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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. Here, have a fresh battery : Magna enters the micromobility and battery swapping market with a $77 million investment in Yulu, Rebecca reports. The TechCrunch Top 3. You can sign up here.).

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Holiday marketing tips, low-cost NFTs, SaaS sprawl study

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The holiday shopping season is coming: How are growth marketers preparing? Image Credits: paolomartinezphotography (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Cargo ships are stacked up outside ports, and empty shipping containers are in short supply, as are the truck drivers who would take them to market.

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Cryptoys banks a16z funding to build NFTs for kids

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The past several months haven’t been entirely kind to the NFT market — while transaction volume hasn’t stuttered too significantly, the dollar amount invested in the space has been in free fall as cryptocurrency prices have taken a historic dive. Magic Eden raises $130M, hitting unicorn status at $1.6B

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Meet the newest crypto builders from web3 accelerator Alliance DAO’s demo day

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About three-fourths of the teams are focusing on NFTs, infrastructure or decentralized finance (DeFi), while the majority of the teams are building on layer-1 blockchains Ethereum, Polygon and Solana. The pitch: The NFT market has exploded and the communities surrounding them have flourished, co-founder Chris Tam said.

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

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One recent survey of sales and marketing professionals found that only half of respondents said they were likely to attend an event in H1 2022. Image Credits: motorenmano (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window). Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window).

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Why you should go APE, H-1B lottery tips, how to check references

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