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Tezos Likely Avoiding SEC Action with $25M Class-Action Lawsuit Settlement
28.6.2020
The consolidated class-action lawsuit against the Tezos Foundation appears likely to end in a $25M settlement which might forestall further SEC action
Summer 2020 Is Funding Season for Open-Source Bitcoin Development
25.6.2020
The maker of Wasabi Wallet becomes the latest firm to support crypto coders with a 1 BTC donation to the Human Rights Foundation's Bitcoin Development Fund
AMD and ConsenSys' Blockchain Data Center Venture Gets $20M of Seed Funding
25.6.2020
AMD and ConsenSys’ W3bcloud joint venture obtained $20 million through the sale of convertible notes
Vietnamese Official Urges Public to Avoid Funding Campaigns for Crypto Business
23.6.2020
A senior Vietnamese police official said cryptocurrency fundraisers are illegal in the country and people should not invest in them
Sparrow Raises USD 3.5 Mil in Series a Funding
23.6.2020
23 June 2020, Singapore – Sparrow, the leading options trading platform has secured USD 3.5 million in Series A funding to accelerate platform development. The round was led by the HDR Group, owner and operator of BitMEX, and supported by Signum Capital, Du Capital and FinLab EOS VC. Kenneth...
CrossTower Crypto Exchange Announces $6M Seed Funding Round
22.6.2020
The New York-based cryptocurrency exchange announced it had raised $6 million in a seed funding round led by a former board member of Skype
Crypto Trading Platform CrossTower Raises $6M in Seed Round
22.6.2020
CrossTower has raised $6 million in seed funding, with entrepreneur Gerard Lopez leading the round
Unicef Funding Startups With Cryptocurrency for Covid-19 Relief
21.6.2020
The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has announced its largest cryptocurrency investment funding of startups. Eight companies in seven countries will use Unicef’s crypto fund to develop prototypes, pilot, or scale their technologies. Several of them are working on mitigating...
Reddcoin (RDD) Nears PoSV v2 Activation, Clearing Way for Explosive Developments
29.5.2020
Albuquerque, NM – May 29, 2020 – Feisty underdog and first generation cryptocurrency Reddcoin (RDD) launched the PoSV v2 consensus algorithm activation process on Christmas Eve 2019 enhancing all facets of support of the native lightning-quick blockchain to a self-funding independent...
MIT Group Funding Shows Growing Crypto Trading Interest
29.5.2020
An MIT startup focused on providing institutions better access to crypto trading technologies, recently secured millions in funding
Blockchain Development Firm Raises Nearly $28M in Funding
28.5.2020
Blockchain technology firm LayerX raised nearly $28 million to further blockchain adoption
Swiss Government Rejects $103 Million Bailout for Crypto Companies Battered by Coronavirus
26.5.2020
Switzerland’s government has rejected a 100 million franc ($103 million) bailout for local cryptocurrency companies battered by the coronavirus economy, local media reported. Zug finance director Heinz Taennler requested the special funding package in April. He planned to issue out loans...
Delta Crypto Exchange to Expand Into Indian Market With New Funding
26.5.2020
New funding from CoinFund will help Delta establish a further presence in the Indian market
Accel, Coinbase Join $17M Pre-Seed Round for Institutional Crypto Trading Firm FalconX
18.5.2020
The crypto trading firm pitched investors on the basis that its best trade execution platform offers institutions a solution to the wash trading that is rife in the space
How Digital Asset Funds Are Doing During the COVID-19 Crisis
16.5.2020
Despite a correlation between crypto hedge funds and traditional public markets, crypto assets have more benefits in a time of crisis
Buying Corporate Bonds and ETFs: US Federal Reserve Continues to Bailout ‘Too Big to Fail’
12.5.2020
The U.S. Federal Reserve has continued its schemes of monetary easing and funding a number of private banks during the Covid-19 outbreak. On Monday evening, the Fed revealed it would be buying corporate bonds and exchange-traded funds using the entity’s Secondary Market Corporate Credit...
Bitcoin Cash Upgrade 3 Days Away – New Opcode Support, Chain Limit Extension, Sigchecks
12.5.2020
On May 15, the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) blockchain will be upgraded and there will be at least three new features added to the longest chain. The upgrade in three days is being discussed fervently by the community, because it follows the recent and controversial Infrastructure Funding Proposal (IFP)....
Donate to Help Fight COVID-19 With CoinDesk and NY Blockchain Week
11.5.2020
During Consensus: Distributed, CoinDesk is raising money for COVID-19 relief using an innovative method called quadratic funding
Ashton Kutcher and Michelle Phan Invest in Lolli’s $3M Seed Round
11.5.2020
Lolli, the bitcoin rewards shopping app, attracted celebrity investors in a $3 million round led by the early-stage arm of Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund
Zcoin to Ditch Founder’s Reward and Increase Development Funding Post-Halving
5.5.2020
Zcoin has published new block reward allocations that will be implemented after the project’s September halving, introducing the Zcoin Reserve Fund