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Crypto Asset Aptos Soars to All-Time High, Increasing 391% in 30 Days
27.1.2023
During the past 30 days, the layer one blockchain asset aptos (APT) has risen 391.8% against the U.S. dollar. In the past seven days, Aptos has increased 123.7% after reaching an all-time high of $19.92 per unit on Jan. 26, 2023. The Role of Decentralized Finance, Infrastructure Support, and NFTs...
Web3 Infrastructure Startup Spatial Labs Raises $10M
26.1.2023
Blockchain Capital led the round for consumer goods-focused company
Crypto Infrastructure Firm Blockstream Raises $125M for Bitcoin Mining
24.1.2023
The company will use the fund to expand its bitcoin mining facilities amid strong demand for hosting
Quicknode Raises $60 Million in Series B to ‘Fuel Blockchain Adoption’ and Expand Globally
24.1.2023
Web3 infrastructure firm Quicknode raised $60 million in a Series B funding round, according to an announcement the company made on Tuesday. The capital injection brings the company’s post-valuation to $800 million, and Quicknode says the funds will be used to “further fuel blockchain...
Bitzlato Executives Arrested in Europe, Exchange Laundered €1 Billion, Europol Says
24.1.2023
European law enforcement authorities have detained four more members of the executive team of crypto exchange Bitzlato, Europol announced. According to the police agency, nearly half of the funds processed through the platform were associated with various criminal activities. Bitzlato Senior...
Ethereum Could Benefit From Stealth Addresses Implementation, Says Vitalik Buterin
23.1.2023
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published a research post that suggests using stealth addresses to enhance privacy-preserving transfers. Buterin detailed that stealth addresses can be implemented fairly quickly today on Ethereum and would significantly boost user privacy on the blockchain...
Latin American Web3 Infrastructure Provider Parfin Raises $15M
17.1.2023
The funding round was led by crypto investment firm Framework Venture and included L4 Venture Builder, a corporate venture capital fund backed by the Brazilian stock exchange B3
Real Crypto Adoption Needs Real Crypto Infrastructure (These 7 Upgrades, for Starters)
11.1.2023
Internet video took off in the 2000s with widespread broadband adoption. What are the equivalent requirements with blockchain technology today?
Crypto Infrastructure Firm Securrency Hires State Street's Nadine Chakar as CEO
5.1.2023
Institutional cryptocurrency infrastructure firm Securrency has hired asset management giant State Street's head of digital Nadine Chakar as its new CEO
‘Oil Prices North of $200’ per Barrel — Investor Expects Oil to ‘Crush’ Every Investment in 2023
27.12.2022
Amid the dreary global economy, a number of market strategists and analysts believe oil will be the number one investment in 2023. While a barrel of oil is coasting along at prices between $80.12 and $85 per unit, Goldman Sachs analysts think oil will reach $110 per barrel for Brent oil,...
US Government Delays Tax Reporting Rules for Cryptocurrency Brokers
25.12.2022
The enforcement of a requirement for brokers to report gains made by crypto investors has been postponed by the U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS. The new tax rules, incorporated into the $1 trillion infrastructure bill passed by the U.S. Congress in 2021, were to be imposed in 2023. Crypto...
zkEVM could be the endgame for blockchain infrastructure
21.12.2022
Zero-knowledge virtual machines have the potential to revolutionize the portability of smart contracts, removing crypto’s last barrier to mass adoption
Current infrastructure can't support the Metaverse, says Huawei report
21.12.2022
Huawei’s Middle East region's chief strategist outlined that networks have issues with throughput, rendering and download speeds that need solving
Payments Giant Visa Proposes Using Ethereum L2 Starknet to Bolster Auto Payments for Self-Custodial Wallets
21.12.2022
Visa, the financial services corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California, published a blog post that talks about leveraging ethereum and the layer two (L2) scaling solution Starknet so people with self-custodial wallets can pay their bills. The blog post notes that while Ethereum doesnt...
Web3 Needs Seamless Infrastructure to Drive Adoption
16.12.2022
Web3 Infrastructure Firm Blocknative Raises $15M for Ethereum Block Building Market
15.12.2022
The funding round was led by Blockchain Capital, Foundry Group and several other venture capital firms
DeFi Infrastructure Provider Sooho.io Raises $4.5M for Bridging Blockchains
13.12.2022
The South Korean company intends to use the funds to develop a range of blockchain tools for building decentralized finance applications that link the country's independent crypto networks
Bitcoin Infrastructure Firm Blockstream Seeks Fresh Funds at 70% Lower Valuation Than in 2021
8.12.2022
The Bitcoin-focused development and infrastructure firm Blockstream is seeking fresh funds at a valuation that “may be below $1 billion,” or about 70% lower than its most recent funding round in 2021, according to a Bloomberg report.
Blockstream’s valuation has likely been impacted by the collapse...
Crypto Infrastructure Firm Blockstream Seeks to Raise Funds at 70% Lower Valuation: Bloomberg
7.12.2022
The under $1 billion valuation is a far cry from the $3.2 billion valuation it had received in 2021
Avalanche to power Alibaba Cloud's infrastructure services in Asia
3.12.2022
Avalanche’s partnership with Alibaba Cloud will see the development of tools that enable users to launch validator nodes on Avalanche's public blockchain platform in Asia