CoolBitX, a blockchain security startup based in Taiwan, announced today it has raised a $16.75 million Series B led by returning investor SBI
Catalyst Fund gets $15M from JP Morgan, UK Aid to back 30 EM fintech startups
The Catalyst Fund has gained $15 million in new support from JP Morgan and UK Aid and will back 30 fintech startups in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Felix Capital closes $300M fund to double down on DTC, break into fintech and make late-stage deals
To kick off 2020$35 billion and $36 billion in 2019Felix CapitalAlthough it wasn’t something especially articulated in startup land at the time
How Bitcoin transactions were used to track down the 23-year-old South Korean operating a global child exploitation site from his bedroom
(CNN)For almost three years, "Welcome To Video" was a covert den for people who traded in clips of children being sexually assaulted. But the case is
Elliptic banks $23M to shrink crypto risk, eyeing growth in Asia
Crypto means risk. To UK company Elliptic it also means business. The startup has just closed a $23M Series B to step up growth for a crypto
North Korean cryptocurrency heists net estimated $2 billion: UN report
(CNN)North Korea earned as much as $2 billion dollars through large-scale cyber attacks to help fund its weapons programs, a United Nations panel
These startups are locating in SF and Africa to win in global fintech
To become a global fintech player, locate your company in San Francisco and Africa. That’s the approach of payments company Flutterwave,
What will save crypto?
Sulaiman al-Fahim New York Times article, bitcoin enthusiasts in the U.S. wrongly predicted the involvement of Wall Street institutions and investors
Bitcoin Breaches $7,000 in Downbeat End to Dismal Quarter
made in Bitcoin, while Twitter Inc. confirmed Monday that it’s banning advertisements for initial coin offerings, joining Facebook and Google.