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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
CoinStats, the all-in-one crypto research and portfolio tracker application, has announced the successful completion of its fundraising event. Led by Alex Pack’s Hack VC, this highly subscribed event witnessed participation from several prominent investors, including Mike Dudas’s 6th Man Ventures. […]
Thousands of Etsy sellers begin a weeklong strike on Monday to protest a 30% increase in transaction fees. At least 14,000 Etsy sellers participated in the strike that they say cut into their profits. As of this morning, the online strike […]
In just five years, TikTok, the Chinese viral video-sharing app that started out as a joke, has become the most popular app in the world. In December 2021, TikTok dethroned Google to become the most visited website in the world, ending Google’s […]
The non-fungible token (NFT) boom continues to gain traction with no sign of slowing down. However, one of the challenges to the mass adoption of the NFT is hidden transaction fees called “gas fees.” Unfortunately, most first-time NFT buyers and sellers […]
Alcoa, a global company known for the production of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum, and alumina, today announced it has received $7.7 million in funding from the Australian government to conduct pilot trials on a new carbon reduction technology that supports […]
Brazil’s Nubank, Latin America’s most valuable fintech, has raised $650 in funding to fuel its expansion in Mexico and Colombia, the Fintech startup announced on Monday. The funding will also go towards technology and product development, customer-base growth, and hiring. The funds […]
Speculation mounts this afternoon that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is planning a hostile takeover of Twitter after he filed amended paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicating that he will criticize the social giant and demand change. As we […]