Why the 2026 startup boom will be circular
Carolyn Breeze, CEO of ASX-listed investment & advisory firm, Scalare Partners, imagines a circular startup economy where every dollar, lesson, and relationship feeds back into the next wave of founders.
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The Top 10 Richest People in The World (December 2025)
There’s a new No. 2 on Forbes’ ranking of the world’s wealthiest people.
How two grads built a $2 million fund for student startups – and there’s more to come
Mitchell Hughes and Jerry X’Lingson launched NextGen Ventures in late 2024 to invest in student founders. Backed by Blackbird’s Niki Scevak and dozens more LPs, NextGen is on a mission to make Australia the best place to build.
Four cofounders of popular AI coding tool Cursor are now billionaires
The startup nabbed a $29.3 billion valuation in a $2.3 billion funding round Thursday, minting its four 20-something founders as billionaires.
Naver to acquire crypto exchange giant Dunamu in $10 billion deal
Naver’s purchase of Dunamu is set to create a fintech heavyweight that offers everything from payments to crypto and stock trading.
Trump’s crypto cronies: They sent the president money—and got off easy
It took more than fame for Trump and his sons to build a crypto empire. They also got a lot of help from industry insiders, many of whom happened to need a hand from the president.
Larry Page becomes No. 2 richest—bumping Larry Ellison—as Alphabet shares rally
The Google parent’s stock has accelerated over the last week and is now valued more than Microsoft.
What Australia’s wealthiest are doing with their money
Australia’s high-net-worth population is growing – fast – and the wealthiest of those saw their portfolios rise across 2025 despite episodes of volatility, a new LGT Wealth Management Report shows.
Crypto slide continues as Bitcoin drops below $82,000—lowest level since mid-April
Bitcoin’s month-long selloff has wiped a large portion of the gains it made since November last year, after President Donald Trump’s election win.
Napster said it raised $3 billion from a mystery investor. Now the ‘investor’ and ‘money’ are gone
Forbes raised questions about a massive funding round metaverse-turned-AI firm Napster supposedly raised in January. The money is never coming, the company said Thursday.