... the future of the sector. Startup and VC News - Wednesday, June 18, 2025: AI Megadeals and Defense Technologies Drive Venture Market Growth Our new review covers the key events of the venture market in the second half of June. 2025 brings further acceleration of the venture boom: funding rounds worth hundreds of millions of dollars, sectoral diversity of investments, and a revival of the exit market confirm the strengthening of the positive trend. Investors are still actively investing not only ...

... Moreover, on July 24, AI-95 reached its highest price of the year, reaching 75,296 rubles per ton, close to the historical record of 76,876 rubles per ton set last autumn during the fuel crisis. Following the wholesale price growth, retail prices also accelerated. In June, weekly gasoline price growth averaged 0.2-0.4% across Russia, while in July it was 0.5-0.6%, according to Rosstat data. By July 22, gasoline prices had increased by 4.7% compared to December 2023, while the official inflation forecast ...

... receive the necessary closing documents for accounting purposes. Thus, the transaction is successfully completed entirely online. The platform ensures a complete transaction cycle—from product search to receipt—in a digital format. This significantly accelerates and simplifies wholesale trading compared to traditional methods. Advantages for Suppliers These platforms open up new growth opportunities for manufacturers and distributors. Here are the key benefits for suppliers: Market Expansion. Access ...

... (e.g., Move) within the Ethereum ecosystem. Fundamental Analysis Simplifying Ethereum presents both positive prospects and new challenges for the network. On one hand, a transparent and lightweight architecture will simplify network maintenance and accelerate development. A straightforward protocol is easier to understand and verify: as Buterin points out, any hobbyist programmer could realistically write a client for a simple chain. The simplified consensus and execution model will lower barriers ...

... business for cross-border payments. Over the past few years, Ripple has built an extensive network of partners among banks and payment systems worldwide. As early as 2017, financial giants such as American Express and Santander were testing RippleNet to accelerate payments between the U.S. and Europe. In 2018, the National Commercial Bank of Saudi Arabia, one of the largest banks in the Middle East, integrated Ripple’s technology for international payments. By 2025, the RippleNet ecosystem has significantly ...