According to Venezuelan media outlets, the nation has allegedly started doling out monthly pensions in the form of Petro tokens rather...

WhatsApp and parent Facebook are working on making a cryptocurrency that will let users transfer money on the messaging app, focusing...

As the FT reports - The humble QR code is set to give the Indonesian mobile payments market a huge boost when the central bank formally...

Blythe Masters left JPMorgan Chase in 2014 to become CEO of Digital Asset Holdings. Now, three and a half years later she is stepping down.

The unsurprising result is that debt is eating up most of the income held by America’s eldest citizens. That is a problem their parents...

Experian have announced they will start factoring in bill payment information for some consumers early next year.

San Francisco based crypto investment platform has raised a $2.1m Series Seed led by Peter Thiel and Digital Currency Group.

New York based digital asset brokerage startup has raised $16m in venture financing led by Founders Fund

Palo Alto based employee cash advance platform has raised a $125m Series C led by Andreessen Horowitz.

Munich based cloud pricing software company has raised $28.5m in Series B funding led by Digital+ Partners.

Despite the ongoing crypto bear market of 2018, Polychain Capital has raised $175m for their first venture capital fund to invest in...

Revolut's application for a European banking license has been approved by the European Central Bank.  Though the product is not...

While it seems like a feature that should already have existed on the platform, the crypto exchange will now allow its users to do...

New York based post-retirement financial advice platform has raised a $9m Series A from Point72, Anthemis, and Clocktower.

London based international money transer startup has raised a $17.6m Series B led by Vostok Emerging Finance and Hard Yake.  

Portfolio company Sigma Ratings has a new partnership with PwC.  Together they hope to help financial institutions and companies...

The company announced that it was changing its plans and considering labelling the new product "cash management accounts" instead of...

In one of 2018's more bizarre headlines, an Ohio congressman thinks crowdfunding via token sale may be the best way to fund Trump's...

Los Angeles based live event ticket insurance startup has raised an $8m Series A led by American Family Ventures and IA Capital Group.

Polychain, which is widely considered the largest crypto hedge fund, has announced it is getting into traditional equity.  Firm...

Bloomberg has reviewed statements from four separate months detailing the cash held by Tether - and apparently the stablecoin really does...

Toronto based ecommerce financing startup has raised a $50m debt facility from Upper90.

Facebook has hired nearly 40 employees to work in its secretive blockchain group, including a head of business development to oversee...

A good short read on how the collapse in crypto prices has shown that decentralization is not only an economic story but also a political...

Oh how things have changed! This article gives us a glimpse into the future, highlighting how kids are using photos of sleeping relatives...

Lowell Putnam, CEO of portfolio company Quovo, discusses the data infrastructure his startup is building to enable services that help...

Goldman, JP Morgan, Citigroup and Credit Suisse have invested $17.5 million in AccessFintech, a startup that sells technology to help...

Revolut has secured a European banking license from regulators in Lithuania, allowing the pre-paid card provider to start offering...

Recode has captured 2018’s tech tribulations and trends in 14 charts.

Family offices are booming - the represent trillions in assets, and the biggest now compete with major venture capital and private equity...

Basis raised $133m this April from Andreessen Horowitz and Alphabet’s GV to build a “stablecoin”. The project is now shutting down in the...

Securities Investor Protection Corporation, a non-profit membership corporation that insures stock brokerages, tells TechCrunch its...

TransferGo, the London-based international money transfer startup, has raised just over $17.6 million in Series B funding led by Vostok...

Portfolio company Tradeblock has launched indices for EOS, Stellar, and Moneyo - to complement their existing suite of indices. ...

Multiple sources are reporting that the algorithmic stablecoin project is set to return the majority of the $133m in funding from names...

MoneyLion's "financial heart" is helping consumers monitor the real-time state of their finances in the same way that a Fitbit or EKG...

Congrats to Hart Lambur and Allison Lu for lifting the veil on portfolio company Risk Lab's first use case for real-time margining on any...

San Francisco based 401(k) startup has raised a $35m Series C led by Tiger Global.

In addition to the 3% yield, Robinhood customers will have access to 75k ATMs and around-the-clock customer service.  

One year old Singapore Life offers a variety of term life and universal life policies and sells them online and through private banks and...

New York based mobile point of sale startup has raised $65m in equity and debt financing led by Tribeca Venture Partners.

California based digital banking platform owned by its customers raised $30m in Series A funding led by Galaxy Digital via its Galaxy EOS...

The founders of institutionally focused Gemini exchnage are putting their attention towards expansion in Asia and its new mobile app, but...

The former Goldman Sachs partner and hedge fund manager sits down with Bloomberg to chronicle the wild ride of the last 18 months in...

San Francisco based fintech infrastructure provider has raised $250m in venture financing led by Kleiner Perkins.  The company's...

Chicago based crypto spot and futures exchange has raised $27.5m from Fidelity and Nasdaq Ventures.

Olugbenga Agboola, better known as "GB", who is CEO of portfolio company Flutterwave, will be one of the judges for the TechCrunch event...

The FT points out a worrying trend of what appears to be a kind of race to the bottom among global regulators to set up the most...

If Lubin is still a billionaire, he may be able to sustain ConsenSys for several years—even at its $100 million-plus annual burn rate.

Funny long form read of a four-day Mediterranean cruise with hundreds of crypto-crazed investors and evangelists

Some of techs biggest unicorns, including Uber and Lyft, appear to be accelerating their plans to go public.  Others such as Airbnb...

The capital city will pool data from several departments to reward and punish some 22 million citizens based on their actions and...

Cuna Mutual Group has acquired Portland-based digital lending platform Mirador for an undisclosed amount. Mirador helps banks and credit...

Boston based digital financial wellness platform has raised a $2m Series Seed for Sound Ventures, Marc Benioff, Underscore VC, and Former...

Forbes reviews some of that ways that AI could help financial services companies save up to $1 trillion by 2030 - including customer...

Consensys, the ethereum production studio founded and funded by Joe Lubin, is letting go of 13% of its staff.  Though the company...

The SEC has extended the review period for the nation's first bitcoin ETF, pushing the deadline to Feb. 27 2019.  Unlike other ETF...

California based business management platform for the salon, spa and fitness industry raised $63m in growth equity led by FTV.

The FT highlights portfolio company WorldCover and their mission to provide affordable crop insurance to the world's smallholder farmers....

Digital student loan platform CommonBond has acquired Generation Z financial advice company NextGenVest for an undisclosed amount....

Boston-based unstructured data analysis platform has raised an $11m Series B led by Underscore VC.

Blumberg Capital provides a thorough overview on the companies leading the charge for developing infrastructure that will democratize AI....

New Jersey based bank-as-a-service platform has raised a $100m financing led by KKR.

Portfolio company Vestwell and BNY Mellon have announced they are collaborating on a platform for state-sponsored retirement savings...

Peter Kennedy, ERISA Advisor for portfolio company Vestwell, reviews the key regulatory changes in 2018 that impacted the retirement...