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Amid The Losses, Taking Stock Of The Crypto Crash

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To date as a group, the losses have mounted for all the cryptocurrencies out there – the ones that came to market and were snapped up and bought by speculators, and then sold. In this space just last month, we noted findings from Boston College that showed that 4,000 ICOs had raised $12 billion. In fact, busts on a devastating scale.

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US B2B Startups Dominate $337 Million Worth Of Funding

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Boston-based PreVeil did not disclose how much it raised in its Series A funding round, but it did note that Spark Capital provided the funding to support the company’s email and file security solution. Kenna Security. PYMNTS breaks down the latest deals below. Cybersecurity. Back-Office. ServiceTitan.

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Amazon Sizzles, Plenti Fizzles And Goldman Gets Its Consumer Banking Groove

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It used to be that when “Goldman Sachs” was mentioned, it was in the context of the storied Wall Street investment banking firm trading and underwriting securities, advising on mergers and acquisitions, taking companies public and brokering deals. Yes, the focus may have been on tax cuts and share buybacks and credit cards.

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What Everyone Missed About Facebook

PYMNTS

And not because everyone who touches the consumer shouldn’t consider data privacy and security part of the deal they must have with their consumers if they want those consumers — their crown jewels — to keep coming back. Law” or “CSI” or reading The Boston Globe or The Wall Street Journal all more or less liked the same things.

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Guest Post: First Quarter Economic Commentary by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

At least we are not in Boston. A New Year of Volatility 2015 ushered in a whole new season of volatility in the bond and stock markets. Oil Steals the Show The biggest story of the past year in the markets has to be the plunging price of oil, down 50% in 2014 to below $50 per barrel. We need a change of seasons!

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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

CB Insights

And before the dot com crash, Goldman Sachs’ IPOs did tend to jump an average of 293% from their starting price through their first Friday on the market — compared to 26% for the bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and 78% for Merrill Lynch. When Facebook went public in 2012, the stock fell 15% in its first few days on the market.

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Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting

CB Insights

Before Bruce Doolin Henderson opened the doors of Boston Consulting Group on July 1, 1963, the concept of “competition” barely existed in American business culture, let alone the concept of strategy. From one perspective, the position of management consulting as an industry has never seemed more secure. Those companies made plans.