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.
Ethereum falls after rumors of a powerful mining chip surface
Rumors of a new ASIC mining rig from Bitmain have driven Ethereum prices well below their one-week high of $585. An ASIC – or