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    • Indian hotel-booking startup Oyo is raising $1.5B at a $10B valuation, of which $700M is from the founder Ritesh Agarwal, who plans to raise his stake to 30% (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

    Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: Indian hotel-booking startup Oyo is raising $1.5B at a $10B valuation, of which $700M is from the founder Ritesh Agarwal, who plans to raise his stake to 30%  —  – 25-year-old founder will spend $700 million for new shares  — Existing investors such as SoftBank, Sequoia will add the rest Indian

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    • Analysis: in 2017 and 2018, quantum computing startups received at least $450M in private funding, more than 4x the $104M disclosed over the previous two years (Elizabeth Gibney/Nature)

    Elizabeth Gibney / Nature: Analysis: in 2017 and 2018, quantum computing startups received at least $450M in private funding, more than 4x the $104M disclosed over the previous two years  —  A Nature analysis explores the investors betting on quantum technology.  —  Search for this author in:  — Share via E-Mail Analysis: in 2017 and

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    • Facebook faces EU grilling over Libra ‘cryptocurrency’ after losing PayPal backing

    As Facebook deals with the loss of PayPal‘s backing for its ‘cryptocurrency‘ Libra, the tech giant must now get ready to answer EU regulators’ questions about the potential risks posed by the project. The European Commission has requested that Facebook and the Libra Association – the body tasked with supervising the digital currency – answer questions relating

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    • Moonday Mornings: Investigations into UK crypto businesses rise 74% in 1 year

    Welcome, it’s time for Moonday Mornings. If you don’t know what it is, where have you been? It’s Hard Fork’s wrap-up of the weekend’s top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines. Take a look. 1. Despite numerous Libra Association member companies getting cold feet over the regulatory challenges facing Facebook‘s ‘cryptocurrency‘ Libra, none have actually pulled out

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    • Real estate data company CoStar Group has agreed to buy hotel data company STR for $450M in cash (Andrew Sheivachman/Skift)

    Andrew Sheivachman / Skift: Real estate data company CoStar Group has agreed to buy hotel data company STR for $450M in cash  —  Data and analytics are not just vital in the contemporary hospitality ecosystem but also big business.  CoStar’s acquisition of STR shows the overlap between traditional commercial real estate and the global hotel

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