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Bitcoin Daily: Hawaii Debuts Digital Currency Lab; Ripple Launches Live X-Border Payments With Thailand’s DeeMoney

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In other news, Hawaii is rolling out its inaugural experimental program for cryptocurrency called the Digital Currency Innovation Lab, according to an announcement. As it stands, it is estimated that approximately 1 million people from Thailand are working around the world and sending funds home.

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The United States Of Venture Capital: The Most Active VC In Each State

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Although startups based in California, New York, and Massachusetts have traditionally accounted for the majority of VC tech investment in the US, VCs are spurring other hotbeds of innovation across the country. We excluded debt deals and only considered venture capital, corporate venture capital, super angel, and growth equity firms.

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How QSRs Bring Mobile And Digital Payments To The Table

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In the age of quick-service restaurant (QSR) dining technology innovation, restaurants are frantically looking into ways to provide consumers with mobile ordering bells and whistles like third-party payment integrations, rewards programs and surprise-and-delight offers.

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A Roadie For Everyone

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Bigger ticket items are now also eligible for $10,000 worth of insurance, due to Roadie’s new partnership with UPS Capital Insurance Agency. After a little under a year in business the app has 300K downloads and 22K drivers nationwide, even in far flung regions like Alaska and Hawaii. These days, Roadies is growing quickly.

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FinDEVr Live: OnDeck’s APIs Connect Your Small Businesses Customers with Financing

Fintech Labs Insights

“ Fueling Small Business Growth Through Technology Innovation: An overview of OnDeck’s technology platform and how our desktop and mobile innovations have not only transformed small business lending but also enabled other companies to better serve their small business customers. from the University of Hawaii, an M.S.

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A New Kind Of Self-Sustaining Fishery Could Offset The Worst Impacts Of Animal Farming

CB Insights

The Aquapod was transported through waters 3 to 75 miles off the west coast of the ‘Big Island’ of Hawaii, per the video below. Startups like Catalina Sea Ranch are capitalizing on the change and pursuing the first open-ocean fish farms on US waters. Autonomous innovation in the deep seas.

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Vacation Rental Startup Vacasa Clinches Funding

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The biggest investment of the week came in the form of 51credit.com, where the Chinese credit card management outfit garnered $84 million from Harvest Capital and Yintai Group. The credit facility also allows for the company to access additional working capital. We’re launching Hawaii and Montana later this year.

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