18:06 2025-03-18
Saxo Bank: The European Central Bank will still cut interest rates this yearThe ECB will still cut interest rates this year, but Europe's planned fiscal stimulus could eventually lead to inflation, which will affect the interest rate outlook, says Jacob Falkenkorn of Saxo Bank. The planned fiscal stimulus is expected to lead to increased demand within Europe, which will add some inflationary pressures. The ECB could cut interest rates up to two times this year, he says. Money markets are currently pricing in two ECB rate cuts this year.
17:00 2025-03-18
AI code review platform Graphite completes $52 million Series B financingGraphite, an AI code review platform backed by Anthropic, announced the completion of a $52 million Series B financing round led by Accel, with participation from Anthropic's Anthology Fund, Menlo Ventures, Shopify Ventures, Figma Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and The General Partnership.
Founded in 2020 by Tomas Reimers, Greg Foster, and Merrill Lutsky, Graphite initially focused on mobile power builders before moving to AI-driven code reviews.
17:00 2025-03-18
Zuckerberg: Meta Llama model downloads break through 1 billion, multiple new models are expected to be launched this yearMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Threads that the total number of downloads of the Llama series of AI models has exceeded 1 billion, an increase of about 53% from the 650 million in December 2024. In addition, Meta is accelerating the development of Llama and plans to invest up to $80 billion in AI projects in 2025. Meta expects to launch several new Llama models in the coming months, including "inference" models like the OpenAI o3-mini and AI with native multimodal capabilities. The first ...
17:00 2025-03-18
Coinbase Launches Verified Pools, Built on Uniswap v4Coinbase has announced the launch of Verified Pools as a way to conduct on-chain transactions and redemptions. Verified Pools is built on top of the Uniswap v4 protocol, designed for retail and institutional participants in eligible locations, and integrates its KYC verification system, Coinbase Verifications. Verified Pools reduce counterparty risk by integrating authentication with smart contract transparency, while maintaining the openness and efficiency of the on-chain market. Its verificati...
17:00 2025-03-18
Solana Mobile's second phone, the Solana Seeker, is expected to start shipping in summer 2025The second phone developed by Solana Mobile, the Solana Seeker, is being tested and is expected to start shipping in summer 2025.
The Solana Seeker is the next-generation Web3 smartphone after its first phone, the Solana Saga, priced at $500. Compared to the previous Saga, Seeker has significant hardware improvements, including a slimmer design, brighter display, enhanced camera performance, and longer battery life. Seeker has built-in Seed Vault, a self-hosted crypto wallet deeply integrated wi...
17:00 2025-03-18
The call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump has endedOn March 18 local time, Russian media quoted the Kremlin as saying that the call between the Russian and American leaders ended. Earlier in the day, the White House said that US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin had been on the phone since 10 am EST. Russia Today TV quoted the White House as saying that the two sides had good communication. US presidential aide Skavino posted on social media that "the dialogue is going well".