a16z- and Benchmark-backed 11x has been claiming customers it doesn’t have

Last year, AI-powered sales automation startup 11x appeared to be on an explosive growth trajectory. However, nearly two dozen sources — including investors and current and former employees — told TechCrunch that the company has experienced financial struggles, largely of its own making.  Numerous people in the U.S. and U.K. told TechCrunch that the situation … Read more

To Emacs or Not to Emacs

I used to laugh at the meme that emacs could be used for everything and thought it crazy that one would “live in emacs” (that is a post from almost two years ago where I didn’t even really believe it myself). But, alas, if one allows himself to be swept away and gets far enough … Read more

Is Web3 Advertising Finally Solving Its Targeting Problem? Addressable & Sevio Expand Web3 Ads Reach

For years, Web3 advertisers faced challenges in running display ads on major crypto platforms. Fragmented providers, multiple dashboards, and limited targeting made ad placements inefficient. The latest partnership between Addressable and Sevio aims to change that by integrating premium display ads with AI-powered wallet-aware targeting. Addressable and Sevio Expand Web3 Advertising Reach Addressable, a Web3 … Read more

Vertical farming company Plenty files for bankruptcy after raising nearly $1B

Vertical farming company Plenty has filed for bankruptcy, the company said in a press release on Monday. In its statement, Plenty said it has received a commitment for $20.7 million in debtor-in-possession financing as part of a proposed restructuring plan. It plans to continue to operate a strawberry farm in Virginia and a plant science … Read more

World Liberty Financial-Labeled Tokens Spark Speculation of Trump-Backed Project’s Stablecoin Launch

Crypto observers were speculating on Monday that World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform backed by U.S. President Donald Trump and his family, might be testing its long-awaited dollar stablecoin before rolling out for the broader public. Blockchain sleuths earlier today noted a flurry of activity with a token labeled as World Liberty … Read more

Abu Dhabi’s financial free zone signs MoU with Chainlink for tokenization frameworks

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), a financial zone with over $635 billion in assets under management, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Chainlink in a move to connect the world of traditional finance with blockchain data. The agreement will allow ADGM to use Chainlink’s suite of tools, such as data feeds and interoperability technology, … Read more

Trump Media Wants to Partner with Crypto.Com for ETP Issuance

U.S. President Donald Trump’s media company, Trump Media (DJT), is looking to partner with crypto exchange Crypto.com to launch a series of exchange-traded products (ETPs) and funds (ETFs), the company said Monday. The ETPs will include crypto assets and securities from other sectors such as the energy industry, the announcement said. Crypto.com will provide the … Read more

Alleged Snowflake hacker agrees to be extradited to the US

Connor Moucka, accused of stealing large amounts of customer data from companies that used Snowflake’s cloud storage services, has agreed to be extradited to the US to face charges, Cyberscoop reports. Around 165 companies were affected by the Snowflake breaches, including AT&T and Ticketmaster. Alexander “Connor” Moucka, who was arrested in Canada on October 30th … Read more

Trump’s crypto project launches stablecoin on BNB Chain, Ethereum

The Donald Trump-backed crypto venture World Liberty Financial launched a US dollar-pegged stablecoin with a total supply of more than $3.5 million. According to data from Etherscan and BscScan, the project launched the World Liberty Financial USD (USD1) token in early March. Former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao noted the project’s smart contract was deployed … Read more

French VC firm Founders Future plans US expansion

Founders Future, a Paris-based VC firm with €300 million in assets under management (around $324 million at current exchange rates), is opening up the capital of the holding company that manages Founders Future’s funds and Sowefund. The company has sold a 25% stake in the holding company to MACSF, the Dassault family, CMA CGM Group … Read more

The Trump administration planned Yemen strikes in an unauthorized Signal chat

The Trump administration’s national security leaders accidentally included the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, in a chat on Signal discussing confidential plans to attack Yemen’s Houthis. “I could not believe that the national-security leadership of the United States would communicate on Signal about imminent war plans,” Goldberg wrote of the March 15 messages, which … Read more

Massachusetts Regulator Probes Robinhood Over Prediction Markets Hub: Reuters

Massachusetts’ top securities regulator has reportedly launched a probe into Robinhood over the popular trading platform’s recent decision to launch an in-app prediction markets hub that allows customers to bet on the outcome of events, including March Madness match-ups. According to a Monday report from Reuters, Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin — a notoriously … Read more