IT総合 The IRS’s crypto tax partner, ZenLedger, raises $15 million Series B
Government tends to struggle when it comes to keeping up with tech innovation. The past U.S. tax season that just wrappe...
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IT総合 Primitives wants to turn your crypto wallet into a social network
Only a handful of “whales,” or big spenders, still own the majority of NFTs. While the digital assets have p...
IT総合 Four-month-old Doppel is helping some of the biggest NFT projects spot scams
As NFTs have gained popularity, so, too, has NFT fraud. Copycats can quite easily upload images to an NFT marketplace, m...
IT総合 CEO of fintech app Eco alleges that Y Combinator-backed Pebble copied its business model, materials
Andy Bromberg, CEO of a16z-backed Eco, is claiming that Pebble, another fintech startup that came out of stealth this mo...
IT総合 Y Combinator-backed fintech Pebble uses stablecoins to offer 5% yield on cash
As equities continue to trade down from recent peaks, investors are searching for higher returns. Some have turned to th...
IT総合 Lightspeed’s Mercedes Bent on why the metaverse isn’t overhyped
On the Chain Reaction podcast this week, we dove into a topic that tends to stir up strong emotions, even from those out...
IT総合 Second-largest crypto exchange FTX expands its empire with launch of stock trading feature
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX is launching stock trading capabilities for its customers through its U.S. division. The com...
IT総合 A blockchain billionaire’s big bet
Hello and welcome back to the Chain Reaction podcast, where we unpack and explain the latest crypto news, drama and tren...
IT総合 Coinbase backtracks on its hiring plans, citing crypto market turmoil
Coinbase, the third-largest crypto exchange by volume, has changed its tune on hiring amid a market downturn.
“Hea...
IT総合 Robinhood lets users manage their own crypto wallets in push to spur trading
After a difficult first quarter, investing app Robinhood is doubling down on new product launches, particularly in its c...
IT総合 Greenlight, a $2.3B fintech focused on kids, launches credit card for parents
Greenlight, the Atlanta, GA-based fintech company that pitches parents on kid-friendly bank accounts, is launching a cre...
IT総合 Amid crypto’s talent war, Encode Club mints new web3 developers
Crypto-savvy developers are in short supply these days. Blockchain startups and protocols are fighting to onboard and tr...
IT総合 Gusto raises an extension round, following Faire as unicorns react to a changing market
Gusto, an HR technology unicorn worth nearly $10 billion, has raised an extension to its 2021-era Series E funding round...
IT総合 Crypto winter is coming
Hello and welcome back to the Chain Reaction podcast, where we unpack and explain the latest crypto news, drama and tren...
IT総合 Data-driven fintech Tifin valued at $842M in new $109M Series D round
There’s been talk throughout the venture ecosystem of a funding slowdown, but AI-powered fintech platform Tifin se...
IT総合 Luxus wants the crown jewel of your portfolio to be an actual diamond
A much-anticipated market downturn may finally be here, and investors have been preparing for it by diversifying their p...
IT総合 Robinhood aims to court users by offering attractive 1% interest rate on cash
Investing app Robinhood is on a roll with announcing new features as it looks to appeal to more customers amid dwindling...
IT総合 Republic’s venture arm reportedly raising $700 million for crypto-focused funds
Private investment platform Republic’s ~$1 billion venture arm is reportedly in talks to raise $700 million for tw...
IT総合 Co:Create aims to help NFT projects launch their own cryptocurrencies
NFT powerhouse Yuga Labs, the startup behind the Bored Apes Yacht Club (BAYC) monkey JPEGs, launched its native ApeCoin ...
IT総合 Bitcoin’s bid to become the “one chain to rule them all”
The Bitcoin 2022 conference brought over 25,000 attendees to Miami last month to discuss the future of the world’s large...
IT総合 As fintech gets more fragmented, Meld helps developers manage their tech stack
Fintech has a fragmentation problem — as the number of fintech products has grown, so, too, has the number of inte...
IT総合 The half-billion-dollar profit swing that led to Better.com’s myriad layoffs
An S-4 filing from Aurora Acquisition Corp., the SPAC that digital mortgage provider Better.com intended to merge with, ...
IT総合 Crypto investor and founder Jill Gunter on the increasingly heated competition between blockchains — and what it’ll take to win
Jill Gunter is no stranger to crypto — she’s seen the market through its ups and downs, conducting research ...
IT総合 Oops, I think they broke the blockchain
Hello and welcome back to the Chain Reaction podcast, where we unpack and explain the latest crypto news, drama and tren...
IT総合 Robinhood to let users lend out their shares in its attempt to diversify revenue
Trading platform Robinhood is launching a feature that will allow its users to lend out their stocks in hopes of earning...
IT総合 Americana’s chip turns physical objects into NFTs
NFTs are being used for far more than just proving you own a JPEG on the internet. Americana Technologies, a startup fou...
IT総合 なぜWeb3の富裕層は現金ではなく暗号通貨を寄付しているのか
ロシアとウクライナの戦争が激化する中、暗号資産は海外の寄付者がウクライナを支援するのに不可欠なツールとなっている。このような状況下での暗号資産による募金活動の成功は、暗号資産保有者が慈善活動の目的を支援するためにコインを手放すという、202...
IT総合 個人が不動産債権に投資できるプラットフォームGroundfloor、事業拡大に向け資金調達
クラウドファンディングは、企業が資金を調達する方法としてますます人気が高まっていて、投資家も注目している。不動産クラウドファンディングのプラットフォームとして初めて規制当局の認可を取得したGroundfloor（グラウンドフロア）は、201...
IT総合 社会的弱者の創業者やフィンテックに投資、決済インフラ企業Strongholdがベンチャーキャピタル部門を起ち上げ
決済インフラ企業のStronghold（ストロングホールド）がベンチャーキャピタル部門を起ち上げ、バランスシートの資産のうち1億ドル（約115億円）を、3つのコア戦略である「社会的弱者の創業者」「フィンテック（金融テクノロジー）」「Web3...
IT総合 BlockFiの米SECとの約115億円の和解は、今後のDeFiレンディングにとって何を意味するのか？
暗号資産融資プラットフォームBlockFi（ブロックファイ）は、同社が利子口座の提供を通じて証券法に違反したという主張に対する和解で、米国証券取引委員会（SEC）に1億ドル（約115億円）を支払うと規制当局が米国時間2月14日に発表した。こ...