Forget the crypto bearishness – Pepe Unchained is a meme coin that’s still giving everyone FOMO. With almost $7.5 million raised in its presale, Pepe Unchained (PEPU) is leaving investors wondering if it could explode once it hits the open market later this year. Pepe Unchained Shakes Up...

Pepe Unchained Defies Crypto Market Downturn to Near $7.5M Presale Milestone

Aave’s $6M revenue surge was driven by decentralized liquidations, including a $7.4M WETH position generating $802K. Aave, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, has demonstrated resilience in the face of a general crypto market downturn. The platform has generated $6 million in revenue amid the current market sell-off. Aave Withstands...

DeFi Protocol Aave Generates Millions in Revenue Amid Crypto Market Downturn

LYNC, the first mobile-centric roll-up on Movement Labs, today announced it has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding from a distinguished group of industry leaders. This funding enables LYNC to onboard 7B+ smartphone users on-chain and empower solopreneurs, developers, and founders with highly scalable roll-up, powered by Movement Labs, and end-to-end mobile stack to build crypto native mobile applications and games.

LYNC Raises $1.5 Million in Pre-Seed Funding to onboard 7B+ mobile users on-chain with Movement rollup

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Publicly traded companies are marked to market each and every day. And when quarterly results roll in, investors parse the data, the top line and the operating margins, and often measure success with each and every earnings report. For NCR Voyix, the company’s sale of its digital banking platform business...

NCR Voyix: $2.5 Billion Sale to Veritas Verifies Digital Banking’s Long-Term Potential

The trio founded Flourish Ventures in 2019 and now the firm has $850 million under management, last raising a $350 million fund in October 2023. Flourish invests all over the world, backing fintech startups in the U.S., and across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Notable investments include digital bank Chime, Brazilian neobank Neon, which was last priced at $1.6 billion, embedded finance startup Unit and African payments infrastructure company Flutterwave.

Flourish Ventures on repeat founders, emerging markets and when not to hop on the AI bandwagon

“Ripple USD will be fully backed by a segregated reserve of cash and cash equivalents and redeemable 1:1 for US dollars,” the announcement reads. Ripple plans to launch a stablecoin called Ripple USD (RLUSD) by the end of 2024, available on XRP Ledger and Ethereum. It promises benefits like deep liquidity for certain trading pairs, instant settlements, and programmable finance.

Important Ripple (XRP) Update

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

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Kentucky’s Community Actions Partnerships have announced the starts date for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Summer Subsidy, aimed at helping Kentucky households offset summer cooling costs.

LIHEAP Summer Subsidy program to help with summer cooling costs to begin enrollment July 16

Let’s have a look at some of the technicals behind the most recent Ripple price crash. XRP’s price action turned into a roller-coaster. After an amazing rally, a quick crash ensued. Key Support levels: $0.43. Key Resistance levels: $0.54. 1. Price Makes a “U Turn”. Despite a...

Why is the Ripple (XRP) Price Down Today?

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Run by Danae Mobley, Coded By Kids is a nonprofit organization based in Philadelphia that trains teenagers to become IT industry leaders, whether they are in the C-suite or leading their startups. The organization was started in 2014 by Danae’s husband, Sylvester Mobley. She was most recently elevated to the...

Meet the CEO making it possible for Black youth to own multimillion-dollar tech startups

The percentage of dentists affiliated with private equity has nearly doubled over the course of six years. 1. The percentage of private equity-affiliated dentists increased from 6.6% of dentists in 2015 to 12.8% in 2021, according to a new paper from the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute. 2. Researchers...

Private equity affiliation among dentists increases: 8 notes

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I've covered Muscle Cars from the 1960s and 1970s I like, Muscle Cars that had the best performance, cars that I have owned, fast cars that I have driven, and even classic VWs that I think are cool most recently.

Longest-Lasting Cars: Top 3 Most Reliable Models

On-chain sleuth ZachXBT linked the attacker to previous key compromises on platforms like SpaceCatch, OKX DEX, and others. Nexera, a DeFi protocol, has been affected by a smart contract security breach that resulted in the theft of $1.5 million worth of NXRA tokens. Following the incident, the value of the...

Nexera Protocol Hacked for $1.5 Million, NXRA Token Drops Over 40%

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Ho's stake in the newly-public company is worth nearly $70 million. Bloomberg estimates his family's fortune at $13 billion.

Meet the 29-year-old son of a casino billionaire who just took his influencer and esports company public

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Heights founder unwinds by stroking his cat ‘for hours’, rents out his £2 million home for photoshoots and flies economy to not spoil his two year old daughter.

Millennial entrepreneur behind a £35 million supplements startup Heights wishes he could tell his 20-year-old self to ‘sack off NFTs’

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

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More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

The total crypto market cap has slumped below $2 trillion for the first time in half a year. The past several days turned out to be some of the worst in bitcoin’s recent history as the asset plummeted from $66,000 to under $50,000 from Friday to Monday morning. The...

Over $500 Billion Gone From Crypto Markets Since Friday: Here Are the Biggest Losers (Market Watch)

The 99Bitcoins Token’s presale ends tomorrow – and things are heating up. The presale has raised over $2.6 million, proving there’s serious interest in 99Bitcoins Token’s (99BTC) mission to make crypto education accessible to the masses. Final 24 Hours to Invest in 99BTC Presale Before DEX...

99Bitcoins Token Presale Ends in One Day – Could This Learn-to-Earn Crypto Explode?

Meme coins are bouncing back, and Popcat (POPCAT) is leading the way. This cat-themed token has surprised everyone, climbing back to the $0.579 level. Meanwhile, Shiba Shootout (SHIBASHOOT) is also picking up steam in its presale – and is fast approaching the $1 million funding milestone. Popcat Tops CoinMarketCap’s...

Popcat Leads Top Meme Coin Gainers as Shiba Shootout Nears $1M Milestone

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Curio Announces $5.7 Million Funding Round to Launch Duper Season One, Co-led by Bain Capital Crypto and SevenX Ventures

[PRESS RELEASE – San Francisco, United States, August 6th, 2024]. Duper invites players to experience high-stakes fun and strategic gameplay. Curio, a games studio and developer,...

Curio Announces $5.7 Million Funding Round to Launch Duper Season One, Co-led by Bain Capital Crypto and SevenX Ventures

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