Magnetic 3D and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School have signed a new agreement to explore clinical and educational uses of glasses-free 3D imaging. The collaboration aims to develop AI-powered tools that enhance medical training, surgical planning, and patient care—without the need for headsets or 3D glasses.

GENEWIZ and Form Bio have partnered to accelerate AAV gene therapy development by integrating long-read sequencing and genome integrity analysis. The collaboration delivers a streamlined workflow that improves vector safety, design, and manufacturability.

DeFiance Daily – On the heels of naming WallStreetBets founder Jaime Rogozinski as Chief Strategy Officer, Wire Network has added four senior leaders to its executive team to drive growth and unify the fragmented crypto ecosystem. The hires include veterans from Microsoft, Animoca-backed startups, Prota Ventures, and Project Venkman, reflecting Wire’s bold push to scale its Universal Transaction Layer.

Oklo has finished borehole drilling at the Idaho National Laboratory for its first Aurora Powerhouse, advancing efforts to build a next-generation nuclear facility. The site characterization work supports licensing, engineering, and construction planning.

DeFiance Daily – Jesse Draper, founder of Halogen Ventures, has been named to Inc. Magazine’s 2025 Female Founders 500 list for her trailblazing work in venture capital. Her firm backs female-led consumer tech startups and has helped generate over $9 billion in 2024 revenue and raise $10.6 billion in funding. Recent wins include major funding rounds, high-profile acquisitions, and the debut of a female-founded luxury EV brand.

Rosy Soil, a climate-focused soil startup, is positioning itself at the intersection of sustainability and consumer gardening. With its latest life cycle assessment, the company highlights how its biochar-based soil products can cut emissions compared to traditional peat-based mixes.

DeFiance Daily – Speaking at Consensus 2025 in Toronto, Eric Trump revealed that political attacks on his family pushed him to explore cryptocurrency, ultimately embracing Bitcoin as “digital gold.” He also unveiled plans to expand American Bitcoin, his mining firm, into one of the nation’s top Bitcoin accumulation platforms.

DeFiance Daily – Robert Hines of the White House signaled optimism for stablecoin legislation during Day 1 of Consensus 2025. The event also highlighted Trump’s crypto-forward stance and opened with major announcements in DeFi, Web3, and AI. Keywords: Consensus 2025, stablecoin bill, Robert Hines, Trump crypto policy, digital assets, Web3, AI, blockchain.

Fairmint has unveiled the world’s first production-ready, fully-onchain cap table infrastructure, offering real-time equity management for companies and investors. The launch aligns with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce’s recent remarks urging innovation-friendly regulation in tokenized securities.

DeFiance Daily – Automate 2025 opened at Huntington Place in Detroit with over 875 exhibitors and more than 40,000 attendees, making it the largest show in the event’s history. Hosted by the Association for Advancing Automation, the four-day conference features the latest in robotics, AI, and industrial tech.

Tezos has successfully implemented its 18th protocol upgrade, “Rio,” reducing cycle times from three days to one and allocating rewards to support the Data Availability Layer (DAL)—a key step toward the Tezos X roadmap and improved scalability.

Toronto-based quantum computing leader Xanadu has been chosen for Stage A of DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative, reinforcing its position at the forefront of photonic-based quantum innovation and utility-scale computing development.

DeFiance Daily – On May 12, 2025, the SEC Crypto Task Force convened top financial and blockchain leaders in Washington, D.C., for a half-day roundtable focused on the future of tokenization. With participation from Fidelity, BlackRock, Nasdaq, and DeFi pioneers, the event explored capital markets transformation and regulatory clarity.

The 2025 Milken Institute Global Summit, held April 29 to May 1 in Los Angeles, featured Proto’s patented hologram displays to welcome attendees—blending innovation with influence at one of the world’s premier gatherings for finance, health, and policy leaders.

