Dogecoin investor sues Elon Musk, Tesla and SpaceX for $258 billion
The crypto selloff of the past several weeks has erased hundreds of billions of dollars in paper gains and is leaving plenty of had-been crypto millionaires looking for something else to hodl onto. A class action lawsuit was filed Thursday in federal court in Manhattan by an American Dogecoin inves…
The AMC mobile app for U.S. theaters now accepts Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, and other cryptocurrencies
Those of you who bought Dogecoin as a joke can use them towards movie tickets at AMC. The largest movie theater chain in the U.S., AMC Theaters, has been openly pro-crypto, and the CEO recently announced its mobile app will now accept Dogecoin (DOGE), Shibu Inu (SHIB), and other cryptocurrencies. T…
Robinhood muscles deeper into Coinbase’s territory with new crypto wallet feature
The fervor around Dogecoin delivered big revenues for stock-trading app Robinhood, and the company announced Wednesday that it’s wandering deeper down the crypto rabbit hole, sharing that it will soon begin testing crypto wallets for its users. The crypto wallets, which Robinhood says it will…
Bitcoin crashes as investors fear crypto bull market could be nearing its end
Bitcoin, Ethereum and a host of Altcoins suffered massive drops Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, erasing months of gains and hundreds of billions in market cap. The overall crypto market shrunk more than 20% over the past 24 hours according to crypto tracker CoinMarketCap. What’s behind t…
Ethereum creator donates meme coins worth $1 billion to help India fight COVID-19
Vitalik Buterin, the creator of Ethereum, has donated Ethereum and “meme coins” worth $1.5 billion in one of the largest-ever individual philanthropy efforts.
Equity Monday: Dogecoin is passé, but student notes are big business
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, digs into some recent funding rounds and mulls over a l…
Crypto market takes a dive with Bitcoin leading the way
Cryptocurrency prices continued to tumble Friday with Bitcoin leading the charge, with prices for the internet currency dipping below $50,000 for the first time since early March. Bitcoin is down roughly 20% week-over-week, around 30% from its all-time high of nearly $65,000 early last week. The ma…
Remove that ‘exit strategy’ slide from your pitch deck
A lot of pitch decks I review have a slide that really shouldn't be there: the exit strategy slide. As an early-stage startup, it's downright nonsensical, and it shouldn't be part of your deck at all.