OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s Worldcoin raises $115 million in round led by Blockchain Capital

Worldcoin, a crypto project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has raised $115 million in its Series C funding, according to a report by Reuters. Blockchain Capital, a leading venture capital firm focused on the blockchain industry, led the funding.

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Indian government taps 5ire and Network Capital for blockchain initiative

Indian Government’s think tank has partnered with crypto-focused 5ire and Network Capital to launch a blockchain module. Network Capital is a career and mentorship exploration platform. The blockchain initiative project will be sponsored by NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) which currently has Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) in over 10,000 schools in India.

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Web3 Infrastructure Firm Blocknative Raises $15M for Ethereum Block Building Market

The funding round was led by Blockchain Capital, Foundry Group and several other venture capital firms.

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Blockchain.com и Deribit потребовали ликвидировать Three Arrows Capital

Биржа и провайдер криптовалютных кошельков Blockchain. com и платформа Deribit подтвердили, что вошли в число кредиторов Three Arrows Capital (3AC), требовавших ликвидации хедж-фонда. Об этом пишет Bloomberg со ссылкой на заявления компаний.

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Blockchain real estate platform Ubitquity secures investment from 44 Capital Management

Ubitquity, an enterprise blockchain-secured platform for real estate and title recordkeeping, announced today that it has secured a Reg D side-by-side investment from New York City-based 44 Capital Management, a multi-strategy venture fund investing in blockchain technologies.

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Blockchain Analytics Platform Whalemap Announces $1.6M Raise to Simplify Blockchain Data For Everyday Use

Whalemap, a popular blockchain analytics platform that uses data science to deliver real-time actionable trading insights, has announced the successful closing of $1. 6 million in capital led by Shima Capital and Momentum6, with participation from Anthony Pompliano, Ghaf Capital, NFT Technologies, RR2 Capital, EIV Ventures, as well as angel investors from Coin98, Claystack, Solstarter and Rarestone.

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PayPal, Visa Lead Massive $300 Million Investment In Blockchain Capital

PayPal and Visa led a $300 million fundraising round in Blockchain Capital on June 22nd. The venture capital firm announced in a press release that funding of Blockchain Capital V, LP had closed. The fundraising had participation from strategic investors and pension funds.

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Visa, Paypal Invest in Crypto-Focused Blockchain Capital’s New $300 Million Fund

Visa Inc. and Paypal have invested in Blockchain Capital’s new fund. The venture capital firm focuses exclusively on the crypto ecosystem and blockchain technology. Blockchain Capital Raises $300M for Its New Fund Blockchain Capital announced Tuesday that it has raised $300 million for its 5th venture capital fund (Fund V). Paypal and Visa were among […]

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Blockchain Capital closes funding capped at $300 million

San Francisco-based venture capital company Blockchain Capital has concluded its fifth fundraising Blockchain Capital… The post Blockchain Capital closes funding capped at $300 million appeared first on Coin Journal.

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PayPal и Visa стали инвесторами нового фонда компании Blockchain Capital

Представители PayPal и Visa рассказали подробности. Blockchain Capital сообщает, что завершила стадию привлечения финансирования в свою новую инвестиционную структуру — фонд Blockchain Capital V, LP.

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Blockchain Capital Raises $300 Million for Fund V

Blockchain Capital, the first venture capital firm founded to focus exclusively on blockchain technology and the crypto ecosystem, announced the close of Blockchain Capital V,...

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Crypto Venture Capital Firm Blockchain Capital Becomes A Member Of Facebook’s Libra Association

Facebook-led Libra Association has added venture capital firm Blockchain Capital to its ranks. In a blog post on September 18, the Geneva-based consortium revealed that Blockchain Capital will be using blockchain technology to create a “more equitable payment system” with the association.

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Венчурная компания Blockchain Capital присоединилась к Libra Association

Blockchain Capital, одна из крупнейших венчурных компаний в блокчейн-индустрии, присоединилась к Libra Association. Об этом ассоциация сообщила в своем блоге 18 сентября. Вместе с другими 26 участниками ассоциации Blockchain Capital теперь будет работать над созданием «более равноправной платежной системы» Libra.

