Tag: startups
Ethiopia to Allow Some Tax, Forex Rule Changes to Lure Startups
Ethiopia has given the green light for a wide array of policy adjustments to attract startups in the latest reforms aimed at opening up the once-socia [...]
IOTA’s Ecosystem Foundation Commits $10M for Tokenization, Trade Startups
“By investing in the future of TradeTech, we are not just facilitating smoother trade transactions; we are laying the groundwork for a more interconne [...]
Silicon Valley Giant Y Combinator Now Looks to Invest in Stablecoin Finance
YC said that although $136 billion worth of stablecoins have been issued to date, the opportunity in the sector is “much more immense still.” Despite [...]
Wise, FX Fintechs Face New Rival in HSBC’s Zing App
In the early 2010s, a pack of financial technology startups hit the market with an offer that many consumers found hard to refuse: international money [...]
Prediction Markets Can Hedge Crypto Startups’ Regulatory Risk, Paradigm Says
In a friend-of-the-court brief filed Thursday, Paradigm, which is not an investor in Kalshi, argued that such contracts could help businesses, includi [...]
HSBC Challenges Fintech Startups Revolut, Wise With New Forex App
HSBC Holdings Plc is set to debut an international payments app aimed at directly challenging the dominance of fintechs like Revolut and Wise Plc that [...]
Cointelegraph enters into a strategic collaboration with Chainlink Labs to support Web3 startups
Cointelegraph is excited to announce a strategic collaboration with Chainlink Labs, the primary contributing developer of the industry-standard decent [...]
Madeira seeks to boost economy with startups, innovative payment system
An archipelago in the middle of the Atlantic is seeking startups and tech talents to boost its economic growth. Web3 entrepreneurs are flocking to thi [...]
Venture Capital Lightspeed Faction Starts $285M Fund for Blockchain Startups
Faction, a joint venture with a $25 billion asset-under-management VC firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, typically invests in seed-stage and Series A f [...]
SC Ventures, SBI Holdings to Set Up $100M UEA Investment Firm for Crypto Startups
SC Ventures and SBI Holdings' Digital Asset Joint Venture investment company will be established in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and focus on firms [...]
Tech Start-Ups Try to Sell a Cautious Pentagon on A.I.
Shield AI, a tech start-up, already has a drone run by artificial intelligence being used by the Israeli military. But persuading the Pentagon to embr [...]
‘We were worried about ecosystem startups’ — Solana CEO on FTX collapse
The now-infamous collapse of FTX sent shockwaves through the broader cryptocurrency space in 2022, but the Solana ecosystem was particularly hard hit [...]
Web3 startups kick off Cointelegraph Accelerator second cohort
Cointelegraph Accelerator, a startup booster that leverages Cointelegraph’s capabilities as a media and strategic partner, announced its second cohort [...]
Hong Kong crypto VC opens $100M fund for Asian blockchain startups
Hong Kong-based crypto-focused venture capital firm CMCC Global has raised $100 million to support Asian blockchain startups. The crypto fund, called [...]
A Silver Lining From the Pandemic: A Surge in Start-ups
New research suggests that big shifts in consumer and company behavior — and maybe federal stimulus dollars — have fueled entrepreneurship.
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