Visa jumps into the NFT craze, buying a ‘CryptoPunk’ for $150,000

CryptoPunks — one of the most popular non-fungible tokens — displayed in Times Square on May…

Equity Monday: Stocks up, cryptos up, regulation up

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the…

Shelf.io closes huge $52.5M Series B after posting 4x ARR growth in the last year

Covering public companies can be a bit of a drag. They grow some modest amount each…

Dow futures rise more than 150 points ahead of key Fed event this week

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, August 11, 2021. Source: NYSE Stock…

Hacker behind $600 million crypto heist returns final slice of stolen funds

Zephyr18 | iStock | Getty Images The hacker behind the biggest cryptocurrency heist of all time…

The world’s second-largest stablecoin is undergoing a massive change

Chesnot | Getty Images Digital currency company Circle had long claimed its stablecoin, USD Coin, was…

Moesif secures $12M to provide user behavior insights on API usage

As more companies provide more API-first services, Moesif has developed a way for those companies to…

African fintech OPay valued at $2B in SoftBank Vision Fund 2-led $400M funding

Chinese-backed and Africa-focused fintech company OPay raised $400 million in new financing led by SoftBank Vision…

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Boeing, Coinbase, Pfizer, BioNTech and more

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Boeing (BA) – Boeing added 1.2% in…

Virtual dressing room startup Revery.ai applying computer vision to the fashion industry

Figuring out size and cut of clothes through a website can suck the fun out of…

Dow futures rise more than 150 points ahead of key Fed event this week

A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New…

Y Combinator-backed Adra wants to turn all dentists into cavity-finding ‘super dentists’

Like other areas of healthcare, the dental industry is steadily embracing technology. But while much of…

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Boeing, Coinbase, Pfizer, BioNTech and more

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Boeing (BA) – Boeing added 1.2% in…

Dow futures rise more than 100 points ahead of key Fed event this week

A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New…

Blockchain startup XREX gets $17M to make cross-border trade faster

XREX co-founders Winston Hsiao and Wayne Huang A substantial portion of the world’s trade is done…

PayPal launches its cryptocurrency service in the UK

PayPal has launched its cryptocurrency service in the U.K. PayPal LONDON — PayPal is launching its…

No shortage of risks, but now is an ideal time to put cash to work: Wilmington Trust

If you can withstand the market’s wild swings, Wilmington Trust’s Meghan Shue believes it’s an ideal…

National parks are booming. That may ruin your next trip

Tourists crowd in to the Midway Geyser Basin on July 14, 2021 at Yellowstone National Park,…

Y Combinator, 500 Startups, Plug and Play invest in Odiggo’s $2.2M seed round

Servicing one’s car personally is a time-consuming, expensive and painstaking process. It’s a cycle that can…

Get your pitch-off on with our Disrupt Startup Alley companies on upcoming episodes of Extra Crunch Live

Disrupt is right around the corner, and this year the show is packed to the brim…