Crypto exchange Kraken cuts 1,100 jobs

November 30, 2022

Crypto exchange Kraken today announced it’s letting go of 1,100 staffers. The announcement came from a company blog post and follows similar news from DoorDash that it was also cutting staff. News that Kraken is cutting staff — and therefore costs — is not a surprise, given a generally gloomy macroeconomic climate and even worse climes […]

Crypto exchange Kraken cuts 1,100 jobs by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch

Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin project TBD kills its plan to trademark ‘Web5’

November 30, 2022

A plan which would see a corporate entity trademark the term “Web5” has been put to rest after much backlash. Late Tuesday night, TBD, the Bitcoin-focused division of Jack Dorsey’s payments company Block (formerly Square), announced an ill-thought-out plan to trademark the term, which refers to its vision for a decentralized, privacy-focused iteration of the […]

Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin project TBD kills its plan to trademark ‘Web5’ by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

ResortPass, backed by Jessica Alba and Gwyneth Paltrow, lands $26M so you can take a daycation

November 30, 2022

Have you ever looked longingly at the website of a posh hotel or resort and thought, “Man, I wish I could hang out there.” Well, thanks to startup ResortPass, that might not be as out of reach as you might think. The six-year-old company gives people the option to purchase day passes to over 900 […]

ResortPass, backed by Jessica Alba and Gwyneth Paltrow, lands $26M so you can take a daycation by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Spend management platform Teampay expands partnership with Mastercard, raises $47M

November 30, 2022

In 2016, Andrew Hoag, formerly a senior manager at Verisign and a web project lead at NASA’s Ames Research Center, founded Teampay, a platform that attempts to automate the software purchasing process for companies. Hoag’s insight was that the way businesses spend money is changing, particularly as they embraced digital transformation, and that visibility into […]

Spend management platform Teampay expands partnership with Mastercard, raises $47M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Adtech antitrust class damages claim filed against Google in UK — seeking up to $16.3BN

November 30, 2022

Litigation against Google and its parent entity Alphabet being brought in the UK on behalf of thousands of digital publishers — seeking up to £13.6 billion (~$16.3BN) in damages on their behalf for alleged anti-competitive behavior related to Google’s adtech practices — has been filed with the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). “The claim alleges that […]

Adtech antitrust class damages claim filed against Google in UK — seeking up to $16.3BN by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Pangea Cyber wants to simplify security for developers with an API approach

November 30, 2022

When developers are creating a new application, they may build security features over time or take advantage of commercial offerings or open source libraries to implement certain security functions such as authentication or secrets management. Pangea Cyber wants to change that with an API-driven approach to adding security to an application, making it as easy […]

Pangea Cyber wants to simplify security for developers with an API approach by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Here’s your chance to show off your expertise at TechCrunch’s founder summit

November 30, 2022

Do you have what it takes to present at TechCrunch Early Stage on April 20 in Boston, Massachusetts? We’re looking for trendsetting, game-changing, later-stage startup founders and ecosystem experts — of every stripe — to apply for the opportunity to share their hard-won expertise at our annual founder summit. An entrepreneurial bootcamp experience, TC Early […]

Here’s your chance to show off your expertise at TechCrunch’s founder summit by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

Let’s Encrypt issues 3 billion HTTPS certificates

November 30, 2022

Non-profit certificate authority Let’s Encrypt hit a major milestone earlier this month: it issued its three billionth HTTPS certificate. Let’s Encrypt project was founded in 2013 to provide websites with free SSL and TLS certificates needed to enable HTTPS and encrypted communications. The organization, run by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) and backed by the […]

Let’s Encrypt issues 3 billion HTTPS certificates by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

‘If you have too much, you can drown’ How tech PR’s job changed in 2022

November 30, 2022

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single person, think about their work and unpack the rest. This week, Natasha interviewed Vijay Chattha, a startup comms leader who has spent over […]

‘If you have too much, you can drown’ How tech PR’s job changed in 2022 by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch