Jeff John Roberts
Fortune
New York, NY, United States
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Stripe Backs $40 Million Investment in A.I. Accounting Startup Pilot
Pilot announced it had raised a $40 million Series B funding round led by Index Ventures, and supported by online payments giant Stripe. → Read More
Trading App eToro Launches Crypto Versions of 8 Major Currencies
Cyprus-based eToro will offer a total of eight stablecoins as part of the broader launch of a crypto exchange service called eTorox. → Read More
Crypto Cowboy Binance Wants to Play By the Rules
Binance is wading into government-issued money—raising the question of whether it can keep growing without getting singed by regulators. → Read More
$50 for High-Speed Internet? Chet Kanojia’s Starry Could Help People Forget Aereo’s Crash
Starry has enormous appeal to consumers paying cable monopolists high fees for unreliable, unfriendly service. → Read More
Congress Is Pushing a Blockchain Bill. Does It Defeat the Point of Decentralized Tech?
The bill, introduced for the second time in February, has bipartisan sponsors in both the Senate and House of Representatives. → Read More
SEC Guidance Sparks Fear and Loathing in Crypto Industry
The SEC this week issued guidelines for cryptocurrency. Some praised the regulatory clarity, but also seethed the agency had gone too far. → Read More
A Crypto Dividend? Coinbase 'Staking' Service Offers Fixed Income Investment
Coinbase launched staking for Tezos, letting investors who own the digital currency park it and receive a stream of revenue in return. → Read More
The Business of Your Face
While you weren't looking, tech companies helped themselves to your photos to power a facial recognition boom. Here's how. → Read More
A Big Bet on Blockchain and Gaming: Ripple and Forte Announce $100 Million Fund
Ripple and Forte on Tuesday announced an ambitious $100 million project to integrate blockchain technology into video games. → Read More
Would You Trade Gmail for This Personal Email Server? I Tried.
Helm offers a privacy focused alternative to corporate email services like Gmail and Microsoft's Hotmail. → Read More
Mr. Zuckerberg, Let Us Pay for Facebook With Dollars Not Data
If you're serious about privacy, put users money where your mouth is. → Read More
FBI Probing Bitcoin Exchange Quadriga Over Missing $136 Million, Source Alleges
CEO of crypto exchange Kraken says the FBI and RCMP have been in touch as part of an effort to determine what happened at Quadriga. → Read More
Which Are the Best New 5G Phones This Year—And Does Apple Care?
“A generation of wireless where the hard part-the devices and the ecosystem-is ready ahead of the network. It’s incredible.” → Read More
Data Sheet—Which Are the Best New 5G Phones This Year And Does Apple Care?
“A generation of wireless where the hard part-the devices and the ecosystem-is ready ahead of the network. It’s incredible.” → Read More
Data Sheet—Trump Turns on China Hawks as Huawei Doubles Down
Bob Lighthizer is trying to hang tough over Huawei—as Trump telegraphs more clearly than ever that he’s losing patience. → Read More
Curv Launches Cloud-Based Crypto Storage, Raises $6.5 Million
Curv raised $6.5 million from Team 8 and crypto giant Digital Currency Group to offer cloud-based crypto custody. → Read More
America's Tech Industry Faces a Reckoning from Regulators
Big tech is under attack by regulators, legislators, antitrust watchdogs, consumer advocates, journalists, and assorted others. → Read More
Big Tech Vs. Big Privacy Lawsuits
Class-action attorneys are in a feeding frenzy amid a soaring number of corporate data scandals. → Read More
Marvin Ammori's Next Act: A Net Neutrality Vet on Blockchain—and Why the Internet Is Still Great
Net neutrality vet Marvin Ammori explains why he thinks the future of the Internet is tied to blockchain and a decentralized web. → Read More
Markets Are Global, Payments Are Local
Even as retailers grow multinational in scope, the way people pay for things differs radically from country to country. → Read More