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Tom Brady’s buzzy celebrity NFT startup Autograph banks $170M from Silicon Valley’s top crypto investors

TechCrunch

Autograph has a handful of early partners largely in the sports world, but the names represent some of the most famous athletes in their respective sports, including Brady, Tiger Woods, Simone Biles, Derek Jeter, Naomi Osaka, Usain Bolt, Wayne Gretzky and Tony Hawk.

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Metaverse: The time for CIOs to experiment is now

CIO

Right now, the metaverse is essentially an undefined amalgam of technologies and concepts including but not limited to augmented reality (AR), avatars, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, extended reality (ER), mixed reality (MR), NFTs (non-fungible tokens), virtual reality (VR), and Web3. The metaverse has the potential to change that.

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Applied Intuition And Luminary Cloud Rise Above

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The company has customers in the aerospace and defense, automotive, industrial equipment and other industries, looking to solve challenges such as increasing the range of electric vehicles and achieving energy efficiency goals. billion valuation. Founded in 2016, the company has raised nearly $64 million, per Crunchbase. billion.

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Daily Crunch: Twitter backpedals on CEO’s promise, permanently bans user who tracked his private jet

TechCrunch

Bondaval, a London-based B2B company providing credit teams with assurance that customers will pay their bills, raised $15 million in Series A funding , with Catherine writing that Bondaval has now expanded into new use cases for credit managers at large companies, including those in the energy sector. million, Manish writes.

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From crypto trading and home workouts to EV batteries and microLED displays, CES’ Taiwan startups cover a wide range of tech

TechCrunch

Startups that presented during Taiwan Tech Arena’s press conference on Sunday: All Good Energy provides an open platform for electric vehicle batteries that enables IoT functionality and constant communication with the cloud. It can also help reduce energy costs by integrating with battery systems.

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Behind the Headlines: Russia in Myanmar, Peru’s New President and what Enjin means for the United Nations Global Compact

The Cipher Brief

Enjin becomes first blockchain platform to gain acceptance into the United Nations Global Compact, signaling widespread range of corporate sustainability efforts. On Tuesday, Enjin, an innovative blockchain technology company focused on non-fungible tokens (NFTs), became the first such company to join the United Nations Global Compact.

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Sustainability in 2024: How businesses can transform for eco-conscious success

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“Sustainability is a team sport, a comprehensive issue that requires thinking and input from myriad partner ecosystems and every facet of consulting,” Sossa says. “At Blockchain will still be prevalent in tracking the origin of sustainability claims, products, and materials. So, there will be a heavy focus on infrastructure.