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TOKYO BEAST Teams up With Tools for Humanity, a Contributor to World Network Co-Founded by Alex Blania and Sam Altman
13.11.2024
PRESS RELEASE. TOKYO BEAST FZCO (Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates, General Manager: Tomoe Mizutani, hereinafter TOKYO BEAST FZCO), publisher of the crypto-entertainment project TOKYO BEAST, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a new partnership with Tools for Humanity...
Ex-Coinbase staff founded NPC Labs raises $21M to build gaming on Base
23.7.2024
The $21 million funding effort was led by Pantera Capital, which contributed $18 million, and included funding from Makers Fund, Hashed, Mirana Ventures, and several other investors
Jack Dorsey Departs Bluesky’s Board, the Decentralized Social Media Platform He Co-Founded
6.5.2024
Jack Dorsey has stepped down from Bluesky's board, the decentralized social media platform he originally envisioned and funded back in 2019 during his tenure as CEO of Twitter.
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Winklevoss Twins Invest $4.5M in Crypto Podcaster Peter McCormack’s Football Club
15.4.2024
Winklevoss Capital, an investment firm founded by the twin brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss has invested $4.5 million in a non-league football club which is owned by crypto podcaster Peter McCormack.
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Nick Van Eck’s Agora Stablecoin Raises $12 Million in Seed Funding Led by Dragonfly
3.4.2024
Agora, co-founded by Nick Van Eck, garners $12 million in funding to introduce a stablecoin targeting international markets, while bypassing U.S. users until federal legislation evolves.
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Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Allocates $30M Funding for Gaming Startups
2.4.2024
Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz is investing $30 million in gaming startups in the next 45 days.
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Worldcoin Maintains Legal Operations Worldwide, Despite Spain Ban
19.3.2024
Worldcoin, founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, said it is “lawfully in all of the locations in which it is available” and designed to fully comply with related laws.
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Bitcoin Developers Forge Alliance to Standardize BRC-20 Tokens Amid Rising Popularity
12.3.2024
A coalition of Bitcoin developers have rallied to govern the BRC-20 fungible token standard as the Ordinals protocol surges in popularity. The coalition, which calls itself the Layer 1 Foundation, announced its new BRC-20 governance structure in a lengthy tweet on X on Monday. The Layer...
Elon Musk to Open-Source AI Chatbot Grok Amid Ongoing OpenAI Lawsuit
11.3.2024
Elon Musk, CEO of artificial intelligence (AI) company xAI, has announced the open sourcing of Grok, a ChatGPT competitor. He announced this decision days after Musk filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, a company he co-founded, for allegedly abandoning its original non-profit mission.
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Elon Musk Sparks Excitement and Speculation in Crypto Community with OpenAI Troll
7.3.2024
Elon Musk's critique of OpenAI, the company he co-founded, has sparked a legal dispute and mixed reactions within the cryptocurrency community. His call for a more open AI dialogue contrasts with OpenAI's funding and strategic decisions, leading to a complex discourse on AI's future direction.
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Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Surges 170% in a Week with 1 Million Daily Users
19.2.2024
Worldcoin, co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, has experienced a remarkable 170% price surge following the announcement of OpenAI’s video creating model Sora. According to CoinMarketCap, Worldcoin is trading at $6.83 at the time of writing, marking a staggering 165% increase from the $2.5...
Argentina Tops Latin America in Stablecoin Purchases and Holdings: Report
13.2.2024
Argentina, a nation grappling with a severe economic crisis and a plunging peso, has emerged as the leading purchaser and holder of stablecoins in Latin America over the past six months, as per a report by Mexican-founded crypto exchange Bitso. Bitso’s recently published ‘Crypto...
British Billionaire Alan Howard’s Crypto Firm Scores UK Watchdog Approval
24.1.2024
Goldman Sachs-backed crypto platform Elwood Technologies announced Wednesday that the firm secured regulatory approval as a service provider. The Financial Conduct Authority’s approval covers Elwood’s execution system for security tokens and derivatives. Elwood, founded by British...
New Web3 and Blockchain Focused VC Fund, Paper Ventures, Launched With Initial Capital of $25 Million
23.1.2024
Paper Ventures, a new blockchain venture capital (VC) fund focused on early-stage Web3 and blockchain projects, has been launched with an initial fund of $25 million. The fund, founded by experienced venture capitalists, will not only invest in outstanding projects but will help nurture them....
Blockchain Startup Figure Technologies Seeks US Regulatory Approval for Interest-Bearing Stablecoin
23.1.2024
Financial technology company Figure Technologies is seeking approval from US regulators to introduce an interest-bearing stablecoin. Founded by former SoFi Technologies CEO Mike Cagney, if successful, Figure will become the first company to offer a stablecoin regulated as a security within...
Solve the Riddle: Gemini’s Series of Posts on XRP Signals Possible Relisting
23.1.2024
Source: Pixabay Crypto exchange Gemini, founded by the Winklevoss twins, is possibly trying to relist Ripple (XRP) token, crypto community speculates. In a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter), Gemini expressed its interest in the token, hinting a possible expansion of XRP trading options....
Crypto Exchange Gemini Receives Approval for Launch in France
17.1.2024
Crypto exchange Gemini has received approval to operate as a virtual asset services provider in France. CNBC reported on Wednesday that the exchange, founded and owned by twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, had been awarded crypto registration by the French watchdog Autorite des marches financiers....
Citi Alumni-Founded Startup to Offer Bitcoin Securities That Don't Need Green Light From SEC: Bloomberg
4.1.2024
RDC's aim is to address the institutional desire to bitcoin investment that may not be satisfied by a spot ETF
SEC Whistleblower Reveals Chai Payments App in Terra Ecosystem Didn’t Use Crypto
31.12.2023
Source: Adobe/Casimiro Four crypto tokens sold by Do Kwon and his co-founded company, Terraform Labs, has been qualified as unregistered securities. The tokens in question are TerraUSD (UST), LUNA, wLUNA, and Mirror Protocol (MIR), according to a recent summary judgment ruling by Judge Jed Rakoff...
Sui Blockchain’s Promise: Simplifying Crypto Transfers via Email
15.12.2023
Image Source: Pixabay Mysten Labs, founded by five former Facebook engineers, is working on its Layer 1 blockchain Sui to revolutionize the ease of sending money and cryptocurrencies. The company aims to simplify blockchain transactions to the level of basic online communication, enabling seamless...