Uber

Uber

Uber CEO Says Company to Consider Crypto for Rides, Not Its Balance Sheet

Danny NelsonFeb 11, 2021

The rideshare company will look into cryptocurrencies including bitcoin as a potential form of payment.

DeFi

Braintrust Raises $18M to Bring DeFi-Thinking to the Gig Economy

Ian AllisonOct 1, 2020

Braintrust, a tech talent marketplace that will essentially be owned by the IT freelancers and companies using it, has raised an $18 million strategic growth round.

Ripple

Uber, Goldman Sachs Veteran Joins Ripple as Asia Managing Director

Tanzeel AkhtarMar 19, 2021

Ripple taps a finance and tech veteran to be managing director in Southeast Asia.

Uber

Uber’s Former Security Chief Charged With Trying to Conceal Hack Using Bitcoin

Danny NelsonAug 21, 2020

Joseph Sullivan allegedly insisted the hackers sign NDAs in exchange for $100,000 in bitcoin hush money.

Binance

Binance Hires Ex-Uber Product Lead as VP of Global Expansion

Paddy BakerFeb 13, 2020

Matt Shroder will help the Binance exchange scale its operations and services, especially in emerging markets.

Uber

PayPal

Report: Uber, PayPal, Visa to Back Facebook’s GlobalCoin Cryptocurrency

Nikhilesh De

Visa, Mastercard, PayPal and Uber are all backing Facebook's new cryptocurrency, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Gambling

12 Markets Crypto Decentralization Can Actually Improve

Kyle Samani

What do virtual real estate and distributed computing have in common? They're both markets where P2P networks can improve efficiencies.

News

Uber, E*Trade Vets to Launch No-Fee Crypto Exchange

Anna Baydakova

A new cryptocurrency exchange is set to launch with no-feed trading – and it's got some notable backers behind it.

China

Ridesharing App Founder Wants to Build a Blockchain ‘Uber’

Chuan Tian

Chen Weixing, founder of Chinese ride-hailing app Kuaidi Dache, is planning to build a blockchain-based application for ride-sharing.

Argentina

Uber Argentina Enlists Bitcoin Partner in Fight to Continue Service

Pete Rizzo

The Argentinian subsidiary of ridesharing giant Uber is turning to a bitcoin payment option amid a crackdown by local authorities.

Startups

Uber Denies Plans to Accept Bitcoin Payments

Pete Rizzo

Uber has denied rumors that is currently integrating bitcoin as a payment option for its on-demand mobile ride-sharing services.

Philippines

Bitcoin Supporters Should Take a Page Out of the Uber Playbook

Joe Maristela

Angel investor Joe Maristela explores what people in the bitcoin space can learn from regulatory developments in the Philippines surrounding Uber.