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Crypto infrastructure provider Fireblocks agrees to acquire accounting platform TRES Finance, sources say for $130M in cash and equity; TRES raised $11M in 2023 (Ben Weiss/Fortune)

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Ben Weiss / Fortune:
Crypto infrastructure provider Fireblocks agrees to acquire accounting platform TRES Finance, sources say for $130M in cash and equity; TRES raised $11M in 2023  —  TRES Finance cofounders Tal Zackon (left) and Eilon Lotem.COURTESY OF TRES FINANCE  —  The blockchain infrastructure company Fireblocks …

Night Has Fallen director gives an update on the Gerard Butler action sequel — but you may not like it

Polygon - All
Director Ric Roman Waugh just teamed up with Gerard Butler for their fourth movie. Will there be a fifth?

How Detroit’s First Female Mayor Made History—Again, With This Major Announcement Only 4 Days in Office

The Root

Mary Sheffield was sworn in as Detroit's first woman mayor on January 1, and by January 5, she was already changing lives for the better!

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You can turn this modular clamp-on controller into an N64 or GameCube gamepad

The Verge - All Posts
Hyperkin announced a new clamp-on style wireless controller created in collaboration with GameSir. The X5 Alteron features similar functionality to GameSir's GameSir G8 Plus that debuted in 2024 with an expanding telescopic mechanism that can clamp onto smartphones, tablets, and several versions of the Nintendo Switch, replacing the Joy-Cons. What sets the X5 Alteron apart […]

London-based e-commerce logistics startup Swap raised a $100M Series C led by DST Global and Iconiq, after raising a $40M Series B in March 2025 (Axios)

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Axios:
London-based e-commerce logistics startup Swap raised a $100M Series C led by DST Global and Iconiq, after raising a $40M Series B in March 2025  —  Swap, a London-based e-commerce logistics platform, raised a $100 million Series C led by DST Global and Iconiq.