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Согласно отчету Financial Associated Press, стартап в области ИИ-клиентского сервиса Wonderful завершил финансирование раунда C на сумму 550 миллионов долларов, оценка компании достигла 5 миллиардов долларов. Этот раунд возглавил Insight Partners, а Salesforce присоединился в качестве нового инвестора, также в инвестировании участвуют такие компании, как Index Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners и IVP.Платформа корпоративных интеллектуальных агентов Wonderful была запущена 20 месяцев назад, она вышла на более чем 30 рынков и внедрила сотни агентов в десятках вертикальных отраслей, охватывающих такие сценарии, как клиентский сервис и внутренние системы сотрудников.

ChainCatcher сообщает, что по данным Fortune, AI ресторанная платформа Wonder объявила о завершении финансирования в размере 650 миллионов долларов, в которое инвестировали Accel, Google Ventures (GV) и NEA, а новые инвесторы включают ARK Invest, AllianceBernstein и Kayne Anderson, при этом Goldman Sachs, Jefferies и JPMorgan выступили в качестве организаторов финансирования.Компания разрабатывает AI платформу "MEL", которая автоматически планирует и заказывает блюда, соответствующие личным потребностям, анализируя биомаркеры и состояние здоровья пользователей.Сообщается, что после этого раунда финансирования оценка Wonder достигла 9 миллиардов долларов, и компания планирует запустить первичное публичное размещение акций (IPO) в начале следующего года.

According to The Block, Robinhood Markets has completed its $180 million acquisition of Canadian digital asset services company WonderFi. WonderFi operates two regulated Canadian crypto platforms, Bitbuy and Coinsquare, and its users will be invited to migrate to the Robinhood app. Robinhood stated that through this acquisition, it has surpassed 1 million funded customers outside the United States, with 300,000 coming from WonderFi.The acquisition was first announced in May 2025, originally planned to be completed in the second half of 2025, but was delayed until now due to technology deployment and regulatory approvals. Last year, Robinhood established its institutional business by acquiring Bitstamp. HOOD's stock price fell 3.8% to $90.73 on Monday, down 21.3% year-to-date.

According to official news, WonderFi announced on Monday that the Canadian investment regulatory organization has approved Robinhood's acquisition of the digital asset products and services company WonderFi. Robinhood has stated that this transaction will help deepen its ability to offer programmable financial products. Robinhood's accessible, low-cost, and secure platform will continue WonderFi's mission of making it easier for millions of Canadians to engage in crypto trading.WonderFi's technology and products, including Bitbuy and Coinsquare, are highly compatible with Robinhood Crypto, covering crypto trading, staking, and custody. The transaction was originally scheduled to be completed in the second half of last year, but both parties later extended the closing date to June 1 of this year to give Robinhood more time to deploy its proprietary technology in Canada and obtain regulatory approval. As reported by PYMNTS last year, this transaction closely follows Robinhood's acquisition of the crypto exchange Bitstamp in 2025 and is interconnected with that acquisition.

ChainCatcher news, according to businesswire, Canadian digital wealth and lending platform Mogo (NASDAQ:MOGO) announced that it has sold its investment in WonderFi Technologies Inc. for approximately $13.8 million, representing nearly 50% of its total holdings in the company.Mogo plans to use the proceeds from this sale for investments aligned with its long-term capital strategy. The company has increased its investment in Bitcoin to approximately $2 million, further solidifying its belief in Bitcoin as a strategic reserve asset and making it a core pillar of its financial strategy.

ChainCatcher news, according to dynamic data from RootData X, in the past 24 hours:The compliant crypto ecosystem WonderFi has caught the attention of Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz.The institutional-grade financial protocol [Ondo Finance](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/Projects/detail/Ondo Finance?k=MzEyOQ== "Decentralized institutional-grade financial protocol") has attracted the interest of Matter Labs co-founder and CEO Alex Gluchowski.The Web3 learn-to-earn community Intract has been noted by Seraphim Czecker, former growth lead at Ethena.The blockchain data center [Primo Data](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/Projects/detail/Primo Data?k=MTI1NjA= "Blockchain data center") has garnered attention from Visa's crypto project lead Cuy Sheffield, Dragonfly general partner Rob Hadick, Polygon vice president Sanket Shah, and others.The HyperEVM-based [Project X](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/Projects/detail/Project X?k=MTc4NDg= "Decentralized exchange") has attracted interest from Rainbow co-founder Mike Demarais, former Terraform Labs business development lead Daniel Hwang, Chorus One venture lead Yannimoto, and former co-founders of Liquality, among others.

ChainCatcher news, Robinhood Markets announced that it will acquire the Canadian digital asset platform WonderFi for a total cash price of approximately CAD 250 million at CAD 0.36 per share, representing a premium of about 41% over the closing price before the announcement. After the transaction is completed, WonderFi will continue to operate independently, and its team will be integrated into Robinhood Crypto, focusing on serving the Canadian market.

