July 8, 2021 @ 7:36 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Smart point of sale (POS) use is expected to nearly triple over the next five years, new data from Juniper Research suggests. Smart POS systems blend loyalty and analytics directly into the terminal and work nicely with the growing use of digital payments and QR… Read More

July 7, 2021 @ 11:28 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

A group of local and regional representatives has thrown its support behind the European Union’s stance on regulating digital markets. During the June plenary session, the European Committee of the Regions (ECR) adopted an opinion supporting the European Commission’s intention to provide tougher regulation of… Read More

July 7, 2021 @ 9:42 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

A new partnership announced this week between Pipit Global and Cellulant promises to provide Africans living abroad with a cheaper option to send money back home. The agreement allows people in Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mali, Senegal, and Ghana to transact on Pipit Global at… Read More

July 7, 2021 @ 6:26 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Some old favorites top the list of the most attractive countries to invest in post-COVID-19, the 2021 Venture Capital and Private Equity Country Attractiveness Index reveal.  The USA takes the top spot, with the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, and Canada rounding out the top five…. Read More

July 7, 2021 @ 5:16 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a trader at a Canadian-based asset management firm in an extensive front-running scheme that netted family members close to $4 million. For more than six years Sean Wygovsky allegedly traded in his family members’ accounts at brokerage firms… Read More

July 7, 2021 @ 5:04 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

SaaS-based loan management services provider LoanPro has raised a $100 million growth equity investment from FTV Capital. The investment targets platform improvements and business expansion. LoanPro was founded in 2014 by Rhett, Ben and Lloyd Roberts, who originally developed the software for their own lending… Read More

July 7, 2021 @ 2:16 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Parallax Health Sciences and two of its executives for misleading statements about its readiness to battle COVID-19. CEO Paul Arena and CTO Nathaniel Bradley were also charged. Trading in Parallax common stock was temporarily halted on April 10,… Read More

July 7, 2021 @ 9:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

P2P university recruitment platform Unibuddy has raised $20 million in financing in a Series B round led by Highland Europe and also featuring Stride.VC. Since its 2017 debut, Unibuddy has raised $32 million in total. More than 200 universities around the world have signed on… Read More

July 6, 2021 @ 11:12 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

A new German law could affect Bitcoin’s price for the better, GlobalBlock sales trader Alexandra Clark believes. German special funds may now invest up to 20 per cent of their funds in cryptocurrencies. If everyone does that, it represents a $415 billion inflow, Clark estimated…. Read More

July 6, 2021 @ 10:08 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Graph Blockchain has completed its acquisition of art-focused NFT company New World. The $6 million tab was met through the issuance of 46.2 million units in Graph Blockchain capital at 13 cents per. Each unit consists of one common share and one common purchase warrant…. Read More

July 6, 2021 @ 7:29 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Israel’s thriving high-tech ecosystem needs a recalibration if it is to continue as a global hotspot, OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved said in an article published on LinkedIn today. At first glance, things look good given the record $10.5 billion in investment the sector attracted in… Read More

July 6, 2021 @ 7:06 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Institutional investors who already have exposure to cryptocurrency are much more likely to increase their holdings than reduce them, results of a survey from Nickel Digital Asset Management suggest. Respondents were from the US, UK, France, Germany, and the United Arab Emirates. More than four… Read More

July 6, 2021 @ 5:17 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Tokenization platform Single.Earth today confirmed a $7.9 million seed funding round led by EQT Ventures, with participation from existing investor Icebreaker and Ragnar Sass and Martin Henk, founders of Pipedrive. The funding is earmarked for hiring and launching its marketplace for nature-backed MERIT tokens. Single.Earth is… Read More

July 6, 2021 @ 4:23 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bitcoin.com founder Roger Ver has joined the investor board of ADAX, an automated liquidity protocol which facilitates trades within the Cardano ecosystem in a decentralized and non-custodial manner. His Bitcoin.com cofounder Mate Tokey has signed on as a strategic advisor. Ver was an early supporter… Read More

July 6, 2021 @ 3:10 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Ethereum (ETH) could be a good buy at current prices for several reasons, PrimeXBT market analyst Kim Chua believes. With decentralized finance (DeFi) only to grow in popularity, it provides good support for ETH, given that 90 per cent of demand is from DeFi, Chua… Read More

July 2, 2021 @ 3:56 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

June was another busy month for sustainability transformation company Ideanomics. Founded by Chinese billionaire Bruno Wu, with Shane McMahon serving as vice-chair, Ideanomics has two main divisions. The first, Ideanomics Capital, leverages technology and innovation to improve efficiency, transparency, and profitability for the financial services… Read More

July 2, 2021 @ 12:33 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

In late June, Scotland Yard seized more than $158 million in Bitcoin as part of a money-laundering investigation. London’s Metropolitan Police said that total was more than double the amount of cash seized in all of 2020 and is the biggest crypto take in UK… Read More

July 1, 2021 @ 10:58 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Pakistani digital bank UBL is partnering with Temenos and National Data Consultant to produce an omnichannel digital online banking platform digital banking solution. It builds upon UBL’s launch earlier this year of the Islamic Digital Account and UBL Pay, which allows customers to use phones… Read More

July 1, 2021 @ 6:42 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Global cryptocurrency interest continues to grow, and is being propelled by discussion of mainstream companies, research from GlobalData suggests. The company monitored Twitter conversations about “crypto” and found influencer conversations have risen 200 percent during 2021’s first half. PayPal was most mentioned in influencer conversations… Read More

July 1, 2021 @ 6:35 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Former Utah state legislator Aaron Tilton is one of the leaders of the new cryptocurrency services provider SmartFi. The company offers decentralized and centralized crypto services for individuals, companies, and institutions. SmartFi follows in the footsteps of Power Block Coin, which since 2017 has offered… Read More