Elon Musk, Technoking of Tesla orders a halt to bitcoin car payments – TechCrunch
Tesla CEO and self-dubbed technoking is back peddling on the company’s stance about bitcoin and has suspended purchases of its …
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Direct-to-consumer orthodontic startup Impress raises $50M to scale across Europe – TechCrunch
As the famous phrase goes, ‘software is eating the world’ and now software is eating dentistry. Or, perhaps more accurately, …
Orbite offers a five-star ‘space camp’ for would-be space travelers – TechCrunch
As private companies like Axiom Space, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic and SpaceX prepare to ferry private customers to the stars, …
Vinted raises $303M for its 2nd-hand clothes marketplace, used by 45M and now valued at $4.5B – TechCrunch
The circular economy — where consumers themselves are both the suppliers and buyers of goods and services — has come …
CryptoPunks NFT bundle goes for $17 million in Christie’s auction – TechCrunch
A lot of 9 CryptoPunks portraits ended up selling for just under $17 million in a Christie’s auction Tuesday evening, …
Jamf snags zero trust security startup Wandera for $400M – TechCrunch
Jamf, the enterprise Apple device management company, announced that it was acquiring Wandera, a zero trust security startup, for $400 …
Understanding the media company SPAC push – TechCrunch
Sorry for all the SPAC coverage today, but a host of richly valued private companies that have an ocean of …
CMU researchers show potential of privacy-preserving activity tracking using radar – TechCrunch
Imagine if you could settle/rekindle domestic arguments by asking your smart speaker when the room last got cleaned or whether …
Flipkart in talks to raise $1 billion ahead of IPO – TechCrunch
Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart has hit the market to raise about $1 billion at up to $30 billion valuation in …
Is buying and selling short-positions in private companies next? This fintech startup is banking on it – TechCrunch
Even the most casual industry observer has to be stunned at times by the pace of dealmaking right now. Not …