- Amazon looking to hire digital currency and blockchain expertA new Amazon job posting for a “digital currency and blockchain product lead” further solidifies speculation that the e-commerce giant is planning to bring its payments system into the crypto age. The position, based at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle, will be part of…
- Oova raises $1.2M to develop a better at-home kit for detecting a woman’s best time to conceiveOova officially launched its Oova Kit Tuesday after receiving $1.5 million in seed funding led by BBG Ventures with participation by Company Ventures. The kit includes an at-home test that quantitatively measures two hormones, informing a woman — and her doctor — of…
- Sequoia, Jay-Z, Will Smith back Landis’ $165M debt, equity round toward making homeownership accessible to everyoneHomeownership is one of the key components to building intergenerational wealth, and Landis is working to make that a reality for renters. U.S. homeownership rates in 2020 were about 65.8% according to Statista. The rate reached its peak of 69.2% in 2004 before…
- Several Bugs Found in 3 Open-Source Software Used by Several BusinessesCybersecurity researchers on Tuesday disclosed nine security vulnerabilities affecting three open-source projects — EspoCRM, Pimcore, and Akaunting — that are widely used by several small to medium businesses and, if successfully exploited, could provide a pathway to more sophisticated attacks. All the security flaws in question, which…
- Pinterest rolls out new features that let creators make money from PinsPinterest today is increasing its investment in the creator community by introducing new tools that will allow creators to make money from their content. Now, creators will be able to tag products in their Idea Pins — a video-first feature the company first…
- Crypto infra startup Fireblocks raises $310M, triples valuation to $2.2BFireblocks, an infrastructure provider for digital assets, has raised $310 million in a Series D round of funding that tripled the company’s valuation to $2.2 billion in just over five months. Sequoia Capital, Stripes and Spark Capital co-led Fireblocks’ latest round, which also…
- Here’s Nothing’s $99 Ear (1) budsIt’s been just over five months since Carl Pei first told the world about Nothing. Perhaps it’s just the way time moves these days or maybe it’s the fact that the company has trickled out information in the intervening months. Whatever the case,…
- Accel doubles down on 1Password, which just raised $100M more at a $2B valuationToronto-based 1Password is one of those rare companies that is a) profitable and b) transparent enough to share financials. And today, the company announced that it raised $100 million in a Series B round of funding that doubles the company’s valuation to $2…
- Joby Aviation, aiming to go to market in 2024, completes 154 mile test flightSanta Cruz, California-based Joby Aviation has completed the longest test flight of an eVTOL to date, as its unnamed full-sized prototype aircraft concluded a trip of over 150 miles on a single charge, the company said Monday. The test was completed at Joby’s…
- Blameless raises $30M to guide companies through their software lifecycleSite reliability engineering platform Blameless announced Tuesday it raised $30 million in a Series B funding round, led by Third Point Ventures with participation from Accel, Decibel and Lightspeed Venture Partners, to bring total funding to over $50 million. Site reliability engineering (SRE)…
- Instagram to default young teens to private accounts, restrict ads and unwanted adult contactAs it gears up to expand access to younger users, Instagram this morning announced a series of updates designed to make its app a safer place for online teens. The company says it will now default users to private accounts at sign-up if…
- Norby raises $3.8M for an all-in-one creator marketing platformEarly in the pandemic, Nick Gerard, Steven Layne, and Samantha Safer Valentine had a hit on their hands. In the era before Zoom fatigue set in, the trio launched Mainstream Live, a website and newsletter that curated live virtual events across platforms and…
- Angélus and Cult Wines explore NFT trendListed by Cult Wines on the OpenSea digital marketplace, the NFT also entitled the owner to a VIP experience at the St-Emilion Premier Grand Cru … Read More
- Pennsylvania legislature mulls crypto task force billThe proposed crypto task force will examine the impact of crypto and digital currencies across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Read MoreCointelegraph.com News
- Blockchain unicorn Fireblocks raises $310MThe investment round was co-led by Sequoia Capital, Stripes, Spark Capital, Coatue, DRW VC and SCB 10X. Launched in 2020, SCB 10X is the venture capital arm of Siam Commercial Bank, Thailand’s oldest bank. Read MoreCointelegraph.com News
- Yngwie Malmsteen launches his first NFT collectionThe digital NFT items, copies of Malmsteen’s new album Parabellum, are backed by physical vinyl releases, extremely limited and unique to each NFT. Read More
- Technology was the missing piece of healthcare – until nowBrie McHugh, from Careology, explains her experience in implementing technology in the health setting, including rolling out the digital cancer care …
- Drugmaker Valo Health Acquires Biotech Startup, Gaining Protein TechnologyDrugmaker Valo Health Acquires Biotech Startup, Gaining Protein Technology. Purchase of Courier Therapeutics gives Valo potential cancer drug. By.
