Daily Crunch: One-click checkout company Bolt ushered into decacorn territory on $355M Series E
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North Korea hacked nearly $400M in cryptocurrency last year
North Korean hackers launched at least seven attacks on cryptocurrency platforms last year to steal almost $400 million worth of digital assets, according to a report by blockchain analysis firm…
Tencent invests in Easy Transfer to amp up cross-border payments ambition
Tencent has invested in Easy Transfer, a startup that aims to make tuition payments less stressful for hundreds of thousands of overseas Chinese students. Tencent declined to comment for the…
Web3Auth secures $13M from Sequoia India to simplify crypto onboarding and authentication
Web3 is seen as the future of the internet because it allows people to control their own data and digital assets, but crypto developers have been learning from the past…
Fast-charge EV battery maker StoreDot pulls in $80M led led by Vietnam’s VinFast
StoreDot, the Israeli next-generation battery technology startup touting an “extreme fast charging” (XFC) battery for electric vehicles, has secured the first close of its latest funding round led by Vietnamese…