TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2023

The future of digital retail has arrived in Paris, naturally. Today, SPIN by lablaco, launched its first digitized retail experience called Web3 Fashion: The Origin Story at the famed Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées. Or in other words, no one wants to be the person listed on the blockchain who threw their turtleneck into the bin.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

While retail investors grew more comfortable buying cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum in 2021, the decentralized application world still has a lot of work to do when it comes to onboarding a mainstream user base. ” Andreessen Horowitz triples down on blockchain startups with massive $2.2 billion Crypto Fund III. .

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Enter Bumpa, a Nigerian retail automation platform that wants to do the heavy lifting for companies eyeing more digital operations. BetterData : BetterData taps the blockchain to help create better synthetic data. The TechCrunch Top 3. Helping it along is $4 million in new capital from Base10 Partners, Tage reports.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

Cryptocurrency and blockchain had a breakout year in 2021. Have we reached a point where crypto and blockchain reach mass adoption? Even though DeFi, cryptocurrencies, blockchains, NFTs and a slew of other products came online in 2021, only about 1% of the world’s population has a unique crypto wallet. Rodrigo Vicuna.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

Chainalysis , a blockchain analysis company, announced Friday it has closed on $100 million in Series D financing, doubling its valuation to over $2 billion. Chainalysis’ self-described mission is “to build trust in blockchains to promote more financial freedom with less risk.”. Notably, BlockFi is also a Chainalysis customer.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2021

Earlier this month, blockchain-based lender Figure Technologies agreed to merge with mortgage firm Homebridge Financial Services, which has 180 retail branches and funded more than $25 billion in home loans in 2020. In March of this year, SoFi agreed to acquire Golden Pacific Bancorp (GBP) for about $22.3

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CTOvision

JULY 27, 2020

Falvey and Justin Porter explain the use of blockchain technology in the retail sector on Lexology: Blockchain is a digital, decentralized, distributed ledger that […]. Read Michelle Ann Gitlitz, Cheryl A.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

Data from blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis says the region’s crypto usage grew 1,200% last year, making it the third-fastest growing cryptocurrency economy. his time there made him aware of the societal and financial challenges affecting Africans in remote places and theories of how bitcoin and blockchain technology could help.

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Crunchbase News

MAY 14, 2024

That said, there is a growing category of investors that is still not considered by many founders as a potential source of funding — retail investors. However, attracting money from retail investors has its peculiarities. Therefore, you can digitize shares in your company using a blockchain protocol and offer them as tokens.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

Spatial Labs , a web3 infrastructure and hardware company, announced today the closing of a $10 million seed round led by Blockchain Capital with participation from Marcy Venture Partners, the firm co-founded by Jay-Z. Iddris Sandu founded Spatial Labs in 2021, seeking to create products and shopping experiences using augmented reality.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Peer to peer transactions and retail trading are two of the biggest drivers of crypto adoption on the continent. Bademosi was the Director of Binance Labs in Africa, overseeing the incubation and development of blockchain projects when he decided to start Bundle as CEO in 2019.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In online learning, adaptive content personalizes education to individual needs, while in thoughtful, intelligent retail, automated shelves use real-time data to monitor stock levels, creating a seamless shopping experience.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

People do not know how to pay gas fees, do not know how to bridge across various blockchains, people do not know what transaction they are approving and end up losing funds.”. Eventually, we realized that the challenge is that crypto transactions today do not fit the mental model of how retail users perceive transactions.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Blockchain, DeFi and web3 technologies continue to evolve rapidly in a world of wild extremes. AR: Absolutely — lots of people use the word “crypto” as a synonym for everything related to blockchain technology, though it mainly captures the financial applications/tokens themselves. There’s never a dull moment in the cryptoverse.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

We believe that options can offer retail investors opportunities to generate returns in today’s more challenging market environment. “The integration of Gatsby will allow us to provide U.S. users with a safe and simple way to trade options, and give them more flexibility to use new strategies,” Assia said. “We Scaling our U.S.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

Faster blockchain transactions + privacy = Espresso ? The war on gas (fees) : If Espresso doesn’t upend the blockchain market, the issue of high gas (transaction) fees on popular blockchains will persist. It is using zkSync to help it batch transactions for the Ethereum blockchain, hopefully lowering gas costs for its users.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Founded in May 2022 by Tonmoy Shingal and Pankaj Garg and based in Bangalore, Binocs currently has over 1,000 users, including retail and institutional investors who need to perform forensic accounting and risk management. The traditional approach is to collate and interpret the blockchain exchange ledgers manually.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 6, 2022

The company will use its latest funding, which brings its total raised to about $156 million, to add more tokens and supported blockchains and new products. The pandemic spurred interest in retail investment last year, and as the pandemic subsides, Martin said “we see that the market is more mature now compared to last year.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

SaaS, Enterprise + Retail. FinTech + Blockchain. These rising-star startups represent the innovation taking place across these tech categories: Hardware, Robotics, AI + ML. HealthTech + BioTech. Space + Security. Education, HR + Future of Work. Climate + CleanTech. Mobility + Transportation. Want to see the companies?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

