The Future Of Blockchain: Fintech 50 2020
With the price of bitcoin more than doubling from $3,400 to $10,000 since last year’s Fintech 50 list, it’s perhaps no surprise to see some of the largest, and most innovative cryptocurrency companies still holding onto their place on the annual list of startups blazing new trails in financial technology.
Israel’s maturing cybersecurity startup ecosystem
It often feels like half of the new security startups that receive funding are from Israel. As YL Ventures’ Yoav Leitersdorf and Ofer Schreiber wrote last month, investments in Israeli cybersecurity startups increased to $1.4 billion last year, with average seed rounds of $4.7 million, up 30.5 percent from 2018.
Blockchain Payments Startup Bucks The Trend: Raises VC Funding
At a time when venture capitalists are shying away from blockchain startups, Paystand, the payments fintech is bucking the trend.
Blockchain Fundraising Can Benefit African Tech Startups
African startups raised a record $1.34 billion in venture capital funding in 2019, up from just under $200 million in 2015, according to WeeTracker, a media firm focused on the African entrepreneurship space.
Amazon wants to question Trump after losing $10 billion Pentagon cloud contract
WASHINGTON — Amazon is seeking to depose President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and former Defense Secretary James Mattis over a $10 billion Pentagon cloud contract awarded to Microsoft.
How Is Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning Used In Engineering?
The field of artificial intelligence (AI) was begun in 1956, but it has been only in the last decade that significant progress has been made to allow the technology to be widely used and experienced by many outside technology circles.
New robot does superior job sampling blood
A Rutgers-led team has created a blood-sampling robot that performed as well or better than people, according to the first human clinical trial of an automated blood drawing and testing device.
Cloud software vendor Snowflake is valued at $12.4 billion, with fresh capital from Salesforce
Snowflake, a developer of cloud-based technology for storing and analyzing data, is now worth $12.4 billion, making it one of the most valuable venture-backed companies in Silicon Valley.
More Cloud, More Hacks: Panic Or ‘Keep Calm And Carry On’?
It has been just about a decade since cloud technologies arrived, and we are in a phase of fast adoption, with cloud-specific spending expected to rise by more than six times the rate of general IT spending through 2020 (McKinsey).
Bitcoin Prices Rise To Highest Since October
Bitcoin prices rallied today, reaching a fresh 2020 high as the digital currency benefited from multiple tailwinds. The cryptocurrency climbed to $9,745.17 at roughly 1:30 p.m. EST, according to CoinDesk price data.
What Role Will (Or Does) Artificial Intelligence Play In Your Life?
It doesn’t seem too long ago that artificial intelligence (AI) was mostly the stuff of science fiction. Today it seems to be everywhere: in our home appliances, in our cars, in the workplace, even on our wrists.
Broctagon partners with Hashstacs on Singapore blockchain project
Singapore-based Broctagon Fintech Group has announced a partnership with enterprise blockchain technology provider, Hashstacs, to help bring blockchain in Singapore to more commercial usage.
Alphabet discloses YouTube ad revenues of $15.15 billion, cloud revenues of $8.92 billion for 2019
Google broke out numbers for its YouTube and cloud businesses for the first time in its fourth-quarter 2019 earnings report Monday. But the disclosure was limited in scope, making it difficult to gauge the profitability for those businesses.
Coronavirus: Can AI (Artificial Intelligence) Make A Difference?
The mysterious coronavirus is spreading at an alarming rate. There have been at least 305 deaths as more than 14,300 persons have been infected.
Singapore introduces new AML rules for crypto
All crypto businesses in Singapore are now required to first register and then apply for a license to operate in the jurisdiction under the Payment Services Act 2019 framework.