Open finance network Plaid is snapping up identity verification and compliance platform Cognito in a deal valued around $250 million. Plaid’s “next major step” as a company is to help developers build onboarding experiences. And because identity is a huge piece in the onboarding process, Cognito’s technology will be key in the launch of the Read more...

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Only by reflecting on the fundamentals of how we transact can we understand what money is and how bitcoin is another evolution of money.

Many people find it difficult to borrow money from banks for a number of reasons. They might have a low credit score, negative information on their credit file, or the lender might just decide that they won’t be able to afford to repay the credit they applied for. As a result of this, many people […]

According to Statista data, the global sports betting industry skyrocketed to a market size of $203 billion in 2020 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 9% every year to 2025. Following the lifting of the U.S federal ban on sports betting the sports betting revenue in the U.S generated over $1.5 billion, […]

As Ethereum appears poised and ready for a potential breakout, Coin Rivet investigates Ethereum (ETH) on-chain for the month of January and walks you through the Ether charts.

Budweiser extends its push into NFTs with a $394K profile picture, which it appears to have received in exchange for a Super Bowl spotlight.

Many organizations have one or more strategic initiatives that involve a large amount of coordination and cooperation across functions and teams. In my experience, these cross-team initiatives are often the most challenging ones, while simultaneously being the most rewarding.  There are a number of reasons why this is the case, though I’d like to take a look at a different angle in this piece.

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Verve TV, built on the Velas blockchain, has been trending lately. The watch-to-earn project is backed by BlueZilla, one of the leading VCs in the crypto space. How did it make it to the elite portfolio?  Let’s take a look at what Verve is and how it promises to be a game-changer.  What is Verve TV […]

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Here’s what you need to know about Node.js (or simply Node) and how it relates to npm right off the bat:

• Node is JavaScript, but as a server-side language.
• This is possible because of

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Aleph.im, a cross-blockchain decentralized storage and computing network, has closed a $10 million funding round led by Stratos Technologies, according to a press release shared with CoinDesk. The funds will go toward team expansion, particularly engineers, and the continued rollout of the network’s infrastructure. Aleph.im is a distributed cloud platform that provides serverless computing services,…

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The Last Worker is slated to arrive during 2022.