Only 150 transactions were made on day one of Coinbase"s NFT marketplace
The U.S.'s largest cryptocurrency exchange has just entered the NFT market...and it couldn't have come at a worse possible time.Coinbase launched its NFT marketplace to the public on Wednesday, allowing anyone to sign up on the new platform. Day one.....»»
Visa supports transaction settlement with USDC stablecoin
Payment card network Visa has announced that transactions can be settled using USD Coin (USDC), a stablecoin powered by the Ethereum blockchain. Crypto.com is the first company to test the new capability with its own Visa-branded cards. USDC is a sta.....»»
Transactions surge as buy-sell boom rolls on
A fourth-quarter surge in the number of U.S. dealerships sold led to one adviser declaring 2020 a record year. Several experts expect the accelerated pace to continue in 2021......»»
Will fading YOLO sentiment impact Robinhood, Coinbase and other trading platforms?
What would happen to Robinhood and its cohorts if the apparent cooling in consumer trading demand continues? Let's talk about it. What happens to hot fintech startups that have benefited from a rise in consumer trading activity if regular f.....»»
Crypto wallet and exchange company Blockchain.com raises $300 million at $5.2 billion valuation
As Coinbase is about to go public in the U.S., another cryptocurrency company is having a blockbuster first quarter of 2021. Blockchain.com, the company behind a popular cryptocurrency wallet, an exchange, a block explorer and more, has raised a $300.....»»
ACV Auctions raises $414 million in stock offering; company valued at $3.9 billion
ACV's online marketplace was used by more than 16,000 dealerships and other participants last year. Revenue almost doubled last year while its loss shrank......»»
Neighbor raises $53M for self-storage marketplace after 5x YoY revenue growth
Neighbor, which operates a self-storage marketplace, announced Wednesday that it has raised $53 million in a Series B round of funding. Fifth Wall led the financing, which notably also included participation from returning backer Andreessen Horowitz.....»»
Mural shows earliest known record of salt being sold at a marketplace in the Maya region
The first documented record of salt as an ancient Maya commodity at a marketplace is depicted in a mural painted more than 2,500 years ago at Calakmul, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. In the mural that portrays daily.....»»
Zoom introduces new SDK to help developers tap into video services
One clear sign of a maturing platform is when the company exposes the services it uses for its own tools to other developers. Zoom has been doing that for some time introducing Zoom Apps last year and the Marketplace to distribute and sell these apps.....»»
Swedish fintech Zaver raises $5M to bring cardless payments and BNPL to ‘durables’ sector
Zaver, a Swedish fintech that enable merchants to accept cardless payments and offer buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) as an option, has raised $5 million in new funding. The company, which began life focused on P2P payments for marketplace transactions, is n.....»»
AWS Marketplace Webinar: How to Architect a Security-Driven Networking Strategy in the AWS Cloud
How to architect a security-driven networking strategy in the AWS Cloud Architecting a security-driven network provides flexibility for highly dynamic environments, allowing organization-wide networks to scale and change without compromi.....»»
Hear how Poshmark went from Series A to the public markets with Manish Chandra and Mayfield’s Navin Chaddha
Poshmark has come a long way over the last decade. Launched in 2011, the social fashion marketplace has raised upwards of $150 million, and has now listed on the public markets. It’s valued at $3.5 billion. But well before all the success, Mayf.....»»
NFT marketplace OpenSea raises $23 million from a16z
OpenSea has been one of a handful of NFT marketplaces to explode in popularity in recent weeks as collectors wade into the trading of nonfungible tokens on the blockchain. While new startups have been popping up everyday, platforms that launched in c.....»»
Data shows how few Google Play developers will pay the higher 30% commission after policy change
Google this week announced its was cutting the commissions it charges Android app developers who publish on its Google Play marketplace, following a similar move by Apple last year aimed at fending off antitrust claims. According to Google’s ow.....»»
Vega raises $5M to give anyone the ability to launch a derivatives market
Vega, a startup that is building a decentralized protocol for creating and trading on derivatives markets, has raised $5 million in funding. Arrington Capital and Cumberland DRW co-led the round, which also included participation from Coinbase Ventur.....»»
Olo prices IPO sharply above its target, valuing company as high as $4.6B
We're checking in on the price investors paid for a block of Olo shares before it began trading and will look into the latest numbers in Coinbase's new S-1/A filing A big story in the finance world this morning is that the Nasdaq Composite.....»»
Google undercuts Apple with new 15% revenue share for Play apps
Unlike Apple, cut applies to first $1 million regardless of total revenue. Enlarge / The logo for Google's app and content marketplace, Google Play. (credit: Google Play) Today, Google announced a major change to the revenue-sharing structure.....»»
Farmland could be the next big asset class modernized by marketplace startups
A growing number of companies are revolutionizing the way farm and forestland is acquired, developed and commercialized across the United States. Jim Jackson developed timber and farmland in Eastern Washington, protected from coastal rains.....»»
Marketplace literacy as a pathway to a better world: Evidence from field experiments
If you are a consumer and/or entrepreneur who can make decisions based on cost, competition, supply and demand, you probably possess an element of marketplace literacy......»»
The best games on Steam
Steam is the largest marketplace for PC gaming. Here are the games you should definitely have in your library......»»
Epidemic Sound raises $450M at a $1.4B valuation to ‘soundtrack the internet’
The popularity of video and other streamed content like podcasts is continuing to grow at a breakneck speed, and today a startup called Epidemic Sound, a marketplace to source the background music for that media, is announcing a huge round of funding.....»»