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Enjinstarter Announces Successful Completion of Fundraising and Pipeline of Projects for November
31.10.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Singapore-based Enjinstarter (EJS) has completed its Token Generation Exercise (TGE), raising a total of $500,000 via a collaborative fund raising effort over 4 launchpads namely Genesis Shards, Chainboost, Starter.xyz and Enjinstarter’s own launchpad. This followed...
Web3 Infrastructure Provider Alchemy Raises $250 Million in Funding Round Led by a16z
31.10.2021
Alchemy, one of the leading infrastructure providers for blockchain and web3, has raised $250 million in its series C funding round, giving it a valuation of $3.5 billion. The round was led by a16z, which considers we are at a turning point in the web3 space. The company has multiplied its revenue...
The Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Case: Long-Awaited Kleiman v. Wright Trial Begins Next Week in Miami
30.10.2021
On Monday, November 1, the long-awaited Kleiman v. Wright trial will begin as a federal jury plans to determine the relationship between Dave Kleiman and Craig Wright. The Kleiman estate is asking for $11.4 billion, alongside the return of intellectual property (IP) or its fair market value. While...
Australian Police Confiscate Cryptocurrency Worth $1 Million With Help From FBI
30.10.2021
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has confirmed that the Supreme Court of New South Wales has ordered the forfeiture of cryptocurrency belonging to a convicted hacker. “The amount of cryptocurrency forfeited, more than $1.2 million, is the largest Commonwealth forfeiture...
Kazakhstan Expects $1.5 Billion From Crypto Mining in 5 Years, Estimates Suggest
29.10.2021
Crypto miners now bring more than $230 million into the economy of Kazakhstan each year and estimates show the figure could increase significantly in the future. The industry’s leading organization has projected that the government can collect more than $300 million in taxes over the next...
Cream Finance Suffers $130 Million Hack
29.10.2021
Ethereum defi protocol Cream Finance suffered an exploit yesterday that allowed attackers to steal $130 million from its holdings. The news was first revealed by Peckshield, a blockchain analytics company that discovered a flash loan had exploited the platform. This is the third hack the protocol...
UK Police Seize Bitcoin Worth $2.8 Million From Teen Operating Scam Website
29.10.2021
British police have seized bitcoin worth almost $3 million from a teenager who set up a fake website to scam consumers. “At the time they were worth £200,000. They are now worth a little over £2 million.” UK Police Seize $2.8 Million in Bitcoin British police have arrested...
El Salvador Buys More Bitcoin: 420 BTC Added to Treasury
28.10.2021
El Salvador, the country that made bitcoin legal tender alongside the U.S. dollar, has bought the dip again. The Salvadoran government has purchased a total of 1,120 bitcoins, currently worth more than $68 million. El Salvador’s Bitcoin Holdings Grow El Salvador has bought the dip again...
International Operation Dark Huntor Seizes $31.6 Million in Cash and Cryptocurrencies, 150 Arrested
28.10.2021
Operation Dark Huntor, a coordinated international effort on three continents to disrupt opioid trafficking on the darknet, has led to the arrests of 150 people. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the operation has also resulted in the seizure of over $31.6 million in cash...
Wu-Tang Clan’s Unreleased Album Changes Hands From Martin Shkreli to an NFT Art Collective
27.10.2021
After fighting in court since 2015, the former hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli was sentenced to seven years in prison for conspiring to commit securities fraud and he was forced to pay $7.4 million in fines. One of Shkreli’s prized possessions, an unreleased Wu-Tang Clan album, was seized...
Solana-Based Drift Protocol Raises $3.8 Million — Project Reveals Drift Alpha Ticket NFTs
27.10.2021
While the blockchain network Solana’s native token has skyrocketed in value this week jumping 31.4%, the Solana-based perpetual swap platform Drift Protocol announced it raised $3.8 million from strategic investors. At the same time, Drift announced the launch of its alpha mainnet after...
Immunefi to bolster DeFi security service with new funds
26.10.2021
The platform has paid out more than $7.5 million in bug bounties since inception in December 2020
Start-up CGU Raises $2.5 Million USD in Third Public Round
26.10.2021
PRESS RELEASE. A crypto platform Crypto Gaming United (CGU), which has joined the crypto exchange TimeX on the 18th of october, made $2.5 million in a record-breaking six seconds since public token trading began. One of the co-founders of the project is a crypto-currency, DeFi and blockchain...
Metawars Concludes Raise With Reputable Supporters and Partners
25.10.2021
PRESS RELEASE. MetaWars, an innovative, multiplayer strategy blockchain-based game, has successfully raised $2.3 million USD from its supporting investors. MetaWars has collaborated with various investors and partners to incorporate blockchain into the emerging gaming industry and revolutionize...
Announcing the HUMAN Grants Program: $10 Million to Fund the Next Wave of HUMAN Protocol Solutions
25.10.2021
PRESS RELEASE. The MetaHUMAN Foundation has announced a grants program to support a new generation of projects looking to adopt and build on top of HUMAN Protocol. Successful applicants will have access to an allocated fund of $10 million, to supercharge the adoption of the Protocol, and realize...
Buyers shell out $7M for unseen NFT collection
25.10.2021
Participants piled $7 million into a dutch auction to win one of 50 Golden Tokens granting ownership to unminted NFTs from artist Tyler Hobbs
Label Foundation Raises $1 Million to Build Blockchain-Based Platform for the MOOC Industry
25.10.2021
PRESS RELEASE. The next-generation NFT Infrastructure – Label Foundation has announced the successful completion of its private sale round. Supported by many leading VCs and famous Grammy-winning artists, the NFT platform raised $1.0 million during the private sale that generated major...
From $4 to Over $3.1 Million — Miner Transfers 50 ‘Sleeping Bitcoin’ After BTC Sat Idle for 11 Years
24.10.2021
On October 22 at 4:52 p.m. (EDT), a miner that acquired 50 bitcoin on May 17, 2010, spent the funds that sat idle for 11 years and five months. There hasn’t been a 2010 block reward spent in three months and the last time a 2010 miner spent their ‘sleeping bitcoin’ was on July...
CoinMarketCap hack reportedly leaks 3.1 million user email addresses
23.10.2021
3.1 million email addresses linked to CoinMarketCap accounts were reportedly being traded on hacking forums, according to Have I Been Pwned
Journalist and Youtuber Tim Pool Believes 1 Bitcoin Will ‘Eventually Be Equivalent to $1 Million’
23.10.2021
The American journalist, Youtuber, podcast host, and political commentator, Tim Pool, has talked about bitcoin on numerous occasions and even more so these days as the crypto asset crossed its all-time price high. After the Proshares exchange-traded fund (ETF) launched on the New York Stock...