Just three months after PayPal entered the fray to bring stablecoins to the masses, it’s attracting attention from U.S. regulators. The payments giant said Thursday that it had received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission related to its U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin, according to Reuters. TechCrunch has reached out to PayPal for comment. In […]
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Revolut, the fintech giant based in the U.K., has appointed a new CEO for its U.K. division. Francesca Carlesi will be in charge of Revolut’s division in its home country — Nik Storonsky remains the CEO of Revolut Ltd. It’s worth noting that today’s news comes as Revolut still doesn’t have a banking license in […]
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Zephr has emerged from stealth with radical plans to dramatically improve GPS – using cell phones with zero hardware modifications. Mobile devices have abysmal GPS accuracy, which prevents location app developers in verticals spanning gaming to fitness tracking from truly taking advantage of the powerful little computer everyone carries in their pocket. Two of Zephr’s […]
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A young startup is setting out to transform the command line interface (CLI) into something a little more fitting for the modern age — something a little more glamorous. Charm is a four-year-old company founded by former Apple, Last.fm, and TweetDeck engineer Toby Padilla, alongside Christian Rocha who formerly served as head of voice at […]
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Meta is introducing a new API that makes it easier to create and share a Facebook Story directly from a third-party desktop or web app. The social networking ad titan first introduced Stories to the main Facebook app in 2017, emulating a feature it had added to Instagram the previous year as well as Messenger […]
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