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Cardano Developer IOHK Launches $20M Fund for Ecosystem Startups
3.7.2020
The cFund will invest anywhere between $250,000 and $500,000 into startups and small businesses using Cardano or IOHK tech initiatives
The Rise of Virtual Hackathons: Tackling Blockchain Challenges Online
2.7.2020
Virtual hackathons may allow developers to solve technical problems and create new solutions, yet it’s not all easy going for these online events
Freelancing Is Broken. This Blockchain Start-Up Wants to Fix It
30.6.2020
A startup wants to use the concept of a governance token to reform freelance talent boards and align incentives between the platform and its users
An Israeli Blockchain Startup Claims They’ve Invented an ‘Undo’ Button for Bitcoin Transactions
30.6.2020
A two-year-old Israeli blockchain startup says it has found a way to cancel crypto transactions if they are sent to the wrong wallet address
Humility Before a Fall: Your Crypto Startup Hasn’t Done Anything Yet
29.6.2020
Scams and fraud won't break crypto. But hubris might
Innovation Grant Worth $15 Million to Encourage Asian Blockchain Startups
28.6.2020
Singaporean blockchain developers Building Cities Beyond creates an innovation grant to encourage development on its ecosystem
BitLicense at 5: For Startups Regulated Overseas, New York Isn’t So Tough
24.6.2020
While some exchanges left New York in the wake of its implementing the BitLicense, others say the regulatory regime have helped build market share and revenue
This Startup Is Forking Compound to Make Hiring More Efficient
24.6.2020
Braintrust launched out of stealth mode Wednesday, backed by a $6 million seed round featuring True Ventures, Homebrew Ventures, Uprising Ventures, Galaxy Digital, IDEO CoLab, Kindred Ventures and Vy Capital
New York Moves to Lure Crypto Startups as BitLicense Turns Five
24.6.2020
Five years after erecting a wall around its market few crypto startups could scale – a wall known as the BitLicense – New York is handing down a ladder
US Homeland Security’s Tech Scouts Reissue Call for Blockchain Startups
24.6.2020
The Silicon Valley Innovation Program challenged blockchain startups to build Social Security number alternatives, an essential worker license and supply chain solutions for DHS
Unicef Funding Startups With Cryptocurrency for Covid-19 Relief
21.6.2020
The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has announced its largest cryptocurrency investment funding of startups. Eight companies in seven countries will use Unicef’s crypto fund to develop prototypes, pilot, or scale their technologies. Several of them are working on mitigating...
DeFi Startups Built on Compound Weigh What to Do With $200 COMP Tokens
19.6.2020
Startups built on Compound's decentralized lending protocol are now pondering the second-order effects of COMP's price surge
Crypto News Outlet BlockTV Shuts Down, Citing Impact of COVID-19
8.6.2020
Cryptocurrency-focused media startup BlockTV has shut down operations due to the economic strains of the COVID-19 crisis, according to two former employees
New York, French Finance Watchdogs Open Doors for Each Other’s Fintech Startups
5.6.2020
The New York State Department of Financial Services and its French regulatory counterpart will work to "ease the entry" for fintech innovators into their respective markets
Uptrend in Mainstream Crypto Interest Started Last Fall, MIT Startups Says
2.6.2020
Mainstream crypto trading interest has been on the rise since fall 2019
Nike Unlocks up to 3% in Crypto Rewards with Plutus Partnership
2.6.2020
The U.S. footwear giant Nike entered a new affiliate partnership allowing customers to earn up to 3% from online purchases with crypto
Partner at $500 Million Fund Explains Key Criteria For Investing in Startups
2.6.2020
Partner at Initialized Capital Brett Gibson reveals his firm’s main criteria for early-stage startups to invest in and explains the most promising products on the market
Cryptocurrency News From Japan: May 24 - May 30 in Review
31.5.2020
Bitflyer showed 2019 losses, blockchain startup LayerX raised millions, and more headlined news from Japan this past week
MIT Group Funding Shows Growing Crypto Trading Interest
29.5.2020
An MIT startup focused on providing institutions better access to crypto trading technologies, recently secured millions in funding
Swiss Government Rejects $103 Million Bailout for Crypto Companies Battered by Coronavirus
26.5.2020
Switzerland’s government has rejected a 100 million franc ($103 million) bailout for local cryptocurrency companies battered by the coronavirus economy, local media reported. Zug finance director Heinz Taennler requested the special funding package in April. He planned to issue out loans...