June 8, 2026
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Nickie Louise

Nickie is a writer, editor, and co-founder of TechStartups.com based in the Washington Metropolitan Area. She covers early-stage startups, AI, emerging technologies, cryptocurrencies, gaming, and gadgets. When she’s not writing about innovation, Nickie enjoys crafts, spending time with her family and children, hiking, and exploring God’s majestic creation.


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Bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital says FTX’s offer to acquire the company was a “low-ball bid dressed up as a white knight rescue”
Nickie Louise Posted On July 26, 2022


Last month, crypto exchange FTX bought the now defunct crypto lender BlockFi for $25 million, a 99% discount from its $4.8 billion valuation in July 2021. The acquisition took place a few weeks after BlockFi found itself in deep financial trouble following reports […]


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DeFi.org selects winning participants joining its Orbs-Polygon DeFi accelerator program
Nickie Louise Posted On July 26, 2022


Led by layer-2 scaling solution Polygon and layer-3 infrastructure provider Orbs, DeFi.org launched a special DeFi accelerator program in May 2022. After almost two months, the DeFi.org mentors have revealed the names of the winning projects chosen to spearhead the […]


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Fintech company Neat launches new app to put all-in-one financial management in the hands of small business owners
Nickie Louise Posted On July 25, 2022


Gone are the days of small business owners staying in the same physical office, thanks to mobile apps. Today, most small business owners are always on the go. They work in multiple locations, including on the road, throughout the day. […]


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Zipmex under investigation by Thailand SEC after the crypto exchange suspended withdrawals for investors
Nickie Louise Posted On July 25, 2022


Last week, Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex temporarily suspended withdrawals for thousands of its customers. The startup immediately resume withdrawals resumed on the same evening in Thailand and later on in other countries, except for transfers from one investment product. But […]


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Seedstars lands $20M for its second seed-stage fund to invest in 100 tech startups in emerging markets
Nickie Louise Posted On July 25, 2022


In 2013, three Swiss tech entrepreneurs decided to launch an international organization called Seedstars, a seed stage venture capital fund dedicated to global emerging and frontier markets. Fast forward about a decade later, Seedstars has invested in 90 emerging market venture […]


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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Fintech startup FairPlay lands $10M in Series A funding to reduce bias in lending to people of color
Nickie Louise Posted On July 19, 2022


In 2020, Black mortgage applicants were approved at a rate of less than 80% of White applicants. These approval decisions were made by algorithms. Unfortunately, this is not new. It has been going on for decades. Another report by an online real estate […]


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Meta Hollywood selected SOMA.finance to manage fan-first token offerings
Nickie Louise Posted On July 19, 2022


Meta Hollywood, the largest virtual community for movie lovers, studios, and creators, launched by Animoca Brands in partnership with the Planet Hollywood Group (“Planet Hollywood”),  today announced it has selected SOMA.finance as the issuing partner for its upcoming ecosystem of digital […]


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Crypto.com scores approval from Italy finance regulators, the Organismo Agenti e Mediatori (OAM)
Nickie Louise Posted On July 19, 2022


The ongoing turmoil in the crypto market has done little to stop the world’s fastest-growing cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com from making inroads into new markets. Today, Crypto.com announced today that it has received registration and regulatory approval from the Organismo Agenti e Mediatori […]


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Health talent startup Humanity Health lands $6 million to address barriers facing underrepresented leaders in healthcare and life sciences
Nickie Louise Posted On July 18, 2022


People of color represent less than 15% of executives in the largest US-based healthcare companies even though they represent 40% of the population. Now one startup is on a mission to change this trend by addressing the stubborn barriers to […]


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Snapchat finally rolls out web version of its popular photo messaging app more than a decade after launch
Nickie Louise Posted On July 18, 2022


Snapchat is finally coming to the web after more than ten years since the company debuted the mobile app. Snap, the parent of the popular photo and messaging app, said Monday that it’s rolling out “Snapchat for Web” to allow users to […]


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