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Trump Media & Technology Group debuts Truth Social on the US App Store, where the free app hit No. 1; some users got errors or were waitlisted when signing up — Some people who downloaded the social media app received error messages when they tried to create an account. Others were placed on a waitlist.
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The IRS says taxpayers looking to access their accounts online without facial recognition can choose to ID themselves via a “virtual interview with agents” — The agency, dealing with controversy over its decision to use facial recognition software, said it would allow taxpayers …
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Investigation suggests that Austrian programmer Toby Hoenisch, who founded TenX, was likely behind a 2016 hack of The DAO, diverting 3.6M ETH, now worth $11B — Who hacked The DAO in 2016, diverting 3.6 million ether? We identify the apparent hacker — he denies it …
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| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Crypto exchange FTX.US launches FTX Gaming, a gaming unit offering “crypto-as-a-service” for game companies to launch tokens and add NFT support — Crypto exchange FTX is launching its own gaming unit, aimed at encouraging more game publishers to embrace cryptocurrencies, blockchain networks and non-fungible tokens.
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Despite billions spent over 15 years, Amazon's grocery strategy is unprofitable and incoherent; research: Amazon and Whole Foods had 2.4% US share in December — - Amazon's grocery endeavors have cost many billions of dollars over the past 15 years but have yet to yield a coherent strategy.
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| Kyle Alspach / VentureBeat: |
Beyond Identity, which offers a password-free zero trust multifactor authentication service for enterprises, raises a $100M Series C at a $1.1B valuation — If multifactor authentication (MFA) is one of our best hopes for making a dent in cybercrime, it could be a while before everyone's actually using it.
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| Annie Njanja / TechCrunch: |
Nairobi-based retail B2B marketplace MarketForce raises a $40M Series A led by V8 Capital Partners, bringing its total funding to $42.5M — MarketForce, the retail B2B and end-to-end distribution platform founded in Kenya, has raised $40 million in Series A funding for its merchant inventory financing and expansion across Africa.| Kul Bhushan / Tech in Asia: |
Facilio, which uses AI to help companies manage real estate, raises a $35M Series B led by Dragoneer, following a $6.4M Series A in 2018 — Facilio, an AI-driven proptech platform, has raised US$35 million in a series B funding round led by Dragoneer Investment Group.
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Singapore-based crypto trading platform Amber Group raises a $200M Series B extension at a $3B valuation led by Temasek, bringing its total funding to $328M — Singaporean state investment firm Temasek Holdings Pte was among investors in a funding round that valued cryptocurrency-trading platform Amber Group … | Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Intel details its new bitcoin mining Bonanza Mine ASICs, claiming 300 of the chips consume 3,600 watts and deliver up to 40 terahashes per second of performance — Intel's 3,600-watt Bitcoin-mining powerhouse — At ISSCC 2022, Intel shared the deep-dive details of its new Bitcoin-mining Bonanza Mine ASICs …
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Decrypt, Bitcoin News, The Block, Bitcoinist.com, Bitcoin Magazine, TechSpot, Cointelegraph, and Coinspeaker
| Peter Rudegeair / Wall Street Journal: |
SoFi will acquire Technisys, which makes tools for banks, for around $1.1B in an all-stock deal; after going public via SPAC, SoFi's stock is down 28% in 2022 — The all-stock deal is CEO Anthony Noto's latest move to make the onetime student lender into a full-service bank
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| Jim Wyss / Bloomberg: |
DCash, an e-currency used by seven Eastern Caribbean nations, has been offline for over a month, revealing technical issues governments face with e-currencies — One of the world's first central bank digital currencies is experiencing serious growing pains.
Tweets: @crypto, @pkedrosky, and @crypto
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