Blockchain startup Fetch.ai grabs $40M to provide monetization and other tooling for AI-generated information

Blockchain startup Fetch.ai grabs $40M to provide monetization and other tooling for AI-generated information

AI is riding high on a curve of hype, which means some of the practical questions that might grow louder over time — the many costs (financial and social), the business models — may not be the most front of mind right now. Today a startup called Fetch.ai is announcing $40 million in funding in […]

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Aspecta nabs $3.5M to build AI-vetted coder profiles

Aspecta nabs $3.5M to build AI-vetted coder profiles

While LinkedIn is helpful for displaying people’s educational and professional achievements, there exists a world of self-taught tech talent whose skills are not so easily reflected on the networking site. Rather, their expertise is hidden in the lines of code they write. Aspecta is trying to fill that gap by providing an AI-powered profile builder […]

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Backed with $3M, Soul Wallet aims to bring self-hosted crypto wallets to the next billion

Backed with $3M, Soul Wallet aims to bring self-hosted crypto wallets to the next billion

If you own a non-custodial crypto wallet like MetaMask, you know the headache of keeping your 16-word seed phrase safe. That’s the responsibility that comes with having full control over one’s digital assets. A third-party wallet, like one hosted by an exchange, on the other hand, stores private keys on users’ behalf and provides a […]

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Once scammed for ten grand, this VC is building a crypto security vault

Once scammed for ten grand, this VC is building a crypto security vault

One of the barriers to bringing cryptocurrency into the mainstream is the frequency of fraud in the space. Last year alone, over $3.9 billion worth of crypto was “lost”, according to an industry report, even though the number was already down roughly 50% from the year before. Francois Le Nguyen, an angel investor and former […]

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Hackers steal around $200 million from crypto lender Euler Finance

Hackers steal around $200 million from crypto lender Euler Finance

On Monday, the blockchain monitoring firm PeckShield sent an ominous tweet directed at the crypto lending platform Euler Fiance, simply saying: “Hi […] you may want to take a look.” What the firm was suggesting Euler take a look at was a series of transactions that indicated there was an ongoing hack against Euler. According […]

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Founder of troubled crypto asset unicorn Babel launches new DeFi project, stablecoin

Founder of troubled crypto asset unicorn Babel launches new DeFi project, stablecoin

Flex Yang, the former CEO and founder of Babel Finance, is leading efforts to restructure the now embattled crypto asset unicorn while introducing a new decentralized project with hopes to avoid some of the flaws of his previous venture. In light of the downfall of centralized crypto services like FTX, Gemini and Babel itself, Yang […]

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Coinbase launches blockchain Base to help developers build dApps on-chain

Coinbase launches blockchain Base to help developers build dApps on-chain

Coinbase, the second largest crypto exchange by trading volume, has launched Base, an Ethereum-focused layer-2 (L2) blockchain, Jesse Pollak, lead for Base and head of protocols at Coinbase, told TechCrunch. In the past, Coinbase has homed in on the trading and exchange side of its business, but from the utility perspective, it’s still too hard […]

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