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Pursuant Adds to its GivingDNA Platform, Helping Nonprofits Access Crypto Donors and ‘Philanthropic Non-Donors’
by Kevin Cummings | Oct 18, 2022
New features to the donor engagement platform GivingDNA allow nonprofits to predict which potential new donors to approach—while unlocking access to a “new generation” of donors using cryptocurrency.
“Crypto cannot be ignored anymore, and we want to make it easier for marketers to target and serve those with this asset,” says Rebecca Gregory Segovia, GM of GivingDNA.
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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Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker with Texas Blockchain Council chief Lee Bratcher. [Image: City of Fort Worth]
Fort Worth Becomes First U.S. City to Mine Bitcoin, Right From City Hall
by David Seeley | Apr 26, 2022
Fort Worth is positioning itself to be the capital of crypto mining. Bitcoin mining machines donated by the Texas Blockchain Council began running 24/7 today, following a city council vote that authorized the six-month pilot program.
Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker plugged in the machines herself live on Twitter this afternoon at 2:35 p.m. “These small but powerful machines mark Fort Worth’s larger commitment to becoming a leading hub for technology and innovation," she said.
Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker plugged in the machines herself live on Twitter this afternoon at 2:35 p.m. “These small but powerful machines mark Fort Worth’s larger commitment to becoming a leading hub for technology and innovation," she said.
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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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Mance Harmon, co-founder and CEO of Hedera Hashgraph [Image: LinkedIn]
South Korean Bank Tests Stablecoins on North Texas-Based Hedera Network
by David Seeley | Dec 2, 2021
The solution developed by Shinhan Bank and a global megabank outside of Korea enables cross-border funds to be sent and received in a locally denominated stablecoin with "remarkably low fees." The solution is built using the Hedera Token Service and Hedera Consensus Service.
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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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Dallas’ Zabo Raises $2.5M to Bring Crypto into Mainstream Financial Services
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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by Lance Murray |
Sep 17, 2019
Hedera knows that for its distributed ledger technology platform to become mainstream, it has to be easy to integrate. Local companies Zabo and Hashing Systems—along with 24 others—are on board to help with that.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 29, 2019
The Dallas-based distributed ledger platform also announced it has open-sourced its mirror nodes and will begin a strategic 15-year coin distribution.
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by India Edwards |
Jun 20, 2019
Jeremiah Onifadé's painting, "Transaction Timed Out," was created as a visual representation of cryptocurrency. And, the pictured QR code even serves a purpose—letting buyers bid on his work using Ethereum.
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