), Maven Capital, Pulsar, SMO Capital, Telos, and Baboon VC.It is reported that dKloud is a decentralized cloud infrastructure platform that connects DePIN with enterprise-level information technology (IT). It enables businesses to deploy applications using cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies without the operational burden of managing multiple systems. The platform also features a marketplace where developers can contribute reusable tools and earn DKT tokens.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, digital asset self-custody service provider Safe (formerly Gnosis Safe) has announced the establishment of a wholly-owned subsidiary, Safe Labs, focused on the development of enterprise-grade self-custody solutions based on Safe Smart Accounts and smart contract wallet technology. The subsidiary is led by former Chief Product Officer Rahul Rumalla, who has over 15 years of engineering and product management experience and previously founded Web3 startups Paperchain and Otterspace.It has been disclosed that Safe currently has a managed asset scale of $60 billion, supporting 4% of Ethereum on-chain transactions and holding about 10% of the Ethereum Virtual Machine smart account market share. The new product adopts a modular smart contract wallet architecture, supporting institutional needs such as multi-signature management, but most on-chain interactions still rely on the "blind signing" operations of hardware wallets.Safe co-founder Lukas Schor emphasized that the development of Web3 must ensure users have absolute control over their digital sovereignty. At the time of this initiative's announcement, Bybit was exposed to industry risks due to a $1.4 billion hack incident caused by a blind signing vulnerability in February, and Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier pointed out that "blind signing is equivalent to signing a blank check online."

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement from ZKsync, ZKsync has launched a dedicated on-chain financial platform called Prividium, which features privacy protection, permission control, and Ethereum security anchoring, supporting financial scenarios such as global payroll, collateral asset liquidity, cross-border wholesale payments, and asset tokenization.The first institutional partner is Deutsche Bank, which is collaborating with Memento to build an on-chain fund management solution. The platform aims to provide ready-to-use compliance deployment tools for financial institutions, accelerating their transition to on-chain operations.

ChainCatcher news, Vitalik commented on the incident where Soneium blacklisted some Meme coins on its social platform, stating that Soneium's situation vividly demonstrates the benefits of launching Ethereum L2 for businesses and users. Businesses can make very detailed choices about how much control to retain and give to users. But whatever rules they choose, those are the rules. Everything is on-chain, transparent, and can be audited by third parties.Developers can also create a system that lets users know they can send transactions on L2 when needed, but there is a significant barrier - the sequencer can restrict but not censor. This is essentially what Sony has done. This is all the free market at work. As an ecosystem, it is important to ensure that:A large amount of financial activity occurs in a completely open environment;There are enough tools for users to understand the properties of the on-chain environment they are in.Previous news, Soneium, a Layer2 project by Sony, sparked controversy by blacklisting some Meme coins suspected of infringing intellectual property on the day of its mainnet launch. This led to some tokens being restricted from trading and not being supported on the official block explorer.