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Silicon Valley Bank Shuttered by State Regulators
10.3.2023
Silicon Valley Bank was shuttered by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation on Friday, marking the second bank to shut down within days. The startup-focused bank counted a number of major crypto venture capital firms as clients
Bitcoin battles $20K as trader calls bank chaos '2008 all over again'
10.3.2023
BTC price targets extend to $18,000 with Bitcoin bulls increasingly failing to preserve $20,000 as support amid further SVB Financial fallout
US Fed to create new crypto team amid concerns about unregulated stablecoins
10.3.2023
The Fed’s Vice Chair for Supervision emphasized that they do not want to curb innovation, but ensure that regulations protect households and the financial system
US bank woes? Silicon Valley Bank stocks plunge 1 day after Silvergate downfall
10.3.2023
Concerns have been raised around the financial health of the tech-focused bank, which services the likes of crypto-friendly VCs such as Sequoia and a16z
CoinGecko reveals the US state most interested in Bitcoin and Ethereum
1.9.2022
Behind this western U.S. state, Illinois and New York were the next states most interested in the two major cryptocurrencies
'Pig slaughtering' crypto scams reap millions on Silicon Valley dating apps
3.6.2022
“I never thought it could happen to me because I use tech. I’ve written software,” a victim of the pig slaughtering scam noted
Netscape creator says Web3 really is like the rise of the early internet
2.6.2022
Billionaire tech entrepreneur Marc Andreessen says that the current proliferation of Web3 and blockchain technology looks just like the internet in the late 1990s
Crypto advocate mounts challenge to longtime Silicon Valley Congresswoman
26.4.2022
Greg Tanaka is an entrepreneur and DeFi developer who wants to make crypto a legal tender
Andreessen Horowitz aims to raise $4.5 billion to invest in crypto funds
20.1.2022
Last week, A16z reportedly said it would raise $3.5 billion for its VC fund, as well as another $1 billion for web3 seed investments
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow Invests in Bitcoin Mining Operation Terawulf
14.12.2021
The American actress and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow has participated in an investment round involving the bitcoin mining operation Terawulf. According to reports, Paltrow and a group of investors made a “substantial, 8-digit equity investment” in the company. Paltrow is well known...
Apple seeks to hire 'alternative payments' manager with crypto experience
26.5.2021
"The Apple Wallets, Payments, and Commerce (WPC) team is seeking an experienced Business Development Manager to lead Alternative Payments Partnerships," the job post reads
Silicon Valley ‘Super Angel’ Investor Ron Conway Says Crypto Economy Is the Next Multitrillion Dollar Opportunity
18.4.2021
Famed Silicon Valley “super angel” investor Ron Conway sees the crypto economy as the next multitrillion-dollar opportunity in innovation. The Silicon Valley legend likens Coinbase to Google after the company’s IPO via a direct listing on Nasdaq. Crypto Is the Next Multitrillion...
Miami-Dade Officials Hope to Launch a Crypto Task Force, Residents Could Pay Taxes in Bitcoin Soon
17.4.2021
Back in mid-February, Bitcoin.com News reported on Miami’s Mayor Francis Suarez supporting the idea of the city holding bitcoin in the treasury and allowing tax payments in bitcoin as well. On April 15, 2021, reports show that the city may introduce the tax payments concept soon, as...
Twitter looking into Bitcoin payments for employees, says CFO
10.2.2021
"We’ve done a lot of the upfront thinking to consider how we might pay employees should they ask to be paid in Bitcoin," said Ned Segal
US Homeland Security’s Tech Scouts Reissue Call for Blockchain Startups
24.6.2020
The Silicon Valley Innovation Program challenged blockchain startups to build Social Security number alternatives, an essential worker license and supply chain solutions for DHS
Bitcoin Is a Paradigm Shift Beyond Wall Street
4.6.2020
A former Goldman Sachs vice president of investment banking: “We should be glad that traditional Wall Street hasn’t come around to embrace crypto yet.”
Bahrain Beats Silicon Valley And London In Race of Female Startup Creators
26.6.2019
Over the years, venture capitalist money and investment has created a worldwide startup culture that has seen talented and innovative individuals going on their own with their ideas. However, it had also been a well-known fact for many years that only a handful of startup founders happened to...
NY vs. SV: Které pobřeží v USA nabízí českým startupům víc
16.7.2018
Český startup Integromat propojuje navzájem nekomunikující online služby, zatím co další startup Legito automatizuje tvorbu právních smluv. Co mají oba společné – během letošního jara se účastnili programu CzechAccelerator, v rámci kterého agentura CzechInvest vysílá startupy do akcelerátorů...
Jak zaujmout v Silicon Valley aneb SimpleDent na TechCrunch Disrupt
27.9.2017
Říká se, že TechCrunch Disrupt v San Francisku je ta nejdůležitější událost pro startupy vůbec. Měli jsme to štěstí, že jsme se na něj mohli nejen podívat, ale náš startup SimpleDent zde dokonce i vystavit. Z celé akce jsme nakonec získali mnoho dalších skvělých nápadů a hodnotnou zpětnou vazbu....