Search
5 Crypto Startups Expected to Do Big Things in 2022
20.7.2022
Everything related to crypto startups has skyrocketed in value recently, and expectations are only higher for 2022. The amount invested by venture capitalists in 2021 reached nearly $30 billion, and the momentum does not stop with funding. Talents from big companies worldwide are flocking to...
Investment Firm Valkyrie Branches Into Venture Capital With Focus on Israeli Crypto Startups
19.7.2022
Veteran venture capitalist Lluis Pedragosa is leading the new team with a $30 million target fund
Multicoin Capital Announces $430 Million Venture Fund for Crypto Startups
12.7.2022
The venture capital giant’s latest fund – in combination with already existing vehicles at Multicoin – will invest $500,000-$1 million in early-stage projects, and up to $100 million or more for more mature opportunities
Ugandan central bank U-turns on crypto welcoming firms to regulatory sandbox
6.6.2022
The bank advised the Blockchain Association of Uganda (BAU) to sharpen up its knowledge of the sandbox regulations, inviting its members along to further technical discussions
Venture funding for African crypto startups grew 11x in 2022: Report
23.5.2022
While Africa has not yet seen a “blockchain mega-deal,” the report noted that crypto unicorns might emerge from the region in 2-3 years
Blossom Capital’s Newly Launched $432 Million Fund to Focus on Crypto Startups
18.1.2022
Blossom Capital, the London-based venture capital firm founded by Candice Lo, Imran Ghory, Mike Hudack, and Ophelia Brown plans to dedicate more funds to the growing cryptocurrency ecosystem. On January 18, Blossom announced a new fund worth $432 million, and a third of the capital will...
‘Boom’ in Big South Korean Firms Investing in Crypto Startups
19.10.2021
Large South Korean companies are pouring money into crypto and blockchain startups, media outlets have noted – while the nation’s market-leading crypto exchange is set to make a sports investment of its own.
Per a report from Fn News, there has been a “boom” in crypto and decentralized finance...
Big Investors Are Pushing up Valuations of Crypto Firms
1.8.2021
Venture capital firms and large investors are driving up the prices of crypto startups. Boutique investment firms and family offices are being elbowed out by big venture capital firms, private equity funds, and even some pension funds. VC Firms Driving Up Prices of Crypto Startups Cryptocurrency...
Mastercard chooses 7 crypto startups for Start Path accelerator
28.7.2021
Mastercard keeps its focus on the digital asset industry, echoing moves by its main competitor Visa
Mastercard Launches Global Program to Help Cryptocurrency Startups Scale Their Innovations
28.7.2021
Payments giant Mastercard has launched a new, global program for cryptocurrency startups. Seven crypto companies have already joined the program. Together with Mastercard, they will work to “expand and accelerate innovation around digital asset technology and make it safer and easier...
Torum, the Swiss Army Knife of the Crypto Ecosystem
1.7.2021
If you ever wondered why crypto projects rise and fall so quickly, you are not alone. In fact, barely 7 months after the 2017 bull run ended, over 800 projects have ceased to exist like a puff of smoke. To understand the reason why 90% of crypto startups are going to fail, there are a […]
Hedge fund manager Alan Howard invests in two crypto startups
11.6.2021
A long-running backer of the crypto industry, billionaire hedge fund manager Alan Howard recently invested in two digital asset startups
Central Bank of Nigeria Blocks Fintech Startups From Accessing KYC Service— Decision Described as an ‘Attack on All Fintechs’
12.4.2021
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has recently suspended the provision of the bank validation number (BVN) service to all fintech and third-party partners. The decision means non-banks entities include crypto startups “have lost one of the most comprehensive means of identity verification...
Prepare Your Crypto Startups as Binance is Shopping
7.4.2021
Source: a screenshot, Instagram/binance
Major crypto exchange Binance plans to do about three acquisitions every month, according to CEO Changpeng Zhao (aka CZ).
Binance is "actively doing acquisition deals, especially in a lot of these new areas. My view is I’m not an expert in these areas...
Blockchain and Crypto Startups Raise $2.6 Billion in Q1 of 2021— Figure Surpasses 2020 Total by $300 Million
6.4.2021
According to data analysis firm, CB Insights, about $2.6 billion was raised by some 129 blockchain-focused start-ups during the first quarter of 2021. This figure easily surpasses the $2.3 billion raised from a total of 341 deals that were seen in the whole of 2020. Large Capital Raising Rounds...
Crypto-Centric VC Fund Lures in Billionaire Investor Paul Tudor Jones and Rapper LL Cool J
5.2.2021
This week the former Digital Currency Group (DCG) Vice President of Investments, Travis Scher, announced a $72 million crypto-focused venture capital fund backed by the billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones and hip-hop star LL Cool J. The crypto VC fund was invoked by Scher, the private equity...
UK FCA gives crypto startups a hindering hand
22.12.2020
The United Kingdom is shutting the door for digital asset firms: Crypto startups are no longer welcome to the country
Estonia Revokes More Than 1,000 Crypto Firms’ Licenses This Year
15.12.2020
Over 1,000 cryptocurrency firms’ licenses have been revoked in Estonia this year as the country tightens the oversight of the crypto industry amid heightened money-laundering concerns. 1,000+ Crypto Firms Lost Their Licenses This Year The Estonian Ministry of Finance revealed Friday that...
Why Europe Bests the US at Attracting Crypto Startups
1.12.2020
The EU has created a common framework for regulating crypto across the economic bloc. The U.S. is still working out its approach
Coinbase Building Platform to Help Crypto Startups Launch Tokens, Raise Cash
1.9.2020
The platform will "hand hold" hopeful crowdfunders through the token issuance, custody, development and governance process, according to CEO Brian Armstrong