DeFiance Daily – On May 5, 2025, Shardeum officially launched its mainnet, bringing to life the first autoscaling Layer 1 blockchain. Following a record-setting testnet with over 171,000 validators, Shardeum now offers affordable, EVM-compatible infrastructure with near-infinite scalability and gas fees as low as $0.01.

DeFiance Daily – The 2025 Milken Institute Global Conference brought together 4,500+ global leaders across business, policy, philanthropy, and science to explore solutions to the world’s greatest challenges. Now concluded, all sessions are available to watch on demand, offering continued access to the groundbreaking insights that shaped this year’s event.

Natilus, maker of blended-wing-body aircraft, is partnering with Palantir Technologies to deploy an AI-driven operating system that enhances manufacturing speed, supply chain resilience, and sustainability insights. The collaboration supports Natilus’s goal of meeting rising cargo and passenger aircraft demand.

DeFiance Media – The 2025 Milken Institute Global Conference featured over 100 sessions on Tuesday, highlighting influential voices across health, AI, global investment, and higher education. Attendees explored the future of innovation, leadership, and social impact on the event’s penultimate day.

Slingshot Aerospace’s Seradata platform consolidates data from over 7,000 launches, 50,000 spacecraft, and 200,000 space events, delivering instant insights for underwriting, defense analysis, and fleet intelligence. Users can explore ownership, financial, and technical details—all with natural language queries via SeraBot.

Forge Global and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) have announced a partnership to distribute Forge Price™, a proprietary dataset tracking the indicative pricing of around 200 pre-IPO companies. The collaboration aims to bring greater transparency and standardization to private market investing through ICE’s global data network.

DeFaince Media – Speaking at the 2025 Milken Institute Global Conference, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott delivered a bullish outlook on the American economy under President Donald J. Trump, emphasizing a coordinated strategy of trade reform, tax cuts, and deregulation to drive investment, innovation, and job creation.

Consensus, the AI-powered research platform, introduces Threads—a conversational search tool that lets users explore peer-reviewed science with context, speed, and continuity.

DeFiance Daily – The 28th annual Milken Institute Global Conference convened 4,000+ leaders from finance, health, technology, philanthropy, and government in Los Angeles from May 4–7, 2025. Centered on the theme “Toward a Flourishing Future,” the event addressed critical global challenges and actionable opportunities across 12 impact tracks.

Mogul now accepts USDt, offering a stablecoin funding option for investors seeking easier, crypto-enabled access to real estate ownership.

DeFiance Media – Banana Gun, a fast-growing crypto trading bot, is redefining on-chain trading in 2025 by offering millisecond-level token sniping, multi-chain support, and automated risk management—all through a Telegram interface. The platform has executed over 8.5 million trades and boasts $5.3 billion in lifetime volume, with traders now earning faster profits and passive income through its $BANANA token.

SourceDay has introduced new Supplier Reliability and Supply Volatility Indexes to help manufacturers and distributors predict market shifts and supplier risks up to two quarters in advance, as tariff pressures reshape global supply chains.

DeFiance Daily – The three-day POSSIBLE 2025 summit at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach concluded after gathering over 5,200 marketers, creators, and business leaders for conversations spanning media innovation, AI, inclusivity, and brand building.

Precision Neuroscience has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its Layer 7 Cortical Interface, enabling 30-day neural recording and stimulation in clinical settings. The milestone marks the first full regulatory approval for a next-generation wireless brain–computer interface system.

Defiance Media – Gnosis Chain will become the first sidechain to implement Ethereum’s full Pectra upgrade on April 30, a week ahead of Ethereum’s own rollout, introducing new features like account abstraction, enhanced staking, and sponsored transactions.

Naoris Protocol has officially opened its Public Sale Whitelist, giving early supporters the chance to secure their spot in Web3’s first decentralized post-quantum security network. The protocol aims to make blockchain infrastructure quantum-resistant ahead of major technological shifts.

DeFiance Daily – From May 12–15, Automate 2025 will bring together over 800 exhibitors and 40,000 attendees at Huntington Place in Detroit for a massive trade show and conference spotlighting robotics, AI, and advanced manufacturing technologies.

