The COVID-19 pandemic has forever changed our lives, our priorities, and how we choose to spend our time and we cope with difficult times and unprecedented circumstances. When the pandemic began in early 2020, telecom giant Verizon reported that gaming usage rose […]
The popularity of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has led to an increase in crypto-related scams and frauds. According to a January 2022 report from CNBC, fraudsters and scammers around the world took home a record $14 billion in cryptocurrency in 2021, […]
Delivery Hero, a Germany-based food delivery firm, has lost $6 billion of its market value after disappointing 2022 guidance. The former unicorn startup saw its share price plunge Thursday, wiping out nearly $6 billion from its market value after the delivery […]
Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange platform, is making a $200 million investment in Forbes, the media company said on Thursday. The investment comes at a time when the media outlet is preparing to go public via a special purpose acquisition company […]
Timechain, a Canada-based regulated financial app offering a decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator, has announced the launch of its genesis mint of NFTs, Crypto Cups, on Thursday. The line of NFTs aims to boost the utility value on Timechain’s DEX to […]
Decentralized finance (or DeFi) is slowly gaining momentum with prospects to replace traditional banks and other financial institutions. DeFi provides a new way for users to lend, borrow and save while bypassing traditional gatekeepers of finance such as banks and government […]
The number of electric vehicles (EV) on U.S. roads is projected to reach 18.7 million in 2030. As electric vehicles gain mainstream adoption, more charging stations are going to be needed to power millions of new electric cars on the roads. In December […]
Late last month, we wrote about friesDAO after the crypto community startup announced it was acquiring fast-food restaurants to provide jobs and food for ex-crypto traders. friesDAO is the first decentralized autonomous organization aiming to democratize access to the fast-food industry. Today, friesDAO announced that Kory […]
There’s no denying that the crypto exchange industry is a hotly contested space. With giants such as Binance, Coinbase, and Kraken dominating the sector for the best part of a decade, it’s been difficult for any smaller companies to gain […]
Starburst, a spinoff from Facebook’s open-source project Presto, has raised a $250 million Series D funding round led by venture capital firm Alkeon Capital, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz and Coatue Management. Altimeter Capital, B Capital Group, Index Ventures, and Salesforce Ventures also […]
Assange DAO is a new group of more than 10,000 Assange supporters established to help secure freedom for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Last week, the group started its fundraising efforts to help with his legal fees and campaigns to increase public awareness of […]
OceanSound Partners is a New York-based growth-oriented private equity firm that invests in technology and technology-enabled services companies serving government and enterprise end markets. Today, the firm announced it has closed $780 for its inaugural fund, OceanSound Partners Fund, LP. […]
Hayvn, an Abu Dhabi-based crypto trading startup, is in talks with institutional investors to raise $30 million in a Series B round that will value the company at $400 million, Reuters reported Wednesday. Hayvn said it aims to receive investment from Gulf […]
Last week, we wrote about Tesla after Elon Musk’s tweet went viral in Times Square. The ad was paid for by some of Musk’s fans. It all started in May 2021 when President Joe Biden visited the Ford’s Dearborn, Michigan plant to […]
Intel today announced a new $1 billion fund to support early-stage startups and established companies building disruptive technologies for the foundry ecosystem. A collaboration between Intel Capital and Intel Foundry Services (IFS), the fund will prioritize investments in capabilities that […]
SIDUS takes us to infinity and beyond to a Metaverse playing field set far in the future, where humans are morphed with technology. The game play is eerily lifelike and the Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game leverages the blockchain, in order […]
Robinhood has forever changed the way we invest. Before its GameStop saga with retail investors on Reddit, Robinhood was the free-trading app to democratize investing by giving everyone an equal opportunity to participate in the financial markets. The startup also made it affordable […]
Move over, N26. There’s a new challenger bank in town. Vivid Money is a new financial super app App launched two years ago to make it easy for customers to open a new bank account within a few minutes using their […]
The freight forwarding industry has long played a critical role in the economy. Speedy innovations often skip over this industry, even though the delivery of goods is even more important to both consumers and retailers than it has ever been […]
Ethereum infrastructure tech startup has raised a massive $450 million in Series A funding led by Sequoia Capital India, with participation from SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Galaxy Digital, Galaxy Interactive, Tiger Global, Republic Capital, and other prominent investors like Alan Howard (co-founder, Brevan Howard) and Kevin O’Leary Formerly called Matic Network, Polygon […]