It’s hard to argue that any technology company has had a greater impact in the past decade than BioNTech, the mRNA-based therapeutics pioneer behind the world’s most widely-used COVID-19 vaccine. Developed in record time in…
Shopify allows merchants to sell NFTs directly through…
Shopify has made it possible for eligible sellers to sell NFTs (non-fungible tokens) via its platform, which opens up a whole new world for e-commerce merchants. On Monday, the NBA’s Chicago Bulls launched its first-ever…
Bitcoin surges as Amazon job posting suggests retailer…
Amazon posted a job opening late last week that suggested the e-commerce giant may be considering accepting cryptocurrencies as a form of payment. The posting sent bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies surging, with bitcoin and ethereum…
Binance stops crypto margin trading against pound, Aussie…
FRANKFURT, July 26 (Reuters) - Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, said on Monday that it would stop offering cryptocurrency margin trading involving the Australian dollar, euro and sterling.The cryptocurrency exchange's curbs on its services…
China c.bank office closes software maker over cryptocurrency…
SHANGHAI, July 6 (Reuters) - A Beijing office of China's central bank said on Tuesday it had ordered the shutdown of a Beijing-based software maker over its suspected involvement in cryptocurrency trading.Authorities ordered Beijing Qudao…
Pakistan moves to bring cryptocurrency boom out of…
Representations of cryptocurrencies Bitcoin, Ethereum, DogeCoin, Ripple, Litecoin are placed on PC motherboard in this illustration taken, June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationISLAMABAD, July 16 (Reuters) - Once a week Ghulam Ahmed, 38, takes time out…
US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is coming…
The myriad emerging and longer-term transportation technologies promise to change how people and packages move about the world or within their own neighborhoods. They also present myriad regulatory and policy hurdles that lawmakers, advocates and…
Michael Arrington’s next act
As longtime TechCrunch readers know well, Michael Arrington co-founded TechCrunch and Crunchbase, as well as the venture fund CrunchFund, which was later renamed Tuesday Capital. But In 2017, Arrington announced that he was shifting gears…
US blames China for Exchange server hacks and…
The Biden administration and its allies has formally accused China of the mass-hacking of Microsoft Exchange servers earlier this year, which prompted the FBI to intervene as concerns rose that the hacks could lead to…
Why Not Use Self-Driving Cars as Supercomputers?
Like Dogecoin devotees, the mayor of Reno, and the leaders of El Salvador, Aldo Baoicchi is convinced cryptocurrency is the future. The CEO and founder of Canadian scooter maker Daymak believes this so strongly that…