Gap Inc has entered a multi-year alliance with Google Cloud to reimagine retail using AI. The partnership will offer the US apparel retailer a unified, AI platform built on Google Cloud technologies such as Gemini, Vertex AI and BigQuery. The platform is intended to enhance product creation, customer experience and employee enablement. This is said to expedite a “human-centred digitally enabled technology strategy” across the company’s range of brands: Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta. Gap In ...

Bitcoin’s rally cooled on Wednesday, slipping 1.4% in the past 24 hours to $121,305, according to Coingecko. The decline comes even as spot Bitcoin ETFs continue to record strong inflows, signaling sustained institutional demand. Despite short-term pressure, Bitcoin remains up 3.3% on the week, while searches for “how to buy Bitcoin on Binance” are rising as investors look for opportunities, like the best crypto to buy, to enter. EXPLORE: Best New Cryptocurrencies to Invest in 2025 At the same time, Bitco ...

The walls between Wall Street and DeFi keep thinning. KAIO, backed by Brevan Howard and BlackRock Crypto, is deploying over $200 Mn in tokenized fund strategies onto the SEI network (SEI). It’s one of the clearest signs yet that real-world asset tokenization is slowly materializing. For , it’s a push into the big leagues of on-chain finance, and for KAIO’s clients, it’s a new path to move traditional capital into DeFi without leaving the guardrails of compliance behind. Here’s what’s next for SEI: Black ...

Why is Crypto Down Today? The crypto market just faced its sharpest liquidation wave of October, catching overleveraged bulls off guard. Peace in the Middle East, anon. All safe haven assets are going to crash 80 percent, and leveraged speculative investments are going to 100x. Or are they? So far more than $630 million in positions were wiped out on October 9, according to data from Coinglass, with over 81% of those being long bets. dropped around 2%, while , BNB, and XRP each fell roughly 4%. Can you ...

This story was originally published on BioPharma Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily BioPharma Dive newsletter. Today, a brief rundown of news involving AstraZeneca and Ascenta Capital, as well as updates from Expedition Therapeutics, Ferring Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi that you may have missed. AstraZeneca has upped its planned investment in a new drug manufacturing facility in Virginia. In a Thursday announcement, the company said it’s adding $500 million to a previously ...

Key Points Gold has climbed by a whopping 53% so far in 2025, crushing the major U.S. stock market indexes. Investors are using gold to hedge against soaring government debt, which could lead to a dramatic increase in money supply. Buying the SPDR Gold Trust could be the simplest way for investors to participate in gold's upside. 10 stocks we like better than SPDR Gold Trust › Stock market investors are having a pretty good year because the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is up 15% so far, and the tech ...

When private equity-backed companies stumble, it's not just Wall Street that feels the pain. Everyday Americans could soon find it harder and more expensive to get a mortgage, car loan or small business credit line. Private equity defaults rose 80% in the second quarter of 2025 , with 21 companies defaulting on more than $27 billion of debt, up from 15 companies defaulting on roughly $15 billion of debt in the previous quarter, according to Moody’s Ratings. The spike in PE defaults was driven by a deterio ...

US-based healthcare technology company AirStrip has secured a $50m growth credit facility and additional equity funding from OrbiMed to expedite its growth strategy. The proceeds will support the company’s expansion in response to the rising demand for its offerings in clinical surveillance, patient monitoring, alarm management, and decision support. For this transaction, BTIG served as the exclusive placement agent, as well as strategic adviser. The credit facility will also be directed towards advanci ...

In today’s CEO Daily: Geoff Colvin on AI potentially eclipsing human expertise. The big story: Israeli government approves Gaza deal as troops pull out. The markets: Mostly down on news of China restrictions on rare-earth exports. Plus: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune. Good morning. Rarely does a 29-page scholarly paper merit the attention of top-level executives, but every business leader should be familiar with a recent study from OpenAI. It’s the best description yet of how AI can ha ...

This story was originally published on Banking Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Banking Dive newsletter. Banks are spending billions on fraud detection and mitigation, and tracking down fraudsters can be difficult — but if lenders can do it, customer retention is their reward. That’s one of the major takeaways from recent research co-authored by Vamsi Kanuri, marketing professor at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. Banks might think the outcome ...