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New bank charters have been rare since the financial crisis. “It’s time to build new banks again,” says Augustus National Bank President Greg Quarles. [Photo and Illustration courtesy of Augustus; composite image DI Studio]
Inside Augustus: The Thiel-Backed ‘Bank Made of Code’ Nearing a National Charter From Dallas
by Quincy Preston | Jun 24, 2026
The prospect of building a bank for the AI era from scratch was enough to pull Greg Quarles from the top job at another bank. Now the veteran regulator and three-time bank CEO explains why he joined the upstart reinventing how money moves—and the 25-year-old founder he calls “the brightest guy I’ve ever met.”
by Quincy Preston |
Nov 12, 2025
The largest U.S.-based crypto exchange is following Tesla and SpaceX out of Delaware as Texas pitches its Business Court and stronger director protections as a business-friendly alternative. Interest in “DExit” has increased, according to a recent Harvard corporate governance analysis.
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by Glenn Hunter |
Jun 28, 2024
Robert Villasenor brings more than 25 years of experience to Seattle-based Coinme, where he will help navigate the industry’s legal and regulatory framework as Coinme grows.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 26, 2023
When the digital wallet debuts in Q1 2024, MoneyGram says it will enable consumers around the world to leverage stablecoin technology to seamlessly move from fiat currency to cryptocurrency, to fiat again. The company, led by CEO Alex Holmes, said this will "redefine" cross-border payments and enable its customers to send and receive money in new ways.
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Mark Cuban
The Last Word: Mark Cuban on the Real Estate Value of the Metaverse
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Aug 10, 2022
Mark Cuban has some hot takes on the metaverse, and he doesn't stop there. He made a recent virtual appearance on the YouTube channel Altcoin Daily to share his thoughts on Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Cardano, cryptocurrency in general, and more.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jun 14, 2022
McKinney-based Playful Studios and its Wildcard Alliance subsidiary—led by Words With Friends co-founder Paul Bettner—raised the funding for Wildcard, which combines arena-style battles with a collectible card game.
“With Wildcard, we're focused on fun first, building a next-generation 'spectator sport' to welcome the entire community of competitors, collectors, sponsors, and fans to play together," Better says.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jun 2, 2022
Launched in Palo Alto in 2018, InfStones relocated its HQ to Plano last year. With a goal of bringing the “AWS experience to Web3,” it's landed a new $66 million funding round and says it's nearing unicorn status—a designation for startups valued at $1 billion.
“Our vision is to provide a rugged, easy-to-use Web3 environment to build a more transparent, intelligent world,” CEO Zhenwu Shi says.
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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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Applied Blockchain's leadership team, as pictured on the company's website: (top row) Wes Cummings, David Rench, Regina Ingel, Saidal Mohmand, (bottom row) Etienne Snyman, Nick Phillips, Roland Davidson, and Michael Maniscalco [Photos: Applied Blockchain]
Dallas Crypto Infrastructure Firm Eyes Uplisting to Nasdaq
by Kevin Cummings | Apr 11, 2022
Applied Blockchain, an owner and operator of data center facilities used for mining crypto assets, filed plans with the SEC to uplist from the OTC Pink market to the Nasdaq Global Select Market in a move that could raise up to around $63 million.
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State of Entrepreneurship 2022: More Than $2 Billion Invested in North Texas Entrepreneurs Last Year
by Kevin Cummings |
Mar 14, 2022
It's the second year in a row to surpass $1 billion, said Trey Bowles at the Dallas Entrepreneur Center's annual State of Entrepreneurship event.
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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 Kevin Cummings |
Feb 3, 2022
The HBAR Foundation, an independent organization funded and established by the Richardson-based distributed ledger technology company, is partnering with French videogame developer Ubisoft in an effort to support gaming and entertainment innovators worldwide.
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Applied Blockchain Signs Deal for Large-Scale Ethereum, Altcoin Mining Operation
by Quincy Preston and Alex Edwards | Jun 2, 2021
Through a purchase agreement with Sparkpool, the largest Ethereum mining pool in the world, Dallas-based Applied Blockchain is rapidly working to scale its crypto-mining operations.
The goal? To be the leading publicly listed pure-play Ethereum/Altcoin miner in the next 6 to 12 months.
The goal? To be the leading publicly listed pure-play Ethereum/Altcoin miner in the next 6 to 12 months.
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by Alex Edwards |
Feb 25, 2021
By integrating with Money Dashboard, a free personal financial management application based in the UK, Zabo will allow users to view their cryptocurrency balances and transaction history in a single location that includes information on any existing bank accounts.
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by Quincy Preston and Sandra Engelland |
Feb 23, 2021
From ABIA to Zyvex, Dallas-Fort Worth companies are at the forefront of innovations in AI, 5G, quantum computing, genomics, and more.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Mar 5, 2020
Zabo was founded to solve what it calls one of the most critical, missing pieces of infrastructure: an API that connects to the landscape of cryptocurrency accounts and wallets.
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