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Crypto VC David Pakman on FTX: An ‘entirely avoidable tragedy’

If you want to better understand exactly how big a deal it is that the cryptocurrency exchange FTX just imploded, you could do worse than talk with David Pakman, an entrepreneur turned venture capital

CoinFund launches $300M web3 fund to invest in early-stage crypto

As capital continues to deploy the crypto economy, another big fund is entering the space. Seven-year-old CoinFund is launching a $300 million early-stage web3 venture fund, CoinFund Ventures I, which

As more artists and musicians turn their attention to NFTs, so, likely, do money launderers

Outlets that follow the crypto industry have been observing a trend, which is that according to Google search data, the rise in interest in non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, now almost matches the level o

What the NFT? VC David Pakman dumbs down the intensifying digital collectibles frenzy

Non-fungible tokens have been around for two years, but these NFTs, one-of-one digital items on the Ethereum and other blockchains, are suddenly becoming a more popular way to collect visual art prima

Web3 platform 3Box raises seed to bring back control of user data

Few debates in technology have been as intense over the past few years as the debate over privacy. As companies like Facebook and Google have swelled with all the minutia of our daily lives — our li

Running Through Walls: Mightybell’s executive Gina Bianchini advises to focus on inputs

Gina Bianchini on the startup life.

Tech Giants Sign Letter Against EU Laws To Hand Huge New Powers To ISPs

New European legislation which threatens net neutrality is set to go before the EU Parliament Tuesday. The EU is planning new rules it claims will ‘protect’ Net neutrality, but a leading legal exp

Amino Raises $6.5M To Build Mobile Communities

<a target="_blank" href="http://aminoapps.com">Amino</a>, a startup that's built 41 different mobile community apps (so far), is announcing that it has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding. I f

Future of Streaming and the Many Reasons Jeff Bewkes Is Wrong (TCTV)

<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-254552" title="FF.Netflix_f" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/ff-netflix_f.jpeg" alt="" width="270" height="300" /><em>“It’s a little b