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French Eutelsat in talks on a merger with UK space startup OneWeb to take on SpaceX’s Starlink, Amazon Project Kuiper

Nickie Louise Posted On July 25, 2022

UK-based UK space startup OneWeb and rival French satellite company Eutelsat are in talks over a possible merger to create one joint communications entity. The combined company would create multi-orbit satellites that will potentially expand OneWeb’s constellation big enough to challenge the likes […]

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Brazilian unicorn startup Neon raises $80M in a quest to become the biggest bank for Brazil’s working class

Daniel Levi Posted On July 25, 2022

A recent survey by the Locomotiva Institute found that 34 million Brazilians do not have access to banking services. Of this number, 6.3 million Brazilians do not have a bank account, while the remaining 17.7 million are underbanked. That was not all, […]

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Swedish sustainable battery startup Northvolt teams up with Stora Enso to develop wood-based batteries for EVs from the Nordic forest

Daniel Levi Posted On July 22, 2022

In late 2019, we wrote Northvolt after the maker of electric vehicle batteries received a €5.8 million investment from EIT InnoEnergy to support Northvolt’s target of using 50% recycled materials in all its new battery cells by 2030. The funding also went […]

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Crypto startup Blockchain.com lays off 25% of its workforce as Three Arrows Capital contagion spreads across the crypto industry

Nickie Louise Posted On July 22, 2022

Blockchain.com is the latest casualty of exposure to the now bankrupt crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital. The Google Ventures-backed crypto startup announced it is laying off 25% of its workforce, citing the economic downturn and harsh market conditions. The layoff […]

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Sustainable food tech startup Meati gobbles up $150M to provide plant-based meat made from mushroom roots

Nickie Louise Posted On July 21, 2022

The growing concerns about climate change and carbon emissions have given rise to new categories of sustainable foods. It has also caused consumers to shift to climate-friendly, plant-based meats instead of the traditional ones made from animals. With the world’s population […]

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The Great Attrition: Why 40% of global workers are considering quitting their jobs and where they’re going

Daniel Levi Posted On July 21, 2022

Forget about the Great Resignation. There’s a more worrisome trend brewing among global workers as a vicious cycle of low wages, job dissatisfaction, flexibility, and work-life balance is leading millions to quit their jobs in droves. In the summer of […]

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Bitcoin thought leader Dan Held joins Trust Machines to unlock Bitcoin’s trillion-dollar economy

Nickie Louise Posted On July 21, 2022

Bitcoin-focused startup Trust Machines welcomes thought leader Dan Held among its ranks to enhance the development of applications for the Bitcoin ecosystem. Held is a renowned and respected name in the industry, primarily due to his ongoing educational support for […]

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It’s time to get Klever with this all-in-one crypto platform

Daniel Levi Posted On July 21, 2022

There’s no denying the fact that the crypto market has been on the receiving end of a lot of financial devastation recently, as is highlighted by the fact that the total capitalization of this space has dropped from $3 trillion […]

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Amazon to acquire primary health care provider One Medical for about $3.9 billion in cash

Nickie Louise Posted On July 21, 2022

Two years ago, retail giant Amazon entered the pharmacy business with the launch of Amazon Pharmacy to enable customers to order prescriptions online. Now, the retail giant is making inroads into the $3 trillion healthcare industry. Today, Amazon said it will […]

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Baidu unveils Apollo RT6, a new electric robotaxi that can drive without a steering wheel

Daniel Levi Posted On July 21, 2022

About four years ago, we wrote about Baidu after the China search giant teamed up with U.S. automaker Ford to collaborate on a two-year joint autonomous vehicle test project to develop and test self-driving vehicles on designated roads in Beijing, and possibly […]

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Cake DeFi partners with Razer Silver to provide gamers access to crypto assets

Nickie Louise Posted On July 21, 2022

The billion-dollar crypto fintech startup Cake DeFi has teamed up with Razer Silver to provide gamers access to crypto assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and DeFiChain, the company announced today. Razer Silver is a loyalty rewards program for gamers, backed […]

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Human protocol unveils a new decentralized routing protocol to coordinate distributed job markets

Nickie Louise Posted On July 20, 2022

The HUMAN Protocol team has been busy over the past few months. The decentralized infrastructure project made a splash late last year when it launched its HUMAN App with over 200,000 users. Then in May, HUMAN Protocol awarded a grant to VeritaTrust to […]

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Bitcoin is back from the dead, surges past $24,000 as analysts make price prediction of $1 million by 2030

Daniel Levi Posted On July 20, 2022

Bitcoin topped $24,000 on Wednesday for the first time since June as crypto investors shrugged off the looming recession and inflation after news of a softer than expected rate hike from the Federal Reserve. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency surged past […]

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Web3 tech startup Socialstack launches a $350K grant fund to bring organizations and creators into Web3 through social tokens to advance social and environmental action

Nickie Louise Posted On July 20, 2022

Over the years, social tokens have emerged as a community engagement tool to advance common global causes. Now, one web3 tech startup is supporting purpose-driven organizations & creators with the first social token grant fund to fuel the next generation […]

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Fintech startup Bluejay Finance raises $2.9M to build a decentralized multi-currency stablecoin protocol for the Asian market

Nickie Louise Posted On July 20, 2022

While Southeast Asia’s economy has come a long way over the last decade, more than six out of ten Southeast Asians still remain underbanked or unbanked today. In addition, more than 1 billion people within the region still have no access […]

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Decentralized platform EarthFund and Dr. Lucy Tweed team up to launch DAO dedicated to fighting climate change

Daniel Levi Posted On July 20, 2022

Back in June, we wrote about EarthFund after the decentralized platform launched a “DAO-as-a-Service” system to allow anyone to set up funding DAOs for causes they care about and simplify funding for world-changing causes. With EarthFund DAO, anyone can join communities dedicated to […]

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Cybercriminals defrauded investors of more than $42 million using fake cryptocurrency apps, The FBI says

Nickie Louise Posted On July 20, 2022

Cybercriminals have defrauded US investors of millions of dollars using fraudulent cryptocurrency investment apps, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said in a statement. On Monday, the FBI warned financial institutions and investors about fraudulent cryptocurrency applications that have scammed 244 victims […]

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Google, Chevron back a $250 million investment in nuclear fusion startup TAE Technologies to generate unlimited carbon-free energy

Daniel Levi Posted On July 19, 2022

Google and Chevron have joined a $250 million funding TAE Technologies, a nuclear fusion startup developing commercial fusion power to generate unlimited carbon-free energy, the company announced today. The latest round brings the total raised by TAE Technologies to $1.2 billion, making the […]

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Founding member of Elon Musk brain implant startup Neuralink resigns as executive exodus continues

Daniel Levi Posted On July 19, 2022

Just last week, longtime Tesla Autopilot Executive Andrej Karpathy announced on Twitter he was leaving the company. The announcement came just two weeks after Tesla laid off hundreds of autopilot employees and closed its San Mateo, California office. Today, a founding member […]

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Coinbase-backed Portal announces equity offering on Republic

Daniel Levi Posted On July 19, 2022

Portal, a Coinbase-backed crypto startup and cross-chain Layer-2 DEX network being built on Bitcoin, today announced its Reg D equity offering through Republic, a multi-asset investment platform that allows anyone to invest for as little as $10 in vetted, startups and […]

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