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Facebook has acquired the artificial intelligence-based chat-bot startup Servicefriend for customer service for Calibra, the digital wallet for Facebook’s planned Libra cryptocurrency.AI chatbots for Calibra’s customer serviceA Sept. 19 article by Israeli business newspaper the Marker reported that Facebook has acquired startup Servicefriends in order to build a messaging
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Tech startup Nebula Genomics is launching DNA sequencing using blockchain, which eliminates the need for customers to reveal personal information.Per a blog post published on Sept. 19, Nebula has rolled out anonymous genetic testing, enabling clients to purchase whole-genome sequencing and provide their saliva samples without the need to
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Authorities in the United States have arrested two individuals who allegedly threatened to destroy a startup crypto company if they were not paid millions of dollars in cryptocurrency.Extortion of crypto startupOn Sept. 18, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, together with the FBI, announced
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Israeli cybersecurity startup GK8 has reportedly developed the world’s first offline system for transacting cryptocurrencies.The new system uses GK8’s proprietary cryptographic techniques that enable instant blockchain transactions of digital assets without any need for an internet connection, Israeli business news publication Globes reported on Sept. 18.The company raised $4 million
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Ethereum (ETH) privacy startup Aztec announced the launch of its zero-knowledge succinct non-Interactive argument of knowledge (SNARKs) generation via a cryptographic ceremony called Ignition.In a press release shared with CryptoX on Sept. 15 the startup also announced the closing of its latest round of investment with participation from A.Capital,
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Stellar-focused (XLM) crypto development company Interstellar appointed the founder of digital payments network Zelle Mike Kennedy as its new CEO.On Sept. 12, the company announced the appointment in a Medium blog post.Stellar as an international payments systemKennedy’s network Zelle is the payment system used by JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Bank
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Privacy-focused blockchain software project Particl has announced a market management option that allows vendors to create and manage stores for specific audiences.Particl revealed the development in a press release shared with CryptoX on Sept. 12. With the new feature for its Open Marketplace product, Particl will enable vendors to
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More than 4,500 individuals and entities participated and ponied up more than USD$23 million in the first US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) qualified and regulated Regulation A+ token offering issued by Blockstack PBC (including both our SEC-qualified token offering and investors outside the United States made under Regulation S). advertisement Major
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The offices of Chinese initial coin offering (ICO) startup GXChain have reportedly been closed by the local police.On Sept. 11, Dovey Wan — founding partner of blockchain-based investment company Primitive Ventures — tweeted a photo of an office taped closed (presumably by Chinese police) and announced that GXChain “got
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A consortium of oil companies including Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Royal Dutch Shell looks to blockchain to manage water used in oil extraction in North Dakota’s Bakken oil fields.Oil and waterAs Reuters reported on Sept. 10, the Offshore Operators Committee (OOC) Oil & Gas Blockchain Consortium has awarded a
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