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Blockchain Startup Rome Raises $9M to Serve Ethereum Layer-2s Through Solana
9.7.2024
Shared sequencers and data availability (DA) are services that Rome could provide, as blockchain builders increasingly rely on "modular" networks to handle Ethereum's myriad components and functions
Latam Insights: Paraguay Raises Bitcoin Mining Power Fees, Bolivia Praises Stablecoins as Dollar Proxy
7.7.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Paraguay raises bitcoin mining power fees, Bolivia talks about the utility of stablecoins as dollar alternatives, and Kavak tokenizes debt in Brazil....
WienerAI Raises $7M Through Trending Presale: Could This AI Meme Coin Explode?
4.7.2024
WienerAI (WAI) is proving there’s still plenty of appetite for new meme coins. This AI-powered token has just passed the $7 million mark in its ongoing presale as retail investors pile in. But WienerAI isn’t just another joke coin – it’s bringing some serious tech (and...
QED Protocol Raises $6 Million for Scaling With Bitcoin-powered Tech
4.7.2024
PRESS RELEASE. HONG KONG, JULY 4, 2024 — QED Protocol, the first zk-native execution layer for powering the Web3 ecosystem emerging on Bitcoin, announced today that it has raised $6 million in a funding round led by Blockchain Capital. The fresh influx of capital furthers QED’s mission of utilizing...
KuCoin VAT charge raises concerns among Nigerian crypto community
3.7.2024
The approving authority behind this taxation remains unclear, whether it's the Nigerian government or an agency like the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)
RedStone Oracles raises $15M led by Arrington Capital
3.7.2024
The oracle solution said it amassed $4 billion in Total Value Secured across 100 individual clients
Biden's Odds of Dropping Out Surges to 55% on PolyMarket as Obama Raises 'Concerns' About Presidential Campaign
3.7.2024
Traders are now giving a 55% chance President Biden abandons his campaign and a 42% chance he does it before the Democratic convention
Paraguay Raises Bitcoin Mining Power Fees by 14%, Companies Mull Stopping Operations
2.7.2024
The National Power Administration of Paraguay (ANDE) has surprised cryptocurrency mining operators by raising power fees by 14%, affecting the profitability of these activities. The rise have already caused the exit of a company that planned to invest over $400 million in the country due to...
Bitcoin Could Get Ethereum-Style Restaking as Startup Lombard Raises $16M
2.7.2024
Lombard is partnering with staking startup Babylon to let users earn interest for "restaking" with Bitcoin – using the asset to secure other crypto networks
Pi Squared, Building 'Universal ZK Circuit', Raises $12.5M
2.7.2024
The startup, led by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign computer science professor, uses zero-knowledge technology to enable “trustless remote computing" along with other blockchain use cases including AI
RedStone, Blockchain Oracle Project Pushing Into Restaking, Raises $15M
2.7.2024
The fresh round of capital will go towards hiring new team members, according to a press release
Singapore ups crypto exchanges risk factor under new law update
2.7.2024
The update aims to prevent Terrorist groups and organizations from exploiting Singapore’s economic openness as an international financial, business, and transport hub
MegaLabs, Behind the 'Real-Time' Blockchain, Raises $20M, Led By Dragonfly
27.6.2024
The fresh round of capital will go towards building out the MegaETH protocol, with the aim of having a testnet go live in the next few months
ORA raises $20M in funding for tokenizing AI models
26.6.2024
ORA plans to use the funds to expand its ecosystem, focusing on research and development of oracles and blockchain infrastructure
Ora, Aiming to 'Unlock Design Space for AI Dapps,' Raises $20M
26.6.2024
The project, founded in 2022, says it aims to incorporate AI into decentralized applications with its "on-chain AI oracle."
Crypto Execution-Only Platform Crossover Markets Raises $12M
26.6.2024
Colosseum raises $60M to support Solana’s hackathon teams
25.6.2024
The capital will fund pre-seed investments for teams accepted into Colosseum’s Accelerator program
Fallout: New Vegas Villain Tease For Season 2 Raises All Sorts Of Questions
25.6.2024
The Fallout series from Amazon isn’t done teasing fans over the potential canonicity of Obsidian’s beloved New Vegas. After constant questions about whether that game even existed in the show’s world (which were pretty definitively answered by the first season’s final episode), the second season...
Solana-Focused Startup Accelerator Colosseum Raises $60M to Invest in Early-Stage Projects
25.6.2024
Colosseum deployed $250,000 to 11 companies so far
Digital Chamber raises privacy concerns over IRS crypto tax draft
22.6.2024
The Chamber proposes adding a field to the form for brokers to indicate if a digital asset has a different tax rate, such as NFTs taxed as collectibles, to prevent errors and ensure accurate reporting