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Daily Crunch: New Starbucks Odyssey loyalty program ‘happens to be built on blockchain and web3’

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2001, a Starbucks Odyssey : In August, Starbucks got things percolating with plans for a blockchain-based loyalty program and NFT community. Africa’s hot and heavy fintech sector : Kippa, a Nigerian financial management app for merchants, closed on $8.4 Image Credits: aolomartinezphotography (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS burn multiples, 8 fintech VCs spill the tea, all my apes gone

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Image Credits: MicroStockHub (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Image Credits: PM Images (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Image Credits: Alto Pharmacy (opens in a new window). 8 fintech VCs discuss the shifting investing landscape and how to pitch them in Q3 2022. @yourprotagonist.

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Daily Crunch: Marqeta acquires fintech infrastructure startup Power Finance for $275M

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million to help scale blockchains. Sharing is caring : Raylo raises $136 million to build out its gadget lease-and-reuse “fintech” platform , reports Ingrid. Sharing is caring : Raylo raises $136 million to build out its gadget lease-and-reuse “fintech” platform , reports Ingrid. Aisha has more.

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Sardine’s algorithm helps crypto and fintech companies detect fraud

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It’s a great time to be in the fraud detection business in crypto and fintech. Sardine , a compliance platform for fintech companies, primarily serves neobanks, NFT marketplaces, crypto exchanges, and crypto on-ramps.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Stealth recruiting, virtual sales kickoffs, Google Cloud’s Q4

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Image Credits: motorenmano (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window). In fact, funding for blockchain startups has already exceeded $4 billion so far in 2022, and investors seem intent on keeping up the pace, wrote Alex Wilhelm in The Exchange. But VCs don’t seem to mind.

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Daily Crunch: Peloton CEO to shareholders: ‘Turnarounds are hard work’

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Blockchain : As new blockchains continue to spring up, and after last year’s “DeFi” summer that brought new traction to Ethereum, Bitcoin investors have had to start watching their backs. Venture backers are pouring cash into the blockchain to help it play catchup. Image Credits: LdF (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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Daily Crunch: India’s Central Bank says cryptocurrency ‘may even be worse’ than Ponzi schemes

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We have a busy slate for you today, including news sure to annoy the blockchain faithful, new funds, Facebook’s latest rebrand and more. It is an interesting argument against Windows and the larger Web (we kid), but does raise notable points regarding mobile security and consumer expectations. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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