Abu Dhabi, UAE, April 27th, 2023, Chainwire Venom Foundation has teamed up with DoraHacks, Developer DAO, and Hacken to launch its first-ever virtual hackathon. The event aims to equip developers with all the tools and resources necessary to start […]
Italian climate startup Energy Dome has secured €40 million (~$44M) in Series B funding, co-led by Eni Next, the venture capital arm of Italian energy company Eni, and Neva SGR, a venture capital firm owned by European banking group Intesa […]
Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Wednesday, April 26, 2023. General Motors to stop making its best-selling electric vehicle Chevy Bolt Just like that, General Motors’ most popular electric car is on […]
Axoni, a New York-based fintech startup at the forefront of building the next generation of capital markets technology, has raised $20 million in equity financing led by EJF Ventures, with participation from Laurion Capital, Communitas Capital, and existing investors. The […]
San Francisco-based First Republic Bank is expected to be seized by the US government, according to a report by Fox Business’ Charles Gasparino, citing sources from the bank. The sources told Fox that they believe that the distressed bank will eventually […]
Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology continue to garner increased user adoption thanks to their decentralized nature. This allows individuals to build permissionless and censorship-resistant DeFi systems that shift control away from intermediaries and centralized authorities, such as banks and governments. But […]
Austin, United States, April 26th, 2023, Chainwire Space and Time, a leader in decentralized data, today announces the beta release of its data warehouse and developer suite. Space and Time allows developers to leverage provable computation against on-chain and off-chain […]
API unicorn Rapid (formerly known as Rapid AP) valued at $1 billion just a year ago, has laid off half its workforce, translating to about 115 employees. The unicorn startup doubled its team over the past year at a time […]
One of the challenges facing frontline teams is the inability to quickly and easily communicate. Today, software is the driving force behind the majority of the workforce except for 55 million frontline team members who either lack access to communication […]
Microsoft Edge is the default web browser for Windows 10 but only gets about 11% of the desktop browser market share as of January 2023. Although Microsoft Edge has been lauded for its privacy features, it has recently come under scrutiny […]
Britain’s antitrust regulator announced on Wednesday that it would block Microsoft’s attempt to acquire the creator of “Call of Duty” Activision Blizzard for $69 billion, citing concerns about potential competition constraints in cloud gaming. The move dealt a surprise blow […]
Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Tuesday, April 25, 2023. RapidAPI, an Israeli tech startup valued at $1 billion a year ago, is laying off 50% of its workforce Rapid API, a […]
Binance.US has terminated a $1.3 billion deal to buy assets of bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital for in a $1.3 billion deal., citing a “hostile and uncertain regulatory climate.” The news comes following a WSJ report that Binance.US was struggling […]
The first-ever browser security survey of CISOs’ security practices reveals CISOs struggles, displeasure with current security solutions and cloud concerns While the massive shift to SaaS apps has begun more than a decade ago, CISOs are still struggling to address […]
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, April 25th, 2023, Chainwire The team at Unizen, operating the Web3 ecosystem found at zcx.com, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with the team at THORChain. Specifically, Unizen has integrated the THORChain settlement layer to […]
Last week, crypto exchange Coinbase said it may leave the US market if the regulatory uncertainty surrounding digital currencies continues. CEO Brian Armstrong told the audience at Fintech Week in London. The exchange has been in a legal tussle with the […]
Last summer, we wrote about Pinduoduo after China’s discount e-commerce giant announced the launch of a new U.S. shopping site called Temu as part of its push to make inroads into the overseas market and challenge Amazon. Temu is a cross-border […]
It’s been a while since we last covered the chat and messaging API service SendBird. Back then, the unicorn startup raised $50 million Series B to ramp up global demand for in-app messaging. Since then, the company has grown at […]
Venom, the first Layer-1 blockchain licensed by the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), today launched its public testnet after years of development. The milestone marks a significant accomplishment in Venom’s roadmap as it prepares to launch on mainnet. The public […]
ChatGPT is all the rage these days and there’s no sign of slowing down. In only five days after its launch, ChatGPT reached an impressive milestone of one million users. To put this into perspective, it took Netflix 3.5 years, Facebook […]
