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A stablecoin-focused neobank called Fasset has hit a one billion dollar valuation after closing a sixty-eight million dollar funding round backed by Japanese financial giant SBI. The company says revenue has grown six-fold, a signal that stablecoin payments are moving from experiment to infrastructure in parts of the world traditional banking has long underserved.
Meanwhile, the broader crypto market is having a moment. Bitcoin is holding above seventy-seven thousand dollars after a twenty-one percent gain over the past week, while XRP surged forty-six percent in the same stretch. Attention is now turning to Federal Reserve figure Kevin Warsh and his upcoming appearance at Jackson Hole, which traders are watching closely for signals on interest rate direction.
And looking skyward, President Trump has signed a new National Space Transportation Policy calling for more than one thousand American space launches per year by twenty thirty. To put that in perspective, only one hundred seventy-eight launches happened in twenty twenty-five. Federal agencies have been directed to identify new land for launch sites as the administration pushes to accelerate both robotic and crewed missions to Mars.
A lot of ambition in the air, from digital payments to deep space. Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.
