10/29/2019 2:53:58 AM Ethereum DeFi sets record as Bitcoin rallies 30% By Sean Lippel Users are trusting record amounts of value in decentralized finance platforms. According to DeFi Pulse, there’s now a record 2.4 million...
10/29/2019 2:46:52 AM Blockchain search volumes skyrocket in China following public approval statement out of Beijing By Sean Lippel After China's President Xi stated that he wants the country to take a leading position in the development of blockchain technology,...
10/25/2019 9:23:40 PM Personal Finance Startup Truebill Gets $15M In The Bank By FinTech Collective San Francisco based personal financial management app has raised a $15m Series B led by Eldridge Industries.
10/25/2019 9:21:45 PM Grafana Labs Closes $24M in Series A Funding to Double Down on Open Source Strategy By FinTech Collective New York based open source time series analytics platform raised a $24m Series A led by Lightspeed.
10/25/2019 9:09:37 PM SEC Clarifies That No Bitcoin ETF Will Be Approved Due to Potential for Market Manipulation By FinTech Collective After rejecting Bitwise's Bitcoin ETF, the latest in a series of attempts, the SEC has clarified that a bitcoin ETF is unlikely to be...
10/25/2019 7:36:57 PM Luge Capital raises $85M to invest in Canadian fintech startups By Sean Lippel Canadian based fintech and AI VC firm has raised $85m for its debut fund to make seed investments as small as $150k and up to $2m.
10/25/2019 5:24:27 PM Millennials and Gen Z embrace "multi-banking" By Sean Lippel Under 25s are opening multiple bank accounts and leaving old ones open, a habit not found in older generations. The trend may be...
10/25/2019 3:10:14 PM Square rolling out zero-fee stock trading on its Cash App By FinTech Collective Square's cash app is joining the herd and coming after Robinhood with zero-fee trading. The service will also offer fractional share...
10/25/2019 3:26:19 AM Ping An’s $22 Billion Push to Shed Old-School Insurance Skin By Gareth Jones Ping An Insurance wants to be valued more like a technology company. Its executives have yet to convince investors their planned $22...
10/25/2019 3:23:46 AM FBI Interview Tricks Help This Fund Manager See Through CEO Lies By Gareth Jones The Pengana Australian Equities Fund, uses the FBI’s interview techniques to get under the skin of CEOs, seeking to catch them in lies,...
10/25/2019 3:20:51 AM Anyfin "Loan shark zones" By Gareth Jones Campaign magazine recognized portfolio company Anyfin's recent marketing push, taking name-based puns to the next level with a series of...
10/25/2019 3:13:49 AM The great integration of data, technology and services By Gareth Jones The insurance industry is one of the first to feel the force of this convergence of data and technology. An example is the advisory firm...
10/25/2019 3:09:10 AM 'Scientific evidence' that shows mullet makes Goodhue faster By Gareth Jones Jack Goodhue says his much-maligned mullet is staying, no matter how many times his All Blacks team mates, coaches or the media tell him...
10/25/2019 3:05:05 AM Quantum Computing Is Here! But Also Not Really By Gareth Jones Although IBM has questioned Google’s results, many researchers say they appear to represent a scientific milestone termed quantum...
10/25/2019 3:00:50 AM Google Claims a Quantum Breakthrough That Could Change Computing By Gareth Jones Google says its quantum computer has achieved "quantum supremacy" for the first time, surpassing the performance of conventional devices....
10/24/2019 4:13:23 PM Databricks raises $400 million at a $6.2 billion valuation By FinTech Collective San Francisco based tooling platform for deep learning, machine learning, and graph process has raised a $400m Series F led by Andreessen...