Matin Kim is leading innovation in Korean fashion retail by introducing Proto Hologram technology at five major store locations. The installations offer 360-degree holographic fashion displays, blending cutting-edge tech with immersive customer experiences.

DeFiance Daily – CryptoLab and UClone have partnered to integrate fully homomorphic encryption into UClone’s AI agent platform, creating the first consumer-facing AI agents with end-to-end encrypted data privacy, showcased live at the RSA Conference in San Francisco.

DeFiance Daily – BTSE is kicking off a month-long Bitcoin Pizza Day 2025 celebration, featuring a $5.22 million USDT prize pool across trading competitions, community giveaways, and a global photo contest celebrating Bitcoin culture.

Clio is transforming the future of legal practice with advanced predictive analytics, helping law firms forecast outcomes, optimize litigation strategies, and improve operational efficiency. Their AI-driven solution, Clio Duo, empowers lawyers to make data-backed decisions with confidence and speed.

Propy partners with Proof to offer seamless online identity verification and notarization, reducing fraud risk and completing its smart contract-powered real estate transaction platform.

DeFiance Daily – Theta Labs and the Houston Rockets have teamed up to introduce “ClutchBot,” the NBA’s first generative AI mascot, designed to deliver 24/7 real-time interaction and information to fans. The digital agent is trained on team and league data, offering an immersive, decentralized fan experience powered by Theta EdgeCloud.

Mythical Games leverages Cryptio’s automated crypto accounting platform to manage millions of on-chain transactions, improving audit readiness, compliance, and financial reporting efficiency for its Web3 gaming ecosystem.

DeFiance Daily – The $TRUMP meme coin spiked over 70% on April 23 after news that Donald Trump will host a private dinner for top token holders. The event is scheduled for May 22 at Trump National Golf Club in D.C., offering utility-driven hype to the politically themed token.

DeFiance Media – Reusables.com raises $2.6 million to scale its hardware-enabled SaaS platform for reusable food containers, starting with deployments at UCLA and UC Riverside in time for Earth Day 2025.

TRAXyL reports major milestones in Q1 2025 with nearly a mile of FiberTRAX installed, a new Miami office, and preparations for its first international project as it develops its next-generation TRAXtor technology.

DeFiance Media – Agility Robotics showcased expanded capabilities for its humanoid robot Digit at ProMat 2025, introducing new safety features, AMR integration, and extended battery life to support scaled warehouse and manufacturing deployments.

Sui and Ledger announce native support for SUI and Sui tokens within Ledger Live, enabling secure buying, sending, and receiving with staking and swap features to follow.

DeFiance Media – POSSIBLE 2025 will return to Miami Beach April 28-30, gathering global leaders in marketing, media, technology, and business for three days of insights, innovation, and dealmaking.

Synergetics.ai and Unstoppable Domains unveil .TWIN, a groundbreaking top-level domain designed for decentralized AI agents, enabling secure identity, communication, and transactions across Web3 ecosystems.

DeFiance Media – The Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington debuts a groundbreaking exhibit powered by StoryFile, using conversational AI to preserve and share the voices of Vietnam War recipients in immersive, interactive experiences.

Otter has unveiled a new suite of AI meeting agents, starting with a voice-activated assistant for Zoom, aimed at transforming real-time business collaboration through task automation and natural voice interaction.

DeFiance Daily – The Global Gaming League, co-founded by Clinton Sparks, T-Pain, and Jeff Hoffman, raises $10M to create a new competitive format blending gaming, music, and celebrity culture with a state-of-the-art Las Vegas arena.

Hiro has rolled out new account tiers on its developer platform, offering enhanced API rate limits, priority support, and service level agreements to help builders scale applications on Bitcoin and Stacks.

Advanced nuclear startup Oklo Inc. has entered a readiness assessment with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ahead of a full licensing application for its Aurora Powerhouse at Idaho National Laboratory. The move marks a major step toward commercial deployment of its fast fission technology.