Didi Chuxing has barred current and former employees from selling shares in the company indefinitely, dealing a new blow to staff of the Chinese ride-hailing group that has come under intense regulatory scrutiny after listing in New York. December 27 was supposed to mark the end of a 180-day period during which current and former…
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To give the experts who bring you insights daily based on their experience as investors, entrepreneurs & executives a break during this holiday season (for some people), we are reposting the most popular posts from last 5 years. Todays post was the most popular in 2021 but was actually posted late in in 2020 Should…
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In terms of price, bitcoin climbed from around $29,000 at the start of the year to a fresh all-time high of nearly $69,000 in November, and in the process, it reached a market cap of more than $1 trillion for the first time. Bitcoin began the year being the institutional favorite, with multinationals and hedge…
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Over the past decade, Instagram has created a new kind of entrepreneur. Anyone can start a page and post pictures for free, giving founders access to over 1bn potential customers. And during the pandemic the platform has been essential to helping some small businesses survive. “[Instagram] was my lifeline,” says Catherine Sharman, chief executive and…
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Near the edge of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, a group of cryptocurrency enthusiasts have launched a new experiment in city building — just don’t ask who is going to be mayor. The collective, CityDAO, has no official leader. Its members organise themselves using the chat app Discord. Every major decision must go up for…
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Enjoy Xmas all who celebrate that event. This week our experts brought you the following insights based on their experience as investors, entrepreneurs & executives. Monday Ilias Hatzis our Greece-based crypto entrepreneur (Founder & CEO at Kryptonio a “keyless” non-custodial bitcoin and cryptocurrency wallet, that lets users manage bitcoin and crypto, without private keys or passwords…
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The perils of offshore bank accounts? The UK supreme court has overturned a ruling made by a lower court and refuses to recognise Nicolas Maduro as the legitimate leader of Venezuela following what were widely perceived to be rigged elections in 2018. Maduro was trying to argue that some £ 800 million of gold held…
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An artificial intelligence company contracted to develop military intelligence and navigational capabilities for the US Department of Defence will now be used by Facebook to build the metaverse. Facebook, which recently rebranded as Meta, acquired synthetic data start-up AI. Reverie in August, and consolidated it into its Reality Labs division dedicated to constructing a shared…
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At moments in early 2021, Silicon Valley was awash with talk that live audio discussion app Clubhouse would be the future of social media. After gaining some traction towards the end of last year, it exploded in 2021 as the fastest-growing social media app in history. It aimed to popularise audio rather than text or…
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What does it take to bring about an online revolution? As 2022 looms, a new movement, under the banner of Web3, has become one of the most discussed — and least understood — forces in tech. But it’s not at all clear yet what practical problems it will solve to become part of everyday life.…
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