Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline Every adult citizen in El Salvador will receive $30 worth of bitcoin when they download and register the government’s cryptocurrency app, President Nayib Bukele announced late Thursday as he unveiled details on how the nation would become the first to make bitcoin legal tender. Bitcoin will soon become…
The U.K. is gaining in popularity as a great place to start a tech firm. The country is quickly catching up to China on the tech investment front, with VC investments reaching a record of $15 billion in 2020, according to TechNation. A global health crisis notwithstanding, London remained a favorite for investors. U.K. cities…
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for June 25, 2021. We have a great block of startup news and Amazon coverage for you today. But before we get into all of that,…
TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing & Fundraising kicks off in just two weeks and we “see you shiver with antici…pation” (two points for the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” reference). And who can blame you? We sure don’t. On July 8-9, this two-day virtual bootcamp will deliver leading startup gurus, mavens and masters serving up choice,…
Seattle-based Edge Delta, a startup that is building a modern distributed monitoring stack that is competing directly with industry heavyweights like Splunk, New Relic and Datadog, today announced that it has raised a $15 million Series A funding round led by Menlo Ventures and Tim Tully, the former CTO of Splunk. Previous investors MaC Venture…
Experts say the bar for high-quality athletes in revenue drivers like basketball and football could be in the six-figure range, possibly millions. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images When Blake Lawrence cofounded athlete marketing platform Opendorse in 2012, the idea of college athletes turning a profit on sponsorships and endorsements was a pipe dream, outlawed by the…
© Reuters Biden’s Infrastructure Win Ramps Up Fight Over Economic Agenda (Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden scored a political win by sealing a $579 billion infrastructure deal with a group of Democratic and Republican senators, yet the bipartisan plan faces hurdles in Congress that reflect challenges to his broader economic agenda. With the agreement, announced…
© Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden speaks following a bipartisan meeting with U.S. senators about the proposed framework for the infrastructure bill, at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2021. REUTERSKevin Lamarque WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden and top White House officials hailed a bipartisan, preliminary infrastructure agreement as proof that Washington…
FULTON, Md., June 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — SightGain , the only cybersecurity risk management platform that tests and analyzes organizational readiness – across people, process, and technology – has been moving quickly over the past six months. On the heels of winning the 2020 DataTribe Challenge – beating 400+ other cybersecurity startups last December -…
BOSTON and TOKYO, June 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Wasabi Technologies , the hot cloud storage company , today announced the expansion of its Asia-Pacific presence with the opening of its Japanese headquarters. The headquarters will serve as a base for a variety of countries in the region including Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and…





