TikTok faces an uncertain fate in the U.S. once again. In a 352 to 65 vote Wednesday, the House voted to pass a bill that could lead to a national TikTok ban. After a surprise flurry of bipartisan activity in the House, the legislation advanced out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and made […]
Stray Kids’ Hyunjin Is Being Praised For His Actions After Seeing His Bodyguard Trying To Push Someone Away
Stray Kids‘ Hyunjin is being praised for calming down his bodyguard from pushing a member of the public. Stray Kids’ Hyunjin | @hynjinnnn/Instagram Hyunjin recently traveled to Milan ahead of attending a fashion show for VERSACE. Sadly, when arriving in Milan, netizens noticed the huge crowds and that Hyunjin was mobbed from the minute he […]
Peak XV takes startups on a Silicon Valley trip in AI push
Peak XV, the venture capital firm that split from Sequoia Capital last year, is taking its portfolio companies from India, Southeast Asia and Australia on an “immersion” trip to Silicon Valley this week to meet several industry titans, the latest in the venture firm’s broadening offerings and networking flex. About 60 founders, many backed by […]
SEC’s Hester Peirce still plans to push for a token ‘safe harbor’ plan
The work of creating crypto- and investor-friendly legal frameworks in the United States continues. Thankfully for the web3 community, they have friends in high places. It’s been almost three years since Hester Peirce, a commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released her updated Token Safe Harbor Proposal 2.0 — but she isn’t […]
Ex-Metaswitch CEO John Lazar joins Copia’s board as the Kenyan e-commerce outfit rakes in $20M to push toward profitability
Kenyan e-commerce and fintech platform for mass market consumers Copia Global has appointed John Lazar, the ex-CEO of Metaswitch, a Microsoft subsidiary, to its board off the back of $ 20 million in new funding. Enza Capital, the Pan-African VC firm that Lazar co-founded in 2019, was among the large participants in the Series C […]