- Mayo Clinic and nference Study Links Pre-Existing Conditions to Short- and Long-Term COVID-19 …CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — nference, the AI-driven health technology company, today announced publication of a study in npj …
- Hackers Turning to ‘Exotic’ Programming Languages for Malware DevelopmentThreat actors are increasingly shifting to “exotic” programming languages such as Go, Rust, Nim, and Dlang that can better circumvent conventional security protections, evade analysis, and hamper reverse engineering efforts. “Malware authors are known for their ability to adapt and modify their skills…
- GBTC premium matches Bitcoin price crash levels as unlocking fear fadesFunds are flowing back into GBTC, data suggests, as CEO Sonnenshein reiterates plans to turn Grayscale crypto funds into ETFs. Read MoreCointelegraph.com News
- Newly found Monero bug may impact transaction privacy, developers warnMonero developers are working on a software fix to a newly identified bug that may expose the occurrence of an output transaction made right away after receiving funds. Read MoreCointelegraph.com News
- Wiliot raises $200M as it preps a SaaS pivot, licensing its ultra-light, ambient-power chip technology to third partiesWiliot — the IoT startup that has developed a new kind of processor that is ultra thin and light and runs on ambient power but possesses all the power of a “computer” — has picked up a huge round of growth funding on…
- Crypto derivatives exchange Bitget to list USDC as collateral for margin tradingThe Singapore-based crypto trading platform has inked a partnership with stablecoin issuer Circle. Read MoreCointelegraph.com News
- Robotic AI firm Covariant raises another $80 millionIn May of last year, Covariant announced that it had raised a $40 million Series B. It was a healthy sum of money for the young company, bringing its total funding up to $67 million. Just a little over a year later, the…
- iAngels raises $55 million, anchored by the European Investment Fund, for first institutional fundiAngels, the private investment platform founded and helmed by Mor Assia and Shelly Hod Moyal, has today announced the close of its first institutional fund. The firm has raised $55.5 million, which was anchored by the European Investment Fund, which put in $25…
- Solana hackathon aims to bolster crypto innovation in IndiaSolana invites students, Web2 & Web3 developers, engineers and anyone looking to get into crypto organized in collaboration. Read MoreCointelegraph.com News
- Shopify partners NBA’s Chicago Bulls for NFT storeOnline store platform Shopify will enable brands to sell their licensed non-fungible tokens (NFTs) directly through their own storefronts. NBA team … Read More
- Yahoo! Japan works with Line to launch NFT tradingYahoo! Japan collaborates with messaging giant Line to enable secondary trading of NFTs issued on Line’s proprietary blockchain. 230 Total views. Read More
- Feline okay? The app that tells you if your cat’s happyA Calgary, Alberta, animal health technology company, Sylvester.ai, has developed an app called Tably that uses the phone’s camera to tell whether a …
- Nigeria to launch CBDC pilot in OctoberThe Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) plans to begin its central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot on October 1, according to Nigerian financial news publication Nairametrics. According to Nairametrics private sources, Rakiya Mohammed, the bank’s director of information technology, called a webinar last…
- Bitmart seeks restraining order to prevent hackers from selling fake BSVThe owner of crypto exchange Bitmart has asked a New York judge to intervene to prevent hackers from selling the fraud-begotten coins on the open market. Read MoreCointelegraph.com News
- Yahoo! Japan works with Line to launch NFT tradingYahoo! Japan collaborates with messaging giant Line to enable secondary trading of NFTs issued on Line’s proprietary blockchain. Read MoreCointelegraph.com News
- The first challenge for ARPA-H should be electronic health record migrationThe reality is that they are extremely poor systems for capturing high-quality health and outcomes data and do not have adequate technical infrastructure …
- Vietnam firms agree COVID-19 vaccine tech transfer with Japan’s Shionogi – mediaT) to produce COVID-19 vaccines based on recombinant DNA protein technology, a health ministry official told local media outlet VnExpress on …
- Tencent’s WeChat suspends new user registration in China to comply with ‘relevant laws and regulations’Tencent’s WeChat said on Tuesday it is temporarily suspending registration of new users in China as it works to comply with “relevant laws and regulations,” the latest Chinese firm to face regulatory scrutiny in the world’s largest internet market. In a social media…
