Bloomberg: Argentina-based fintech Ualá, which has 8M users, raised a $300M Series E led by Allianz X at a $2.75B valuation, after raising $350M at $2.45B in August 2021  —  – Allianz, Soros, others put $300 million into fintech company  — Country’s largest startup eyes expansion, eventual IPO Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Scott / BetaKit: Canadian digital bank Neo Financial raised a CA$360M Series D from Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke, Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield, and others  —  Calgary and Winnipeg-based challenger bank Neo Financial has secured $360 million CAD in Series D financing as the FinTech scaleup looks to build … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Signal announces a suite of call features, including the ability to share a link to a call, emoji reactions, a “raise hand” button, and a dedicated calls tab  —  Signal is making a bunch of improvements to calls so they are more competitive with Zoom and Google Meet, including the ability to share a link to a call. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Argentina-based fintech Ualá, which has 8M users, raised a $300M Series E led by Allianz X at a $2.75B valuation, after raising $350M at $2.45B in August 2021  —  – Allianz, Soros, others put $300 million into fintech company  — Country’s largest startup eyes expansion, eventual IPO Lees verder op Tech Meme

James Van Straten / CoinDesk: Bitcoin Touches Record-High $85K, Adds Almost $20K in a Week  —  Gold and most of the so-called magnificent seven tech stocks are down on the day.  — Bitcoin touched a record-high $85,000, TradingView data shows, as it extended its rally following the U.S. elections. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Scott / BetaKit: Canadian digital bank Neo Financial raised a CA$360M Series D from Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke, Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield, and others  —  Calgary and Winnipeg-based challenger bank Neo Financial has secured $360 million CAD in Series D financing as the FinTech scaleup looks to build … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Bitcoin passes $89K for the first time, Tesla closes up 8.96%, Coinbase closes up 19.76%, and Robinhood closes up 7.4%, as investors pile into “Trump trades”  —  Markets expect US president-elect to take light-touch approach to regulation  —  Investors betting that Donald Trump’s … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jason Koebler / 404 Media: A look at DeFlock, an open-source project that has crowdsourced the locations of 5,600+ automated license plate reader cameras globally from Flock and others  —  DeFlock has mapped the locations of more than a thousand ALPRs around the United States and thousands more around the world. Lees verder op Tech Meme