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Zilliqa Brings Art Malkov as a Head of Marketing

April 16, 20224 min

The Zilliqa team continues its rapid growth trajectory; in the new Head of Marketing position, Art Malkov will bring a decade of blockchain industry experience to help boost Zilliqa’s name recognition Zilliqa (https://www.zilliqa.com/), the high-performance, high-security, and low fee layer-1 blockchain protocol, announces that it has brought on board Art Malkov to lead the marketing functions in the new Head of Marketing position. This is the company’s first senior role to be based out of the United States, as Zilliqa...

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Crypto Currencies

First Cryptocurrency Security Rating – top 1,500 projects evaluated

April 15, 20225 min

CER.live, a cybersecurity ranking and certification platform, has released the rating of top 1,500 cryptocurrencies by cybersecurity. It is the first security rating covering such a big number of cryptocurrencies. The rating indicates that cybersecurity is heavily underestimated by most crypto projects. The Cryptocurrency Security Rating is published on CER.live, it is open to everyone. The rating includes the top 1,500 cryptocurrencies by CoinGecko. All cryptocurrencies were evaluated according to these criteria: Project audit; Bug...

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Investments

Flagship Communities REIT named Land-Lease Community of the Year

April 15, 20223 min

Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) (TSX: MHC.U) has been named Land-Lease Community of the Year – East: Waterford Pointe by the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). The award was presented to Flagship officials on Monday, April 11, during the MHI 2022 Congress and Expo in Orlando, Florida. Waterford Pointe is a 317-home community located in Evansville, Indiana. In 2005 an F-3 tornado ripped through Waterford Pointe. The tornado struck during the middle of the night and by...

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Investments

Clara secures investment from The LegalTech Fund

April 12, 20226 min

Based in Miami, The LegalTech Fund invests in companies transforming the world of law Clara’s investors include Techstars, 500 Global, Wamda Capital and Shorooq Partners More than 1,200 startups have used Clara’s beta platform to guide them on legal best practices and save time and money on their legals London-based Clara, a legal OS providing an integrated set of self-service tools to help founders digitally form, manage and scale their startups, has today announced that it has...

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Investments

Thoma Bravo Makes Additional Investment in Imprivata

April 12, 20223 min

Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm, today announced that it has made an additional strategic investment in its portfolio company Imprivata, a digital identity company for mission- and life-critical industries, to fund Imprivata’s acquisition of SecureLink, the leader in critical access management with elite patient privacy monitoring. Upon closing, Cove Hill Partners, SecureLink’s existing majority investor, will retain a minority stake in the combined company. Thoma Bravo acquired Imprivata in September 2016 in a transaction valued at approximately $544 million and...

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Payments

MAP Protocol Partners Alchemy Pay

April 11, 20225 min

The leading fiat-crypto payment provider, Alchemy Pay (ACH), has announced its partnership with MAP Protocol, the multi-layered cross-chain operable blockchain for developers. MAP will integrate Alchemy Pay’s fiat payment channels and crypto on-ramps to enable users to participate in the MAP-hosted applications by using global fiat payment standards as well as popular local mobile wallets. MAP has also announced that it has joined the Blockchain Infrastructure Alliance which was founded last year by Alchemy Pay,...

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Blockchain

Blockchain.com Hires Marissa Brooks

April 11, 20224 min

Premiere sports and luxury brand executive will craft partnership strategy for world’s leading crypto platform Blockchain.com, the world’s most popular way to buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrency, today announced that it has joined forces with Marissa Brooks, founder of 4WRD, to craft an innovative sports and entertainment partnership strategy. Brooks will be responsible for creating high impact, groundbreaking relationships with teams, leagues, athletes, entertainers, and other personalities to support the crypto platform’s global growth. A unique boutique collective in Miami,...

by FTB News Desk

Payment Platform Payments

Purchasing Power® Acquires DoubleNet Pay Technology Platform

October 24, 20187 min

Atlanta-Based Purchasing Power, LLC to Offer Innovative Financial Services Platform to Help Employees Save for Goals and Pay Bills Purchasing Power®, an employee purchase program offered as a voluntary benefit, has closed on its first-ever acquisition by purchasing the software technology assets of DoubleNet Pay, Inc., an Atlanta-based fintech company. Closed on Sept. 28, the acquisition provides innovative technology for Purchasing Power to present automated savings and bill-paying capabilities to its ecosystem of large U.S. employers and...