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Ed Boon, co-creator of Mortal Kombat & Injustice, ran a Twitter poll to gauge gamers’ priorities surrounding next-gen consoles. Exclusive games came in at the bottom of the list, while affordability ranked highest. The PS5 and Xbox Series X need to drop exclusivity for the sake of the consumers.
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New leak reportedly lays bare full PS5 and Xbox Series X Specifications. The two consoles allegedly differ very little in terms of raw performance. The leak is unconfirmed and, as such, we recommend approaching it with caution. The specifications of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X won’t diverge all that much according
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Amber Group, a Hong Kong-based startup offering a range of cryptocurrency finance services, has raised $28 million in a Series A round.Leading the investment are Paradigm and Pantera Capital, with Polychain Capital, Blockchain.com, Coinbase Ventures and Fenbushi Capital also participating. Existing investor Dragonfly Capital was also on board. Announcing the
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Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, the venture arm of the fourth-largest bank in the U.S., is contributing $5 million to Elliptic’s Series B funding round. According to a Feb. 13 press release, the investment will help the company build products for large financial institutions.The latest investment brings Elliptic’s Series B
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Fresh on the heels of an $18.3 million Series A funding round last August, crypto lending startup BlockFi has secured a $30 million Series B.Announced Thursday, the new funding will help the firm expand both its product offering and geographic footprint. “We decided to opportunistically raise the Series B to expand
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In a new interview, Xbox boss Phil Spencer defends the company’s plans for Xbox Series X exclusives. The Xbox Series X won’t have any exclusives for one or two years after release. The strategy may have given Sony an easy win for the PS5. In a new episode of Gamertag Radio, Xbox boss
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Paystand has successfully raised $20 million in its Series B funding round, VentureBeat and others reported on Feb. 6. The company will use this money to accelerate the growth of its blockchain-based commercial payment platform.The current round includes investment from DNX Ventures, Battery Ventures, Epic Ventures, Commerce Ventures and
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Clear, the provider of a settlement system that uses blockchain to facilitate cross-border B2B trading, has finalized a $13 million Series A investment round. The Singapore-based startup said Wednesday the round had been led by Fidelity's investment arm, Eight Roads (formerly Fidelity Ventures). The venture subsidiaries of telecommunications companies Telefonica,
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Lightning Labs has raised $10 million in Series A financing as it gears up to launch its first paid service for merchants looking to accept bitcoin payments.Craft Ventures led the round, with Managing Director Brian Murray joining Lightning Labs’ board of directors. Other investors include Slow Ventures, former Goldman Sachs
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One of the world’s largest exchange-traded fund (ETF) providers is leading a $17.65 million investment in blockchain compliance startup Securrency.WisdomTree was the lead investor in the $17.65 million Series A funding round announced Tuesday. Other investors include the state-backed Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), Japanese financial services giant Monex Group
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