Feb 2 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Monday that SpaceX has acquired his artificial-intelligence startup xAI in a record-setting deal that unifies Musk's AI and space ambitions by combining the rocket-and-satellite company with the maker of the Grok chatbot.  The deal, first reported by Reuters last week, represents one of the most ambitious tie-ups in the technology sector yet,...

The CNN Money Fear and Greed index showed a decline in the overall market sentiment, while the index remained in the “Greed” zone on Wednesday. U.S. stocks settled mixed on Friday, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining around 0.2% during the session ahead of a big week of major earnings reports. The Federal Reserve decided to leave interest rates unchanged during...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MarketAxess Holdings Inc. ( MKTX ) , the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities, today announced the election of Douglas Cifu and Kenneth Schiciano to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors, effective March 1, 2026. Mr. Cifu is the co‑founder of Virtu Financial, a global financial technology firm and market maker. He...

The Ethereum Foundation (EF), a nonprofit organization that supports Ethereum’s development, is turning its long running post quantum research into a public engineering push, forming a dedicated Post Quantum team and calling the effort a top strategic priority for the network. EF researcher Justin Drake said the new group will be led by Thomas Coratger, with support from Emile, who...