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Avalanche Pulls Down $230 Million Investment Led by Polychain and Three Arrows Capital
17.9.2021
Avalanche, a smart contract-enabled cryptocurrency, has received a $230 million investment from a group of VC companies. The funding round, which is being described as a private sale, was led by Polychain and Three Arrows Capital, with the participation of other companies. This investment will give...
USD 230M Avalanche, Binance Centralization, Influential Vitalik + More News
16.9.2021
e/">AVAX tokens, according to Bloomberg. Other participants in the token sale included R/Crypto Fund, Dragonfly, CMS Holdings, Collab+Curre
Zabu Finance Suffers First Big Exploit in Avalanche Defi, Loses $3.2 Million
15.9.2021
Zabu Finance, a decentralized yield farming protocol on Avalanche, suffered the first big hack related to the chain. The protocol was the victim of an exploit that allowed an attacker to steal $3.2 million in tokens, according to reports. The core of the exploit happened due to a vulnerability...
FUFU Raises $1.7m From Major Investors to Develop the Next Generation Content Marketing Platform
14.9.2021
UwUFUFU.com, a content marketing platform, has successfully raised $1.7 million USD from early investors. Adopting the play-to-earn mechanism in the form of viral quizzes, anyone can create, play, share quizzes and earn NFTs through FUFU’s reward system. NFTs on FUFU function as...
Elon Musk’s New Puppy Tweet Sends Shiba Floki Token Soaring, FLOKI Jumps More Than 900% in 24 Hours
13.9.2021
The CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk shared a picture of a Shiba Inu pup and said “Floki has arrived” to his 59.8 million Twitter followers. Of course, the tweet affected the price of a few specific meme-based crypto assets that leverage the “Floki” name. Shiba Floki Token Soars...
Microstrategy Buys 5,050 More Bitcoins, Now Hodls 114,042 BTC
13.9.2021
Nasdaq-listed Microstrategy has purchased 5,050 more bitcoins for $243 million, raising its total bitcoin holdings to 114,042 coins. Microstrategy Continues to Grow Its Bitcoin Stash The pro-bitcoin software company Microstrategy announced Monday that it has purchased more bitcoins. CEO Michael...
ADALend Is Building a Cardano Native, Scalable and Decentralized Lending Protocol
13.9.2021
ADAlend.finance , a protocol that is bringing decentralized lending to the Cardano blockchain, has just sold out its private sale in less than one hour. Seven private angel investors have purchased the entire seed allocation of 1.8 Million Cardano native ADAL tokens for $540,000. Seed round...
$30 Million Crypto Scheme’s Leader Pleads Guilty, Facing up to 20 Years in Prison
11.9.2021
The leader of a cryptocurrency scheme that swindled over $30 million from investors has pleaded guilty to fraud, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said. He now faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. Leader of $30M Crypto Scheme Pleads Guilty to Fraud The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)...
Leading Auction House Sotheby’s Auctions 107 Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs for $24 Million
11.9.2021
The British-founded American multinational corporation headquartered in New York City, Sotheby’s, closed the Yuga Labs “101 Bored Ape Yacht Club” non-fungible token (NFT) collection auction at $24.3 million for the lot. The auction ended on September 10 and surpassed...
Report Says Western Union Could Lose $400M if El Salvador’s Chivo Bitcoin Wallet Gains Traction, Tim Berners-Lee Weighs In
10.9.2021
The Republic of El Salvador has made many headlines this week as the country adopted bitcoin as legal tender on Tuesday and became the first-known nation-state to purchase the leading crypto asset. A recent report details that remittance providers like Moneygram and Western Union could lose up...
Super Bowl Star Tom Brady, Supermodel Gisele Bundchen Star in $20M Ad Campaign for Crypto Exchange FTX
9.9.2021
Seven-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady and his supermodel wife Gisele Bündchen are featured in a new commercial for cryptocurrency exchange FTX. The company plans to invest $20 million in the ad campaign. Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen Star in Commercial for FTX Tom Brady and Gisele...
CoinFLEX Announces Its Major Milestones of 2021
8.9.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Since early August, CoinFLEX has seen a tremendous increase in trading activity, climbing to a staggering high of $3 billion USD daily trading volume with Open Interest over $200 million dollars. The increase in trading volumes and market liquidity are indications...
New USD 750M Crypto Investor, Blockchain Racing + More News
8.9.2021
howard-backed-10t-raises-750-million-for-debut-crypto-fund?srnd=cryptocurrencies">reported. The firm has already deployed about 80% in mid-to-late stage companies in the ecosystem for digital assets, it added.Blockchain project SubQuery has
Golden State Warriors Point Guard Stephen Curry Asks for Advice About Cryptocurrencies
7.9.2021
The popular Golden State Warriors point guard, Stephen Curry, asked his 15.5 million followers for some “advice” about crypto. Curry said he was “just getting started” and a great number of people shared advice with the professional basketball player. Stephen Curry Gets...
Matrixport Launches ‘BTC-U Range Sniper’ — Returns Up to 200% for Accurate Predictions
7.9.2021
The financial asset services platform Matrixport has introduced a variety of new products since the firm raised $100 million in a Series C financing round during the first week of August. Following the launch of the company’s “ETH2.0 Staking Earn” earning service, Matrixport...
Kim Kardashian Called out by UK Regulator for Pumping Crypto Token That Could Harm Investors
7.9.2021
Kim Kardashian has been singled out by the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for pumping a crypto token that could put investors at risk. With 250 million Instagram followers, the FCA chairman said that Kardashian’s cryptocurrency promotion “may have been the financial...
Baanx Acquires Stake in Major US Fintech Bank
6.9.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Baanx, the fast growing B2B2C “Better than a Banking Platform” specializing in fintech services & lending, becomes the third-largest shareholder in the United States regulated Maxwell State Bank in a multi-million-dollar deal to enhance cybersecurity and banking...
ETH 2.0 Contract Exceeds 7.4 Million Ether, Close to $30 Billion Locked, Liquid Staking Pools Grow
6.9.2021
The Ethereum 2.0 contract now has more than 7.4 million ether worth over $29.3 billion using today’s ether exchange rates. According to statistics, the smart contract address is the largest holder of ethereum out of all the wallets in existence. Ethereum 2.0 Contract Nears $30 Billion In...
Lobby Lobsters NFT drop raises $4 million in one hour to support DeFi lobbying efforts
6.9.2021
All revenues from secondary sales will also be disbursed to support DeFi lobbying efforts globally
Scammers Offer Free Bitcoin on Hacked Government Site in Russia as Crypto Fraud Surges
5.9.2021
Unknown scammers have organized a fake bitcoin giveaway through a Russian government website they hacked. The news of the attack comes after a recent report revealed that damages from crypto-related fraud in Russia have reached $30 million in value in the first half of this year. Regional...