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Celestia Foundation secures $100M capital led by Bain Capital Crypto
23.9.2024
The investment round’s backers include Bain Capital, Syncracy Capital, 1kx, Robot Ventures, and Placeholder, bringing Celestia’s total fundraising to $155 million
Celestia Foundation secures $100M capital led by Bain Capital Crypto
23.9.2024
The investment round’s backers include Bain Capital, Syncracy Capital, 1kx, Robot Ventures, and Placeholder, bringing Celestia’s total fundraising to $155 million
Toys 'R' Us Spits On Its Own Grave With AI-Generated Trash
26.6.2024
Private equity vultures made Toys ‘R’ Us go bankrupt in 2017. All its U.S. stores closed in 2021. But the zombie brand is still around thanks to a licensing deal with Macy’s. Now it’s using generative AI to reanimate its corpse with an origin story ad that puts its 70-year history in a machine...
Vitalik Buterin-backed Nocturne protocol shuts down operations overnight
6.6.2024
The announcement comes despite Nocturne raising $6 million in a funding round last October
Bain Capital Crypto Raising Second Fund: Filing
5.6.2024
Bain Capital has been an active investor in crypto since its initial fund launch, participating in a $115 million round for Sam Altman's Worldcoin
Protocol Village: Order-Routing Protocol Flood Raises $5.2M Led by Bain Capital Crypto, Archetype
8.2.2024
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Feb. 8-14
Bain and Company: Tokenization Can Unlock a $400B Yearly Alternative Investment Opportunity
5.1.2024
A report issued in December by Bain and Company and JPMorgan executives recognized the impact that tokenization can have in bringing alternative investments (such as private equity, private credit, real estate, and hedge funds) to individual investors. The document states that this can be a $400...
Web3’s potential to revolutionize banking: Bain & Company
17.11.2023
Banks are increasingly embracing Web3 technologies in an effort to create products that are both more efficient and innovative. According to a recent survey by Bain and Company, Web3 could reduce operational costs associated with providing banking services by between 15 and 25 percent....
Bain Capital, Polychain, Lead $6M Funding Round For Privacy Protocol Firm Nocturne Labs
25.10.2023
Other investors included Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Bankless Ventures and HackVC
Nocturne Raises $6M From Vitalik Buterin, Polychain, Bankless and Bain Capital Crypto to Enable Private Accounts on Ethereum
25.10.2023
Nocturne, a protocol enabling private accounts on public blockchains, has raised millions from prominent players in the Ethereum ecosystem, aiming to go live on the mainnet in the coming weeks.
Launched earlier this year, Nocturne today announced its $6 million seed funding round co-led by Bain...
Florida Gov. DeSantis Suspends Official, Smiles Behind 'This Is Fine' Meme
9.8.2023
Florida Governor, Disney hater, and high-heeled shoe fan Ron DeSantis announced the immediate suspension of a democratically elected state attorney on August 9 with the help of an online meme. The resulting scene is sad, confusing, and yet another example of how the terminally online politician...
TotalBiscuit's Widow Weighs Deleting His YouTube Videos To Save Them From AI
13.3.2023
Last week Genna Bain, whose late husband was the game critic and YouTube personality John “Totalbiscuit” Bain, broke the news to fans that she’s contemplating removing all of his videos from the internet to prevent “AI” machine-learning technologies from storing and manipulating his voice...
Former SEC Chief Counsel Says Agency Needs to Make Clear Its Crypto Compliance Rules
14.2.2023
TuongVy Le, a partner and head of regulatory & policy at investment firm Bain Capital, says the agency is refraining from passing a rules-based framework and has to make it clear what digital assets it would deem compliant under its jurisdiction
Bain Capital Crypto Backs $4.5M Round for Blockchain Interoperability Startup Orb Labs
14.2.2023
Orb Labs emerges from stealth preparing to launch its first products
Cryptocurrency Rose Ranks in Popularity as Investment Option in Chile in 2022
10.1.2023
Cryptocurrencies rose in popularity in Chile, according to a survey from global consulting firm Bain & Company. The survey found that crypto is ranked as the third most popular investment asset among Chileans, only behind investment funds, which were the most popular investment option, and real...
Bain Capital Crypto Leads $3.3M Round for Privacy-Focused Identity Protocol
27.10.2022
Notebook Labs aims to accelerate DeFi adoption with its crypto identity protocol
Celestia Raises $55 Million to Solve Blockchain Modularity Challenge
21.10.2022
Celestia, a project that aims to solve the perceived centralization problem in current monolithic blockchains, has announced it has raised $55 million in its latest funding round. The round, which was led by Bain Capital Crypto and Polychain Capital, also saw the participation of Delphi Digital...
Bain Capital Leads $12M Round for Scalable Blockchain Developer RISC Zero
9.8.2022
The startup uses zero-knowledge proofs to create a developer-friendly blockchain
Uncovering Terra’s Implosion — Terraform Labs’ Big Name Backers and ‘Zero Exposure’ Claims
12.5.2022
Digital currency markets have continued to slide downward in value as the crypto economy has dropped by 14% during the past 24 hours. Amid the market rout, the native Terra blockchain token LUNA has dropped to fresh new lows, slipping to $0.0156 per unit. Terra’s founder Do Kwon revealed...
Bear Markets, Regulations and That Bain Crypto Photo: A Chat With Pantera Capital’s Chief of Staff
4.4.2022
Emma Rose Bienvenu uses her legal background to help startups navigate crypto regulations