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South Africa’s Digital Bank Tyme Completes Series B Round With Additional $70M Capital Raise
18.12.2021
Tymebank, a South Africa-based digital bank, recently completed its Series B funding round with $70 million invested in the firm by Tencent and U.K. development financier, CDC Group. Funds to Support Tyme’s Expansion Into New Markets Tymebank, a digital bank from South Africa, recently...
Nansen Raises $75mn in First Stage Funding Led by Accel
17.12.2021
Nansen, a Blockchain analytics startup, secured $75 million in its new investment round headed by Accel with participation from Andreessen Horowitz and Tiger Global, a tech investor on this Thursday. The funds acquired in the round will be used to develop the functionality on the company’s...
Crypto Biz: All I want for Christmas is Bitcoin, Dec. 9–16
16.12.2021
As the Federal Reserve keeps inflating asset bubbles this holiday season, gifting your loved ones some BTC doesn’t sound like a bad idea
Upbit crypto exchange's blockchain sister firm raises $60M
16.12.2021
Upbit operator Dunamu plans to expand its joint NFT venture with South Korean entertainment firm HYBE
KKR leads $350M raise for crypto custody bank Anchorage Digital
15.12.2021
The raise marks the first time investment giant KKR directly invested in a cryptocurrency firm
Data suggests traders view $46,000 as Bitcoin’s final line in the sand
14.12.2021
BTC and altcoins took a severe hit on Dec. 13, but derivatives data suggests traders are watching $46,000 as a signal of whether the current market structure will hold up
NYDIG raises $1B in funding, valuation now $7B
14.12.2021
The company stated its goal is to enable access to Bitcoin financial services for everyday individuals
Metaverse Alliance Launches Metathon for Devs and Degens With $50 Million in Prize and Seed Funding
14.12.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Metaverse Alliance has announced the launch of its online Metaverse Hackathon (Metathon) for all metaverse enthusiasts around the world. In recent months, the metaverse has generated a lot of buzz across the internet, with notable corporations like Facebook and Microsoft all racing...
ICON’s P-Reps Approves Funding for the KarmaDAO
14.12.2021
ICON’s P-Reps will now accept financing for KarmaDAO, a DeFi 2.0 project backed by protokol7. The goal of KarmaDAO is to “assist protocols in establishing protocol-owned liquidity along with offering advantages to network members — users. OlympusDAO pioneered Protocol Owned Liquidity,...
Chainalysis to Offer Lightning Network Monitoring Service to VASPs in 2022
11.12.2021
On December 10, the blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis revealed that the company has added support for Bitcoin’s second-layer protocol the Lightning Network (LN). According to Chainalysis, firms like exchanges and virtual asset service providers (VASPs) can leverage...
Microsoft leads startup Palm NFT Studio’s $27M series B round
9.12.2021
M12 adds early-stage Palm NFT Studio to its portfolio with participation from venture firm Griffin Gaming Partners
Crypto Biz: Smart money ignores BTC price correction as $800M set to flow into blockchain startups, Dec. 9
9.12.2021
Crypto- and blockchain-focused capital raises continue to make headlines as venture funds look to support the emergence of Web 3.0
Hong Kong-based Chiron Partners launches $50M Terra fund
8.12.2021
Terra’s native cryptocurrency, LUNA, has emerged as one of the best-performing digital assets of the past 11 months
French fintech startup Lydia raises $100 million in series C funding round
8.12.2021
The series C funding round was led by existing investors Tencent and Accel
Amex, Visa, Citi, Paypal Invest in Crypto Transaction Monitoring and Forensics Platform
7.12.2021
American Express’ Amex Ventures, Visa, Citi Ventures, DRW Venture Capital, Jump Capital, Marshall Wace, Block (formerly Square Inc.), and Paypal Ventures are among investors in the latest funding round of crypto transaction monitoring and forensics platform TRM. Amex, Visa, Citi, Paypal...
Dan Tapiero’s 10T will launch $500M fund for late-stage crypto firms
7.12.2021
With the addition of the new fund, 10T Holdings’ assets under management would likely exceed $1 billion
Former Facebook engineers at Mysten Labs raise $36M for Web3 infrastructure
6.12.2021
“We believe fundamental limitations in existing crypto infrastructure are frustrating broader adoption of web3,” said Mysten’s team, citing the scalability of existing chains as well as the lack of interoperability of many smart contracts
Alameda Research leads $35M fund raise for crypto trading app Stacked
6.12.2021
Launched in April 2020, Stacked is a web-based app allowing users to access trading strategies via pre-built stacks
Binance Smart Chain and Animoca Brands form $200M fund for GameFi projects
6.12.2021
BSC-based projects will get a chance to gain insight from Animoca Brands and assistance from the BSC community
MetaGods Raises $3M Investment to Develop Play-to-Earn 8-Bit Action RPG
4.12.2021
PRESS RELEASE. MetaGods, the world’s first play-to-earn 8-bit action role-playing game built on the blockchain, has raised $3 million USD in funding from supporting investors. Numerous investors and partners have partnered with the initiative to combine blockchain technology and the fast...