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MedCrypt raises $25M to secure medical devices from cyberattack
The proactive cybersecurity solution provider MedCrypt Inc. today said it has raised $25 million in new funding to protect healthcare providers from attacks that target connected medical devices and to reduce the danger to patients and hospitals. Intuitive Ventures and Johnson & Johnson Innovation led the Series B funding round with participation from Section 32, ...
Braavos raises $10M for all-in-one crypto wallet solution on StarkNet
Crypto wallet Braavos said today it has raised $10 million in seed funding to build an all-in-one crypto solution on the Ethereum scaling blockchain StarkNet. The seed round was led by crypto-focused investment firm Pantera Capital and joined by Brevan Howard Digital, Road Capital, Crypto.com, Maxiport and Starkware. Founded at the beginning of 2022, Braavos ...
Notebook Labs raises $3.3M to build privacy-focused identity infrastructure for Web3
Notebook Labs, the developer of a privacy-focused identity solution for blockchain protocols, said Thursday that it has raised $3.3 million in funding to build to solve the challenge of allowing Web3 protocols to identify and trust users without compromising anonymity. Bain Capital Crypto led the seed funding round, with participation from Y Combinator, Soma Capital, Abstract ...
Twitter to experiment with displaying NFT market listings in tweets
Twitter Inc. is expanding its nonfungible token capabilities with a new feature called NFT Tiles, which will allow users to buy, sell and display NFTs directly through tweets in partnership with marketplaces, the social media platform announced Thursday. The platform is testing the new feature called “NFT Tweet Tiles” with four marketplaces: Solana-based Magic Eden, ...
Decentralized ride-hailing app Teleport creators raise $9M to take on Uber
Decentralized Engineering Corp., the developer of the decentralized ride-hailing app Teleport, said today it has raised $9 million in funding to compete with traditional ride-hailing apps on the market such as Uber and Lyft. The seed funding round was co-led by Foundation Capital and Road Capital, with participation from investors at Thursday Ventures, 6th Man ...
Google Cloud introduces fully managed Ethereum nodes with Node Engine for Web3 developers
Google LLC is making it easier for Web3 developers to get coding distributed blockchain apps with the launch of Blockchain Node Engine in Google Cloud, which hosts and deploys fully managed blockchain nodes in the cloud. Blockchain technology is the basis of Web3, which is described as the next iteration of the web, also called ...
Oasis Labs and Equifax partner to build privacy-focused Web3 ‘Know Your Customer’ solution
Oasis Labs, the privacy-focused blockchain cloud-computing platform, and Equifax Inc. today announced a partnership to build a “Know Your Customer” identity management platform for companies seeking to enter into the Web3 and blockchain industry. Web3 refers to what experts call the next iteration of the World Wide Web, or the decentralized web, which is built ...
Synota raises $3M to bring instant bitcoin settlements to the energy industry
Bitcoin technology company Synota said Tuesday that it has raised $3 million in seed funding led by Ego Death Capital, a new venture capital firm focused on the bitcoin ecosystem, to bring instant settlements for power generators, distributors and energy consumers worldwide. Synota was founded in 2022 to address the disconnect between how energy is ...
Shutterstock integrates DALL-E 2 for AI-generated art and launches contributor fund
The image library Shutterstock Inc. is looking to get in on artificial intelligence-generated artwork with a new partnership with OpenAI Inc., the company behind the popular AI image creation tool DALL-E 2. As part of the collaboration, Shutterstock will be offering OpenAI’s AI-powered image generation tools to its customers. They allow users to enter text ...
Apple App Store limits NFT functions, toughens rules on crypto
Apple Inc. has released new guidance for its App Store rules alongside software updates for iOS 16.1, iPad OS 16.1 and MacOS Ventura that tightens how cryptocurrency exchanges can operate on its store and nonfungible tokens can be used in its apps. According to the new guidelines, Apple has clarified that apps may use nonfungible ...