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Teleport founder Paul Bohm (Teleport)
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.
Teleport founder Paul Bohm (Teleport)

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Uber, Goldman Sachs Veteran Joins Ripple as Asia Managing Director
Ripple taps a finance and tech veteran to be managing director in Southeast Asia.
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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.
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A new approach to the talent marketplace.
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.
A new approach to the talent marketplace.

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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.
Uber

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao. (Credit: Binance)
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.
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao. (Credit: Binance)

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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.
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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.
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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.
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Chen Weixing
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.
Chen Weixing