- UK Delivers a NFT New Partnership.“Combining our gamification platform with Blocksport is a perfect way for fans to compete for NFTs and build their collection game after game, race after … Read More
- Huobi winds down former exchange operator in ChinaHuobi’s move follows a similar decision by crypto exchange OKEx, which resolved to dissolve its China-based entity in late June. Read MoreCointelegraph.com News
- Kazakhstan to reportedly allow banks to process crypto purchasesA new project in Kazakhstan aims to enable local crypto businesses to provide crypto investment services legally. Read MoreCointelegraph.com News
- Indonesia-based grocery app HappyFresh reaps $65M led by Naver Financial and GafinaHappyFresh, the on-demand grocery app based in Indonesia, announced today it has raised a $65 million Series D. The round was led by Naver Financial Corporation and Gafina B.V., with participation from STIC, LB and Mirae Asset Indonesia and Singapore. It also included…
- Rocketium raises $3.2M to help creative teams create massive marketing campaignsIn between A/B testing, customizing targeted ads and formatting for different digital platforms, some design teams are tasked with campaigns that include thousands of images, videos and other visual content. Based in Bangalore, Rocketium automates much of the process, allowing teams to scale-up…
- Onto raises $175 million in Series B to expand EV subscription service in the UKOnto has raised $175 million in a combined equity and debt Series B round, capital the U.K.-based electric vehicle subscription startup plans to use to expand within the country as well as move into new markets. This latest round brings Onto’s total funding…
- India to use Ethereum blockchain to verify diploma certificatesA new partnership with LegitDoc places India among early adopters to implement an e-governance system for higher education. Read MoreCointelegraph.com News
- South African payments startup Yoco raises $83M Series C backed by DragoneerSmall and medium enterprises (SMEs) contribute heavily to the economic success of many countries, particularly those in the developing world. They are the backbone of most economies: Globally, SMEs represent about 90% of existing businesses and create more than 50% of employment. In…
- Bitcoin price seeks higher low as trader forecasts $45K breakout within weeksBitcoin will need several attempts, but resistance should ultimately fall to bulls, but a healthy consolidation is also required, market participants explain. Read MoreCointelegraph.com News
- Medtech’s Place In Health Care R&I Boosted Under Horizon EuropeUnder Horizon Europe, the Innovative Health Initiative will encourage convergence in health technology, and prioritize digital technologies and data …
- German startup Aleph Alpha raises $27M Series A round to build ‘Europe’s OpenAI’With Microsoft now being an investor in OpenAI the field now more open for new insurgents into the open-source AI arena. Now a German company hopes to take on the next AI mantle and produce something akin to the success of the GPT-3…
- Apple Releases Urgent 0-Day Bug Patch for Mac, iPhone and iPad DevicesApple on Monday rolled out an urgent security update for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS to address a zero-day flaw that it said may have been actively exploited, making it the thirteenth such vulnerability Apple has patched since the start of this year. The updates, which arrive…
- Sedna banks $34M for a platform that parses large volumes of email and chat to automatically action items within themMany have tried to do away with it, but email refuses to die… although in the process it might be (figuratively speaking) killing some of us with the workload it brings on to triage and use it. A startup called Sedna has built…
- Peppy, a B2B health platform for menopause, fertility, raises $10M Series A led by Felix CapitalWhen it comes to health issues like menopause, fertility, pregnancy, and even early parenthood, the data tells us that people typically turn to search engines and social media for advice to ask about symptoms or concerns they have. They tend not to go…
- Element, a messaging app built on the decentralized Matrix protocol, raises $30MAfter Element acquired Gitter last year to bring in more users and features into its own decentralized, Matrix-based messaging app, the startup is announcing some funding to invest in its growth. Element has picked up $30 million in a Series B round of…
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