At TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto 2022, Chainalysis CPO Pratima Arora, Tezos co-founder Kathleen Breitman and Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier talked about security in the crypto industry. And a good chunk of the discussion was spent talking about the collapse of FTX. “First of all, I don’t think it is over,” Pascal Gauthier said. “In the FTX […]
The FTX implosion is an opportunity to learn by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch
Beam, a startup that helps citizens access government financial aid, has raised $6.4 million in Series A funding. The company, previously known as Edquity, helps deliver funds across a wide array of programs, like emergency cash assistance, rental relief and public utility benefits. “We fundamentally work to transmit critical services and resources to those in […]
Beam raises $6.4M to help citizens access safety net funds by Andrew Mendez originally published on TechCrunch
A new bankruptcy filing, first reported by CNBC, shows that FTX’s corporate funds were used to purchase homes in the Bahamas among other personal items. The details arise less than a week after the now infamous crypto exchange filed for bankruptcy – a decision that founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried said he regrets. FTX’s […]
Bahama homes were purchased with FTX corporate funds by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch
It’s that time of year again. It can drop 20 degrees on any given day, and we’re stuck indoors watching people watch Qualcomm announce new chips and reference designs in sunny Hawaii. The Snapdragon Summit is the component-maker’s annual opportunity to map out its big plans for the next year, ahead of the holiday scrum […]
Qualcomm debuts latest flagship Snapdragon chip and a new AI platform by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
General Motors’ e-delivery van subsidiary BrightDrop said Thursday it’s on track to reach $1 billion in revenue next year. The company, which launched in 2021 and was incubated at the automaker’s global innovation center, said reaching the financial milestone would make it one of the quickest tech startups to reach unicorn status, ahead of Apple, […]
BrightDrop is tracking $1 billion revenue in 2023 by Jaclyn Trop originally published on TechCrunch
Anime streaming service Crunchyroll has partnered with Discord. Starting today, users will be able to display the movie or TV show they’re currently watching on their Discord profile. Crunchyroll is the latest media company to add “Rich Presence,” the “Now Playing” functionality that automatically displays the video you’re watching, the game you’re playing, the song […]
Discord users can now link their Crunchyroll accounts by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
Here’s the pitch deck that enabled Sateliot to raise an $11.4 million round of funding to enable IoT devices to communicate with satellites.
Pitch Deck Teardown: Sateliot’s $11.4M Series A deck by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
Narwhal, the company behind the popular monorepo-focused open source Nx build system for JavaScript code, today announced that it has raised an $8.6 million seed funding round co-led by Nexus Venture Partners and Andreesen Horowitz. A number of angel investors, including GitHub co-founder Tom Preston-Werner, also participated in this round. Founded by two former Google […]
With $8.6M in seed funding, Nx wants to take monorepos mainstream by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch