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Nebraska bill to allow banks to offer crypto services passes to final round
19.5.2021
Nebraska could follow Wyoming and open its first crypto bank should the bill pass the final round
Skeptics Keep Tether Busy Despite Latest Transparency Round
18.5.2021
After revealing their reserves breakdown, Tether, the issuer of the most popular stablecoin, tether (USDT), still needs to respond to skeptics that remain unconvinced by the latest numbers and what might be behind them.
This time, despite the settlement with the New York Attorney General’s Office...
Latam Based Exchange Bitso Gets Unicorn Status After $250 Million Funding Round
7.5.2021
Bitso, one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in Latam, has reached unicorn status after a funding round that managed to raise $250 million with the participation of some big names in the cryptocurrency world. The company announced it would use these resources to expand its operations and keep...
Crypto Analytics Firm Coin Metrics Raises $15 Million, Goldman Sachs Leads Funding Round
6.5.2021
On May 5, the cryptocurrency data and analytics provider Coin Metrics announced the firm has raised $15 million in Series B financing round. The funding was led by Goldman Sachs and a number of other venture firms, as digital currency data has become a hot commodity in recent times. Digital...
Goldman Sachs leads $15M investment round for Coin Metrics
5.5.2021
The investment firm is reportedly preparing to make cryptocurrencies available to its clients in the second quarter of 2021
Funding Roundup: Derivatives and Defi Draw a Fresh Influx of VC Firms and Private Investors
4.5.2021
As blockchain technology disrupts traditional industry standards, the list of progressive investors willing to stake their money has increased significantly. Leveraging this ongoing investment trend, both upcoming and ongoing projects are attracting millions of dollars from private investors...
Phuture Raises $1.5m in Seed Funding to Launch Indexing Protocol on Ethereum
3.5.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Phuture, a decentralised protocol built for the creation and investment of passive index strategies in a Web3 environment, today announced that it has completed its private seed round fundraise. The round, led by Ascensive Assets, raised a total of $1.5 million. Once live, Phuture...
Blockchain Object Storage Company Filebase Raises $2M, Aims to Incorporate Filecoin and Arweave Networks
26.4.2021
Filebase, a blockchain-based object storage company built on top of the Sia network has revealed the business has closed an initial seed round gathering $2 million from investors. Interest in decentralized storage networks has blossomed in recent months and Filebase expects the growth of global...
Torum Closes Million Dollars Private Round to Create Social Media Platform With NFT and DeFi
23.4.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Torum, a social media platform specially designed for cryptocurrency users, is proud to announce that the project is now backed by some of the most promising VCs in the crypto industry. The $1.45M private round was participated by 13 private investors which consist of AU21 Capital...
South African Crypto Platform Revix Raises $4.1 Million
20.4.2021
The South African cryptocurrency investment platform, Revix, has reportedly raised about $4.1 million from its latest capital raise round. According to the firm, part of the raised capital will be used “to launch Revix’s mobile application, a variety of Fourth Industrial Revolution...
Coalition of US Senators Press President Biden for a Fourth Round of Stimulus Checks
19.4.2021
While Americans are still getting their third stimulus payments, discussions of tacking on a fourth round of direct payments to Joe Biden’s trillion-dollar infrastructure proposal have started trending. Just recently, a coalition led by Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden and over a dozen...
BENQI Closes $6M Round to Create Algorithmic Liquidity Market on Avalanche
14.4.2021
PRESS RELEASE. BENQI, a liquidity market operating on the Avalanche network, has completed a private funding round. A total of $6 million was raised in a round led by Ascensive Assets. A number of leading investors on blockchain and the emerging Avalanche ecosystem also participated. These include...
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...
Kattana Completes $1.3M Private Funding Round, Announces IDO on Polkastarter
2.4.2021
Kattana announced an upcoming Initial DEX Offering (IDO) that will be hosted on April 9 on Polkastarter, the leading cross-chain protocol and first choice for many IDOs. An IDO is a new fundraising model that relies on decentralized liquidity exchanges which offer immediate liquidity at every price...
Kattana Completes $1.3M Private Funding Round, Announces IDO on Polkastater
2.4.2021
Kattana announced an upcoming Initial DEX Offering (IDO) that will be hosted on April 9 on Polkastarter, the leading cross-chain protocol and first choice for many IDOs. An IDO is a new fundraising model that relies on decentralized liquidity exchanges which offer immediate liquidity at every price...
Moonbeam Network Receives Fresh Capital Injection After Purestake Fundraising Success
31.3.2021
Following an initial seed capital round of $1.4 million, Purestake has raised a $6 million strategic round of financing from a consortium of investors to accelerate development, as the team aims to bring the Moonbeam network live in the second half of the year. Ethereum-Compatible Smart Contract...
Michael Jordan, Will Smith join $305M funding round for NBA Top Shot maker Dapper Labs
31.3.2021
Basketball legend Michael Jordan and Hollywood icon Will Smith are among a group of investors in Dapper Lab’s latest funding round
Pantera Capital backs Liquidity Protocol’s $6M Series A funding round
29.3.2021
Liquidity Protocol, which provides interest-free borrowing on the Ethereum network, plans to expand its ecosystem and hire more resources following the latest funding round
Recur raises $5 million for perpetual cross-platform NFT royalties
27.3.2021
A seed round in a new NFT platform is a promising step towards universal NFT royalties
Crypto-focused software firm Lukka raises $53M in funding round
26.3.2021
Lukka said it planned to add additional features for customers dealing in derivatives, DeFi products, and other products of the crypto space