Daniel Levi

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Daniel is a writer and editor for Tech Startups. Daniel has been involved in technology and gaming for over two decades. He has previous experience in software development and loves writing about emerging technologies, cybersecurity, and cryptocurrency. Daniel also enjoys hiking and camping.

Bitcoin / Cryptocurrency / Ethereum / ICOs / Technology News

Founder of darknet search engine Grams pleads guilty to running a Bitcoin “mixer” money-laundering scheme and stealing $300 million worth of bitcoin

Daniel Levi Posted On August 19, 2021

Larry Dean Harmon, the founder of darknet search engine Grams and the operator of a money transmitting business and money laundering service called Helix, pleaded guilty in a money-laundering scheme in which he promised to move more than $300 million worth of bitcoin to […]

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Global crypto adoption up 881% from a year ago: Here are the top 20 countries where cryptocurrency use is most common

Daniel Levi Posted On August 19, 2021

In May, a study conducted by crypto exchange company Gemini found that 14% of American adults — roughly 21 million people — now own cryptocurrency. The sudden rise in crypto ownership coincided with Elon Musk’s appearance on Saturday Night Live (SNL) […]

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Artificial Intelligence / Emerging Technology / Featured / Software / Startup Funding / Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

Chinese AI facial recognition startup SenseTime is going public in a $2 billion IPO on Hong Kong stock exchange

Daniel Levi Posted On August 19, 2021

SenseTime, the AI facial recognition startup that is used by the Chinese government to surveil its citizens, is planning for an up to $2 billion initial public offerings (IPO) in Hong Kong stock exchange as soon as the end of […]

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Cybersecurity / Hacking / Security / Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

Hackers stole over $90 million worth of crypto coins from Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid

Daniel Levi Posted On August 19, 2021

No day goes by without headlines on cyberattacks. But we’re now beginning to see a different type of attack, this time the attack on cryptocurrency. This morning, Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid said in a Twitter post that it has been […]

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Technology News

Top Google Engineer turned whistleblower resigned from the company, reveals Google changed its algorithm to spread negative news about former U.S. President Trump

Daniel Levi Posted On August 18, 2021

“Don’t be evil” is a phrase used in Google’s corporate code of conduct since the company’s inception over two decades ago. Then in 2018, Google quietly removed the phrase from its code of conduct. During that year, some Google employees left […]

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Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

Inside Europe’s top 1,000 tech startups

Daniel Levi Posted On August 18, 2021

Two years ago, we looked at Europe’s top-funded startups. Since our last story, thousands of European tech startups have been created, raising a collective of nearly $9 billion in disclosed equity funding as of October 8, 2019. Europe is also […]

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T-Mobile Hacked: Wireless carrier confirmed hackers stole about 7.8 million customers’ personal data; not just customers

Daniel Levi Posted On August 18, 2021

Hackers strike again. On Monday, a hacker offered for sale personal data from T-Mobile customers. Now the phone carrier is confirming the hack. T-Mobile said this morning that an ongoing investigation into the attack on its systems found that some personal data […]

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Technology News

America has spent at Least $6.7 Trillion on Wars in 20 Years. Here is How the Defense Industry Lobbied Congress and the Pentagon

Daniel Levi Posted On August 17, 2021

Did you know that 8% of the U.S. national debt was spent fighting a 2-decade-old war in Afghanistan? According to estimates from Brown University’s Costs of War Project, the United States has spent a total of at least $2.26 trillion […]

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Ad tech startup Moloco closes $150M funding led by Tiger Global to empower mobile app businesses

Daniel Levi Posted On August 17, 2021

In April, Moloco became the first Korean startup in Silicon Valley to reach unicorn status. We featured Moloco back then after the programmatic ad tech startup founded by former Google engineers after it raised new funding for its mobile performance advertising platform. […]

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Startup Funding / Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

Wish.com lost about 80% of its value since January as users flee and shopped elsewhere

