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Canadian Firm NexTech AR Buys $2M Bitcoin to Diversify Capital

29.12.2020
Canadian augmented reality (AR) company NexTech AR is jumping on the crypto bandwagon with plans to use its treasury funds to buy $2 million of bitcoin for “capital diversification.” Read more: Nasdaq-Listed Canadian Firm to Invest Over $1M in Bitcoin

Crust Network Launches Crust Storage Market, Decentralized Cloud Service Built on Polkadot

29.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. One of the star projects of the emerging Polkadot ecosystem, Crust Network, recently completed a several million dollar Series A financing round in September, with investors including NGC Ventures, SNZ, HashCIB, DFG, KNS Group and AU21 Capital. In 2020, Crust Network joined...

Lending Platform Vauld Raises $2M to Grow Into a Full Crypto Bank

28.12.2020
Vauld, formerly called Bank of Hodlers, raised $2 million in a round led by Pantera Capital to expand its crypto banking platform

SEC Obtains Emergency Asset Freeze Against Virgil Capital

28.12.2020
Stefan Qin, the 23-year-old founder of Virgil Capital, has been accused by the SEC of “fabricated records” for failing to redeem $3.5 million in investments and attempting to withdraw $1.7 million in investor funds to pay off Chinese loan sharks

Korean crypto investment company launches $100 million fund for blockchain projects

23.12.2020
South Korea’s Hashed has established a new fund to finance emerging blockchain startups

Skybridge Bitcoin Fund Launches With $25 Million: Anthony Scaramucci Expects ‘Avalanche of Institutional Investors’

23.12.2020
Global investment firm Skybridge Capital has launched a bitcoin fund with $25 million. The founder of the company, Anthony Scaramucci, is bullish about bitcoin. “It’s the first inning,” he said, adding that “You are about to see that wave of early adoption by...

South Korea’s Hashed Raises $120M Venture Fund for Crypto Deals

23.12.2020
Hashed Ventures has raised $120 million for a fund that will be focused on a new era of distributed networks

Billion-Dollar Wealth Manager Skybridge Capital Plans to Launch a Bitcoin Fund

22.12.2020
In mid-November, a filing registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had shown that the investment firm Skybridge Capital may invest in crypto assets like bitcoin. Over a month later, Skybridge Capital filed another registration form with the U.S. SEC (Form D) as it plans...

Yolo Investments Firm Makes First Portfolio Exit With 5.8x ROI

18.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Gaming venture capital firm Yolo Investments (formerly known as Vereeni Investments) exited its investment in Estonia-based online gaming and sports betting operator Coolbet for an impressive 5.8x return. The acquisition of Coolbet by GAN Limited marks the first start-to-exit...

Brazil Revenue Collector’s Data Shows Cryptocurrency Volumes Exceed $6 Billion Between January and September

15.12.2020
Raw data from the Federal Revenue of Brazil (RFB) shows that crypto traded volumes in the country exceeded $6 billion between January and September this year. According to the data, bitcoin dominates as it accounts for over 80% of traded volumes. Still, other cryptos like bitcoin cash, dai,...

How Israeli VCs Are Doubling Down on DeFi Startups

15.12.2020
The three co-founders of Collider Ventures agree Israel’s vibrant crypto industry waned, yet didn’t fizzle, throughout 2020

Bloccelerate VC Raises $12M Fund to Bet on Enterprise Blockchain Adoption

14.12.2020
The Seattle-based firm plans to invest in 10–15 ventures in the blockchain space over the next 2–3 years

Microstrategy Completes $650 Million Capital Raise to Fund More Bitcoin Purchases

12.12.2020
Microstrategy Inc. has raised $650 million from the sale of convertible senior notes so that it could buy more bitcoin. In a note to investors on Dec. 11, the business intelligence and mobile software firm said it completed the sale of $650 million in convertible bonds to private investors at 0.75%...

Remarks to The Federalist Society’s Capital Conversations - Hester M. Pierce

12.12.2020
Hester Peirce. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Blockland Solutions This is a speech by Hester M. Peirce, pro-crypto commissionaire at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), given to the Federalist Society on December 10, 2020. __________________ Thank you, Dean [Reuter]. I have...

Blockchain Capital Unveils New 10 ‘Bold’ Crypto Predictions for 2021

11.12.2020
With the year winding to a close, analysts are dusting off their crystal balls – in an attempt to peek into the future and discover what 2021 has in store for the world of crypto. This time, it was the turn of major investment firm Blockchain Capital, which appears to be turning its year-end...

Multicoin Capital Leads $1.15M Seed Round for DeFi Protocol Swivel Finance

11.12.2020
The decentralized protocol says its offerings of fixed-rate lending and interest-rate derivatives will place it in a unique position in Defi

Twitch Director Shaan Puri Moves 25% of Net Worth Into Bitcoin to ‘Front Run Wave of Institutional Capital’

11.12.2020
Twitch director and former CEO of Bebo Shaan Puri announced that he has put 25% of his net worth into bitcoin. He believes that bitcoin presents “a rare opportunity to front run a wave of institutional capital.” Shaan Puri Puts 25% in Bitcoin Shaan Puri, director of Twitch,...