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The US still retains a small advantage over China in Quantum Information Science, Engineering, and Technology (QISET). However, the gap is narrowing and could disappear within a few years, according to the report The Quantum Competition by the analytical organization Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP). The authors compared the positions of the two countries across five areas…

Standard Chartered bank forecast that the UNI token could rise roughly 40-fold — to $100 by the end of 2030. This is stated in the institution’s new research, The Block reports. According to Standard Chartered’s head of digital assets research Geoffrey Kendrick, the next wave of value creation in the crypto market will be tied precisely to…

The blocking of Anthropic’s models by the US authorities confirms the importance of decentralized AI. This was stated by the head of Grayscale’s research department, Zach Pandl. On June 12, the US government banned foreign nationals from accessing Anthropic’s new models — Fable 5 and Mythos 5. For national security reasons, the company temporarily disabled these AI systems for all…

The Indian AI startup Sarvam has raised $234 million at a $1.5 billion valuation and earned "unicorn" status. HCLTech became the lead strategic investor, contributing $150 million. Participants include Bessemer Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, and Peak XV Partners. Sarvam aims to bring its Series B up to $300 million. In 2026, the startup released open-source models with 30 billion and 105 billion parameters, and it will direct the new funds toward developing the next generation of models and expanding its computing infrastructure.

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has raised its key rate to 1%. This is the highest level since 1995. The decision was made on June 16 by a majority vote — 7 to 1. The rate rose by 0.25 percentage points — from the previous 0.75%. Thus Japan returned to the 1% mark for the first time in 31 years and took another step away from the era of ultra-cheap money.