AI Video Generation Company Synthesia Raises $200 Million in Funding, With Google Ventures as Lead Investor
On November 1st, as per the report in Forbes, the UK's AI video generation company Synthesia has successfully completed a new financing round amounting to $200 million, resulting in a valuation of $4 billion. This new round of financing will be spearheaded by Google Ventures, and Nvidia may take part. Prior to this, Synthesia had raised $280 million, with investments coming from Nvidia and Adobe.
Synthesia was established in 2017. In contrast to video generation tools like Sora, it focuses on assisting businesses in using AI-generated virtual avatars for video production, which is utilized in marketing, employee training, etc. Currently, 60,000 companies are leveraging Synthesia's platform to create their own AI avatar videos.
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Community Announcement: ChainOpera has recently completed a $40 million financing round, bringing its total funding to over $50 million.
On November 1st, according to crypto KOL CryptoFearless, the AI Layer1 project ChainOpera has recently completed a financing round with an amount exceeding 40 million US dollars. However, the form of this financing, its valuation, and the participating institutions have not been disclosed. ChainOpera's token, COAL, was launched on Binance Alpha on September 25th and its contract was established. The price of the token dropped to a low of 0.13 US dollars. It began to rise continuously from October 6th and reached a high of 20 US dollars. Currently, the price has dropped to around 1.5 US dollars.
It is reported that in December 2024, ChainOpera announced the completion of a $17 million seed round of financing, which was led by Finality Capital, Road Capital, and IDG Capital. With this recent financing round of over 40 million US dollars, ChainOpera has raised a total of more than 50 million US dollars.
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The US SOL Spot ETF recorded a net inflow of $199 million in its first week of trading.
On November 1st, as monitored by Farside Investors, yesterday the US SOL spot ETF had a net inflow of $44.5 million. Bitwise's BSOL saw a net inflow of $44.5 million, while Grayscale's GSOL saw a net inflow of 0.
Since listing four days ago, the total net inflow of Bitwise's BSOL is $197 million, the total net inflow of Grayscale's GSOL is $2.2 million, and the total net inflow of the US SOL spot ETF is $199 million.
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"π Coin Can Now Be Exchanged?" Listed as Rumor with High October Moments in WeChat Security Center
On November 1st, the WeChat Security Center released the October 2025 Moments Heat Rumor. "Can you exchange for π coins?" ranked sixth on the list. The WeChat Security Center stated that some internet users on social platforms posted short videos claiming "Now the bank branches have started approving π coins," which attracted attention. After verification, it was found to be false information. The video content actually showed a "π" type approval specialist window at a local service center, which has no relation to the rumored "π coin" and is a misinterpretation of the "π" type approval specialist window. The "π type approval specialist" refers to a highly composite approval professional with expertise in at least two fields and the ability to integrate multiple knowledge domains. "π coin" is a virtual currency based on blockchain technology, using a unique mining method and a centralized network architecture, and is the abbreviation of the Pi Network in English.
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The Dinghai Court in Zhoushan, China has concluded a case involving the use of cryptocurrency for committing the crime of assisting in fraudulent activities, with the amount involved exceeding 5 million RMB.
November 1st. Recently, the Dinghai Court in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, China has reached a conclusion in a case where cryptocurrency transactions were used to commit the crime of helping others in a trust scam. From October 2022 to August 2023, Huang, along with Yao, Guo, Yu, and nine other people, registered multiple "businesses" on an overseas cryptocurrency platform and made profits through stock dividends and arbitrage trading of Tether (USDT). They were aware that the upstream transactions might involve illegal activities but still received transfers from victims Gan and Wen and others through employee WeChat accounts. Then, they deposited USDT into designated accounts to assist in transferring funds related to online fraud and other crimes.
During this period, each "business" frequently had WeChat accounts restricted or frozen on suspicion of fraud. Surprisingly, the involved individuals managed to unblock the accounts by creating false transaction screenshots and courier tra
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Part of the BNB Chain and Base Ecosystem Tokens Surge, Binance Coin Market Cap Surpasses $2.2 Billion
On November 1st, based on HTX market information, certain tokens within the BNB Chain and Base ecosystems have begun to rise. These include:
The market capitalization of Binance Life exceeded $220 million, with a 24-hour increase of 23.4%;
The market capitalization of Hakimiyet exceeded $28 million, with a 24-hour increase of 30.2%;
The market capitalization of VIRTUAL exceeded $880 million, with a 24-hour increase of 34.5%;
The market capitalization of AIXBT exceeded $84 million, with a 24-hour increase of 24.5%;
The market capitalization of GIGGLE exceeded $100 million, with a 24-hour increase of 11.5%;
The market capitalization of Xiu Xian exceeded $9 million, with a 24-hour increase of 12.5%.
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