TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2022

There’s no way for blockchain-based businesses, financial service providers or banks to bypass Know Your Customer (KYC) processes. With the advent of blockchain technologies, companies are realizing that there are better, more efficient KYC solutions that let them avoid having to collect and store personal information.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Encrypted blockchains provide transparency for the protocol but privacy for the users, so people aren’t required to show their identities when transacting, Williamson said. In general, public blockchains lack a “missing piece” of encryption, which could enable more use cases by providing privacy on a case-by-case basis, Andrews said.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The crypto industry has long been criticized for its disconnection with the real world, but there are players who try to show that the underlying blockchain technology can solve some of our most pressing challenges in today’s society — especially in regions where basic infrastructure is lacking.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

is built on blockchain technology and it has created a FET token that will be used on its platform. to build AI models, he believes, is one example of how blockchain can be used for non-financial purposes. ” Blockchain startup Fetch.ai and Europe). The capital behind Fetch.ai The capital behind Fetch.ai Using Fetch.ai

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

Jia, a blockchain-based fintech providing loans to micro and small businesses in emerging markets, has raised $4.3 Jia, a blockchain-based lender of small businesses in emerging markets, raises $4.3 million seed by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

In 2017, Delahunt was at Ralph Lauren and had her first look at the blockchain, but it wasn’t until years later while working to pioneer some digital wardrobe projects with companies, like Snap, Bitmoji and Roblox, that she had an opportunity to see that web3 was going to be “more than a niche community” for luxury fashion. “We’re

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

Much of the world’s attention around blockchain is on the highs and lows of cryptocurrency values. One of the startups working toward this vision is Zimbabwe’s FlexID, which is building a blockchain-based identity system for those excluded from the banking system due to their lack of identity documents.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

As some of the most popular cryptocurrencies reach all-time highs, plenty of new users and decentralized app developers are embracing the Ethereum network and quickly discovering that the blockchain remains a pretty crowded place to do business. Offchain Labs raises $120 million to fix Ethereum’s shortcomings with its Arbitrum product.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Avalanche , a relatively new blockchain with a focus on speed and low transactions costs, has completed a $230 million private sale of AVAX tokens to some well-known crypto funds. Like Solana and other newer blockchains, Avalanche wants to solve the scalability issues that older blockchains face. The equivalent of $1.3

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

About three-fourths of the teams are focusing on NFTs, infrastructure or decentralized finance (DeFi), while the majority of the teams are building on layer-1 blockchains Ethereum, Polygon and Solana. channels like Twitter or Discord onto blockchains. What it does: Decentralized infura and marketplace for blockchain data.

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CIO

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), generative AI (genAI) and blockchain are revolutionizing operations. This article delves into the transformative potential of AI, genAI and blockchain to drive sustainable innovation. Similarly, blockchain technologies have faced scrutiny for their energy consumption.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

A startup that has built a decentralized exchange as well as a cross-chain infrastructure to facilitate communication across layer 1 and layer 2 blockchain solutions is the latest to receive backing from Coinbase Ventures. So we have had all these blockchains coming up, but no connectivity between them.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2022

Engineers are the bedrock of any tech product, and blockchains are no exception. As the race between different chains heats up, communities of loyalists are duking it out to attract developers to their blockchain of choice in hopes that doing so will turbocharge growth.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

The Scotts Valley, California-based company is using cloud technology and the Ethereum blockchain as the engine for its Paystand Bank Network that enables business-to-business payments with zero fees. On the commercial side, however, one business trying to send $100,000 the same way is not as easy. Paystand wants to change that.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The company has been building a new DeFi (decentralized finance) protocol on top of the Ethereum blockchain. Other new investors include Republic, Advanced Blockchain, P2P Validator, Rarestone, Ethereal Ventures and their limited partners. Polychain Capital is leading today’s funding round.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

And yet, NFT startup Cryptoys is raising tens of millions of dollars with the goal of building a blockchain-based toy company that can expose younger users to the ideas of digital ownership and NFT mechanics. With that as background, it might not seem like the best time to launch an NFT platform, let alone one geared toward children.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

There’s no shortage of startups trying to make sense of the explosive growth of data generated from blockchain applications. The Graph offers an API for developers to query blockchain data. Nansen has the support from a16z to provide on-chain data analysis for crypto investors.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

This week, Adam Neumann made his post-WeWork debut, co-founding a blockchain-based carbon credits market, and — more impressively — raising $70 million in funding for it, about half of which came from VCs with the other portion coming from a private token sale. Chain Reaction podcast episodes come out every Thursday at 12:00 p.m.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

