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Nevada Gov Sisolak Wants Blockchain-Based Cities
Nevada Gov Sisolak Wants Blockchain-Based Cities
February 28, 2021  |  Blockchain

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak has laid out guidelines for technology companies to develop whole cities based on blockchain, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. Sisolak’s...

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Airbnb Checks In With $3.9 Billion Loss; Predicts Travel Industry Comeback
Airbnb Checks In With $3.9 Billion Loss; Predicts Travel Industry Comeback
February 25, 2021  |  Earnings

Reflecting the travel industry’s pandemic-led decline, Airbnb held its first earnings call as a public company on Thursday (Feb. 25) reporting a respectable revenue line,...

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Stripe, Afterpay Join Forces To Expand BNPL To More Merchants
Stripe, Afterpay Join Forces To Expand BNPL To More Merchants
February 24, 2021  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Afterpay, which offers a buy now, pay later (BNPL) service, and Stripe, which works on payments infrastructure for eCommerce, are teaming up. The plan is...

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Restaurant POS Provider Toast Puts IPO On Menu
Restaurant POS Provider Toast Puts IPO On Menu
February 21, 2021  |  IPO

Toast, which makes software used by restaurant operators, is considering conducting an initial public offering (IPO) this year, and it could value the company at...

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Marqeta Files With SEC, Could IPO In April
Marqeta Files With SEC, Could IPO In April
February 16, 2021  |  IPO

Marqeta, the U.S.-based payment card issuing startup, has filed confidentially for an initial public offering (IPO) with the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC), a Reuters...

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Mastercard Network Will Support Select Cryptocurrencies
Mastercard Network Will Support Select Cryptocurrencies
February 10, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Mastercard has announced it will be offering support for cryptocurrencies on its network this year, Reuters reported. The announcement comes after several other firms have...

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Musk’s Tesla Latest Public Company To Go All In On Crypto
Musk’s Tesla Latest Public Company To Go All In On Crypto
February 08, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

On Wall Street, it’s called “talking up one’s book,” where an investor or speculator promotes their holdings in an effort to spur others to buy...

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Robinhood Confronting Over 30 Civil Lawsuits For Curbing Trading
Robinhood Confronting Over 30 Civil Lawsuits For Curbing Trading
February 03, 2021  |  Legal

Digital investing startup Robinhood is looking at 30-plus civil lawsuits days after it limited stock buys for GameStop on its app, The Wall Street Journal...

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Republicans Propose $600 Billion COVID Stimulus Compromise
Republicans Propose $600 Billion COVID Stimulus Compromise
January 31, 2021  |  Politics

Ten Republican senators are calling on President Joe Biden to consider a smaller, less costly $600 billion COVID-19 relief bill, according to CNBC. The Biden...

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