Major League Baseball (MLB) has struck a deal with Tabcorp Holdings (TAB), which sees the Australian betting firm become the official wagering …
Month: July 2020
Twitter Is at Its Best When Verified Accounts Can’t Tweet
In 1998, folk singer Jewel released a book of poetry called A Night Without Armor. (The title was a pun, you see. It plays with the homophones “night” and “knight” … Oh, you do see? OK, never mind.) It wasn’t particularly mind-blowing—at best, it featured […]
Puppet announces $40 million debt round from BlackRock
Puppet, the Portland, Oregon-based infrastructure automation company, announced a $40 million debt round today from BlackRock Investments. CEO Yvonne Wassenaar says the company sees this debt round as part of a longer term relationship with BlackRock . “What’s interesting, and I think part of the […]
Grayscale Crypto Investments Add Nearly $1 Billion in Q2 — Bitcoin Trust Posts Record Quarter
Grayscale offers 10 cryptocurrency investment products: Bitcoin Trust (BTC), Bitcoin Cash Trust (BCH), Ethereum Trust (ETH), Ethereum Classic Trust … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Big Data Experts at Quantzig Reveal the Mega Trends Set to Transform the Digital Media Industry …BIG Data
LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Quantzig, a leader in delivering scalable analytics solutions and data science services, today announced the completion of its recent article that sheds light on the upcoming digital media industry trends. “The increase in penetration of mobile and internet presents digital media service providers with […]
Traders Are Betting the Fed’s Bond-Buying Binge Has Just Begun
The Federal Reserve has bought trillions of dollars in Treasuries just to fix the bond market. It may need to buy a lot more to help repair the economy.
First Thing: pandemic proves climate was never treated as a crisis, say activists
Scientists – and Greta Thunberg – are demanding action to address the ecological emergency with the immediacy of the Covid-19 response. Plus, how …
Meditation app Meditopia secures $15M Series A co-led by Creandum and Highland
The coronavirus continues to hit people hard mentally, and this has meant a boom for mental death and meditation apps. According to a recent report from app store intelligence firm Sensor Tower, the world’s 10 largest English-language mental wellness apps in April saw a combined […]
Nuclear Tests Have Changed, but They Never Really Stopped
This was, obviously, counter to the spirit of disarmament and reducing the world’s nuclear arsenal, which has been the purported goal of the world’s nuclear states since the 1960s. The tests weren’t about ensuring that America’s nukes still worked or learning about the fundamental physics […]
OPEC Will Relax Crude Output Cuts, Betting On Rebound In Economic Growth
In May, as the world's demand for crude oil cratered amid a wave of Covid-19 infections, the group of oil-producing nations known as OPEC and its …