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Lebanon Financial Crisis: Banks Torched After Pound Taps New Low Versus the US Dollar
22.2.2023
The Lebanese pound’s fall to its lowest ever versus the U.S. dollar, 80,000 to 1, has piled more misery on residents whose local currency-denominated savings have been decimated by inflation. The ongoing strike by banks demanding the passage of capital control legislation has compounded...
Reddit co-founder bought 50,000 Ether during pre-sale, for $15K
22.2.2023
Alexis Ohanian is extremely bullish on cryptocurrency, even using the proceeds from his early Ether investment to found a crypto-focused venture capitalist firm
Kraken CEO: Regulators Let Bad Guys Get Big and Blow Up to Serve Their Agenda
22.2.2023
The CEO of crypto exchange Kraken, Jesse Powell, says U.S. regulators “let the bad guys get big and blow up because it serves their agenda.” The executive explained: “Bad guys operate with huge competitive advantages. They suck up users, revenue, and venture capital that would...
Superchain Network Raises $4M to Build Decentralized Data Indexing Protocol
21.2.2023
The $4 million combined seed and pre-seed round included participation from Blockchain Capital, Maven 11 and other investors
Sequoia, Multicoin Lead $6M Round for Crypto Startup TipLink
21.2.2023
TipLink's technology lets users send crypto assets and NFTs through an easy-to-use link
Today in Crypto: 'Crypto Trading Activity Increased Markedly in the Wake of Terra & FTX Falls', Huobi Moving from Singapore to Hong Kong, Swarm Launches Tradable Stocks and Bonds On-chain
21.2.2023
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Galaxy Digital, PayPal Lead $20M Fundraise for Chaos Labs
21.2.2023
The startup offers an automatic economic security system and simulation engine for decentralized finance projects
Polyhedra Network Raises $10M for Zero-Knowledge Infrastructure
21.2.2023
Binance Labs and Polychain Capital led the round with Animoca Brands and dao5 participating
$200 Million Galois Crypto Hedge Fund Shuts Down as Half of Assets Stuck on FTX Exchange – This is What Happened
21.2.2023
Crypto hedge fund Galois Capital has closed its flagship fund after losing almost half of its capital in the FTX collapse, and later selling the claim to the assets.
The hedge fund confirmed the news in a Twitter thread on Monday where it said “it is true that our flagship fund is shutting down.”...
Hong Kong’s Approach to Crypto Regulation Could Attract Capital, Talent to Asia: Bernstein
21.2.2023
The Securities and Futures Commission is adopting a “regulate to protect” approach to digital assets, the report said
Galois Capital shuts shop due to the FTX collapse
21.2.2023
Galois Capital, which happens to be a crypto hedge fund, has been compelled to finally shut shop, following the incurring of a substantial amount of loss due to the FTX collapse. The money that happens to be left over with the company, as per plans, is going to be duly distributed amongst...
Crypto Hedge Fund Galois Capital Shuts Down — ‘We Lost Almost Half Our Assets to FTX Disaster’
21.2.2023
Crypto hedge fund Galois Capital is shutting down after losing about half of its assets to the FTX disaster. “Given the severity of the FTX situation, we do not think it is tenable to continue operating the fund both financially and culturally,” the fund’s co-founder told...
Hedge fund closes operations after losing funds in FTX exchange: Report
20.2.2023
Galois Capital will return 90 percent of the funds that are available to investors and will hold on to the remaining 10 percent temporarily
Crypto Hedge Fund Galois Shuts Down After Losing $40 Million to FTX: FT
20.2.2023
Galois co-founder said the fund has halted all trading as it is no longer viable post-FTX
SEC Clampdown Has Crypto Space Abuzz, Pantera Capital Says We’re in Bull Market, and Much More — Week in Review
19.2.2023
There’s been no shortage of news in past weeks when it comes to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) taking action against crypto exchanges and companies. From Kraken, to Paxos, to Terraform Labs, it seems enforcement is in the air when it comes to chair Gary...
African Fintech Startups Raised $1.45 Billion in 2022 — Sector’s Share of the Continent’s Total Funding Drops
19.2.2023
Despite seeing their share of Africa’s startup funding drop from 48.3% seen in 2021 to 43.4% in 2022, fintech still managed to raise 39.3% more capital in 2022 ($1.45 billion) than they did in 2021 ($1.04 billion). Nigeria was again the best-funded country after 180 of its startups raised...
BlockTower Capital Loses $1.5M in DeFi Market Aggregator Dexible Exploit: Blockchain Data
17.2.2023
The crypto asset investment firm BlockTower Capital may have lost $1.5 million in TRU tokens, according to two blockchain intelligence firms
GloryFinance and Korean Technology Venture Capital Sign a $3.5m Seed Round Investment Agreement
17.2.2023
PRESS RELEASE. Early Jan 2023, in GloryFinance’s Development office, the Project’s Core team and representatives from one of the top Korean Technology Venture Capital has signed in a seed round funding investment agreement with a value confirmed to be USD 3.5M. The funding will be under the form...
Web3 Messaging Platform Salsa Raises $2M in Pre-Seed Round
16.2.2023
The mobile app is now available in beta and has a partnership with a Proof of Attendance Protocol (POAP)
Prevu3D raises $10 million in a funding round led by Cycle Capital
16.2.2023
Prevu3D happened to have been successful in securing a loan amount of $10 million through a Series A round. This was duly led by Cycle Capital. It also brought in some of the previous investors of the entity, such as Brightspark Ventures and Desjardins Capital. Incidentally, where Cycle Capital...