Crypto Wallet Brd Raises $15M For Asian Expansion

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Daily Crunch: Facebook is shutting down Moments: Anthony Ha


The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here: 1. Facebook is shutting down Moments; here’s how to save all your ph…

Airbnb acquires Denmark's Gaest to expand in bookings for meetings and offsites: Ingrid Lunden


Airbnb, now valued upwards of $30 billion and inching to an IPO possibly as early as this year, has made an acquisition to continue to diversify its revenues beyond basic booking services for overnight accommodations in private homes. It has acquired Gaest, a…

Metroid Prime 4 development was going so badly, Nintendo is starting over: Brian Heater


For all those wondering why we haven’t heard much out of out the Metroid Prime 4 camp since the title was announced at E3 2017 (with an admittedly underwhelming trailer), Nintendo just offered a surprisingly frank answer. Senior Managing Executive Officer Shi…

Facebook to encrypt Instagram messages ahead of integration with WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger: Zack Whittaker


Facebook is planning to roll out end-to-end encryption for Instagram messages, as part of a broader integration effort across company’s messaging platforms, including WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. First reported by The New York Times, the social media gian…

Crypto wallet BRD raises $15M for Asian expansion: Anthony Ha


Mobile cryptocurrency wallet BRD is announcing that it’s raised $15 million in Series B funding. The funding comes from SBI Crypto Investment, a subsidiary of Japanese financial services company SBI Holdings (formerly a subsidiary of SoftBank). BRD said the f…

HMD Nokia phones are coming to Verizon, Cricket and Rogers: Brian Heater


The North American market can be a tough one to crack for a number of reasons, not the least of which is consumers’ continued reliance on carriers. Without their distribution channels, most handset makers just can’t get a foothold here. In a meeting earlier t…

Vodafone pauses Huawei network supply purchases in Europe: Brian Heater


Huawei had a very good 2018, and it’s likely to have a very good 2019, as well. But there’s one little thing that keeps putting a damper on the hardware maker’s global expansion plans. The U.S. and Canada have already taken action over the company’s perceived…

Meet the little-known Chinese WiFi startup that rubs shoulders with WeChat and Alipay: Rita Liao


A service that connects people to WiFi hotspots for free turned out to be one of China’s most popular apps, nestling in the top ranks with Tencent’s WeChat messenger and Alibaba’s digital wallet affiliate Alipay. According to a report from app tracking servic…

Scooters 2.0, Munchery ghosts, and solving contraceptive deserts: Alex Wilhelm


Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week we had the gang back together with our own Connie Loizos at the helm, Kate Clark in the studio as well, Alex on the pho…

Lydia launches shared accounts for its mobile payment app: Romain Dillet


French startup Lydia now lets you share your Lydia sub-accounts with other people. The company wants to make it easier to manage money when you’re traveling with friends, sharing an apartment with someone and more. When Lydia introduced its premium offering b…



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