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A former McDonald’s burger-flipper and software developer is now one of the world’s wealthiest people.

Venture fund a16z has been a longstanding proponent of crypto, from its early investment in Coinbase eight years ago. Here are the crypto companies and trends a16z is betting on next.

Allison Beer starts her new role as JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said the bank would spend whatever it takes to compete with fintechs like BNPL.

Copy The Croatian Pavilion for the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale explores how repurposing architectural elements reshapes the individual’s relationship with space and constructs a new place of encounter. Titled Togetherness / Togetherless, the project curated by Idis Turato is a spatial composition of ready-made elements, which are given new meanings and functions, developing a new perspective on architectural space and enabling a temporary community. Various elements sourced from the Cr...

Optimism reigns at consumer trading services as fintech VC spikes and Robinhood IPO looms But services that help consumers trade might need to retool their models over time to ensure long-term income With the Coinbase direct listing behind us and the Robinhood IPO ahead, it’s a heady time for consumer-focused trading apps. Mix in the impending SPAC-led debut of eToro, general bullishness in the cryptocurrency space, record highs for some equities markets and recent rounds from Public.com, M...

With Debit Cards And Investing For Kids, Fintech Startup Greenlight Doubles Valuation To $2.3 Billion Share to Facebook Venture capital’s wild fintech party is now inviting minors, too.  Greenlight, a startup that offers debit cards and investing for kids, has raised a $260 million Series D at a valuation of $2.3 billion, nearly doubling the unicorn valuation it received in a $215 million fundraise just last September. Andreessen Horowitz led the latest round, which closed last week, joining...

Publicly Tradable Shares: About 114.9 million  Percentage of the Company Made Public: 44%  April 14 Opening Price: $381  April 14 Closing Price: $328.28  Market Cap: $85.78 billion What is Coinbase? Coinbase operates an exchange platform where users can securely buy, sell, and store 90 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum. The company offers subscription products and services to both institutional and retail customers in over 100 countries, though most of its revenue comes from ...

SAN FRANCISCO — In 2009, Shamir Karkal and several colleagues struggled to raise money for a banking startup, Simple. Most of the 70 venture capital firms they met over the course of a year did not see the point of the idea, he said. The few that did thought it would fail. By last year, things had changed. When Karkal set out to raise funding for his new financial technology startup, Sila, which makes regulatory compliance software, he garnered $5 million in a few months with a fraction of th...

Information Venture Partners adds former Georgian investor Jane Podbelskaya as it continues to expand team Toronto-based venture capital and private equity firm Information Venture Partners (Information VP) has appointed Jane Podbelskaya as principal, as the venture firm has continued to grow its investing team in recent months. Podbelskaya, who previously served as a growth investor at Georgian Partners for over five years, brings 20 years of experience in software, operations,...

A new Voices of UMassMed podcast spotlights the robust Graduate Medical Education programs at UMass Medical School and UMass Memorial Health Care.