This week overview: Franklin Templeton is expanding its crypto footprint with the acquisition of 250 Digital, Venture capital hit an all-time high in Q1 2026, with $300 billion deployed, 80% of it into AI frontier labs, Google warned that quantum computers could break existing encryption by 2029.

Institutional capital is concentrating around infrastructure that directly runs financial systems and enterprise workflows.

In a recent conversation with Y Combinator, Max Hodak, co-founder of Neuralink and founder of Science, argues that brain–computer interfaces are crossing from research into real-world impact, driven by compounding advances in hardware, AI, and biology.

Key Deals of March 9 - March 13, 2026

Treating a round as success instead of a tool with a cost.

Key Deals of March 2 - March 6, 2026

Key deals of February 23 - February 27, 2026 Better x Framework: Stablecoins Enter the Mortgage Engine Better is plugging mortgage origination into DeFi liquidity. The lender secured up to $500M in financing from Framework Ventures through the Sky stablecoin ecosystem , a structure rooted in MakerDAO , positioning itself as a designated capital recipient within the system. Better will continue underwriting and originating conforming home loans, while capital generated insi

Key deals of February 16 - February 20, 2026

Why great operators leave when execution isn’t defined or protected

Control, Custody and Cash Flow: The New Crypto Cycle