The blockchain developers of Blockstream have released a new version of their scaling software for Bitcoin (BTC), as reported on March 1 on the company’s blog. The software called “C-Lightning” is an implementation of the Lightning Network (LN) written in the C programming language. The Lightning Network serves as a…
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According to the analysis, Switzerland had 356 fintech companies in 2018, as opposed to 220 in the previous year. The growth is reported to depend on Fintech Distributed Ledger (DLT) companies, which triples in number. More specifically, “out of a total of 356 companies, 122 are Distributed Ledger Technology, 66…
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The platform helps companies to increase their reach in social media. Now a group of companies with experience in this business takes over the majority at the start-up. The influencer platform Reachhero, founded in 2014, is majority owned by Blockescence. The parent company behind influencer networks like Mediakraft secures 67.4…
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Stephanie Frost and Hanna Lutz just came home from university when they founded their startup Vostel in 2015. Frost had studied business administration, Lutz Stadtplanung. The Berliners originally wanted to open a sustainable hostel where tourists can volunteer. The concept did not work. Instead, the founding duo started a platform…
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On the sidelines of the Oscar ceremony, the Los Angeles International Trade Center honored Austrian top achievements in the American market with the USA-BIZ AWARD. In the Startup category, Wewalka was founded in 1987 by the founding of the low-energy fresh dough company Wewalka. “The USA Biz Award, the so-called…
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The market of growing travel startups is firmly in Chinese hands. European companies hardly play a role internationally. This is shown by a documentation of the Lufthansa Innovation Hub (LIH), which has now opened a branch in Singapore. The analysts looked at the app stores and the VC activities of…
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Signify, the world’s largest lighting company, has been selling equipment for the horticultural industry for decades and is expanding its greenhouses business, where plants such as tomatoes, lettuce and roses thrive. Recently, however, the demand for a different breeding has exploded: Hash. A cannabis boom that began several years ago…
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The Swedish electric scooter landlord Voi has completed another round of financing. Just last November, the company raised 44 million euros. This time, 26 million euros will go to the account of the mobility startup. Lead investors are the Berlin VC Project A and Creandum. The old investors, including Balderton…
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The future of the General Deposit Fund (CGD) is insured in the digital laboratory. Divided into several sections, such as risk analysis, consumer credit, housing loans or business management, nearly 100 people contribute to the digital transformation of the Savings Bank. On the walls, the phrase “done is better than…
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The fintech sector in Switzerland continues to boom. Two major cities in the country ranked second and third in a global ranking, confirming their results from the previous year. Only a city state performs even better. This emerges from a new study. Thanks to excellent conditions, FinTech Switzerland remains a…
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