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How Collectives Aim To Make Cities Into Blockchain Centers

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Blockchain technology is taking hold in the Southwest, with the help of organizations encouraging development in the space. A group called the Austin Blockchain Collective , for instance, is looking to establish the Texas city as a hub for blockchain innovation.

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Apple & Twitter are on a collision course | Sequoia Capital warns today’s downturn is worse than 2000/2008 | Impact of metaverse on digital marketing

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Sequoia Capital warns today’s downturn is worse than 2000 and 2008. Will the metaverse’s impact on digital marketing be equivalent to social media? Do you want your board, executives or staff to better understand the impact of FinTech, Blockchain or Digital Assets on the future of finance?

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Alphabet is the world’s top blockchain-friendly investor | Revolut under pressure over internal audit | FTX plans to take 30% stake in SkyBridge Capital

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billion into the sector Revolut under pressure over internal audit FTX Ventures plans to take 30% stake in Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Capital. billion into the sector Revolut under pressure over internal audit FTX Ventures plans to take 30% stake in Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Capital. Subscribe now to our weekly newsletter.

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China, Alibaba Are Big Players On The Blockchain Patent Block

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News came recently, when it comes to patents tied to the blockchain landscape, that Thomson Reuters found China, and Alibaba , to have had an outsized showing. Last year, 56 percent of all blockchain patents issued trace their genesis from China. Alibaba Bets On The Blockchain. Yet, blockchain remains an area of interest.

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Blockchain Gives Facebook Options — And Some Competitive Heft

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At least one thing is clear about Facebook ’s new interest in blockchain: It will help the social media giant keep up with the Joneses. No one outside Facebook has yet cracked why the company is creating a blockchain unit and putting David Marcus, one of its senior executives, in charge of it. “Could it be?

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How China Is Clamping Down On Crypto Trading With Social Media

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The Chinese government has a complicated relationship with cryptocurrency: While it seems to be enthusiastic about the applications of blockchain technology, the country has banned initial coin offerings (ICOs) and blocked crypto trading sites. billion fund focused on the blockchain.

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Invoice Financing Via Blockchain Targets SMB Cash Flow Problems

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Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are the lifeblood of many economies — Europe’s among them — and working capital is the lifeblood of SMBs. Yet many firms struggle to gain access to the capital that helps them launch or sustain operations. One way to secure funding is to use invoice financing.