Daily Crunch: Fairly stagnant since April launch, Coinbase NFT sales volume is under $700K
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UK’s Big Tech regulator ‘to boost switching, cut killer acquisitions’
Just over a year after launching a dedicated unit focused on digital markets inside the national competition watchdog, the UK government has put some meat …
Binance gets regulatory nod in France, paving the way for Europe push
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume, has gained regulatory approval to provide digital asset services in France, the first European country where it …
Daily Crunch: European startup studio eFounders unveils its next-generation CRM tool
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UK parliament invites Twitter-lovin’ Musk to talk ‘authenticating all humans’
The British parliament has invited Elon Musk to “discuss the future of Twitter” because we live in deeply wild times. If Musk agrees to speak …
Meta faces years of tougher antitrust oversight in Germany
Facebook’s rebranded parent, Meta, has become the next tech giant to be confirmed as subject to a special competition abuse control regime in Germany, following …
Deal-flow newsletters surface gold nuggets for investors
Will Y Combinator one day fund 1,000 companies per batch? Its president, Geoff Ralston, doesn’t think that’s impossible. But for the tech press, the possibility …
Deal-flow newsletter PreSeed Now to introduce future UK crown jewels to investors
Pre-seed startups are often too early for showtime, but not for deal-flow newsletters. Launching today, deal-flow newsletter PreSeed Now will present early-stage startups from around …
Kevin raises $65M as it charges ahead on account-to-account payments over point-of-sale terminals
Payments remains a very fragmented business around the world: depending on where you’re buying or selling something (and whether you are selling online or offline) …
Mass transit group Swvl confirms estimated $100M acquisition of UK start-up Zeelo
Mass transit group Swvl has confirmed to TechCrunch its deal to buy UK start-up Zeelo, estimated to be a $100 million acquisition, according to sources. …