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MLB Team Washington Nationals Partners With Terra Blockchain Community, Ballpark Plans to Accept UST
11.2.2022
On February 9, the American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C., the Washington Nationals, announced the team has partnered with Terra, the open-source blockchain platform and decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). The Washington Nationals detail that the team is...
The world's first and oldest Bitcoin mining pool has mined nearly 1.3 million BTC since inception
11.2.2022
Over 15,000 users, mainly small individual miners, are part of the still-growing Braiins (Slush Pool) ecosystem
PUBG Developer Parent Company Krafton to Work On NFT and Metaverse Related Projects
11.2.2022
Krafton, the parent company of Bluehole, developers of PUBG, a popular battle royale game that has earned more than $300 million in 2021, announced it will redirect some of its activities toward developing NFT and metaverse-related projects. The company says it has acquired equity in two companies...
Bunny and Qubit turns to DAO following $80 million bug exploit
11.2.2022
The exploit took place on the Ethereum-BSC bridge that saw the hacker use $185 million as collateral to steal $80 million worth of tokens from lending pools
Topps Plans to Auction Rare 1952 Mickey Mantle NFT Card Minted on Ethereum
11.2.2022
The American firm that produces Bazooka chewing gum, candy, and collectibles, Topps has announced the company is planning to auction one of the rarest baseball cards on earth in NFT form — Topps 1952 Mickey Mantle card. The Topps 1 of 1 “Timeless Collectible” will be issued...
Binance Invests $200 Million Into the Business Magazine and Digital Publisher Forbes
11.2.2022
Reports indicate that the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trade volume, Binance, has announced the crypto company has committed to investing $200 million into the American business magazine Forbes. The digital currency company Binance confirmed the $200 million stake into Forbes...
iOS jailbreak dev wins $2M bounty for finding critical Optimism bug
11.2.2022
Ethereum scaling startup Optimism disclosed a “critical bug” fix in the project’s Geth fork that would have allowed malicious hackers to create infinite ETH
Kirobo CEO Asaf Naim Explains How Building a Safety Net for DeFi Users Will Make It Bigger Than Ever
10.2.2022
Kirobo is a decentralized application developer building out a suite of services focused on DeFi security and usability. With a $5 million investment from Digimax in 2021, Kirobo works to make decentralized finance as accessible and user-friendly as regular online banking. Kirobo is the proud...
Cash Flow Portal Raises $3.5 Million in Seed Round to Make Real Estate Investing More Accessible to All
10.2.2022
Cash Flow Portal, a real estate investment technology startup based in Seattle, WA, announced today that it had raised $3.5 million in seed funding. Investors include luminaries from Lyft, Google, and Coinbase. Cash Flow Portal provides real estate deal sponsors with comprehensive tools...
Ambrosus Core Launches a $10 Million Developer Grant to Scale Its Open-Source Blockchain Ecosystem
10.2.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Zug, Switzerland — Ambrosus Core, the technical foundation of Ambrosus Ecosystem, has announced the launch of a substantial developer funding program — $10 million for developers deploying decentralized finance (DeFi) applications and other decentralized solutions...
Luxury Auction House Sotheby’s Plans to Auction 104 Cryptopunks Worth an Estimated $20M
9.2.2022
On Tuesday, the British-founded American multinational luxury auction company Sotheby’s, headquartered in New York City, announced the auction house is planning to auction a lot of 104 non-fungible token (NFT) Cryptopunks. The lot of 104 NFTs is predicted to fetch around $20 million to...
Opensea’s All-Time NFT Sales Volume Crosses $20 Billion
9.2.2022
Data indicates the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Opensea has crossed $20 billion in all-time sales. The leading NFT marketplace has seen more than 1.2 million traders leverage the platform since the market’s inception in 2017. 1.2 Million Opensea Traders and $20 Billion in Sales...
Binance Labs Invests $1.5 Million in GAMEE
9.2.2022
Binance Labs, Binance’s venture capital arm and incubator, has revealed a new strategic investment of $1.5 million in GAMEE, Animoca Brands’ play & earn mobile gaming platform subsidiary. These really are significant developments both for Arc8 as well as G-Bots, the GMEE-powered...
Stablecoin Whale Domination — Tether Addresses Valued at $1M Own More Than 80% of USDT Supply
8.2.2022
As the market capitalization of the stablecoin tether nears $80 billion, with its current $77.9 billion valuation, data from onchain researchers at Santiment indicates that tether addresses valued at $1 million own more than 80% of the entire supply. Tether’s Whales Command More Than 80%...
Crypto Lobbying in the US Jumped 116% in 12 Months With $9.56 Million Spent in 2021
8.2.2022
Cryptocurrency and blockchain firms are concerned about the future legislation revolving around the cryptocurrency industry and money spent on lobbying cemented this fact. A recently published study indicates that money spent on crypto lobbying jumped 116% in 12 months with $9.56 million leveraged...
Polygon Raises $450 Million From Sequoia Capital India, Softbank, Shark Tank’s Kevin O’leary
7.2.2022
The blockchain project Polygon announced it has raised $450 million on Monday in a fundraising round led by Sequoia Capital India with participation from more than 40 venture capital firms. Polygon says that the money will allow the team to help scale Ethereum and bolster the mass adoption of Web3...
England’s Manchester United Set to Unveil Tezos Blockchain Shirt Sponsorship, Report
6.2.2022
Tezos blockchain has reportedly agreed to a training kit sponsorship with Manchester United in a deal that will see the latter receive over $27 million per year. This deal adds to Tezos’ growing list of sports teams it has sponsored since May 2021. Tezos’ Investment in Sports The most...
Report: Andreessen Horowitz Seeks an Investment in Bored Ape Yacht Club
6.2.2022
Two reports claim that the creators of the popular non-fungible token (NFT) project Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) are in talks of raising funds from investors such as the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. The alleged funding round is expected to be around $200 million, but sources further...
African Web3 Startup Raises $6.45 Million in Pre-Seed Round, Serena Williams’ Investment Firm Participates
5.2.2022
An African startup, Nestcoin, said it raised $6.45 million in a pre-seed funding round in which tennis’ star, Serena Williams’ Serena Ventures took part. The startup, which was launched in November 2021, plans to use the capital raised to educate, build and invest in web...
A DAO Created to Free Julian Assange Has Raised $7.5 Million in Ethereum
5.2.2022
A group of cypherpunks recently initiated a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) in order to try and free the incarcerated Wikileaks founder and activist Julian Assange. So far, the DAO has raised $7.5 million in ether and the funds will be used to help with Assange’s legal fees...