The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC) has announced that nickel that was mined from the Pacific Ocean has been verified as battery grade.

Black Semiconductor has raised $273 million in one of the largest financing rounds ever for a semiconductor company.

The Arbitrum Foundation has announced they are committing $215 million in funding to their newly launched Gaming Catalyst Program.

Nuclear energy startup TerraPower has officially begun construction of their next generation nuclear plant located in Wyoming known as the Natrium plant.

DeFi Technologies (CBOE: DEFI) has announced they have purchased 110 Bitcoins to hold directly as an asset, moving away from strictly holding cash reserves.

Popular encrypted messaging app Telegram has launched a new payment technology known as Stars to enable instant global transactions between users.

Silicon is a critical input for emerging technologies such as semiconductors and artificial intelligence chip manufacturing.

Singapore has announced they will provide $222 million of funding to accelerate research, development and innovation in quantum computing within the country.

Defense tech startup ARX Robotics has raised €9M in a seed round financing led by the NATO Innovation Fund.

HydroGraph (CSE:HG) has entered into an agreement with gas company Gulf Cryo to explore ways to bring HydroGraph’s pristine graphene to the Middle East.