Daily AI Roundup: The 5 Coolest Things On Earth Today

AI Daily Roundup starts today! We are covering the top updates from around the world. The updates will feature state-of-the-art capabilities in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotic Process Automation, Fintech, and human-system interactions. We will cover the role of AI Daily Roundup and its application in various industries and daily lives.

Mastercard and Island Pay Launch World’s First Central Bank Digital Currency-Linked Card

Bahamians received even greater flexibility in how they shop and pay using the country’s digital currency, the first of its kind. Under a new program from Mastercard and Island Pay, the Bahamas Sand Dollar prepaid card gives people the option to instantly convert the digital currency to traditional Bahamian dollars and pay for goods and services anywhere Mastercard is accepted on the Islands and around the world.

HiFi Launches Fixed-rate Cryptocurrency Lending and Borrowing Application

On the heels of its latest rebrand, HiFi (formerly Mainframe), launched its fixed-rate cryptocurrency lending protocol, which enables anyone to create fungible debt obligations on the ethereum blockchain. Fixed-rate lending options give investors the opportunity to better map out finances and trading strategies. Additionally, the HiFi protocol lowers collateral requirements for cryptocurrency lending and lifts the barriers preventing highly volatile assets as potential collateral pairs for crypto lending and borrowing applications. At the outset, HiFi offers USDC stablecoin borrowing with WBTC (wrapped Bitcoin) collateral, and the HiFi team plans to rapidly add products and services to expand lending markets and collateral pairs.

Atlassian Launches Cloud Enterprise to Meet Large Customer Needs

Atlassian Corporation Plc, a leading provider of team collaboration and productivity software and the maker of Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket and Trello products, has launched its most advanced cloud offering to date –  Atlassian Cloud Enterprise for Jira Software, Confluence, and Jira Service Management. Specifically designed to meet the needs of Atlassian’s largest customers now and in the future, Cloud Enterprise was created to provide improved scalability, security, and governance controls to help standardise Jira Software, Confluence, and Jira Service Management deployments on a purpose-built cloud platform.

Ternary Launches Cost Management Tool for Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Ternary, the first native FinOps Cloud Cost Management (CCM) tool built for Google Cloud Platform (GCP), raises $1.6 Million in initial funding led by Greycroft, Oceans Ventures, Operator Partners, Great Oaks Venture Capital and Correlation Ventures with participation from key industry angels. Ternary creates tools at the intersection of Finance and Engineering with features based on FinOps principles. FinOps is the operating model for managing the variable spend of cloud: a combination of systems, best practices and culture that ensures companies get the most value out of every cloud dollar spent.

ClearBlade Releases Edge Bucket Feature Integration With Google Cloud

ClearBlade, a provider of industry-leading Asset Intelligence for IoT and Edge SaaS offerings, announced a technology partnership with Google Cloud for ClearBlade’s Edge Buckets into the Google Cloud Storage service. The ClearBlade Edge Bucket feature allows for critical edge files coming from connected devices and machine processes to rapidly be stored into cloud file storage and available for use by other enterprise business processes. The feature is available out of the box for users of ClearBlade and Google Cloud to move IoT and Edge generated videos, images, audio, and logs into their cloud file storage.