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Strive Co-Founder and Senior Advisor Anson Frericks with Co-Founder Vivek Ramaswamy at Strive's first NYSE bell ringing. [Photo: NYSE Group]
Vivek Ramaswamy’s Strive Enterprises Relocates to Dallas, Launches Bitcoin-Focused Wealth Management Business
by David Seeley | Nov 1, 2024
Founded in 2022, financial services firm Strive announced its relocation from Columbus, Ohio, to Dallas along with today's launch of its new wealth management business. Governor Greg Abbott cited the move as one more reason that "Y'all Street is growing rapidly in Dallas."
by Lance Murray |
Mar 28, 2024
Asset management firm Blockhouse Digital, which has an office in Frisco, has completed a $2 million seed funding round including investments from strategic partners such as its institutional OTC partner BlockFills along with significant contributions from various angel and VC investors....
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by David Seeley |
Nov 2, 2022
In April, Mayor Mattie Parker turned on three Bitcoin mining machines in Fort Worth City Hall. Since then, the six-month pilot has netted the city $1,019.31. But the real payoff came when the story swept the country—and companies in California, Massachusetts, Maryland, and New Jersey took interest.
“We tallied nearly 753 million media impressions from this project, which has now branded our city as innovative on a global scale," says Carlo Capua, the city's chief of strategy and innovation.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Nov 1, 2022
Co-Founders Sophia Karbowski and Austin Patry launched Rollin' n Bowlin' as a food truck offering healthy smoothie and açaí bowls at TCU in Fort Worth. Now it's grown to brick-and-mortar locations at multiple U.S. universities and products on store shelves, leading to its latest new CPG brand launch: realsy nut butter-filled dates.
“We're so excited to disrupt the better-for-you snacking industry with an actually good-for-you snack,” Karbowski wrote on LinkedIn.
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In 2021, Riot acquired this 300MW Rockdale facility south of Waco as part of its acquisition of fellow bitcoin mining and hosting company Whinstone US in a $651 million cash and stock deal. [Photo: Riot Platforms]
Bitcoin Mining Company Investing $333M for New Facility South of Dallas
by Kevin Cummings | Apr 28, 2022
Colorado-based Riot Blockchain, one of the world's largest publicly traded bitcoin mining companies, announced plans to develop a 265-acre site in Corsicana—about an hour south of Dallas—adding to its growing presence in the Lone Star State.
At full capacity, the development is expected to have one gigawatt of capacity—enough energy to power around 750,000 households.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Mar 8, 2022
With $50 million in total funding since launching just last year, Blockmetrix plans to purchase more than 5,000 bitcoin mining rigs, adding to more than 1,000 it currently operates—mostly in Oklahoma.
But the startup aims to go beyond mining bitcoin to research and develop crypto revenue sources, loan bitcoin, set up a cryptocurrency exchange, and more.
But the startup aims to go beyond mining bitcoin to research and develop crypto revenue sources, loan bitcoin, set up a cryptocurrency exchange, and more.
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by Dave Moore |
Jan 13, 2022
Employers in today’s white-hot job market need to cut to the chase when hiring rockstars. Here are 5 key takeaways from BGSF's new 2022 Salary Guide.
Plus, the workforce solutions expert will discuss the findings in a webinar on Jan. 14. It's not too late to sign up.
Plus, the workforce solutions expert will discuss the findings in a webinar on Jan. 14. It's not too late to sign up.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 5, 2021
The inaugural October 8th Texas Blockchain Summit could be a watershed event for making Texas "the jurisdiction of choice" for Bitcoin and other digital currencies. Lee Bratcher, president of the Texas Blockchain Council, will host a wide array of speakers including Texas Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz and Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis.
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Hedera Hashgraph: Going Beyond Bitcoin
by Nicholas Sakelaris | Jan 31, 2019
North Texas-based Hedera Hashgraph has built an alternative distributed ledger technology that corrects a lot of the problems that have plagued better-known blockchains, founders say. That could revolutionize smart contracts, cryptocurrency, file storage, and more—as well as help protect people's privacy on social media platforms.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Dec 18, 2018
Hedera Hashgraph aims to change the culture of tech giants exchanging people's privacy for “free" access to their sites and services. "We are the product," Hedera CEO Mance Harmon says. Hedera Hashgraph aims to change that.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Aug 2, 2018
The rapid rise of new technology makes life easier, but there’s also concerns about disruption, security, obsolescence, and privacy. Tech experts argued their positions during Digital Dallas' annual event.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 27, 2018
Touch Titan's Kirk Ballou joined Dallas-based tech startup FLUX this month as chief technology officer and chief blockchain officer.
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Dallas’ Transplace Joins Blockchain in Transport Alliance, Gains Board Seat
by David Kirkpatrick | Feb 27, 2018
BiTA sees blockchain as “promising to shake up” the $8 trillion logistics and transportation industry.
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by Heather Noel |
Feb 9, 2018
The world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, which has offices in Dallas and Chicago, has doubled its staff in four years. In December, OCC was the first U.S. clearing organization to clear bitcoin futures launched by Cboe Global Markets.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Jan 26, 2018
Gartner has announced the top tech trends for 2018. Here’s a quick glance at the Dallas-Fort Worth companies leading the charge in each arena.
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by Jewels Clark |
Nov 6, 2017
The three-day conference brings connects those looking to invest in startups and Initial Coin Offering opportunities centered on bitcoin, blockchain, and cryptocurrency.
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