ChainCatcher message, crypto KOL, Wonderland founder Daniele posted: "It's really speechless to see you treat the Zerebro developer (by the way, he’s not dead) as some kind of martyr to evade responsibility. This is the crypto world. I've been hacked countless times and I'm still here. Haters are part of the game. Less complaining, more doing."

ChainCatcher news, according to CBC, Dean Skurka, the CEO of Canadian crypto company WonderFi, was kidnapped and released after paying a ransom of $1 million.The incident occurred in downtown Toronto, where Skurka was forcibly taken into a vehicle and held captive, and was released only after the ransom was paid electronically. Skurka stated that he is currently safe and that the funds and data of the company's clients were not affected.The police have launched an investigation but have not disclosed further details. In recent years, executives in the crypto industry have frequently become targets of crime; in July of this year, a Bitcoin holder was kidnapped and subsequently killed, losing three Bitcoins. WonderFi claimed last year to own nearly half of Canada's regulated cryptocurrency exchanges.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Dean Skurka, President and CEO of digital financial services company WonderFi, believes that the interest rate cuts in Canada and the United States, along with the upcoming 2024 U.S. presidential election, will continue to drive Bitcoin prices higher in the next 6-24 months.In an interview with Cointelegraph, Skurka explained that the recent decision by the Bank of Canada to lower interest rates by 50 basis points, along with the Federal Reserve's ongoing rate cut plan starting in September 2024, will encourage retail and institutional investors to enter the market or increase their existing positions.Skurka also emphasized that the upcoming 2024 U.S. presidential election is a major catalyst for Bitcoin prices, as the cryptocurrency industry believes that a Trump presidency would be beneficial for cryptocurrencies, while a Harris victory could cause a price shock in the short term.

ChainCatcher news, FP Lee, the founder of the Solana ecosystem LST liquidity aggregation protocol Sanctum, stated on social media that half of the airdrop (5%) will be distributed according to the Wonderland XP ratio. The other half (5%) will be distributed based on Earnestness.Sanctum Profiles assigns an earnestness level to user profiles that are connected to social accounts. For most of these profiles, this level will be zero, and only those with actual contributions will have an earnestness level. The higher a user's earnestness level, the larger their share in the 5% distribution. Additionally, anyone with a non-zero earnestness level will receive a small multiplier bonus on all Wonderland XP.ChainCatcher previously reported that FP Lee, the developer of Solana's liquid staking protocol Sanctum, announced the CLOUD token economics, with a total supply of 1 billion tokens, and 10% of the token supply allocated for the initial airdrop.

ChainCatcher news, Consensus is the largest and most influential cryptocurrency, blockchain, and Web3 event in the world, bringing together visionaries from various fields. This year's Consensus 2024 will be held from May 29 to 31 in Austin, Texas, USA, and is expected to attract over 15,000 attendees from more than 100 countries/regions, 6,800 companies, 850 investment institutions, and 750 media representatives.As a leading global digital asset trading platform, Hotcoin will appear as a sponsor at Consensus 2024. To showcase its latest product technologies, actively expand its global market, and seek more talent and partners, Hotcoin has set up booth #953 at the event. At the booth, Hotcoin has also prepared password-protected red envelopes and peripheral gifts to share. Hotcoin looks forward to meeting you at this event to share industry insights and discuss future development opportunities.

ChainCatcher news, the Solana ecosystem LST protocol Sanctum officially announces the launch of the loyalty program Sanctum Wonderland. According to the introduction, Sanctum Wonderland aims to fully utilize SOL for earning rewards through a gamified experience. Users can stake SOL to collect pets and earn experience points to level up, earning EXP through their pets.

ChainCatcher news, WonderFi's Canadian crypto exchange Bitbuy has acquired the crypto trading platform Bitvo.com and all its customers, adding over 17,000 user accounts, which generated over $235 million in trading volume over the past year.Currently, WonderFi has integrated 5 exchanges out of 11 registered crypto trading platforms in Canada: Bitbuy, Coinberry, Coinsquare, CoinSmart, and Bitvo.

ChainCatcher news, Canadian cryptocurrency exchanges WonderFi (WNDR), Coinsquare, and CoinSmart announced their merger into a single company. The three exchanges collectively have 1.65 million users and hold over $60 billion in assets.It is reported that WNDR's stock price surged after the announcement, currently up 43.75% in early trading, reaching CAD 0.23. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to BNN Bloomberg, Coinsquare and WonderFi are in merger talks. If successful, the new company will have approximately 1.15 million users, becoming the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Canada.BNN Bloomberg states that an announcement may be made in the coming days, but it is uncertain whether the deal will be completed. The specific terms and potential valuation are unclear, but one possibility is that Coinsquare shareholders will hold a majority stake in the combined business. (Source link)