We talked yesterday with Simpson — who joined a16z after first backing some of the same startups, including the blockchain infrastructure company Dapper Labs and the global payment platform Celo — to learn more about what’s happening at the intersection of crypto and gaming. Our chat, edited for length, follows.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

The larger blockchain world is in a period of correction , but to see key NFT market metrics fall as quickly as we have makes us wonder what could reignite demand. After all, NFT trading has risen a few times during the first decade-plus of the blockchain era — such as it is — so surely it can rise again?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2022

Few areas in tech today are as polarized as the blockchain gaming space. Before the debate is settled, the ecosystem around blockchain games is already getting built and funded. ” Gaming vets promise to make blockchain games fun and sustainable. “But prices are being normalized.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

In the latest development, a startup called thirdweb — which has created a development toolkit to make it easier to build and launch web3 products such as blockchain games, NFTs, DAOs, marketplaces and more — has raised $24 million, a Series A that values the startup at $160 million. Projects are collectively generating $1.5

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Microsoft has backed Wemade, a popular video game developer that has made aggressive bets on blockchain in recent years, the latest sign of tech giants’ showing growing interest in web3. In the last few years, Wemade has been exploring ways to incorporate blockchain technology into its new titles and offerings.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Paper allows users to create wallets through their email addresses and purchase NFTs with credit cards (or crypto wallets) across the Polygon , Ethereum , Solana and Avalanche blockchains to provide non-crypto consumers a “frictionless” bridge for entry into the marketplace. “We

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

It hasn’t been a kind year for blockchain-based startup activity. Amid all of the above, many folks building or investing in blockchain-based assets and protocols have kept their chins up. The Terra/Luna mess comes to mind. As does the meltdown of Three Arrows Capital. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2021

Circle became a sort of Venmo clone with some blockchain technology under the hood. Created in 2013, the company originally wanted to create a mainstream bitcoin payment platform. But the company later pivoted to create a social payments app. At some point, Circle even removed the ability to send and receive bitcoins. “We

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Venture capital data thus far in the third quarter indicates that investment into blockchain-focused startups is on pace to contract dramatically compared to recent quarters and the heady 2021 period. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Read it every morning on TechCrunch+ or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Tezos, a Proof of Stake layer blockchain (which makes it more energy efficient) is used by Red Bull Racing Honda, McLaren Racing, OneOf, Interpop, and marketplaces such as Hic-Et-Nunc, OBJKT and Sweet.io for NFTs.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

And then, crypto: From news about a hot new crypto deal to NFTs coming to Instagram , it feels impossible to avoid the blockchain world these days. And startups appear increasingly caught in the crossfire. We are back next week with our full team, and a live show. So, chat you Monday, Wednesday and Thursday live!

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The Crazy Programmer

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Blockchain Engineer. Blockchain is one of the leading technologies of the current era, especially for the banking and financing sector. And in the upcoming future, the career of blockchain engineer is going to be demanding. So, if you become a blockchain engineer, you can easily earn Rs6,00,000 to Rs36,00,000 per annum.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

But it was his experience as an accountant that led to his interest in the blockchain and how it can be used to verify documents. This means that now every time a company is created, it received a verifiable business profile that can be traced back to the blockchain. “I

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TechCrunch

MAY 30, 2022

His career includes helping scale AZA (Bitpesa), a Nairobi-based platform that leverages bitcoin to facilitate cross-border remittances and where he first got introduced to crypto and blockchain technology. MARA raises $23M from Coinbase Ventures and FTX to build Africa’s portal to the crypto economy.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

The project was operating in stealth mode until today, but has invested in over 50 blockchain projects to date, including blockchain analytics platform Nansen, trading platform WOO Network, move-to-earn NFT game Genopets, and Africa’s largest gaming community, Metaverse Magna.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

More posts by this contributor How to win in the autonomous taxi space In the crypto world, there’s a popular maxim called the Blockchain Trilemma, which refers to the difficulty of simultaneously achieving three desirable properties in a blockchain network: security, scalability and decentralization.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

Recurring revenue as an asset class is a relatively new concept, and made more popular by startups such as Pipe , which has built a marketplace connecting investors to companies with businesses that have predictable, recurring revenues.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2022

There are still plenty of blockchain studios staging successful multimillion-dollar raises around the globe, but competition for funds has tightened to the point where only standout projects are winning backers. The blockchain gaming market is full of builders who are experienced in crypto but haven’t built traditional games.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2022

Granted, much of that capital was probably raised before the crypto markets started tanking, but we unpacked the storied firm’s strategy and discussed a somewhat questionable investment it just made in a well-known grifter’s new blockchain startup (hint: he kinda looks like Jared Leto). DeFi personal finance app Pebble raised a $6.2

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