Silvergate Capital Corporation, the holding company of crypto-focused Silvergate Bank, announced Wednesday its intent to wind down operations and voluntarily liquidate the banking unit. The move came days after Silvergate shocked the industry with news that it was facing a financial crisis. The institution, which was one of the few banks that acted as an […]
Crypto-friendly bank Silvergate to wind down after FTX blow-up by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch
As funding into web3 projects cool down during the crypto winter, startups in the space are increasingly focused on building bridges for mass adoption and exploring revenue opportunities to stay afloat. The key to driving mass adoption? Offer experiences that are so seamless that users don’t realize blockchain is involved. One company that is demonstrating […]
Ant veteran turns to NFT verification for SXSW festival VIP feast by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch
A steady stream of new startups pitch their ideas, concepts, products and services on a daily basis to TechCrunch reporters: Startups that claim to predict when employees might want to leave for a new job; that think they can detect depression using someone’s voice; that experiment by using chatbots on patients with depression; that scrape […]
Today’s startups should terrify you by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch
Turns out the UK government — under current prime minister Rishi Sunak — is not replacing the GDPR, as Michelle Donelan, his secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, implied last October — when as a fresh-in-post digital secretary under a different PM she paused the flagship data protection reform, saying the government wanted to […]
UK takes another bite at post-Brexit data protection reform — with ‘new GDPR’ by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
At Spotify’s Stream On event today, the company introduced new tools to help artists on the streaming service build an audience and grow. Spotify showcased a suite of tools to help artists find fans who would enjoy their music the most, and also announced new features designed to create buzz around their content, merchandise and […]
Spotify debuts new new growth and discovery tools for artists, merch and live events by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
The tools of modern cinema have become increasingly accessible to independent and even amateur filmmakers, but realistic CG characters (like them or not) have remained the province of big-budget projects. Wonder Dynamics aims to change that with a platform that lets creators literally drag and drop a CG character into any scene as if it […]
Wonder Dynamics puts a full-service CG character studio in a web platform by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
At Spotify’s Stream On event today in L.A., the company introduced a significant redesign of its app, which capitalizes on its investments in personalization technology while also adopting a similar short-form video feed as the one popularized by TikTok. In the updated Spotify mobile app, users and subscribers will gain access to a handful of […]
Spotify revamps its app with TikTok-style discovery feeds, Smart Shuffle for playlists and more by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
Thousand Faces, a web3 community-based investment group, hosted its demo day on Wednesday with the top 10 startups from its Female Founder Accelerator program.
Meet the women-led web3 startups from Thousand Faces’ demo day by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch