Jack of all metaverse-trades Chase Chapman discusses her experience working for DAOs, how DAO tooling and governance can improve, and drops a hot take about Discord. Chase brings a unique[...]
FinAccel, the parent company of Indonesian Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) platform Kredivo, has scrapped its plans to merge with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings II (VPCB), a publicly traded special
Revolut has eased many of the requirements needed to set up an account for all refugees regardless of nationality, fleeing Ukraine following the Russian invasion. The company has also done
Latin America’s first highly-curated Iberoamerican NFT marketplace, Carnaval is leveraging Bitcoin’s security to start mining unique artworks on the network. The minting of NFTs was made possible with support from Rootstock (RSK), an open-source platform hosting smart contracts and decentralized applications, and Bitcoin’s third layer protocol, RSK Infrastructure Framework (RIF). As a marketplace for tradable […]
Stilt, a fintech that specializes in providing financial services to immigrant communities, has raised $14 million in new funding. The Series A round was led by Link Ventures, and featured participation from Petrushka Investments, Hillsven Capital, and investor Gokul Rajaram. A number of C-level technology executives were also involved in the funding, including Stripe COO Read more...
BEND, Ore. — Cannabis ecommerce platform Dutchie announced a new partnership today with the Last Prisoner Project, a nonprofit dedicated to undoing the harms of the failed war on drugs and releasing […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Trulieve Cannabis Corp., a leading and top-performing cannabis company in the United States, today announced an exclusive partnership with Survivor: Africa winner and cancer survivor Ethan Zohn. Through the partnership, Zohn will be […]
Earlier today, Charles Hoskinson, Co-Founder and CEO of IO Global (aka “IOG”, formerly known as “IOHK”), the company responsible for Cardano’s research and development, talked about when ADA HODLers can expect to see the next “large wave” of DApps. Hoskinson’s comments came in response to a tweet from Dr. Shweta, the owner and operator of KiBloc StakePools (KIBC1 […]
Enjin, an ecosystem for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), has now launched its parachain Efinity on Polkadot. As the first-ever NFT parachain to launch on the Polkadot network, Efinity will support CryptoBlades and its 1.1 million users, with additional commitment from over 100 games and apps. Fueled by the EFI token, Efinity is a Polkadot parachain purpose-built […]
A year and a half ago Netflix released The Social Dilemma, a docu-drama that dug into the harmful consequences of social media. Think political polarization, the spread of misinformation, and upticks in anxiety and depression across multiple demographics. Tristan Harris, a former Google design ethicist and co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, is a […]