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Ethereum Staking Platform Kiln Raises $17 Million in Funding Round Led by 1kx
18.1.2024
Paris-based Ethereum staking infrastructure provider Kiln has closed a $17 million funding round to expand its institutional-grade offering internationally. The funding will also support more decentralized finance (DeFi) reward models. The funding round was led by 1kx. Several prominent investors...
Tokenized Funds Skyrocketed to $800M Value in 2023, Sparked By US Treasury Tokenization: Moody’s
18.1.2024
The growing trend of tokenizing traditional assets has caught the attention of legacy financial institutions. According to a recent report by Moody’s, a leading investment risk assessment firm, the value of tokenized funds has surged from $100 million at the beginning of 2023 to approximately...
Grayscale Bitcoin ETF Liquidity Partner Flowdesk Raises $50 Million in Series B
18.1.2024
French crypto financial services firm Flowdesk has successfully raised $50 million in a Series B funding round led by Cathay Innovation. The funding round includes participation from Cathay Ledger Fund, Eurazeo, ISAI, Speedinvest, BPI, and Ripple, as per a statement shared with Cryptonews....
Is Arbitrum Going to Zero? ARB Price Drops 5% as BTC Mining Platform Surpasses $8.7 Million
18.1.2024
Following the success of the Arbitrum airdrop, ARB price has dropped -5%, leaving some panicked holders asking ‘Is Arbitrum Going to Zero?’, find out in this ARB price analysis. Arbitrum is trading in a tight trading channel between the upper trendline and moving average support. $ARB...
Crypto Trader Makes $1 Million in 10 Days Following Elon Musk’s Bio Update
18.1.2024
A crypto trader has turned $10,000 into $1 million in just 10 days by investing in Etherum-based TROLL tokens. This happened right after Elon Musk made his X (Twitter) bio read “Chief Troll Officer (CTO)”. On-chain data from Etherscan shows that a crypto trader made millions from...
Egyptian Fintech Startup Zeal Secures $4 Million to Fund Expansion to New Markets
18.1.2024
The Egyptian fintech startup has revealed that it recently raised $4 million in funding via a round led by venture capital firms Raed Ventures and Cur8 Capital. CEO said the firm’s capital raise is expected to help Zeal accelerate its journey “towards utilizing AI to revolutionize...
Former Bithumb Chairman Acquitted in $100M Fraud Case in Second Trial
18.1.2024
The former chairman of Bithumb Holdings and Bithumb Korea, Lee Jeong-hoon, has been acquitted for the second time in the $100 million fraud case. The recent decision by the 5th Criminal Division of the Seoul High Court follows Lee’s earlier acquittal in January 2023 on comparable charges...
‘$3.5m Nursing Care Fund Crypto Thief’ Extradited to South Korea
18.1.2024
Source: S…/Adobe South Korean law enforcers have extradited a man suspected of stealing $3.5 million from a nursing care fund to buy cryptoassets before fleeing abroad. The man, surnamed Choi (aged 46), is a former National Health Insurance Corporation middle manager. He was arrested in...
Socket Protocol Loses $3.3M in Exploit, Users Urged to Revoke Approvals
18.1.2024
Following a serious exploit in the Socket protocol that drained $3.3 million, the company has halted specific operations and urged users to revoke all approvals as a precautionary measure. Socket Responds to $3.3 Million Security Breach With Swift Action and Transparency Socket, a cross-chain...
Grayscale Sees Over $477 Million Bitcoin Exodus as Blackrock and Fidelity ETFs Bolster Holdings
17.1.2024
Recent data reveals that since the update on Grayscale’s website three days prior, the firm’s most recent figures indicate a significant reduction in its holdings, with over 11,189 bitcoin, valued at approximately $477 million, being withdrawn from GBTC’s reserves....
Ethereum Soars Over 11% Above $2,530, Institutional Products Attract $55 Million This Year
17.1.2024
The Ethereum (ETH) price has surged over 11% in 2024, continuing a steady growth cycle from December 2023 as it marks a weekly rise in institutional inflows to investment products. Ethereum trades hands at $2,537 at the time of writing after marking a 5.37% growth in the last seven days and...
Is Sui Going to Zero? SUI Price Drops 8% as Novel Bitcoin Mining Protocol Hits $8.6 Million
17.1.2024
Sui Network has witness a sudden -8% price drop amid a retracement from upper trendline resistance, but could SUI price analysis reveal whether SUI is going to zero? This comes as Sui Network continues to see major developments in DeFi applications, in a push for growth that has recently seen...
Nigerian Crypto Startup Reveals Closure of $2.3 Million Strategic Funding Round
17.1.2024
The Nigerian crypto startup revealed on Jan. 16 that the firm had closed a $2.3 million strategic fund to finance the acquisition of operating licenses from different African regulators. Canza Finance said it hopes the new licenses and the defi platform will help it achieve its goal of lowering...
Hashkey Group Achieves Unicorn Status With $100 Million Series A Funding
16.1.2024
After obtaining a comprehensive capital markets license in Singapore, Hashkey Group announced it has successfully garnered $100 million through a Series A funding round. The fresh injection of capital is earmarked for expediting the growth of their licensed operations in Hong Kong, while...
Manta Pacific Flips Base as Fourth Largest Layer 2 Solution as TVL Surges to $845 Million
16.1.2024
Manta Pacific has moved past Base to become the fourth largest layer 2 scaling solution in the market. The total value locked (TVL) of the network soared past $840 million. Recent data from L2Beat show that Base, an Ethereum layer 2 solution backed by Coinbase, has lost its spot as the fourth...
SEI Price Rockets Up with $300 Million Trading Volume as New Mining Protocol Prepares to Launch
16.1.2024
Sei Network has rocketed-up amid a huge spike of $300m trading volume, driving SEI price up +24.68% out of double-bottomed support, and now speculators suggest this new mining protocol could be next. This comes after SEI price retraced from -34.2% following a new all-time high at $0.8823 posted-on...
Bitcoin’s Ordinal Inscriptions Soar Beyond 55 Million, Achieving Third Highest Daily Record
16.1.2024
Following the weekend, the tally of Ordinal inscriptions on the Bitcoin blockchain surpassed 55 million. Notably, on Jan. 13, 2024, the blockchain witnessed its third-highest day of inscriptions, settling an impressive 477,751 inscription-based transactions on Saturday. Additionally, from...
Web3 Music Startup TRAX Raises $2.9M in Decentralized Funding Round + More Crypto News
16.1.2024
Source: AdobeStock / Prostock-studio Get your daily, bite-sized digest of blockchain and crypto news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. In this edition: TRAX Crypto News: $2.9M Raised in Decentralized Funding Round KuCoin Labs Partners with ETGM...
Shiba Inu Price Prediction as $100 Million Trading Volume Comes In – Next Rally Starting?
16.1.2024
The Shiba Inu price has remained basically flat over 24 hours, sticking to $0.00000969 on a day when the wider market has recovered by nearly 1%. This price puts SHIB up by 2.5% in the past week, although the meme token remains down by 10% in the last 30 days and by 7% in a […]
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MetaMask Plugin Connects Hedera Network with 30 Million Monthly Users
16.1.2024
Source: AdobeStock / bilal ulker The MetaMask Snaps plugin, which provides access to the popular MetaMask wallet’s 30 million monthly active users, is now available on the open-source, proof-of-stake network Hedera. This Hedera Wallet Snap plugin, built by Tuum Technologies, enables...