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Aleph.im integrates with Tezos to provide a resilient web 3-based storage solution for NFTs

Nickie Louise Posted On April 14, 2022

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 […]

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Elon Musk offers to buy 100% of Twitter for $41.39 billion in cash

Nickie Louise Posted On April 14, 2022

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 […]

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An NFT of Jack Dorsey’s first-ever tweet, which sold for $2.9M last year, was auctioned again for only $280

Nickie Louise Posted On April 13, 2022

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 […]

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Anchor Protocol, Acala join forces to unite Terra and Polkadot DeFi ecosystems and grow decentralized stablecoin market

Nickie Louise Posted On April 13, 2022

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. […]

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Future of work tech startup Mesh.ai raises $11M to disrupt the traditional performance management reporting and cycles in companies

Nickie Louise Posted On April 13, 2022

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 […]

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Blast Royale secures $5 million in Seed round for its play-and-earn blockchain gaming platform

Nickie Louise Posted On April 13, 2022

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 […]

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Google to invest $9.5 billion in U.S. offices, data centers this year

Nickie Louise Posted On April 13, 2022

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 […]

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Dutch fintech startup Payaut lands $8.7M Seed round from Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI-focused Fund, to expand across Europe

Nickie Louise Posted On April 13, 2022

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. […]

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SoftBank bets on Web 3, leads a $70 million investment in a decentralized blockchain tech startup bloXroute

Nickie Louise Posted On April 12, 2022

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 […]

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Fintech startup Plaid taps Booking.com exec to lead its European expansion

Nickie Louise Posted On April 12, 2022

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 […]

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Investors back CoinStats with $3.2 million to incorporate DeFi services within its popular app

Nickie Louise Posted On April 12, 2022

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. […]

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Over 14,000 Etsy sellers go on strike to protest a 30% increase in transaction fees

Nickie Louise Posted On April 11, 2022

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 […]

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TikTok’s ad revenue to surpass Twitter and Snapchat combined; tripling to more than $11 billion in 2022

Nickie Louise Posted On April 11, 2022

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 […]

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Cere announces gasless integrations with Biconomy for faster and cheaper NFTs

Nickie Louise Posted On April 11, 2022

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 […]

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Alcoa receives $7.7 million in funding to pilot carbon-reduction technology to support its Refinery of the Future initiative

Nickie Louise Posted On April 11, 2022

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 […]

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Latin America’s most valuable fintech Nubank raises $650M in funding to expand its footprint in Mexico and Colombia

Nickie Louise Posted On April 11, 2022

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 […]

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Elon Musk is poised for a hostile takeover of Twitter after he declined to join the company’s board

Nickie Louise Posted On April 11, 2022

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 […]

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Elon Musk hosts ‘Cyber Rodeo’ party to celebrate the grand opening of Tesla’s new global HQ in Austin Texas

Nickie Louise Posted On April 8, 2022

In October 2021, Tesla officially moved its headquarters from Palo Alto, California to Austin, Texas. As we reported a year earlier, Musk expressed dissatisfaction with California due to the state’s lockdown rules and poor handling of the stay-at-home order. Musk later filed […]

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What we can learn from the rapid growth of SG Digital

Nickie Louise Posted On April 8, 2022

SG Digital is one of the leading online casino game developers. You may have seen or played their games under a different name, such as Scientific Games or SG Interactive. The company has produced so many great online casino games, […]

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E-commerce tech startup GoTo raises $1.5 billion in IPO to become Indonesia’s fourth most-valuable company at a $28B valuation

Nickie Louise Posted On April 8, 2022

Goto Group, a unicorn tech startup formed last year as a result of a merger of ride-hailing-to-payments company Gojek and e-commerce giant Tokopedia, has raised $1.1 billion from its highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO), which the company hopes will help boost Indonesia […]

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