Worldcoin — the crypto startup co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman — has been given the green light to resume iris-scanning and other operations in Kenya after a year-long […]
The VC queen of portfolio PR, Masha Bucher, has raised her largest fund yet: $150M
Masha Bucher knows what she likes and goes for it. After all, venture capitalism is about taking bold risks — and at the earliest stages. That strategy has […]
Worldcoin faces pivotal EU privacy decision within weeks
The next few weeks could be pivotal for Worldcoin, the controversial eyeball-scanning crypto venture co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, whose operations remain almost entirely shuttered in the European […]
Lina Khan, Steve Case & more join StrictlyVC in Washington, D.C.
Late last summer, TechCrunch joined forces with StrictlyVC to create smaller, more intimate evenings for our readers. Already this year, we’ve hosted these nights in San Francisco and […]
SBF sentenced, Worldcoin hit with another ban order and big web3 pre-seed rounds are back
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Worldcoin hit with another ban order in Europe citing risks to kids
Controversial crypto biometrics venture Worldcoin has been almost entirely booted out of Europe after being hit with another temporary ban — this time in Portugal. The order from […]
Bitcoin hits new high, Solana price jumps as memecoins mania rises and Worldcoin faces heat in Spain
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Worldcoin fails to get injunction against Spain’s privacy suspension
Controversial eyeball scanning startup Worldcoin has failed to get an injunction against a temporary suspension ordered Wednesday by Spain’s data protection authority, the AEPD. The authority used emergency […]
Worldcoin says it’s filing legal challenge to Spain’s temporary ban
A German subsidiary involved in Sam Altman’s controvercial crypto blockchain digital identity business, Worldcoin, was reported Friday to have filed a legal challenge against a suspension order from […]
Binance launches a crypto perfume and Coachella partners with OpenSea
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