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North Korean ‘Lazarus’ group behind the $615 million cryptocurrency theft, U.S. officials say
Nickie Louise Posted On April 15, 2022


Late last month, we wrote about the largest crypto heist after hackers stole $615 million worth of cryptocurrency from the maker of the popular online game Axie Infinity Ronin Network. The blockchain startup reported that hackers exploited its network and made […]


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SpendWithUkraine.com is a new website to support Ukrainian-made products and services in wartime
Nickie Louise Posted On April 14, 2022


The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine is now in its seventh week no one knows when the war will end. For now, individuals and companies around the world have offered assistance and support to the people of Ukraine as […]


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Blackrock, Fidelity invest $400 million in crypto tech startup and the issuer of USDC stablecoin Circle
Nickie Louise Posted On April 14, 2022


Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, is jumping on the crypto bandwagon with an investment in a crypto tech startup and the backer of USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin Circle. In an announcement this week, Circle said it has entered into an agreement for a […]


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Blockchain gaming startup Splinterlands to decentralize validator nodes with new license offering
Nickie Louise Posted On April 14, 2022


It’s been about two months since we last covered Splinterlands. But that doesn’t mean the team at the popular NFT-based play-to-earn card gaming tech startup has been sitting idle. Back then, Splinterlands sold out its unique NFT collection starring rapper Wacka […]


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HR tech startup Compt raises $13M in Series A funding to simplify employee perks and rewards
Daniel Levi Posted On April 14, 2022


In the summer of 2021, a record 4.3 million Americans voluntarily quit their jobs in what some are calling the beginning of the “Great Resignation.” The number is a reminder of the problem faced by employers as they compete to attract top candidates who […]


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Aleph.im integrates with Tezos to provide a resilient web 3-based storage solution for NFTs
Nickie Louise Posted On April 14, 2022


Non-fungible token (NFT) has taken the world by storm since it was first introduced in 2014. Since then, interest in NFTs has reached new heights as investors poured billions of dollars into the space looking to play the NFT gold rush. In […]


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French AI tech startup Mindsay acquired by Chinese intelligent automation firm Laiye
Daniel Levi Posted On April 14, 2022


Laiye, a robotic process automation (RPA) and artificial intelligence (AI) provider, has acquired French AI tech startup Mindsay to lead the market shift to intelligent automation. The total amount of the deal was not disclosed. This announcement comes on the heels of Laiye’s […]


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Elon Musk offers to buy 100% of Twitter for $41.39 billion in cash
Nickie Louise Posted On April 14, 2022


Tesla CEO Elon Musk has offered to buy 100 percent of Twitter for $54.20 per share ($41.39 billion) in cash, according to the updated 13D filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The announcement came just a few days after […]


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An NFT of Jack Dorsey’s first-ever tweet, which sold for $2.9M last year, was auctioned again for only $280
Nickie Louise Posted On April 13, 2022


As you may recall, a little over a year ago we wrote about Jack Dorsey’s first-ever tweet after he listed it on an auction as a non-fungible token (NFT). The NFT was bought by Iranian-born crypto entrepreneur Sina Estavi for […]


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Lawyers outraged over the use of AI in court to assist judges in making decisions about legal cases
Daniel Levi Posted On April 13, 2022


Since its inception, artificial intelligence (AI) has disrupted many industries including agriculture, technology, health, automation, fintech, among others. However, the use of AI continues to be resisted in one field–the legal profession. Over the years, there are a lot of […]


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Anchor Protocol, Acala join forces to unite Terra and Polkadot DeFi ecosystems and grow decentralized stablecoin market
Nickie Louise Posted On April 13, 2022


The decentralized finance (DeFi) space has so much going on and it’s difficult to keep up with it all.  Since its inception in August 2018, the DeFi market has continued to evolve and mature quite immensely over the last couple of years. […]


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Future of work tech startup Mesh.ai raises $11M to disrupt the traditional performance management reporting and cycles in companies
Nickie Louise Posted On April 13, 2022


If there is one lesson we all learned from this pandemic, it is that remote work is critical to the success of every company. The pandemic has now accelerated the future of remote work. However, remote work is not without […]


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Microsoft bought this tech startup for $200 million only to shut it down four years later
Daniel Levi Posted On April 13, 2022


When you’re a trillion-dollar company, a million dollars is like a drop in a bucket. In 2015, Microsoft bought the to-do-app Wunderlist for a reported price of $100 million to $200 million. Wunderlist was founded by German entrepreneur Christian Reber. Wunderlist’s API runs […]


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Blast Royale secures $5 million in Seed round for its play-and-earn blockchain gaming platform 
Nickie Louise Posted On April 13, 2022


The popularity of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has led to the sudden explosion of blockchain games as more and more players look to cash in from play-to-earn games. According to some estimates, the number of ‘active’ blockchain games doubled in the past […]


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Google to invest $9.5 billion in U.S. offices, data centers this year
Nickie Louise Posted On April 13, 2022


Last year, Alphabet’s Google invested $7 billion across its U.S. offices and data centers. However, demand for cloud services has increased as economies around the world reopen after the great pandemic causing Google to increase its investments and spending on infrastructure […]


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Dutch fintech startup Payaut lands $8.7M Seed round from Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI-focused Fund, to expand across Europe
Nickie Louise Posted On April 13, 2022


Payaut, an Amsterdam-based fintech startup that provides an automated payment solution for online platforms and marketplaces, has raised an $8.7 million (€8 million) seed round led by Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI-focused venture fund, with participation from existing investors LocalGlobal and Entrée Capital. […]


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SoftBank bets on Web 3, leads a $70 million investment in a decentralized blockchain tech startup bloXroute
Nickie Louise Posted On April 12, 2022


When software developer Uri Klarman moved from Israel to the United States to pursue his Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2014, the last thing on his mind was to be an entrepreneur. Together with Aleksandar Kuzmanovic, a professor of computer science, the […]


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US Inflation hits a 40-year high, rises to 8.5% in March as the US continues on the path of 1921 Weimar Germany
Daniel Levi Posted On April 12, 2022


Earlier today, Microstrategy founder and CEO Michael Saylor said, “Inflation is worse than you think, and Bitcoin is better than you know.” Not sure if Bitcoin is the solution to the current inflationary problem but Saylor is on to something. This […]


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Fintech startup Plaid taps Booking.com exec to lead its European expansion
Nickie Louise Posted On April 12, 2022


It was just a year ago we covered Plaid after the U.S.-based fintech startup raised $425 million in Series D round at a $13 billion valuation in its first funding after a scrapped $5.3 billion merger with Visa. In January […]


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General Motors and Citi Venture join $65M investment in Israeli cybersecurity startup Silverfort to detect and stop identity-based attacks across organization
Daniel Levi Posted On April 12, 2022


The increase in remote work accelerated by the pandemic and the shift to hybrid and multi-cloud environments is driving the need for secure authentication and access of corporate users beyond their organization’s perimeter. More than ever in the history of […]


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