India-based healthtech startup Pharmarack says it’s close to securing ~$13.7M for

Singapore-based digital securities platform iSTOX closes its Series A at $50M;

Germany-based no-code platform Softr raises $2.2M seed led by Atlantic Labs;

Epic Games has hired two lobbying firms based in Washington DC,

UK-based IG Group (~$4.5B market cap) acquires online brokerage platform Tastytrade

Apple’s first VR/AR headset will be a high-price product aimed at

Game engine firm Unity hires Peter Moore as SVP of sports

Tencent faces a lawsuit by multiple WeChat users based in CA

Online thrift store Curtsy (YC S16) raises $11M Series A led

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen calls for Europe and

This Week in StartupsJason speaks with Frame.io CEO Emery Wells about

Michael Pack, who served as CEO of the US Agency for

Criminal activity represented $10B in crypto payments last year, or 0.34

Twitch bans Donald Trump indefinitely; the company restricted his account the

Google urges court to transfer ten-state antitrust suit from TX to

Amazon offers to assist the Biden administration in reaching 100M COVID

The People’s Bank of China releases draft rules targeting anti-competitive practices

Facebook does not plan to lift its indefinite ban on Donald

Chicago-based Fyllo, which provides compliance solutions for the cannabis industry, acquires

SpaceX takes 60 more Starlink satellites into orbit with first launch

Norwegian browser company Opera acquires UK-based game engine company YoYo Games

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