Uber

Finance

Decentralization

Developer of Decentralized Ride-Sharing App Teleport Raises $9M in Bid to Compete With Uber, Lyft

DEC wants to create a decentralized ride-sharing community and take market share from established companies.

By Michael Bellusci

Sponsored

Oct 27, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

Oct 27, 2022

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Markets

Ripple

Uber, Goldman Sachs Veteran Joins Ripple as Asia Managing Director

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

By Tanzeel Akhtar

Sponsored

Mar 19, 2021 at 9:49 a.m. UTC

Mar 19, 2021

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Markets

Payments

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

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

By Danny Nelson

Sponsored

Feb 11, 2021 at 2:06 p.m. UTC

Feb 11, 2021

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Finance

Uber

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

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.

By Ian Allison

Sponsored

Oct 1, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. UTC

Oct 1, 2020

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Markets

Security

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

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

By Danny Nelson

Sponsored

Aug 21, 2020 at 5:50 p.m. UTC

Aug 21, 2020

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Markets

Uber

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

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

By Paddy Baker

Sponsored

Feb 13, 2020 at 5:15 p.m. UTC

Feb 13, 2020

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Markets

Paypal

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

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

By Nikhilesh De

Sponsored

Jun 13, 2019 at 10:34 p.m. UTC

Jun 13, 2019

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Markets

Gambling

12 Markets Crypto Decentralization Can Actually Improve

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

By Kyle Samani

Sponsored

Dec 27, 2018 at 6:01 p.m. UTC

Dec 27, 2018

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Markets

News

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

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

By Anna Baydakova

Sponsored

Jul 25, 2018 at 3:50 p.m. UTC

Jul 25, 2018

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Markets

China

Ridesharing App Founder Wants to Build a Blockchain 'Uber'

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

By Chuan Tian

Sponsored

May 28, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. UTC

May 28, 2018

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