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Team USA finalizes star-laden lineup for Tokyo Olympics

Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets agrees to join Team USA for the Tokyo Olympics. /CFP USA Basketball is getting close to finalizing Team USA's lineup for the Tokyo Olympics, as more players,

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These Forge cofounders just raised $5 million to work on a new, still-stealth investing startup

Sohail Prasad and Samvit Ramadurgam are cofounders who met during Y Combinator’s 2012 summer batch and went on to cofound Forge, which helps accredited investors and institutions buy and sell pr

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These Forge cofounders just raised $5 million to work on a new, still-stealth investing startup

Sohail Prasad and Samvit Ramadurgam are cofounders who met during Y Combinator’s 2012 summer batch and went on to cofound Forge, which helps accredited investors and institutions buy and sell pr

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SpotOn raises $125M in a16z-led Series D, triples valuation to $1.875B

Certain industries were hit harder by the COVID-19 pandemic than others, especially in its early days.Small businesses, including retailers and restaurants, were negatively impacted by lockdowns and t

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Elon Musk, Technoking of Tesla orders a halt to bitcoin car payments 

Tesla CEO and self-dubbed technoking is back peddling on the company’s stance about bitcoin and has suspended purchases of its electric vehicles with the cryptocurrency.The change of stance, whi

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Basecamp sees mass employee exodus after CEO bans political discussions

Following a controversial ban on political discussions earlier this week, Basecamp employees are heading for the exits. The company employs around 60 people, and roughly a third of the company appears

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Tesla sees bitcoin as important financial tool to access cash quickly

Tesla’s relationship with bitcoin is not a dalliance, according to the comments made by the company’s CFO and dubbed “master of coin” Zach Kirkhorn during an earnings call Mond

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Brazil’s Loft adds $100M to its accounts, $700M to its valuation in a single month

Nearly exactly one month ago, digital real estate platform Loft announced it had closed on $425 million in Series D funding led by New York-based D1 Capital Partners. The round included participation

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This startup summer could be blistering

Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and made for your weekend reading. Rea

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Plaid raises $425M Series D from Altimeter as it charts a post-Visa future

Plaid, a unicorn that helps connect consumers’ bank accounts to financial applications, has raised a $425 million Series D, it announced this morning. TechCrunch understands that the new capital

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Lowkey raises $7 million from a16z to help game streamers capitalize on short-form video

While the growth of game-streaming audiences have continued on desktop platforms, the streaming space has felt surprisingly stagnant at times, particularly due to the missing mobile element and a lack

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CGTN Sports Talk: Major deals before and after NBA trade deadline

CGTN Sports Talk EP41 NBA trade deadline.mp3 00:00 Andre Drummond joining the Los Angeles Lakers became the latest highlight of the "Last Rampage" on the NBA trade and signing m

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Czech billionaire Petr Kellner killed in Alaska helicopter crash

The Czech Republic’s richest man has been killed in a helicopter crash in Alaska.Billionaire Petr Kellner was among five people who had died after the aircraft crashed

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10 proptech investors see better era for residential and retail after pandemic

The pandemic made the internet a lifeline for shopping, earning a living and maintaining personal relationships. Now, as lockdowns start to lift, the real estate industry has to figure out what that m

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The return of neighborhood retail and other surprising real estate trends

The pandemic made remote work and on-demand delivery normal far faster than anyone expected. Today, as the world beings to emerge from the pandemic, location doesn’t matter like it did a year ago. A

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Lime launches app-less rides and no fee reservations to get more people riding

Lime is rolling out several new features, including the ability to rent electric scooters without downloading the app, in an effort to attract more riders. The micromobility company announced Wednesda

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NBA highlights on Mar. 22: Clippers overcome 22 points to beat Hawks

Luke Kennard #5 of the Los Angeles Clippers shoots in the game against the Atlanta Hawks at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 22, 2021. /CFP The Los Angeles Clippers manag