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Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of crypto exchange startup FTX, says bitcoin has no future as a payments network

Nickie Louise Posted On May 16, 2022

Sam Bankman-Fried, the Founder and CEO of cryptocurrency exchange startup FTX, said on Monday that bitcoin has no future as a payments network as the volatility of the digital currency continues unabated. In an interview with the Financial Times, Bankman-Fried criticized the world’s most […]

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These tech companies are worth billions of dollars but have yet to turn a profit: From Airbnb to Revolut

Nickie Louise Posted On May 16, 2022

Tech companies have raised millions of dollars in funding and are worth billions in market capitalization. But when you take a deep look at their operations, they all have one thing in common: zero profit. Unknown to many, these famous tech […]

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TerraUSD backer, Luna Foundation Guard, says it will compensate some users of UST stablecoin

Nickie Louise Posted On May 16, 2022

Last week was probably the worst week for Teraa LUNA as the cryptocurrency crashed to $0. Its stablecoin TerraUSD (UST) also fell from the $1 peg as the founder Do Kwon feared for his life and went into hiding. The […]

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UK-based Tech recruitment platform Hackajob launches in the U.S as demand for tech talent soars

Nickie Louise Posted On May 16, 2022

The ongoing pandemic has made it difficult for employers to fill open positions as a record 4.3 million Americans voluntarily quit their jobs to maintain a work-life balance. The number of job openings hit a record-high of 11.55 million in March, according […]

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Poland’s InsurTech startup Quantee raises a $700k Seed round to disrupt the insurance pricing domain

Nickie Louise Posted On May 14, 2022

Quantee is a SaaS platform that leverages the power of AI and startup agility to P&C/Health insurance pricing. Its aim is to enable all insurance carriers to build fully personalized products with their AI-based dynamic insurance pricing engine. This week, Quantee […]

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LUNA cryptocurrency crashes to $0 as UST stablecoin falls further from the $1 peg; founder Do Kwon is now in hiding

Nickie Louise Posted On May 13, 2022

There’s no way to sugarcoat this–the cryptocurrency market is facing its worst crisis in 2022. The carnage started on Wednesday after Bitcoin fell below the $29,000 mark. The following day, Terra Luna, the cryptocurrency associated with TerraUSD (UST), suddenly collapsed overnight losing 99% of its value […]

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Samsung set to increase semiconductor prices by 20% to cover rising materials and logistics costs

Nickie Louise Posted On May 13, 2022

In 2020, the world was at a standstill as the pandemic caused factories around the world to halt production, reduce inventory, and some even close down making the supplies needed for chip manufacturing unavailable for months. Fast forward two years later, global […]

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Elon Musk says Twitter’s deal is “temporarily on hold” pending details on fake accounts

Nickie Louise Posted On May 13, 2022

Shares of Twitter tumbled in pre-market trading after Elon Musk announced early this morning that Twitter’s deal is on “temporary hold.” Musk’s announcement came just a few days after short-seller Hindenburg Research warned that Twitter is overpriced and that there is […]

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Apple is no longer the world’s most valuable company – Spoiler Alert: Think Saudi Arabia

Nickie Louise Posted On May 12, 2022

On August 2, 2018, Apple became the first company in human history to reach a $1 trillion market valuation. Shares of Apple jumped Thursday to hit the magic number of $207.05, making it the first company in the world to reach […]

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FlexJobs acquires talent-matching platform Localwise to expand its focus on local job searching and hiring

Nickie Louise Posted On May 12, 2022

The remote job market has continued to boom in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The search for remote jobs has led to exponential growth for FlexJobs, the leading job site for professionals seeking remote and flexible work. Since its […]

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JP Morgan leads a $300 million financing in Irish fintech startup Wayflyer to provide loans to e-commerce merchants

Nickie Louise Posted On May 12, 2022

Wayflyer, an Irish fintech startup that provides funding for online e-commerce businesses, announced Thursday it has secured and begun deploying $300 million in debt financing from Wall Street giant J.P. Morgan. With this cash infusion, Wayflyer said it expects to advance […]

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Bitcoin briefly falls below $24,000 as Terra’s LUNA crash causes ripples in the crypto market

Nickie Louise Posted On May 12, 2022

The price of Bitcoin continues and there is no sign of when the carnage will stop. This morning, the price of Bitcoin briefly fell to under $24,000 on Bitstamp, according to data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView. In a post […]

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Terra Luna stablecoin collapses 99% overnight as crypto investors lost their life savings

Nickie Louise Posted On May 11, 2022

It’s a bloodbath Wednesday for cryptocurrency and stablecoins. Earlier today, we wrote about the carnage in the crypto market after Bitcoin fell to a little above $29,000. Since then, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency has fallen further to $28,555.90 as […]

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Concentric AI lands $14.5 million in Series A funding to autonomously secure business-critical data

Nickie Louise Posted On May 11, 2022

Data is the lifeblood of every business. Today’s organizations are awash in business-critical data that they can’t protect. With tech headlines filled with daily news of data breaches, threats against business-critical data are growing at an astronomical rate. The problem […]

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PLG (Product Led Growth) Is the Hottest Trend – Here’s Why

Nickie Louise Posted On May 11, 2022

With client acquisition costs soaring, a new go-to-market strategy referred to as product-led growth (PLG) has emerged. Typically, software sales and marketing methods have been somewhat rigid. The prospect goes through the initial meeting to see if they are a […]

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Berlin-based Bliq raises $13.5 million series A to help gig economy drivers earn more

Nickie Louise Posted On May 11, 2022

The ongoing pandemic has accelerated the growth of the gig economy as a record 4.3 million Americans voluntarily quit their jobs to maintain a work-life balance. The shift to the “gig economy” has also created opportunities for a new breed of startups focused […]

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London-based Guider raises $3 million to grow its mentoring platform and expand its global footprint

Nickie Louise Posted On May 11, 2022

Early this year, we wrote a piece about how the great resignation has led to over 20 million people quitting their jobs in the second half of 2021. The number was one of the highest “quit rates” ever recorded since the US […]

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Clearview AI, the controversial facial-recognition startup that scans people’s photos without permission, agrees to limits to settle lawsuit

Nickie Louise Posted On May 10, 2022

Clearview AI is a controversial facial-recognition AI app used by more than 600 law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and Department of Homeland Security to collect photos on social media sites for inclusion into a massive facial-recognition database. Today, Clearview […]

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61% of Americans would quit their current job for a fully remote opportunity, new survey shows

Nickie Louise Posted On May 10, 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.” It was one of the highest “quit rate” ever recorded since the government started keeping track two decades ago. So, […]

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Hyperdex launches mainnet to bring its DeFi investment platform to everyday users

Nickie Louise Posted On May 10, 2022

Decentralized finance (DeFi) has been gaining a lot of momentum since the idea was first born in August 2018. As an ecosystem of financial applications being built with blockchain technology, DeFi aims to democratize finance by replacing legacy and centralized banking and financial institutions with […]

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