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Daily Crunch: Robinhood raises $1B
Robinhood caps a wild week for new funding, Coinbase is going public and Johnson & Johnson reveals new vaccine trial data. This is your Daily Crunch for January 29, 2021.…
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Robinhood limits users to a single share of GameStop and other stocks
Robinhood has detailed its latest step in the complex quagmire of market manipulation that is this week’s GameStop hedge fund Reddit army debacle. Users will for the present be limited…
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Extra Crunch roundup: Edtech VC survey, 5 founder mistakes, fintech liquidity, more
Edtech is so widespread, we already need more consumer-friendly nomenclature to describe the products, services and tools it encompasses. I know someone who reads stories to their grandchildren on two…
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LetsPlay.Live partners with Riot Games to broadcast OCE VALORANT competitive season
New Zealand-based esports tournament organiser and broadcasting media company LetsPlay.Live (LPL) has partnered with Riot Games to become the broadcast partner for 2021’s VALORANT competitive season in Oceania. Credit: Riot Games Oceanic VALORANT…
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Ninjas in Pyjamas rebrands, BIG becomes BLAST Premier Member Team | ESI Digest #27
Each week, ESI Digest breaks down the weekly happenings in the esports industry, making sense of things so you don’t have to. As well as being housed on YouTube, ESI…
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Bitcoin SV hits new record of 9,000 TPS – says miners must ’embrace Bitcoin at enterprise scale’
Bitcoin SV’s (BSV) scaling test network (STN) processed more than 9,000 transactions per second (TPS) this week, the company announced – a new record. Yet the cryptocurrency arbiter noted that…
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LEC names Trovo official broadcast partner
Riot Games has announced that live streaming platform Trovo will continue to be an official broadcaster of the League of Legends European Championship (LEC) for its 2021 Spring Season. Trovo was…
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Mobile Premier League raises $500K through employee investments
Indian esports and mobile gaming platform Mobile Premier League (MPL) announced yesterday that it has raised $500,000 (£364,200) as part of its Employee Investment Plan. MPL launched the investment plan,…
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Stock trading app Trade Republic expands to France
German startup Trade Republic is rolling out its app and service in France this week. This is a significant expansion move as Trade Republic has only been available in Germany…
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Huawei’s struggles hurt overall smartphone shipments in China, but rivals like Apple found new opportunities
The impact of United States government sanctions on Huawei is continuing to hurt the company and dampen overall smartphone shipments in China, where it is the largest smartphone vendor, according…