Teresa Xie / Bloomberg: PitchBook: despite a friendlier regulatory environment, crypto VC investments in the US fell 22% QoQ to ~$1.3B in Q1 2025, but rose slightly YoY from $1.1B  —  Despite a friendlier environment for digital assets in the US and globally, crypto venture capital activity has largely remained at a standstill. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nikkei Asia: Sources: to offset tariffs, Apple, Dell, and others pressed suppliers to fly as many premium devices as possible to the US, especially those priced above $3,000  —  TAIPEI/PALO ALTO, California — Ever since Donald Trump was elected president back in November, the world’s biggest electronics brands … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Georgia Butler / DatacenterDynamics: Microsoft is backing away from its October 2024 plan to invest $1B in three Ohio data centers, the latest in a string of its data center project cancellations  —  Another data center project bites the dust  —  Microsoft has backed out of plans to build data centers in Licking County, Ohio. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ilya Gridneff / Financial Times: Docs: Canadian telecom Bell is lobbying to block Starlink subsidies, as Canada-US tensions and Musk’s Trump ties put his satellite business under more scrutiny  —  Rival telecoms group Bell is lobbying for the Musk-owned group to be excluded for financial support for Far North region Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: X’s merger with xAI caps its yearslong turnaround push; sources say X’s revenue fell to $2.6B in 2024, down from $3B in 2023 and about $4.6B in 2022  —  xAI merger capped social-media company’s yearslong turnaround push  —  A crowd of investors gathered at Morgan Stanley’s New York office … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Canny / CoinDesk: Ripple agrees to acquire prime brokerage Hidden Road for $1.25B; Hidden Road plans to use Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin as collateral across its platform  —  Among other things, the deal is expected to strengthen Ripple’s stablecoin ambitions.  —  What to know: Lees verder op Tech Meme

Moneycontrol: Pune, India-based online payments firm Easebuzz raised a $30M Series A led by Bessemer, says revenue grew 2x+ YoY to ~$78M in FY 2025 while staying profitable  —  The company’s revenue doubled to Rs 650 crore in FY25, up from Rs 294 crore in the previous fiscal, while maintaining profitability Lees verder op Tech Meme

Allison Schiff / AdExchanger: Snap releases sponsored AI lenses, a new generative AI ad format that users can interact with and is powered by One Snap, its homegrown generative AI tech  —  The creative on Snapchat has evolved a lot since those puking rainbow filters.  —  On Tuesday, Snap released sponsored AI lenses … Lees verder op Tech Meme