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White House Says Reports of National Security Reviews on Elon Musk Are ‘Not True’ — Tesla CEO Prepares to Close Twitter Deal Friday
26.10.2022
The White House has clarified that the Biden Administration is not discussing subjecting Elon Musk’s ventures to national security reviews. The Tesla CEO is reportedly preparing to close the $44 billion Twitter buyout deal by Friday to avoid a court trial. No National Security Reviews on Elon...
Proof-of-Stake L1 Blockchain Token Aptos Climbs Close to 20% Higher in 24 Hours
22.10.2022
Five days ago, the Aptos blockchain went live after the project received an influx of capital from venture capital (VC) firms and crypto exchanges like a16z, Binance, and FTX. During the past 24 hours, aptos (APT) is up more than 19% against the U.S. dollar and up 11.1% against bitcoin’s...
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...
OpenSea Ventures Among Backers for $7M Round for Crypto Security Startup
18.10.2022
Web3 Builders also launched the free TrustCheck tool to verify the safety of smart contract and NFT transactions
VC-Backed Blockchain Project Aptos Reveals Protocol’s ‘Mainnet Has Arrived’
18.10.2022
A new layer one blockchain network called Aptos announced the launch of its mainnet on Monday, following a slew of capital injections from a number of venture capital (VC) firms. The blockchain protocol, crafted with a Rust-centric programming language dubbed Move, is backed by VC companies such...
Blockchain Security Company Hexens Raises $4․2 Million in Seed Funding Led by IOSG Ventures
17.10.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Hexens, a cybersecurity boutique and blockchain startup, announced the closure of a $4.2 million seed round led by IOSG Ventures, the leading Web3 Venture Capital. Other investors include Delta Blockchain Fund, ChapterOne VC, Hash Capital, ImToken Ventures, Tenzor Capital, and angels...
You can now search ETH addresses on Google — But what about Bitcoin?
12.10.2022
While Google’s feature appears to be a good thing for crypto adoption, a CIO says a move from Apple would make the “crypto industry go from 100 miles an hour to 250 miles in a heartbeat.”
Citi Ventures Backs Its First Digital Asset Manager, Co-Leading a $6M Round in Xalts
6.10.2022
Accel co-led the round for the startup building institutional-grade digital asset products
US Tennis Player Serena Williams’ VC Firm Leads Ugandan Fintech’s $12.3 Million Pre-Series A Funding Round
2.10.2022
The Uganda-based digital lending fintech startup, Numida, has said it will start offering its services to micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises in other African countries. Numida’s plans to offer its services to businesses beyond Uganda’s borders came shortly after it...
Web3 and Crypto Checking Account Startup Juno Raises $18M, Airdrops Reward Token JCOIN
2.10.2022
Juno, the Singapore-based Web3 crypto firm that offers customers checking accounts tied to crypto assets, has raised $18 million in a Series A financing round led by Parafi Capital. The fresh capital follows the startup’s seed round in 2019 when Juno raised $3 million from investors. Juno...
M-Ventures Under MEXC Completes Brand Upgrade, with Capital Scale Reaching $200M
29.9.2022
On Sept. 28, during the Token2049 event in Singapore, MEXC Exchange officially announced at the MEXC afterparty “M&M Launcher” that its fund was officially upgraded to M-Ventures and a new management team. The upgraded M-Ventures is a comprehensive fund committed to empowering innovations...
FTX Ventures, Jump Crypto Lead $20M Fundraise for Executable NFT Wallet
28.9.2022
Backpack, a forthcoming project from Solana developer Coral, will give users ownership of application code
FTX Ventures, DCG Back $9.6M Funding for Decentralized Database Solution Kwil
23.9.2022
The community-owned platform could make it easier for Web2 developers to move into Web3
Has Coinbase Been Trading Against its Own Customers After Promising it Doesn’t do that?
23.9.2022
Coinbase has debunked claims made by news outlet the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which reported that despite claiming not to do so, Coinbase engaged in proprietary trading that could potentially conflict with the interest of its customers. ...
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Crypto bug bounty platform Immunefi raises $24M led by Framework Ventures
22.9.2022
The growth of decentralized finance, or DeFi, has made the blockchain industry especially vulnerable to scams and attacks
Framework Ventures Leads $24M Round for Web3 Security Platform Immunefi
22.9.2022
Immunefi focuses on bug bounties for various crypto projects
Two Sigma Ventures Raises $400M for Two Funds, Plans Crypto Investments
16.9.2022
The firm invests about 15% of its capital to crypto and Web3 projects
Web3 Wallet Omni Raises $11 Million With MEXC Ventures’ Partnership
15.9.2022
According to media sources, Web3 wallet Omni announced that it had completed an equity financing of $11 million at a valuation of $50 million in May this year. The investors included MEXC Ventures, a fund under MEXC, as well as the Spartan Group, GSR Markets, Eden Block, OP Crypto, and more. What...
Sui Developer Mysten Labs Raises $300 Million to Address Web3 Scalability
10.9.2022
Mysten Labs, developer of a new blockchain project called Sui, raised $300 million in its latest funding round. The round, which was led by FTX ventures, also had the support of A16z crypto, Jump Crypto, Apollo, Binance Labs, Franklin Templeton, and Coinbase Ventures, among others. The funds will...
SBF and the Mooch tie the knot as FTX Ventures takes 30% stake of SkyBridge Capital
9.9.2022
Scaramucci calls Bankman-Fried part of the “small universe of outside investors SkyBridge would ever consider partnering with,” promises SkyBridge’s investment strategy will not change