For instance, rather than employing human employees, the startup uses privacy computing and blockchain to manage the regulatory paperwork needed for cross-border transactions. The startup plans to tout its marketing tools and payments solutions to retailers in the U.K., It has set up a base in the U.K.,

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

And while scams continued to proliferate and hacker heists became a weekly occurrence, the space onboarded an onslaught of retail investors and fostered feverish excitement among young technologists eager to bet their careers on the blockchain. Building a Blockchain Behemoth. Live onstage: TechCrunch’s Chain Reaction.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

Blockchain and other web3 projects are racing to reach developers, hosting hackathons, bandying out grants and offering other perks to lure those who can build. It also screens projects using a number of factors such as a developer’s on-chain and GitHub history to shoulder much of the burden from various blockchain and web3 firms.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Open Mineral plans to disrupt commodities trading with blockchain. Just as eBay revolutionized retail purchasing by bringing more choices to buyers and sellers, we aim to do the same for physical commodity producers in a curated, trusted environment of the Open Mineral platform.”.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Blockchain, DeFi and web3 technologies continue to evolve rapidly in a world of wild extremes. AR: Absolutely — lots of people use the word “crypto” as a synonym for everything related to blockchain technology, though it mainly captures the financial applications/tokens themselves. There’s never a dull moment in the cryptoverse.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Republic already comprises several different business arms, including a popular retail investment platform that invites people to invest with as little as $10; a private capital division with almost $1 billion in assets under management that funnels accredited investors into startups; and a blockchain consultancy arm that provides technical, financing, (..)

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

More startup goodies: A chain with a sack of cash at the end of it : Based in New York, Interplay is raising $10 million for a new blockchain fund, Anita reports. On the social chain : Blockchain ecosystem Topl has raised $15 million to help companies track and monetize social impact initiatives, Jacquelyn reports.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

Given what a minute fraction of the company’s aggregate GMV we’re talking about here, this is not Earth-shaking news, but does matter for the larger set of DTC startups out there considering physical retail. If Amazon can’t make it work, well, can you? Startups/VC. The company just closed a pre-seed round worth $5.5

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

Pintu is the latest investment app in Southeast Asia to quickly raise a much larger follow-on round as interest in retail investing grows. While the rate of retail investment in Indonesia is still low, its growing quickly because of a confluence of factors , including people’s desire to diversify and increase their assets during the pandemic.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

” DeFi is quickly maturing, which means startups are spinning up new products left and right — many of which are just blockchain-based versions of products that already exist in the traditional financial system. A graphic depicting Ondo’s place in the DeFi ecosystem. Image Credits: Ondo.

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CIO

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Web3 and blockchain innovation Web3 technologies, including blockchain, decentralized finance (DeFi), and digital identity systems, will be key topics. Blockchain’s potential to create transparent, secure, and decentralized systems is gaining traction in sectors such as finance, supply chain, and governance.

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Altexsoft

DECEMBER 27, 2019

However we can’t but agree with Sukhi Jutla, co-founder of MarketOrders blockchain platform, stating that “ in many cases, the logistics and transportation industry doesn’t have a full, end-to-end digital footprint.” Blockchain logistics: discussing opportunities and benefits. No records can be lost, destroyed or replaced.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

Ultimately, DeFi is a mirror reflection of traditional finance (TradFi), and founders who have deep sector expertise in TradFi, coupled with a fundamental understanding of blockchains will stand out from the other teams, Paul Veradittakit, general partner at Pantera Capital, shared. How has that changed from past quarters?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

And while scams continued to proliferate and hacker heists became a weekly occurrence, the space onboarded an onslaught of retail investors and fostered feverish excitement among young technologists eager to bet their careers on the blockchain. Building a Blockchain Behemoth. Live onstage: TechCrunch’s Chain Reaction.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

And while scams continued to proliferate and hacker heists became a weekly occurrence, the space onboarded an onslaught of retail investors and fostered feverish excitement among young technologists eager to bet their careers on the blockchain. Building a Blockchain Behemoth. Live onstage: TechCrunch’s Chain Reaction.

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Perficient

MARCH 5, 2024

Enter Salesforce Blockchain, a revolutionary technology integrated into the Salesforce platform, offering new possibilities for business transformation. In this blog, we will delve into the world of Salesforce Blockchain, exploring its applications, use cases, and implementation strategies that are shaping the future of business in 2024.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

In fact, funding for blockchain startups has already exceeded $4 billion so far in 2022, and investors seem intent on keeping up the pace, wrote Alex Wilhelm in The Exchange. The crypto market hasn’t had a good year so far, with Bitcoin losing nearly a fifth of its value, and other tokens seeing similar declines. But VCs don’t seem to mind.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Bigthinx – AI technology focused on fashion retail, wellness and the metaverse with products for body scanning, digital avatars and virtual fashion. ByondXR – Provides retail 3D virtual experiences that are fast, scalable and in line with the latest metaverse technologies. The Metaverse. NeuroTrainer, Inc. I-EMS Group, Ltd.

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