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Crypto community backs Tornado Cash devs with $2.3M legal fund
19.6.2024
Tornado Cash’s founders and developers are in the legal crosshairs, but the crypto community argues merely writing code shouldn’t be a crime
Moonbeam rolls out $13M fund for Web3 gaming growth
19.6.2024
Moonbeam Network, a popular platform for Web3 smart contracts, has recently started a significant funding campaign worth $13 million. The overall goal of this move is to jump-start the growth and advancement of its ecosystem, with a particular focus on gaming and tokenization of real-world assets...
IMF Says CBDCs Could Boost Middle East's Financial Inclusion, Payment Efficiency
19.6.2024
Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) may not be essential to achieving intended policy goals, instead addressing underlying constraints and improving other digital payment systems may be a more practical alternative, a survey of 19 central banks in the Middle East and Central Asia (ME&CA) region...
Institutional DeFi players will bring commercial real estate onchain: KPMG exec
19.6.2024
DeFi activity from institutions would be more “permissioned” as market participants will want to know who they’re dealing with, KPMG’s Kunal Bhasin said
Australian Securities Exchange Gives Its First Approval of a Spot Bitcoin Listing to VanEck
17.6.2024
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), which accounts for 90% of Australia’s equity market, has approved its first spot-bitcoin {BTC} exchange-traded fund (ETF), according to a blog from the issuer VanEck
Australian securities exchange approves its first spot Bitcoin ETF
15.6.2024
The Australian Securities Exchange has approved the VanEck Bitcoin ETF to start trading on June 20
Bitcoin ETFs See $226M Outflows Led by Fidelity’s FBTC
14.6.2024
BlackRock’s IBIT was the only ETF posting a net inflow on Thursday, while most of the funds recorded outflows
Permissionless Restaking Protocol Symbiotic Launches Raising $5.8 Million in Seed Round
14.6.2024
Symbiotic, a permissionless restaking protocol, has recently launched, allowing other protocols to provide shared security through asset restaking. At the same time, Symbiotic announced it had raised $5.8 million in its seed funding round led by Paradigm and Cyber.fund, which will be used...
Attorney Disbarred After Misappropriating $4 Million in Bitcoin Funds
14.6.2024
The Supreme Court of Georgia, the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of Georgia, has disbarred attorney Diana McDonald on June 11 for misappropriating $4 million from a bitcoin escrow transaction. In 2019, McDonald acted as a fiduciary for a client involved in a Bitcoin deal that failed...
Paradigm Secures $850 Million for Third Crypto Fund, Targets Early-Stage Projects
13.6.2024
On June 13, the leading San Francisco-based crypto-focused venture capital firm Paradigm revealed it has secured its third fund, totaling $850 million, aimed at early-stage crypto projects. Paradigm Announces $850 Million Fund Established in 2018 by Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam and ex-Sequoia...
Paradigm raises $850M for third crypto fund
13.6.2024
Paradigm has been discussing its new crypto fund for the past few months as markets rebounded
Zero-knowledge Manta Network launches $50M ecosystem fund
13.6.2024
Early-stage projects building on Manta Network can receive up to $50,000 in grants
Pixelverse raises $5.5M from leading VCs to fund global expansion of Web3 gaming movement
13.6.2024
Pixelverse, the emerging entertainment studio and game ecosystem, has closed a funding round led by tier-1 VC funds and prominent founders from across the gaming and Web3 space. A total of $5.5M was raised to fund the growth of the Pixelverse gaming ecosystem that has attracted over 15 million...
Bitcoin whales scoop $1.4B in 24 hours this week amid market correction
13.6.2024
The huge and sudden uptick in Bitcoin whale accumulation came as Bitcoin supply on exchanges fell to its lowest level since December 2021
Polygon launches $720M Community Treasury for blockchain grants
11.6.2024
Polygon introduces a $720 million Community Treasury to fund blockchain projects, targeting developers within the Polygon and Ethereum ecosystems
Ripple launches XRP Ledger Innovation Fund in Japan and Korea
11.6.2024
Ripple, the pioneer in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, has come up with a new product: the XRPL Japan and Korea Fund. It will extend support to a wide variety of endeavors to promote technological novelty on the XRP ledger in Japan and Korea. The XRPL Japan and Korea Fund will join...
Fidelity International Tokenizes Money Market Fund on JPMorgan’s Blockchain
10.6.2024
The U.K. firm joined JPMorgan’s Tokenized Collateral Network (TCN), piloting the tokenization of its own money market fund for the first time with Onyx Digital Assets
Bitcoin ETFs sucked up 2 months of BTC mining supply last week
10.6.2024
In the first full trading week of June, U.S. Bitcoin ETFs acquired almost as much Bitcoin as they did in the entire month of May
Bitcoin Hedge Fund Shorts Reach New High Amid Price Fluctuations
8.6.2024
Amid Friday’s downturn, following bitcoin’s decline to $68,450, the latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) indicates that hedge funds are placing substantial bets against bitcoin. Bitcoin Faces Bearish Sentiment From Hedge Funds...
Franklin Templeton eyes new crypto fund beyond BTC & ETH
7.6.2024
Reports state that Franklin Templeton, an American investment company managing over $1 trillion in assets, is allegedly considering venturing into cryptocurrency markets other than Bitcoin. Unnamed inside sources have revealed that Franklin Templeton is exploring the possibility of launching a...