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Augustus raises $180M Series B at $1B valuation

47d ago

Augustus raises $180M Series B at $1B valuation

The raise lands at unicorn status for a startup positioning itself as the cross-rail bridge between stablecoins and traditional payment networks like Swift, ACH and SEPA.

TheBlock

Augustus raises $180M to build AI-native clearing bank for stablecoins

🔥BULLISH

47d ago

Augustus raises $180M to build AI-native clearing bank for stablecoins

Tiger Global led the $1B-valuation round, but the bet is on plumbing, not issuance: a federally chartered book that ties Fedwire settlement to programmable stablecoin rails.

CoinDesk

Kalshi permanently bans George Santos in first-ever

🔥BULLISH

5d ago

Kalshi permanently bans George Santos in first-ever

The Santos case is the cleanest public data point yet on what prediction-market insider trading actually costs the trader: a permanent ban plus a $71K fine, on top of a $35K CFTC settlement last…

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