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Q3 outlook forecasts cloudy days ahead for fintech M&A

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Last week, Paystand — a blockchain-enabled B2B payments startup — announced it had acquired Mexican fintech Yaydoo — creating a new unicorn in the resulting new entity. has a legacy, centralized financial infrastructure that needs to be disrupted and re-imagined by fintechs with blockchain technology. and Mexico.

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Daily Crunch: $8.5B Amazon-MGM merger will bring thousands of titles to Prime Video

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Paradigm backs Ethereum scaler Optimism : The Ethereum blockchain has a lot to like about it. So, many companies are building tech to make Ethereum scale. Tile builds anti-stalking tech into its platform : Apple and Tile have built ways for users to better track their devices. Our review is out. You can sign up here.).

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Locals share why Vilnius, Lithuania is becoming an international startup hub

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Our survey respondents said the city was strong across a broad range of tech industries, particularly those with practical applications: cybersecurity, energy and sustainability, fintech, health care and medtech, edtech and silver tech among others. Lukas Inokaitis , business development, NFQ Technologies. Rokas Tamoši?

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Agreena, a regenerative farming carbon market, raises $4.7M seed from Giant Ventures

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Farming accounts for 24% of Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions, and this is largely due to the intensive, “industrial” farming methods employed in the last few decades, together with the rise in the consumption of meat. & blockchain-focused) and U.K./France-based The startup has some competition in the space.

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The Missing Link: Blockchain for Digital Supply Chains

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The foundational fabric: blockchain. That foundational fabric also has a name and you’ve already heard of it; we call it blockchain. Using blockchain allows us to track and support a live, parallel digital twin deployment. A decentralized tamper-resistant store.

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8 investors and founders highlight Valencia’s potential as a fintech and cybersecurity hub

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While Madrid and Barcelona tend to attract the buzz when it comes to tech startups in Spain, Valencia is slowly and surely making a name for itself as a growing tech ecosystem. The city appears to be strong in areas such as travel, AI, cybersecurity, fintech, agritech, travel tech, biotech, sports tech, and VR.

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Daily Crunch: Tata Group releases ‘super app’ that bundles 11 consumer services

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million fundraise and its launch of a B2B fashion e-commerce platform. Safer chains : Goldman Sachs and others invested $88 million into web3 and blockchain security firm CertiK. 3 ways deep tech founders can climb out of pilot purgatory. 3 ways deep tech founders can climb out of pilot purgatory. Big Tech Inc.

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