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Nic Carter: ‘If You’re Not Radicalized, You’re Not Paying Attention’
31.3.2020
Castle Island Ventures and Coin Metrics co-founder joins to discuss cascading crises, crypto dollarization and the state of the bitcoin narrative
Election App Voatz Just Got Kicked Out of a Major Bug Bounty Program
30.3.2020
Bug bounty platform HackerOne severed ties with Medici Ventures-backed Voatz, the blockchain-based mobile voting app for breach of partnership standards
Coinbase, Fidelity and More Back Coin Metrics in $6M Series A Funding Round
26.3.2020
The cryptocurrency data provider will use the new funding to expand its team and improve product offerings
This USV-Backed Startup Has a Solution for Buying Information With Confidence
10.3.2020
Erasure is a smart contract on Ethereum for people to share information and to express confidence about that information by putting money behind it
Overstock’s VC Wing Leads $8.2M Funding Round in GrainChain
6.3.2020
GrainChain, a blockchain platform for tracing commodities, raised $8.2 million from Medici and Eden Block
Virgin Galactic Stock Is Skyrocketing, Will Take Bitcoin to Shoot You Into Space
20.2.2020
Virgin Galactic is one of the leading ventures in the emerging private space race alongside companies such as Spacex. However, it is being compared now mostly to another Elon Musk creation – Tesla. This is because Virgin Galactic stock is skyrocketing as traders rush in to bet on...
Chinese Blockchain Startup Hires VC Exec to Lead North American Expansion
17.2.2020
Beijing-based blockchain startup Conflux has hired the former head of crypto at VC firm Outlier Ventures to lead a North American expansion
After MIT Find Vulnerabilities, Medici Ventures Defends Blockchain Voting App Voatz
14.2.2020
Jonathan Johnson, CEO of Overstock, backs Voatz app amid circulating claims of the app’s security vulnerabilities
Torus Launches to Bring One-Click Login to Web 3.0
13.2.2020
Torus, a key-management startup offering one-click logins for the decentralized web, launched out of beta Thursday with a handful of big-name hosting partners
Bitcoin Lender BlockFi Raises $30M in Series B Led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures
13.2.2020
Having Hong Kong-based HashKey as an investor will help BlockFi expand into Singapore later this year, said CEO Zac Prince
Exchange Deposits in Bitcoin Slide to Lowest Level in 3 Years
5.2.2020
The number of bitcoin on-chain deposits has dropped sharply over the last six months, indicating a strong optimistic or “HODLing,” sentiment in the market
Sony Financial Ventures Joins Big Banks Investing in Securitize
5.2.2020
Digital securities firm Securitize extends its latest $14 million fundraising round with a strategic investment from Sony Financial Ventures
Anchorage, Bison Trails Execs to Helm Libra’s New ‘Technical Steering Committee’
17.1.2020
The Libra Association has formed a steering committee to oversee the creation of its technical roadmap
Overstock CEO: Crypto Investments Are Ready for Prime Time
13.1.2020
Overstock CEO and Medici Ventures President Jonathan Johnson believes crypto investments are finally ready to enter the real world
Crypto Fundraising Is Changing Again in 2020
4.1.2020
Funding is a prerequisite for any new crypto project, but with IEOs likely to play a reduced role in 2020, where will the all-important capital come from? While minted entities like Ripple, Tezos, and Tron certainly have the means to plow tens of millions into their chosen ventures, they...
Number of Israeli Blockchain Companies Grew by 32% in 2019
31.12.2019
Despite the harsh market conditions this year, high profile closures of a few ventures and a lot of employee downsizing, the number of companies operating in the blockchain and cryptocurrency fields in Israel actually grew by 32% in 2019. Also Read: Bankrupt DX Exchange Didn’t Pay Israeli...
Shenzhen Stock Exchange Launches Index of Top 50 Blockchain Public Companies
27.12.2019
The Shenzhen Stock Exchange has launched a blockchain index comprising 50 of the largest publicly listed companies with blockchain ventures by market capitalization. Blockchain-related stocks in China have been gaining value since President Xi Jinping openly advocated for the technology. Also read:...
AE Ventures Global Starfleet Program Expands to India
26.12.2019
Early-stage blockchain companies can qualify for a direct investment AE Ventures, a blockchain investment company that provides initial funding, acceleration, and advisory support to blockchain projects, announced the expansion of its Global Starfleet Programme into the Silicon Valley...
Ripple Raises USD 200M From Tetragon, SBI Holdings & Route 66 Ventures
20.12.2019
Ripple, a San Francisco-based blockchain startup focusing on the payments technologies, announced that is raised USD 200 million in Series C funding from a group of notable investors.
The funding round was led by global investment firm Tetragon, with participation from SBI Holdings and Route...
Crypto Custody Firm Trustology Cuts Staff as Banks Delay on Digital Assets
12.12.2019
Digital asset custody firm Trustology has cut seven of its 18 staffers as the big banks it courted are taking longer than expected to jump into crypto