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GCash's parent company, Mynt, made history as the Philippine's first double unicorn when it announced that it raised $300M in funding last November 2021 at a $2B valuation. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] In an effort to further increase its footprint, GCash Jr., designed for users aged 7 to 17, was launched in 2022.
Launched in 2004, GCash began as an SMSbased money-transfer service catering to the Philippines’s large underbanked population. Users could deposit cash into their ewallets for a small ...
Binance Holdings Ltd., branded Binance, is a global [8] company that operates the largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of daily trading volume of cryptocurrencies. Binance was founded in 2017 by Changpeng Zhao, a developer who had previously created high-frequency trading software. Binance was initially based in China, then moved to Japan ...
In April 2019, Binance launched Binance Smart Chain, which has smart contract functionality and is an Ethereum competitor. In February 2018, Forbes placed him third on their list of "The Richest People In Cryptocurrency," with an estimated net worth of $1.1-2 billion. [14] [16] In 2019, Zhao launched Binance's U.S. affiliate, Binance.US. [17]
The first known "NFT", Quantum, [24] was created by Kevin McCoy and Anil Dash in May 2014. It consists of a video clip made by McCoy's wife, Jennifer. McCoy registered the video on the Namecoin blockchain and sold it to Dash for $4, during a live presentation for the Seven on Seven conferences at the New Museum in New York City.
Cash App (formerly Square Cash) is a digital wallet for American consumers. [1] Launched by Block, Inc. in 2013, it allows users to send, receive or save money, access a debit card, invest in stocks or bitcoin, [2] apply for personal loans, [3] and file taxes. [4]
United States of America v. Samuel Bankman-Fried was a 2023 federal criminal trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.Financial entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried, commonly known as SBF, was convicted on seven charges of fraud and conspiracy following the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange FTX in November 2022. [1]
Gojek was started by Nadiem Makarim in 2010 as a call center and 20 ojeks (motorcycle taxi) to arrange transportation and courier deliveries. [15] In 2015, Gojek started an app which boosted the orders from 3,000 to 10,000 orders per day, and expanded the services including food delivery, ticket sales, etc. [15] In 2017, Gojek become Indonesia's first unicorn startup, with orders up to 300,000 ...