Web3 Social Startup Towns Raises $25.5M Led by Andreessen Horowitz

Web2 was built around the idea of connecting people, and companies like Twitter and Facebook, now Meta, built global empires around this idea. But the connectivity they offered came with a hefty price...

A16z Leads $25M Round for Web3 Startup Building Online Towns

Towns offers an end-to-end encrypted chat protocol that lets communities create programmable, self-governed “town squares” where users can assemble and chat without worrying about whether the app owne...

Former FTX exec Ryan Salame invested millions in one small Massachusetts town’s restaurants

A small town in western Massachusetts is bracing for the potential fallout from the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange after ex-FTX executive Ryan Salame invested $6 million into restaurants ...

Ukraine’s Stunning Advance Continues—Military Says It’s Recaptured Several Towns And Cities In Past Day

Topline Ukraine’s military claimed Monday it had recaptured more than 20 towns and villages in the past 24 hours as part of its fast-moving counteroffensive in the northeast of the country, capping of...

Karl-Anthony Towns, The World’s Best Shooting Center, Might Be Going Back To Power Forward

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – JANUARY 05: Karl-Anthony Towns #32 of the Minnesota Timberwolves reacts after … [+] being called for a foul in the fourth quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Tar...

How Dollar General Is Spreading Like Hot Gossip In Tiny Towns Across The Country

Forget the internet. The discount chain is opening three new bricks-and-mortar stores every day, betting that customers will respond to lower prices in places overlooked by other retailers. When a sup...

Small towns fuel Chipotle’s ambitious North American expansion plans

A woman wearing a facemas exits a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant with her takeout order on January 14, 2021 in Monterey Park, California. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Small towns like big...