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Jia, a blockchain-based lender of small businesses in emerging markets, raises $4.3 million seed

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Jia, a blockchain-based fintech providing loans to micro and small businesses in emerging markets, has raised $4.3 The fintech plans to use the funding to double down on its operations in Kenya, and the Philippines, before exploring new markets in West Africa, Latin America, and Asia.

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The Blockchain battlefront: Technology, business, and regulation

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The great regulatory bureaucracy has awakened to the significance of blockchain-enabled technology, led by the SEC. . The new engine of innovation that the crypto markets looks a lot like the corporate stock shares we are familiar with, except with fewer intermediaries and less (you guessed it) regulation. Common enterprise.

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Digital listening reveals 3 leading innovation drivers

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To gain perspective, Iron Mountain sponsored research by Quadrant Strategies, which used digital listening technologies to study public online conversation trends among enterprise decision-makers. It surpasses blockchain and metaverse projects, which are viewed as experimental or in the pilot stage, especially by established enterprises.

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Which emerging technologies are enterprise companies getting serious about in 2020?

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That situation can lead to a huge waste of time for startups that want to sell to enterprise customers: a business development black hole. Here are the top five things that fell into the “learning and exploring” cohort, in ranked order: Blockchain. Augmented reality/mixed reality. Virtual reality. AI/machine learning.

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Tala grabs $145M to offer more financial services in emerging markets

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Tala , an emerging markets digital lender that offers loans between $10 to $500 to consumers and small business owners, has raised $145 million in Series E funding. DeFi network Stellar Enterprise Foundation participated, alongside new investors Kindred Ventures and the J. billion worth of credit since its inception.

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Avalanche raises $230 million from private sale of AVAX tokens

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Avalanche , a relatively new blockchain with a focus on speed and low transactions costs, has completed a $230 million private sale of AVAX tokens to some well-known crypto funds. Like Solana and other newer blockchains, Avalanche wants to solve the scalability issues that older blockchains face. The equivalent of $1.3

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Paystand banks $50M to make B2B payments cashless and with no fees

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The Scotts Valley, California-based company is using cloud technology and the Ethereum blockchain as the engine for its Paystand Bank Network that enables business-to-business payments with zero fees. On the commercial side, however, one business trying to send $100,000 the same way is not as easy. Paystand wants to change that.

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