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Mastercard Study: African Fintech Sector Had One of the Highest Year-on-Year Growth Rates in Funding in 2021
1.11.2022
In 2021, African fintech startups accounted for 61% of the $2.7 billion in venture capital funding that was deployed on the continent, a new study has found. While its share of global fintech funding is just over one percent, the continent’s fintech sector still recorded one of the highest...
Celo ecosystem projects raise $77.3M in support of interoperability, ReFi
27.10.2022
The Celo blockchain supports mobile-first DeFi payment infrastructure. Several companies building on the platform have received venture funding
How Crypto Traders Are Reinventing Venture Capital
27.10.2022
Venture capital recedes from crypto in Q3, but not all is bleak: Report
26.10.2022
Even though venture capital inflows into the blockchain industry dropped by 66% in Q3 2022, it doesn’t necessarily suggest an overwhelmingly bearish sentiment
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...
VC Roundup: Web3 dev, EVM sharding and crypto banking headline blockchain funding deals
22.10.2022
WWVentures, Shardeum, Myna Swap, Antic, Juno, Zerion and thirdweb attract venture capital interest in latest funding blitz
Celestia Foundation raises $55M for modular blockchain architecture
19.10.2022
The company claims that the technology will solve the challenges inherent when deploying and scaling blockchains
Bitcoin, venture capital and security tokens flash green: Report
18.10.2022
There are positive signals for crypto as Bitcoin closed September with only a 3% drop, while venture capital was up 20.6% and security token volume was up 19.76%
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...
Web3 infrastructure firm ChainSafe raises $18.75M as attention shifts to GameFi
18.10.2022
The Canadian company is focused on multi-chain R&D and blockchain gaming, which is a growing industry that’s expected to achieve multi-billion-dollar valuations
'Performing as expected' — Aptos Labs defends day 1 criticism
18.10.2022
Aptos’ blockchain claims to handle three times the amount of transactions per second than Solana but day one of its launch saw the network transacting a much lower amount
Crypto Venture Capital Fund Paradigm Also Wants CFTC to Serve Ooki DAO's Members
17.10.2022
Crypto venture capital fund Paradigm Operations has asked a federal court for permission to join two other groups in arguing that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) should serve the members of a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) directly, rather than through a generic website...
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...
Crypto Asset Manager BlockTower Launches $150M Venture Capital Fund: Report
13.10.2022
The crypto-focused asset management firm will back DeFi and infrastructure projects
Uniswap Labs raises $165M as attention shifts to NFTs, Web3
13.10.2022
The decentralized exchange has supported $1.2 trillion in cumulative trading volume since its inception, according to founder and CEO Hayden Adams
nxyz raises $40M to enable faster blockchain indexing
12.10.2022
The Web3 platform will focus on expanding its team globally and onboarding several more blockchains in the upcoming months
a16z leads $40M raise for decentralized knowledge protocol
3.10.2022
Golden, which has now raised roughly $60 million in cumulative funding, also receives a16z general partner Ali Yahya to its board
Crypto Venture-Capital Firm Paradigm Leads $14M Funding Round for DeFi Platform Exponential
3.10.2022
The investment discovery platform includes a risk assessment feature to help combat a growing wave of DeFi exploits
Solana tech developer Coral raises $20M, plans to launch 'xNFT' protocol
28.9.2022
Coral is the creator of the Anchor development framework, which provides boilerplate smart contract tools and other resources for Solana devs
Pantera Capital's CEO suggests Blockchain growth will continue despite economic turmoil
23.9.2022
The venture capitalist predicted blockchain would perform based on its own fundamentals, similar to Amazon and Apple