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Digital asset exchange Blocktrade concludes $25M investment round
10.8.2021
The company underwent a successful securities offering earlier this year, receiving support from over 6,000 European investors
Indonesian crypto exchange Pintu raises $35M in Series A
9.8.2021
Pintu’s backers believe the exchange has the potential to become one of crypto’s leading brands in Indonesia and Southeast Asia more broadly
Social Media Platform Torum Announces Strategic Investment by Huobi Ventures HECO Fund
5.8.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Torum announces strategic investment by Huobi Ventures, the $100 million venture arm of Huobi Group to foster blockchain adoption and ecosystem expansion. 5th August 2021, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — On the eve of the project’s 1st year launch anniversary, social media...
Crypto analytics firm Messari concludes $21M Series A led by Point72 Ventures
5.8.2021
“While investor participation in the crypto industry has grown exponentially over the past three years, current crypto research and analysis tools are still lacking the sophisticated signals and data that more advanced investors need,” said Adam Carson of Point72 Ventures
NCR Corporation and LibertyX Venture a New Arrangement
5.8.2021
NCR Corporations announced the acquisition of LibertyX. NCR is the industry’s leading enterprise of technology providers, whereas LibertyX is a crypto software provider. According to the Chief Technology Officer of NCR Corporation, Tim Vanderham, the growing customer demand generated...
Slew of Venture Funds, Eminem, Paul Rosenberg Inject $30 Million Into NFT Platform Makersplace
5.8.2021
On Wednesday, the non-fungible token (NFT) market platform Makersplace secured $30 million in a Series A financing round. The team behind the NFT marketplace says it plans to leverage the funds to “acquire additional talent and scale the business.” While the Series A was co-led...
Pantera, Coinbase Ventures and Sony back NFT-focused MakersPlace in $30M Series A
4.8.2021
“At MakersPlace, we view our work as an investment in the future of creativity,” said co-founder and CEO Dannie Chu
Nodeseeds Launches Three-Tier Membership to Ensure Transparency and Fair Allocation of Projects
3.8.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Blockchain venture capitalist firm Nodeseeds has announced the launch of a three-tier membership system to democratize its investment process. Nodeseeds revealed further details in a blog post on its medium page. Fair Allocation Tier System According to the post, Nodeseeds stated...
Big Investors Are Pushing up Valuations of Crypto Firms
1.8.2021
Venture capital firms and large investors are driving up the prices of crypto startups. Boutique investment firms and family offices are being elbowed out by big venture capital firms, private equity funds, and even some pension funds. VC Firms Driving Up Prices of Crypto Startups Cryptocurrency...
Coinbase Ventures backs Ethereum-based streaming network
30.7.2021
Livepeer's $20 million Series B funding round saw participation from large VCs, including Coinbase Ventures, Coinfund, Northzone, 6th Man Ventures and Animal Ventures
Large VCs are sidelining smaller crypto investors, PwC crypto lead says
30.7.2021
Inflated valuations for crypto businesses have raised the bar for small investors to participate in the ongoing innovation
Multiverse secures $15M investment from Samsung Next, leading blockchain VCs
28.7.2021
“Ideas have value,” said Cliff Szu, co-founder of Multiverse Labs. “[O]ur overriding goal is to help people with great ideas to discover the true value of their innovations and inventions.”
Bitcoin rewards app Lolli closes $10M investment round
28.7.2021
Acrew Capital, Lolli’s primary backer during the raise, said the app is well positioned to boost Bitcoin adoption in the long run
Multi-chain infrastructure network Biconomy concludes $9M investment round
28.7.2021
The funds will be used to develop a “multichain relayer network” that provides solutions to Web 3.0 development issues
Blockchain unicorn Fireblocks raises $310M
27.7.2021
The investment round was co-led by Sequoia Capital, Stripes, Spark Capital, Coatue, DRW VC and SCB 10X. Launched in 2020, SCB 10X is the venture capital arm of Siam Commercial Bank, Thailand’s oldest bank
Binance Is Hunting for a New CEO — Exchange’s US Venture ‘Looks at Potential IPO Route’
23.7.2021
Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has explained in a recent interview that the company is looking to launch a U.S.-based initial public offering (IPO) in the future. The crypto exchange has been stuck in regulatory crosshairs during the last few weeks and has had issues with payment...
NFT Marketplace Opensea Raises $100 Million — Firm Becomes a Blockchain Unicorn
22.7.2021
Opensea has become the latest non-fungible token (NFT)-focused firm to raise funds this year as the company announced raising $100 million in a Series B this week. The venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz led the Opensea financing round alongside investors like Kevin Durant, Ashton Kutcher,...
FTX smashes crypto funding record with $900m raise to become exchange decacorn
20.7.2021
The crypto derivatives exchange has seen its valuation soar over the past year, reflecting the rapid growth of digital assets over the same period
Social NFT platform DeFine raises $5M from Asian investors
20.7.2021
The market for nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, appears to be growing in Asia. Several companies and venture funds have backed DeFine in its quest to bring NFTs to mainstream audiences
CoinFund debuts $83M crypto startup fund
20.7.2021
“Blockchain-based networks will be distributed to billions of people globally through digital wallets,” said CoinFund CIO Alex Felix. “We’ve consistently positioned early in three core areas: verticals with early traction, the technology innovations that come next and the infrastructure on which...