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Cairo’s fintech startup Blnk bags $32 million to enable instant consumer credit for the underserved in Egypt

Nickie Louise Posted On November 10, 2022

As tech startups in the United States and Europe struggle to raise new funding, fintech startups in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region continue to thrive as they empower and democratize finance for customers and underserved SMEs. In a […]

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Elon Musk bans remote work in his first email to Twitter employees. The “road ahead is arduous”

Nickie Louise Posted On November 10, 2022

It’s now two weeks since Elon Musk takes ownership of Twitter and some of the company’s policies have changed. Before Musk takes the helm of the social giant, Twitter had a permanent work-from-anywhere policy for its employees. That policy has now changed. […]

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FTX, a crypto exchange once valued at over $32 billion, is now worth only $1, Bloomberg

Nickie Louise Posted On November 9, 2022

Today is probably the craziest day we’ve ever seen in crypto markets. We’re watching the entire crypto industry unravel before our eyes as we witnessed the rise and fall of the once high-flying crypto exchange FTX. Once dubbed as the […]

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FTX founder and CEO Sam Bankan-Fried is under SEC investigation relating to the liquidity crisis and handling of customer funds

Nickie Louise Posted On November 9, 2022

As the Binance-FTX deal unfolds, it appears situations are getting worse by the minutes for the once high-flying crypto exchange startup. About an hour ago, Binance is reportedly leaning toward backing out of the entire FTX takeover deal after learning how about […]

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Binance is strongly considering backing out of FTX deal after learning that FTX’s financials are worse than let on

Nickie Louise Posted On November 9, 2022

Less than 24 hours after Binance reached a non-binding agreement to buy crypto exchange FTX, the world’s largest crypto exchange appears to have a change of mind. Binance is reportedly unlikely to move forward with deal acquisition after it learned that FTX’s […]

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Goldman Sachs-backed blockchain startup TRM Labs lands $70M Series B to monitor and detect crypto fraud and financial crimes

Nickie Louise Posted On November 9, 2022

Blockchain and crypto hack is on the rise. In the past decade, hackers and scammers stole over $12 billion in crypto assets in the past decade. But the rate has accelerated this year as cybercriminals stole $1.4 billion in crypto […]

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Bitcoin plunges to $16,000 for the first time since November 2020 as fears of FTX contagion spread

Nickie Louise Posted On November 9, 2022

Yesterday, Binance announced it was acquiring the distressed crypto exchange FTX after a significant liquidity crunch. The news quickly sent shockwaves across the entire crypto sector causing major cryptocurrencies to lose about 10 percent of their values. The FTX-Binance deal contagion also spread to […]

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Bybit puts crypto transparency in the spotlight as news of FTX liquidity crunch raises concerns about the crypto industry

Nickie Louise Posted On November 9, 2022

Yesterday, Binance announced it was acquiring the crypto exchange FTX, saving distressed crypto exchange from bankruptcy after a significant liquidity crunch. The news quickly ripples the entire crypto sector causing the world’s most popular cryptocurrency bitcoin to plunge by more than […]

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UK electric vehicle startup Arrival says net loss grows to $310.3 million; lacks funding to keep business running through 2023

Nickie Louise Posted On November 8, 2022

2022 has been a very difficult year for the entire electric vehicle industry and UK electric vehicle startup Arrival is no exception. In May 2021, Arrival became UK’s biggest tech IPO after the startup went public at a valuation of $13 […]

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Binance to acquire FTX, saving distressed crypto exchange from bankruptcy after ‘significant liquidity crunch’

Nickie Louise Posted On November 8, 2022

This one didn’t take that long. Yesterday, we predicted that FTX might be on its way to bankruptcy after investors withdrew millions from the crypto exchange following the FTT token fiasco. Fast forward a day later, Binance announced it is acquiring the distressed […]

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Crypto Newswire Service Chainwire Recognized and Awarded Nine Excellency Badges by G2

Nickie Louise Posted On November 8, 2022

Tel-Aviv, Israel (Nov. 08, 2022) – Chainwire, a crypto press release distribution service, has been awarded nine badges by software marketplace G2. The badges were assigned in G2’s Fall 2022 report based on the responses from real users featured in […]

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Biotic lands €2M Seed funding to transition from fossil-fuel-plastics to fully-biodegradable plastic materials

Nickie Louise Posted On November 8, 2022

Plastic pollution is a worldwide crisis that affects every being on earth including humans and animals. Every year, more than 400 million tons of plastic products with large portions are thrown into the oceans, which end up endangering marine life […]

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MarketAcross to join Benzinga’s Future Of Crypto Summit as a Global Media Partner

Nickie Louise Posted On November 8, 2022

MarketAcross, the premier blockchain PR and marketing firm, is the official global media partner for the Future of Crypto conference, organized by Benzinga. The event is a new Benzinga initiative that wants to focus on the broader cryptocurrency industry, including […]

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NTT DOCOMO partners with Japan’s largest blockchain company Astar Network to accelerate Web3 adoption

Nickie Louise Posted On November 8, 2022

NTT Docomo, Japan’s largest mobile operator with $40B annual revenue, and Astar Network have joined forces to explore and accelerate the adoption and social implementation of Web3. As part of the partnership, NTT Docomo will be investing $5 billion in Web3 […]

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Israeli gaming startup Xternity launches with $4.5 million in funding to boost the adoption of Web3 games

Nickie Louise Posted On November 7, 2022

The digital gaming industry has undergone radical changes in the last decade. However, the arrival of Web3 has further accelerated this change as traditional Web2 games embrace Web3 tech technology which enables players to control and completely their own game assets […]

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Lidar makers Ouster and Velodyne agree to merge as the lidar industry consolidates

Nickie Louise Posted On November 7, 2022

Ouster is one of the early promising startups we’ve been following since 2017. In December 2017, the robocar LiDAR startup made our list of the top 5 promising early-stage startups to watch. Then in December 2020, Ouster agreed to go public through […]

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Binance offers $1 million in token rewards to football fans around the world

Nickie Louise Posted On November 7, 2022

With football fever sweeping across the globe, the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance is launching a new online challenge where football fans could win a share of an incredible rewards pot – including more than $1,000,000 in tokens, limited-edition NFTs, […]

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Australia’s biggest health insurer Medibank hacked; hackers stole data of 9.7 million customers

Nickie Louise Posted On November 7, 2022

Australia’s biggest health insurer Medibank becomes the latest victim of a cyberattack in a series of data breaches that plagued the country in the last two months. Medibank announced Monday that the health data of around 9.7 million current and former customers’ […]

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Elrond rebrands as MultiversX as it shifts focus to the metaverse

Nickie Louise Posted On November 4, 2022

Blockchain technology developer Elrond has rebranded to MultiversX to focus on the metaverse. The company announced today it will shift to focus on the metaverse with the introduction of three new products aimed to help metaverse creators and users. According to its website, MultiversX is […]

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Elon Musk says activist groups are ‘trying to destroy free speech in America’ after Twitter saw a ‘massive drop in revenue’

Nickie Louise Posted On November 4, 2022

On April 25, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced he was buying Twitter for $44 billion as part of his effort to defend free speech. Musk, who calls himself a free-speech absolutist, said his interest in Twitter grew from his desire to protect free […]

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