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$10B crypto developer platform Alchemy buys coding bootcamp in first-ever acquisition

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For Alchemy, the acquisition seems like a fit considering the company’s goal is to be the starting point for developers looking to build apps on the blockchain. Alchemy did not disclose the terms of the deal. Over half of the students that have gone through its program have landed jobs within six months after graduating, McCabe said.

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Nigeria’s AltSchool raises $1M pre-seed to build an alternative school for Africans

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The company’s model is akin to BloomTech’s (formerly Lambda School). In AltSchool’s pipeline are courses on product, blockchain and data. You might need a BSc if you want to be a doctor or nurse and some of these other skills. But when it comes to being a software engineer or digital skills, you really don’t,” said the CEO.

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Amid crypto’s talent war, Encode Club mints new web3 developers

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Blockchain startups and protocols are fighting to onboard and train more engineers — an even tougher undertaking in a world where developing on Ethereum vs. Solana vs. Polkadot vs. another blockchain can require completely different programming skill sets. Crypto-savvy developers are in short supply these days.

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Data-sharing platform Vendia raises $30M Series B

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Vendia , a blockchain-based platform that makes it easier for businesses to share their code and data with partners across applications, platforms and clouds, today announced that it has raised a $30 million Series B round led by NewView Capital. “At the end of the day, our customers have real problems,” Wagner said.

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Stackery Welcomes Tim Wagner, Inventor of AWS Lambda, to Board of Directors

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Tim spent six years at Amazon Web Services as the General Manager of AWS Lambda, where he oversaw the team that built the success of serverless as a platform. After AWS, Tim helped lead another bleeding-edge movement, driving forward blockchain innovation as the VP of Engineering at the digital currency exchange platform Coinbase.

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120+ live online training courses opened for January and February

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Get hands-on training in Kubernetes, machine learning, blockchain, Python, management, and many other topics. Blockchain. Blockchain Applications and Smart Contracts , January 11. Introducing Blockchain , January 22. IBM Blockchain Platform as a Service , January 23-24. Artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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170+ live online training courses opened for March and April

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Get hands-on training in machine learning, microservices, blockchain, Python, Java, and many other topics. Blockchain. Introducing Blockchain , March 8. Building Smart Contracts on the Blockchain , March 21-22. IBM Blockchain Platform as a Service , March 25-26. Blockchain for Enterprise , April 1.