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    Biden’s Plan to Fix America’s Internet

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.America, our internet stinks. And it’s time...

    What’s Good About Tech Bubbles

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.Let’s talk about what Britain’s bicycle bubble...

    Fueled by pandemic, contactless mobile payments to surpass half of all smartphone users in U.S. by 2025 – TechCrunch

    Among other technology trends accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, the use of contactless mobile payments boomed in 2020. According to a recent report by...

    Ribbit Capital leads $26.7M round for Brazilian fintech Cora – TechCrunch

    Cora, a São Paulo-based technology-enabled lender to small-and-medium-sized businesses, has raised $26.7 million in a Series A round led by Silicon Valley VC firm...

    Digging into the Alkami Technology IPO – TechCrunch

    A month ago, the company's deficits would not have been a concern It appears that the slowdown in tech debuts is not a complete freeze;...

    Knotel co-founder leaves company, describes investor Newmark as ‘a stalking horse’ – TechCrunch

    Earlier this year, we covered the demise of flexible workspace operator Knotel. The once high-flying startup had just announced it had filed for bankruptcy and...

    The consequences of scaling up sneaker culture – TechCrunch

    StockX’s mission is “to provide access to the world’s most coveted items in the smartest way possible.” It says it right on the website,...

    Where StockX fits in the business of sneakers – TechCrunch

    StockX EC-1 Part 3: Competitive and consumer landscape Before StockX, sneaker buyers had eBay, campouts at sneaker stores and internet forums as avenues to connect...

    Start your engines, TechCrunch is (virtually) headed to Detroit – TechCrunch

    Thanks to a warm welcome from Miami, our first City Spotlight was a big success. We met investors and entrepreneurs who are working on...

    Authentication and StockX’s global arms race against fraudsters – TechCrunch

    As we saw in part one of this EC-1, sneakers have evolved from an enthusiast community of collectors into a global multibillion dollar business,...

    How StockX became the stock market of hype – TechCrunch

    While the old adage goes, “Find a job you love doing, you’ll never work a day in your life,” it’s safe to assume this...

    The StockX EC-1 – TechCrunch

    Societies are defined by their markets. What people value, what they actually buy, how they transact and who they purchase from determine not just...

    Argo AI plots its fundraising course and Waymo changes leadership – TechCrunch

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    Blockchain and taking the politics out of tech – TechCrunch

    Brian Brooks grew up on credit. And for him, that’s a good thing. Brooks is from a small town in Colorado that took a big...

    Spotify opens a second personalized playlist to sponsors, after ‘Discover Weekly’ in 2019 – TechCrunch

    Spotify is opening up its personalized playlist, “On Repeat,” to advertising sponsorship. This playlist, launched in 2019 and featuring users’ favorite songs, is only...

    Edtech consolidation, and Amazon continues to make you like it less – TechCrunch

    Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that...