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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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Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $215 Million Week Ending Feb 19

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HQ: Houston, Texas. Tags: SMB, enterprise, security, privacy, blockchain, cryptocurrency, database, bitcoin. Source: Crunchbase. UniRush (RushCard). Prepaid card issuer. Latest round: $15 million Debt. Total raised: Unknown. Source: FT Partners. Marvelstone Tech. Infrastructure for financial services companies. Chainalysis.

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Fintech Fundings: 22 Companies Raise $160 Million Week Ending March 11

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Blockchain based asset tracking. HQ: Houston, Texas. Total raised: $12.2 HQ: New York City. Source: VentureBeat. Chronicled. Latest round: $3.43 million Seed. Total raised: $4.83 HQ: San Francisco, California. Source: Crunchbase. Bond Sheets. Links to bonds for sale. Latest round: $10,000 at $2 million valuation. Source: Crunchbase.

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The metaverse could be tech’s next trillion-dollar opportunity: These are the companies making it a reality

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Base Hologram is using the tech to bring popular artists like Whitney Houston and Buddy Holly back to the stage, while Israel-based RealView Imaging renders holograms of a patient’s internal organs to help with surgical planning. . However, these worlds are built using blockchain tech. Decentralized games.

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From AT&T To Xerox: 65 Corporate Innovation Labs

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They’ve also got six foundry labs located around the world: Atlanta, Houston, Palo Alto, Plano, and Israel. ” Their experts have partnered with about 500 startups a year since opening the first foundry in 2011; their newest facility opened in Houston in 2016. Innovation Lab Name: One Market Center. Founded: 2013.