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African Fintech Start-up Chipper Cash Raises $100 Million — CEO Says No Crypto Services for Nigeria
6.6.2021
Chipper Cash, an African fintech firm that specializes in facilitating cross-border payments, recently closed a $100 million Series C funding round. Taking the lead in what is now Chipper Cash‘s third fundraising round in the past twelve months is the venture capital (VC) firm, SVB Capital....
BSC's Impossible Finance raises $7M for multi-chain DeFi incubator
4.6.2021
DeFi protocol Impossible Finance is building a multi-chain incubator to expand out from BSC
Dapp for upcoming Diem blockchain raises $4.5M in seed investments
3.6.2021
Pontem Network has received backing from several notable investors, including Delphi Ventures, Collider Ventures, Alameda Ventures, Skynet Trading and Animoca Brands. In total over 30 investors contributed to the raise
Community-governed DEX EmiSwap raises $104M in private funding
2.6.2021
Despite the recent $21 billion loss in DeFi within the past two weeks, the DEX space is still drawing in high trading volumes and investors are pouring in their funds to assure its future
Composable Finance raises $7M for cross-chain and cross-layer DeFi interoperability
1.6.2021
Composable Finance has secured funding from several blockchain investment firms as it seeks to foster greater interoperability in the emerging decentralized finance market
Privacy-focused Panther Raises 8M USD in Oversubscribed Private Sale
31.5.2021
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Privacy-focused DeFi solution Panther Protocol has raised 8 million USD in a private sale. The sale was oversubscribed with the participation of...
Pandora Raises $2.4M From Industry Heavyweights to Bridge off-Chain Assets to Open Finance via NFTs
29.5.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Pandora Finance (https://pandora.finance/) announced that they have successfully closed their $2.4m seed round. The Pandora team received pledges from some of the most visible investors within the crypto space, and closed the round oversubscribed by manifolds. Overview of strategic...
Crypto Savings Platform Ledn Raises $30 Million in Latest Funding Round
28.5.2021
Ledn, a cryptocurrency lending and savings platform based in Canada, has managed to raise $30 million in its latest funding round. The money raised will be used to expand its offer of lending products, and to expand its reach in more countries. Ledn could take advantage of the recent problems that...
NFT volume has more than tripled — even amid price crash — as Meme.com raises $5M
28.5.2021
The NFT sector has seen exponential growth, tripling in transactions since January and pushing through the market crash this month
Blockchain platform raises $12M to build javascript-like DApps
27.5.2021
Blockchain development platform Reach is aiming to create universally compatible DApps by building a javascript-like programming language
OneOf raises $63M for new Green NFT platform for musicians
25.5.2021
The soon-to-be-launched platform will feature NFTs from artists like Whitney Houston, Doja Cat, John Legend, TLC, H.E.R, Quincy Jones, Charlie Puth, Jacob Collier, G-Easy, AURORA, The Kid LAROI, Alesso and more
1confirmation Raises USD 125M, Chia - USD 61M, African CBDC + More News
25.5.2021
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Crypto venture fund 1confirmation said it closed its new third venture fund worth USD 125m and dubbed 1confirmation fund III....
Chia raises $61M for ‘eco-friendly’ crypto despite critics
25.5.2021
Chia Network has raised $61 million in funding from leading tech investors including Andreesen Horowitz and Naval Ravikant for its supposedly eco-friendly crypto network
African Crypto Exchange, Quidax Raises 7,772 BNB on the Worst Day of Crypto in Less Than 48 Hours
24.5.2021
PRESS RELEASE. On what could be tagged as the worst day of crypto this year, African-founded exchange, Quidax, raised over 7,772 BNB from the public sale of its token, QDX. The crypto market suffered its first major dip in 2021 on Thursday, May 19, 2021 with Bitcoin dropping as low as $30,000 from...
Multi-Chain Structured DeFi Protocol raises 2.1M USD Private Funding
21.5.2021
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Skyrim Finance is building the first multi-chain structured decentralized financial marketplace following a successful funding with close-knit investor support.
Multi-Chain Structured Finance Protocol Skyrim...
The Big Tesla Short, Copper Raises USD 50M, Gemini's Waitlist + More News
18.5.2021
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Michael Burry, the American hedge manager who famously made some USD 100m for himself by speculating on the 2008 economic...
Ethereum-based DeFi platform DeversiFi raises $5M in strategic investments
18.5.2021
The investment round was led by ParaFi Capital alongside Defiance Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Blockchain Ventures, Fenbushi Capital, OKEx, StarkWare and Longhsh Ventures. Angel investors from Synthetix, Aave and Enzyme also participated
Revuto Raises 1.7M USD to Deliver Subscription Payments on Cardano
18.5.2021
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Image May 18, 2021 – Blockchain startup Revuto has concluded a 1.7 million USD private round to support its development of a crypto subscription payment...
Cobie Livestream Raises $800,000 in Crypto to Pay Child’s Cancer Treatment
16.5.2021
Cobie, the host of the Uponly podcast and a popular crypto Twitter personality, bolstered a fundraising session for John Oliver, a six-year-old kid that is currently battling leukemia. The initiative was quite successful, getting the attention of the likes of FTX executive Sam Bankman Fried,...
Polkally Successfully Raises $700k USD, Starts Public Dual IDO
14.5.2021
P2P auction platform for NFTs Polkally has successfully completed its private sale that raised $700k USD. The sale was led by investors such as ExNetwork Capital, Titans Ventures, Bigcoin Capital, and Blocksync Ventures, plus a number of others. Now, they’re moving to a dual public initial...