India plans law that will prohibit ‘all private cryptocurrencies’ with ‘certain exceptions’

India plans to introduce, evaluate, and enforce a bill to prohibit “all private cryptocurrencies” in the country, according to a legislative agenda for the winter session. The Indian government... Read more »

Small creators are big business

Ira Belsky Contributor Share on Twitter Ira Belsky is the co-founder and co-CEO at Artlist. You’ve likely heard of the “creator economy” already — it’s no longer a new... Read more »

Peek raises $80M as its travel experiences software and marketplace business passes $2B in bookings

Travel and tourism are slowly starting to move again in the wake of Covid-19 crashing over the world and sending us to shelter in place. Today a company focused... Read more »

Blue Origin sets six-person tourist trip to space for Michael Strahan, Laura Shepard Churchley and first parent-child duo

Blue Origin has announced its next human spaceflight: A six-person launch set for December 9. This is the first time that Blue Origin is flying a full complement of... Read more »

Bitrise grabs $60M to keep companies updated with constantly changing mobile requirements

As more of the world shifts to doing everything from their smartphones, the ability to build better iOS and Android apps has to move with it. Bitrise aims to... Read more »

Klarna offers ‘Pay Now’ option in US, Klarna Card coming soon

U.S. consumers now have the choice to use Klarna’s “Pay Now” service to pay immediately and in full at any online retailer where Klarna is available. This adds to... Read more »

Data collection isn’t the problem: It’s what companies are doing with it

Maxim Kharchenko Contributor Share on Twitter Maxim Kharchenko is the director of fintech products at Rakuten Viber and is an expert in product leadership in the financial technology sector.... Read more »

Seaya Ventures, Cathay Innovation launch $125M fund for LatAm startups

Venture capital firms Seaya Ventures and Cathay Innovation have created a joint fund aimed at startups across Latin America that are redefining their industries and society. The two firms... Read more »

Vercel raises $150M Series D as it looks to build an end-to-end front-end development platform

Only a few months ago, Vercel, the company behind the popular Next.js framework for front-end developers, announced a $102 million Series B funding round that took its valuation to... Read more »

Lee Fixel’s Addition leads $32M investment into TruePay, a Brazilian B2B ‘buy now, pay later’ startup

Global investors continue to be drawn to LatAm. TruePay, a one-year-old São Paulo-based “buy now, pay later” startup, announced today that it has raised $32 million in a Series... Read more »
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