Kyt Dotson, Author at SiliconANGLE

NEWS

Meta plans to take a 47.5% cut of metaverse items sold in Horizon Worlds

By Kyt Dotson Apr 13, 2022

It looks like creating metaverse items in Meta Platforms Inc.’s Horizon Worlds won’t be as lucrative as it seemed after the company revealed that it will be taking a 47.5% cut from digital asset…

Blockchain

Stablecoin issuer Circle raises $400M and deepens partnership with BlackRock

By Kyt Dotson Apr 12, 2022

Circle Internet Financial Inc., cryptocurrency services provider and issuer of the stablecoin USD Coin, said today that it has raised $400 million in new funding and inked a partnership with BlackRock. The funding round…

NEWS

Elon Musk abandons plans to join Twitter’s board

By Kyt Dotson Apr 11, 2022

Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla Inc. and currently the largest shareholder of Twitter Inc., has dropped his plans to join the company’s board of directors after being offered a seat, Twitter CEO Parag…

Blockchain

NFT ‘report card’ startup FungyProof raises $1M in pre-seed funding

By Kyt Dotson Apr 8, 2022

FungyProof, a startup that provides quality assurance report cards for nonfungible tokens, announced Thursday that it has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding to develop its platform further and hire more staff. Investors in…

Blockchain

Virtual world startup Improbable raises $150M to build Web3 metaverse products

By Kyt Dotson Apr 7, 2022

Virtual world simulation startup Improbable Ltd. said today it has raised $150 million in new funding to establish a new project that will allow businesses to build distributed blockchain-enabled virtual worlds called M2. Pronounced…

Apps

Accelq introduces Accelq Live to automate no-code and low-code app testing

By Kyt Dotson Apr 6, 2022

Accelq Inc., a platform for codeless app delivery automation, announced Tuesday the introduction of Accelq Live, which will bring cloud-native continuous integration and testing to low-code and no-code application development pipelines. As businesses continue…

Blockchain

NEAR Protocol raises $350M to expand its developer-friendly blockchain platform

By Kyt Dotson Apr 6, 2022

NEAR Protocol today announced it has raised $350 million in new funding to expand the development of its developer-oriented blockchain platform designed to support decentralized Web3 applications. The funding round was led by Tiger…

NEWS

Trunk raises $25M to build a ‘developer experience in a box’ platform

By Kyt Dotson Apr 5, 2022

Trunk, a platform that helps developers fix their code earlier in their workflow, raised $25 million in early funding today alongside an update to its flagship Trunk Check product. Garry Tan’s Initialized Capital and…

Blockchain

Hivemapper raises $18M to create a decentralized map of the world

By Kyt Dotson Apr 5, 2022

Mapping startup Hivemapper Inc. today announced it has raised $18 million in early-stage funding that will support the launch of its dashcam and network that will pay drivers in cryptocurrency for building decentralized maps.…

Emerging Tech

Alphabet’s Wing is set to lift off drone deliveries in Texas starting April 7

By Kyt Dotson Apr 4, 2022

Alphabet Inc.’s drone delivery division Wing Aviation LLC announced today that it will be launching its service in Texas later this week to deliver goods to “tens of thousands” of homes. The company has…

Kyt Dotson

Meta plans to take a 47.5% cut of metaverse items sold in Horizon Worlds

Stablecoin issuer Circle raises $400M and deepens partnership with BlackRock

Elon Musk abandons plans to join Twitter’s board

NFT ‘report card’ startup FungyProof raises $1M in pre-seed funding

Virtual world startup Improbable raises $150M to build Web3 metaverse products

Accelq introduces Accelq Live to automate no-code and low-code app testing

NEAR Protocol raises $350M to expand its developer-friendly blockchain platform

Trunk raises $25M to build a ‘developer experience in a box’ platform

Hivemapper raises $18M to create a decentralized map of the world

Alphabet’s Wing is set to lift off drone deliveries in Texas starting April 7

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