Daniel Levi Posted On August 17, 2021

Wish is an e-commerce shopping app and one of the largest and global eCommerce platforms online. We covered Wish.com late last year after the marketplace announced the launch of a $2 million fund to support independent, black-owned retail businesses across the US. The […]

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Electric Car / Electric Vehicles / Energy / Environment / Self-Driving / Smart Car / Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

How EV startups are avoiding ‘manufacturing hell’ that almost doomed Tesla

Daniel Levi Posted On August 17, 2021

In 2015, Tesla was losing more than $4,000 on every car sold. The company was burning through cash at an alarming rate that reminds us of the dot-com bubble. Tesla burned $359 million in cash in the second quarter as it battled […]

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Peter Thiel-backed crypto exchange startup Bitpanda raises $263M in funding, tripling its valuation in five months to $4.1 billion

Daniel Levi Posted On August 17, 2021

As you may recall, we featured Bitpanda back in March after the European cryptocurrency trading platform raised a $170 million Series B round to drive expansion and transform Europe’s financial industry. The round, which was led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Venture, pushed the company’s […]

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Startup Funding / Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

Oxford University spinoff Ultromics gets $33M Series B funding to help clinicians diagnose cardiovascular disease with AI-powered echocardiography

Daniel Levi Posted On August 16, 2021

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. It is also the leading cause of mortality in the world, with an estimated 17 million deaths each year. To provide treatment for this deadly disease, Oxford, England-based HealthTech […]

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Acquisition / Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

Treliant acquires Belfast-based consulting startup Vox Financial Partners to expand its footprint into Europe

Daniel Levi Posted On August 16, 2021

Treliant, a Washington, DC-based Treliant regulatory and compliance consulting firm announced today it has acquired Vox Financial Partners (Vox) to strengthen its capital markets capabilities and expand its footprint into Europe. The total amount of the deal was not disclosed. The transaction […]

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Startup Funding / Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

Goldman Sachs, SoftBank join the $240M investment in Norway’s Gelato, making it a unicorn with a valuation of over $1 billion

Daniel Levi Posted On August 16, 2021

Gelato, a Norwegian software tech startup today announced it has secured $240 million in new funding from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and SoftBank Group Corp. in a deal that values the 14-year old startup at just over $1 billion, making it a […]

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Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

Apple told to pay $300 million for infringing Optis Wireless’ patents with technology found in its iPhone

Daniel Levi Posted On August 16, 2021

Last year, a federal jury ruled that Apple owed $506 million for infringing Plano, Texas-based Optis, PanOptis Patent Management, and Unwired Planet’s LTE patents with technology found in its iPhone and other LTE-capable products. A year later, a federal jury on Friday […]

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Mark Cuban, Elon Musk both agree: Dogecoin, the world’s most valuable joke coin, is the ‘strongest’ cryptocurrency to use as a medium of exchange

Daniel Levi Posted On August 14, 2021

Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that started as a joke eight years ago, has now become the world’s most valuable joke coin. Dogecoin was founded by Jackson Palmer in December 2013 based on the popular “Doge” meme to poke fun at Bitcoin knockoffs also […]

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Health / HealthTech

Israel, the most vaccinated country in the world, faces a surge in covid with number of hospitalized covid patients predicted to double every 10 days

Daniel Levi Posted On August 14, 2021

In April, IB Times wrote a piece titled, “Israel Is The Most Vaccinated Country, But The B.1.617 Is Threatening It Now.” At the time, Israel was one of the few countries that reported 41 new cases of the B.1.617, also known […]

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Electric Car / Electric Vehicles / Technology News

Tesla’s Fall From Grace in China: A Classic Bait and Switch Story and How China Stole Intellectual Property from Western Tech Companies

Daniel Levi Posted On August 14, 2021

On July 7, 2020, The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Christopher Wray said that “of the nearly 5,000 active FBI counterintelligence cases currently underway across the country, almost half are related to China.” In a speech delivered at the Hudson […]

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