Away CEO Apologizes For Treatment Of Former Staff After Damning Article
The head of the luggage company said she was “appalled to read” her own messages to former employees that were published in The Verge on Thursday.
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State Street: 38% of Clients Will Put More Money into Digital Assets in 2020
The majority of asset managers that bank with State Street are interested in digital assets, but none have asked the global custodian to store them yet….
Microsoft Is Using Blockchain to Help Firms Trust AI
Microsoft is pitching blockchain technology as a way to make artificial intelligence less scary for its corporate customers. …
Airbnb Bans Open-Invite Parties, Unruly Guests After Fatal Halloween Shooting
The company is revamping its guest standards and banning open-invite parties across the app after a shooting at a San Francisco rental left five people dead.
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Uber Releases Sexual Assault Data After Years Of Criticism
A new report, which also includes information about traffic fatalities, could lead more companies to be transparent about sexual violence.
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Pompliano Joins Board of Blockchain-Based Lending Firm After $103M Raise
Blockchain-based consumer lender Figure added Morgan Creek Digital’s Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano to its board following a $103 million funding round. …
Crypto Lender BlockFi Rolls Out Zero-Fee Trading for Bitcoin, Ether, GUSD
BlockFi, the cryptocurrency lending service, is expanding into trading with an unusual, zero-fee model. …
Ex-Morgan Stanley Executives Launch Crypto Derivatives Platform in Singapore
A team of Morgan Stanley veterans have launched a crypto derivatives trading platform, claiming it is faster and more secure than some of the market’s biggest…
Canadian Government-Assisted Bitcoin Miner Files for Bankruptcy Owing Millions
Great North Data, a firm that ran bitcoin mining and AI processing data centers in Canada, has filed for bankruptcy owing millions to creditors including government…
What Twitter Meme Wars Say About Crypto’s Reliance on Figureheads
Cryptocurrency has strayed from its anonymous roots. Today, cults of personality and public histrionics define the sector. …
State Street Slashes DLT Developer Team as Bank Rethinks Blockchain Strategy
State Street Bank has cut over 100 blockchain developer jobs as part of a pivot from transforming its plumbing with DLT to supporting digital assets. …
Google Co-Founders Larry Page, Sergey Brin To Leave Leadership Roles At Company
Current Google CEO Sundar Pichai will take over at the parent company, Alphabet.
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Fired Google Engineers Say They Were Terminated For Organizing Efforts
The group plans to file charges with the National Labor Relations Board.
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Court Backs Nordea Bank Bid to Block Staff From Trading Crypto
Nordea Bank has won a court battle in Denmark over its bid to bar employees from buying and selling cryptocurrencies outside of work. …