Coinbase, FTX, eToro, and other apps surge in popularity after multiple crypto Super Bowl ads; Coinbase rose from 186th to 2nd on US App Store after QR code ad
Crypto apps shot up App Store download charts in the US on Monday morning, after a Super Bowl studded with digital assets advertising.
Ethereum L2 scaling project Optimism fixes bug that left it open to unlimited ETH token creation in its accounts; $2M+ bounty given to Jay Freeman of Cydia fame
Ethereum scaling startup Optimism disclosed a “critical bug” fix in the project's Geth fork that would have allowed malicious hackers to create infinite ETH Source: saurik.com .
UK's HMRC tax authority seizes three NFTs in a £1.4M fraud case involving 250 alleged fake companies, the first UK law enforcement agency to seize an NFT
The UK tax authority has seized three Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) as part of a probe into a suspected a VAT fraud involving 250 alleged fake companies.
Newly unsealed court documents show IBM executives disparaged older employees as “dinobabies” and discussed phasing them out to make room for millennials
Documents released in an age-discrimination case appear to show high-level discussion about paring the ranks of older employees.
Interviews and documents reveal traumatic working conditions at a Facebook content moderation facility in Nigeria, run by Sama, with pay as low as $1.50/hour
This story is based on interviews with more than a dozen current and former Sama employees, as well as hundreds of pages …
Foxconn says it will invest $118.7M for a 40% stake in a joint venture with Indian conglomerate Vedanta to make semiconductors in India
Taiwan's Foxconn (2317.TW) said on Monday it had partnered with Indian conglomerate Vedanta Ltd (VDAN.NS) to make semiconductors in the South Asian country …
SEC fines crypto lending company BlockFi $100M, which will register its high-yield crypto savings product and offer it as a security as part of the settlement
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday that it fined crypto lending firm BlockFi $100 million …
Snapchat is testing mid-roll ads in the Stories of some US creators, ahead of a wider rollout, and will share revenue based on engagement and other metrics
The feature is currently in beta testing — Snapchat is introducing a new way for creators on the app to earn money.
London-based Tripledot, which makes a Solitaire app, Woodoku, and other casual mobile games, raises a $116M Series B led by 20VC at a $1.4B valuation
Casual mobile games have reached a fever pitch of interest with consumers, and so too with investors, who are rushing to back the biggest …
Manchester United signs a multiyear deal with Tezos, reportedly worth over £20M per year, and plans to introduce fan experiences using the Tezos blockchain
Manchester United has announced a landmark multi-year partnership which will see Tezos … Adam Crafton / The Athletic : Manchester United confirm £20m sponsorship deal with blockchain company Tezos Twe...
European Commission says it is planning to propose a bill for a digital euro in early 2023; the ECB expects to start working on a prototype at the end of 2023
Bjarke Smith-Meyer / Politico :
Research: ModifiedElephant APT has targeted activists, journalists, lawyers, and others in India to spy on or plant digital evidence since at least 2012
files that incriminate the target in specific crimes—prior to conveniently coordinated arrests.” 2/n https://www.sentinelone.com/ ... Nilanjana Roy / @nilanjanaroy : That stage of authoritarianism: “I...
As bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies appreciate in value, tracking and valuing holdings is becoming a major source of contention in US divorces
Dividing the family's Bitcoin stash has become a major source of contention in divorce cases. — The divorce dragged on for eight years, almost as long as the marriage. Tweets: @dannygroner , @kingpr...
UK's largest insurer Aviva says VR headset-related damage claims increased by 31% in 2021, with an average claim of ~£650 and TVs being the most damaged item
Indian adtech company InMobi's Glance, a lock screen content app, raises $200M from Jio Platforms, source says at a $1.7B-$1.8B post-money valuation
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A review of 80K+ Freedom Convoy 2022 donations reveals a Bangladeshi digital marketing firm was behind two of the biggest Facebook groups promoting the events
Texas sues Meta over its use of facial recognition from 2010 to late 2021 in the state; source: Texas seeks hundreds of billions of dollars in civil penalties
State says social-media giant violated privacy protections in lawsuit, seeks hundreds of billions of dollars in civil penalties Tweets: @wsj , @katemilani , and @anthony Tweets: @wsj : Texas sued Meta...
London-based Banked, which lets merchants accept payments without users creating an account or sharing data, raises $20M Series A led by BOA and Edenred
Banked is a FinTech startup that offers an alternative to card schemes. Consumers are able to pay without entering financial data …
South Africa-based Stitch, which enables businesses to build, optimize, and scale financial products using its APIs, raises a $21M Series A
Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch :
London-based Papier, which sells personalized paper-based stationery online, raises a $50M Series C led by Singular, bringing its total raised to $65M
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
SEC proposes cybersecurity rules for investment funds and advisers, requiring them to report cyberattacks and major cybersecurity incidents within 48 hours
James Rundle / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @pstasiatech Tweets: Paul Triolo / @pstasiatech : The SEC published draft cybersecurity rules for investment funds and advisers that would require them to...
Canada-based 7shifts, which provides employee scheduling and workforce management software to restaurants, raises an $80M Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2
Charles Mandel / BetaKit :
UK-based used car marketplace Cazoo raises $630M in a secondary offering led by Viking Global Investors, bringing its total raised to $900M
Twitch has updated its policy to ban usernames that include references “to sexual acts, arousal, fluids, or genitalia” and hard drugs from March 1
How warehouse automation startups like Accelerate360 and Attabotics, grocery services like Misfits, and delivery firms like Veho are transforming supply chains
NYC-based Viam Robotics, still in stealth mode, raises a $30M Series A led by Tiger Global for its “standardized building blocks” approach to robotics
Mike Oitzman / The Robot Report :
Bored Ape Yacht Club members, who have full IP rights for the ape character they own, are pursuing licensing deals to put ape characters on cannabis packaging
Wallaroo, a NY-based startup that helps enterprises deploy, run, and observe ML models in production at scale, raises a $25M Series A led by Microsoft's M12
Paris-based Silvr, which offers revenue-based financing to e-commerce and SaaS companies in Europe, raises an €18M Series A and €112M in debt
Q&A with Cory Hrncirik, Microsoft's Modern Finance project lead, on flattening the company's finance head count with AI and data lakes, using Excel, and more
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI.
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