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This Week in FinTech Ukraine: Amazon Launches Employment Support Program for Refugees

This Week in FinTech Ukraine: Amazon Launches Employment Support Program for Refugees
This Week in FinTech Ukraine: Amazon Launches Employment Support Program for Refugees
March 25, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

This week in FinTech Ukraine, Amazon announces an employment support program for Ukrainian refugees, and Rakuten unveils a charity fund. Amazon Amazon.com has launched an...

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2 Charged With Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, Money Laundering Over Frosties NFT Scheme
2 Charged With Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, Money Laundering Over Frosties NFT Scheme
March 24, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

Two defendants have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection to a non-fungible token (NFT) scheme,...

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PYMNTS Metaverse Series: How Meta Will the Metaverse Really Be?
PYMNTS Metaverse Series: How Meta Will the Metaverse Really Be?
March 24, 2022  |  Metaverse

The unspoken core idea of the metaverse is that only one of the immersive, interactive, virtual reality worlds will win. That’s the way it’s been...

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Food Metaverse OneRare Makes US Debut
Food Metaverse OneRare Makes US Debut
March 24, 2022  |  Metaverse

Food metaverse OneRare launched in the U.S. on Thursday (March 24) after successful deployments in other part of the world, according to a company press...

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Bored Apes Yacht Club Creator Yuga Labs Raises $450M at $4B Valuation
Bored Apes Yacht Club Creator Yuga Labs Raises $450M at $4B Valuation
March 23, 2022  |  NFTs

Yuga Labs, which created the Bored Apes Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT collection, has raised $450 million in a funding round that values the company at...

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Alibaba May Have Found Hong Kong Proxy to Skirt China’s NFT Crackdown
Alibaba May Have Found Hong Kong Proxy to Skirt China’s NFT Crackdown
March 22, 2022  |  NFTs

China’s tech giants went on another non-fungible token (NFT) distancing spree yesterday (March 21), with WeChat booting several platforms that violated China vague-but-serious “no speculation”...

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Entertainment’s Digital Transformation Dives Into 5G, New NFTs, Shoppable Streaming
Entertainment’s Digital Transformation Dives Into 5G, New NFTs, Shoppable Streaming
March 22, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Get ready for mobile ticketing, NFTickets, concerts in the metaverse (and don’t forget your vaccination ID when live) because the entertainment sector is ready for...

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Upshot Grabs $22M for Real-Time NFT Appraisals
Upshot Grabs $22M for Real-Time NFT Appraisals
March 22, 2022  |  Investments

Blockchain-based non-fungible token (NFT) protocol Upshot on closed a $22 million Series A2 fundraising round that it will use for additional research and development of...

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