A year ago, crypto was reaching ever new highs, and I was talking about whether ICOs would supplant the VC funding round and warning about Kim Jong Un’s crypto trading operations. And then the world turned upside down. Crypto prices are near rock-bottom prices, with Bitcoin hanging around $4,000 and Ethereum around $113, down from…
The Securities and Exchange Commission appears to be keeping a close eye on financial services startups, with today’s news that the agency has settled cases with two robo-advisory companies over allegations that they misled investors. Wealthfront Advisers, one of the darlings of the fintech investment sector with $11 billion under management and roughly $200 million…
Welcome to TechCrunch’s 2018 Holiday Gift Guide! Need more gift ideas? Check out our Gift Guide Hub. Whoops. You goofed up. It seemed like you had plenty of time before Christmas was here and now there are four days left and all the shops are slammed and you’ve (mostly) missed the shipping window. It’s okay!…
Slack has apologized after it shut down the accounts of users who have visited Iran following a poorly executed effort at complying with U.S. sanctions against the country. The company, which has eight million users of its productivity tool, has scrapped that first go at the policy. But it did confirm it will now block…
Innovate or die. In the tech world, there’s no more sobering truism. Market leaders who don’t push the boundaries one day can quickly find themselves falling behind and a historical footnote the next. Private Internet Access (PIA) has been one of the most trusted and most respected names in the crowded VPN service arena for…
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Matt Smith/Digital Trends Christmas is almost upon us, and although it’s too late to expect online orders to arrive before the big day, it’s still a great time to score some big holiday tech deals on something for yourself or maybe a late gift for someone you won’t be seeing until after Christmas. The annual…
Remember the controversy regarding Lenovo’s Z5 and its bezels that turned out to be much larger in reality than in its official images? Well, it sure looks like OnePlus hasn’t learned anything from that debacle. Here’s a Twitter user noticing something strange about an ad for the OnePlus 6T that popped up on Instagram. Look…
If you’ve ever found yourself lugging a big suitcase from meeting to meeting, a startup called Bounce could make your life easier. Using Bounce, you’ll be able to pay for short-term storage at hotels, dry cleaners and other local businesses. The San Francisco-based startup is announcing that it has raised $1.2 million in seed funding…
Bellabeat, the company behind a variety of health and wellness wearable devices aimed at women, is now selling its first smartwatch. The device, which is simply called “Time,” was announced earlier this month right in the midst of holiday shopping season. Like other fitness trackers, the watch is capable of basic tasks like counting your…
