Paying $115B for Stripe or $77B for Coinbase might be quite rational
It's hard to overvalue a startup when the public market is willing to double its valuation the moment it starts to trade. CoinDesk reported yesterday that crypto trading startup Coinbase is being valued at $77 billion on private exchanges......»»
That Coinbase Super Bowl ad was so popular it broke the app
Coinbase’s 60-second Super Bowl ad consisted of a bouncing QR code in the style of those old DVD-logo screensavers from years gone by. Scanning the code directed people to a page on the crypto exchange's site that offered $15 in free Bitcoin if the.....»»
QR code Super Bowl ad for Coinbase was a kind of brilliant copy of "The Office"
The early winner for the most effective ad during this year's Super Bowl might just go to Coinbase, the cryptocurrency exchange platform. The company ran a remarkably simple ad: It was just a bouncing QR code, just like the classic DVD logo scene fro.....»»
Crypto Investors Are Cashing In On a Trump Tax Break Meant To Help the Poor
"The mystery of how cryptocurrency miners are paying for their energy-intensive mining operations in rural areas has been solved," writes Slashdot reader fermion. "Instead of paying up to 40% in taxes, the miners build mining operations in 'opportuni.....»»
Apple unveils Tap to Pay on iPhone, coming later this year to US merchants
The new feature, dubbed Tap to Pay, will allow merchants to accept Apple Pay, contactless credit and debit cards, and other digital wallets with a simple tap to their iPhone. Apple said Stripe will be the first payment platform to offer Tap to Pay on.....»»
Crypto Firms Launch Coalition To Promote Market Integrity
A group of major cryptocurrency firms including Coinbase, Circle, Anchorage Digital and Huobi Global are forming a new coalition aimed at cracking down on market manipulation in an effort to instill trust in the burgeoning digital asset industry. Fro.....»»
Are TED Talks Just Propaganda For the Technocracy?
"People are still paying between $5,000 and $50,000 to attend the annual flagship TED conference. In 2021," notes The Drift magazine, noting last year's event was held in Monterey, California. "Amid wildfires and the Delta surge, its theme was 'the c.....»»
The cheapest PlayStation Plus deals in February 2022
Get a great PS Plus deal here and avoid paying full price for your next renewal fee......»»
In space race, Europe faces choice: passenger or pilot
As the race to send people to the Moon and beyond heats up, Europe faces calls to make a choice: Keep paying for seats on spacecraft or finally fly its own manned vehicle......»»
Do you need a smart toothbrush?
Is a smart toothbrush worth it at the moment? Will it help you have better hygiene or are you just paying for novelty?.....»»
Amazon has abandoned its scheme of paying workers to tweet about the company"s virtues
Amazon has a long-standing reputation for having an allegedly toxic workplace in which employees have reportedly been forced to urinate in bottles to meet delivery targets and staged walkouts. In response to the bad publicity, the company set up the.....»»
Apple may soon turn iPhones into credit card payment terminals
Apple Pay already allows you to pay for goods at any store with a third-party terminal supporting the method. This technology helped make the process of paying much simpler and more secure, as you don't have to use cash or a credit/debit card. Howeve.....»»
More than a third of Peacock subscribers are actually paying money
More than 9 million of Peacock's nearly 25 million subscriptions are on one of the two paid tiers, execs said in a quarterly earnings report......»»
Netflix loses a quarter of its value on slowing subscriber growth
Netflix finished the quarter with 222 million paying subscribers, adding 8.3 million members during the last three months of 2021. Revenue for the quarter was $7.7 billion, up 16.0 percent compared to the same period a year earlier......»»
Why Investors Are Paying Real Money For Virtual Land
A blank square of pixels in a virtual metaverse world like The Sandbox can cost as much as a home in the real world. But investors are buying in A version of this article was published in TIME’s newsletter Into the Metaverse. Subscr.....»»
Is Bumble Premium worth it? I tried it for two months to find out.
You may balk at the concept of paying for a dating app, but others certainly don't: Daters spent $3 billion on apps in 2020, up 15 percent from the previous year. These days, singles aren't afraid to fork up cash for additional features on these apps.....»»
Twitter makes it possible to link NFTs to profile pics (for a price)
Conspicuous consumption is now officially integrated into the Twitter app. The social media giant announced Thursday a new feature which lets paying Twitter Blue subscribers on iOS officially link non-fungible tokens to their profile pictures. Once d.....»»
NYC Mayor Adams Will Convert His City Paycheck To Cryptocurrency Via Coinbase
Following through on a plan he announced before he took office, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday that his first paycheck, which arrives on Friday, will be converted from US dollars into cryptocurrency. The transaction will take place on C.....»»
Coinbase teams with Mastercard to make it easier for people to purchase NFTs
The exchange announced plans to open a peer-to-peer NFT marketplace back in October. Like it did with crypto, Coinbase wants to help make NFTs easier to mint, purchase, showcase and discover. The company said the initial launch will support Ethereum.....»»
Google requiring all ‘G Suite legacy free edition’ users to start paying for Workspace this year
In 2020, G Suite became Google Workspace as part of a mass reorganization of the company’s apps for the “future of work.” Various plans were migrated over, and Google is now finally getting rid of the G Suite legacy free edition......»»
Google Requiring All "G Suite Legacy Free Edition" Users To Start Paying for Workspace this Year
An anonymous reader shares a report: In 2020, G Suite became Google Workspace as part of a mass reorganization of the company's apps for the "future of work." Various plans were migrated over, and Google is now finally getting rid of the G Suite lega.....»»