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BitGo Co-Founder and Facebook Alum Joins Blockchain Capital

Crypto entrepreneur and investor Ben Davenport is joining Blockchain Capital as a venture partner.

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Миллениалы могут спровоцировать бум Биткоина в будущем. Отчёт Blockchain Capital

Генеральный партнёр Blockchain Capital Спенсер Богарт опубликовал аналитику, посвящённую демографическим тенденциям внутри ниши криптовалют. Анализ был основан на онлайн-опросе 2029 взрослых американцев относительно их мнения о Биткоине.

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BitGo Adds Custody Support for Blockchain Capital’s Security Token

Cryptocurrency custodian BitGo now lets clients compliantly store the BCAP security token from venture capital firm Blockchain Capital.

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Security-токены фонда Blockchain Capital появились на платформе SharesPost

Токены BCAP, представляющие доли в фонде Blockchain Capital III, появились в листинге регулируемой торговой платформы SharesPost, сообщается в пресс-релизе. Отметим, что токенсейл Blockchain Capital успешно состоялся еще в апреле 2017 года.

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OK Blockchain Capital: 24% криптоинвесторов в сентябре понесли крупные убытки

В рамках подготовки регулярного отчета о состоянии криптоиндустрии инвестиционная компания OK Blockchain Capital опросила держателей цифровых активов по 16 вопросам и получила 212 ответов об их доходах, прогнозах на будущее и т.

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Когда биткоин будет готов к рывку? Прогнозы партнера Blockchain Capital

Недавно партнер криптоинвестиционной компании Blockchain Capital заверил, что курс биткоина взлетит, когда окончательно нащупает дно, что, по его мнению, должно произойти уже очень скоро.

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This Week in Blockchain Venture Capital – Sept. 25

CoinAlpha, a Mountain View-based startup using blockchain technology to create the next wave of transparent, efficient, and secure financial products, recently closed a $3. 5 million seed round. Already involved with StartX, Stanford University’s accelerator program, other participants in the round included Bain Capital Ventures, SharesPost Investment Management, Alpha Startups, and Ironfire Ventures.

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Decentralized Blockchain Crowdfunding vs Venture Capital Model is Changing the Investment Game

Decentralizing Funding: How Blockchain Disrupts Venture Capital By Enabling Crowdfunding While we all take the time to read, listen to, or watch the news, we're constantly seeing that there are certainly companies that are doing better than others when it comes to the establishment of new startups. In particular, there have never been so many […]

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SEC Filing Reveals Ribbit Capital’s Goal to Raise $420 Million Towards New Fund

Ribbit Capital is a venture capital firm that is located in the United States, and they include a wide range of cryptocurrency and blockchain projects that they have supported. Recently, they added a new venture to their goals, voicing their need for a $420 million fund, based on a report on September 12th. This will […]

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KYC-Friendly Companies Establish ‘Blockchain Association’ Lobbying Group in DC

High-profile cryptocurrency companies and tech veterans are joining forces to form the Blockchain Association — the very first DC-based lobbying group. Fully-Fledged Lobbying Group Prominent cryptocurrency companies such as Coinbase, Circle, Protocol Labs, as well as investors in the field like Digital Currency Group, Polychain Capital, and others, are among the founding members of Blockchain Association, Washington Post reports.

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This Week in Blockchain Venture Capital – Sept. 13

Welcome to our new weekly series on blockchain venture capital deals. Barrel Protocol, a Tel Aviv-based startup focused on automating consumer data compliance using smart contracts, closed a $4M seed round on September 7, 2018.

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На форуме в Сан-Франциско эксперты расскажут о применении блокчейна для IoT

4 и 5 октября в Сан-Франциско на Global Blockchain Forum блокчейн-эксперты выступят с докладами о применении технологии распределенного реестра в сфере технологий Интернета вещей, дополненной реальности и искусственного интеллекта.

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Lobbying Group in Washington Opens Doors to Represent the Crypto Community

High-profile cryptocurrency companies and well-known technology entrepreneurs announced on September 11, 2018, that they will form a lobbying group in Washington called the Blockchain Association. According to the Washington Post, the Blockchain Association is designed to represent investors and entrepreneurs who are building and supporting blockchain technology.

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High Profile Cryptocurrency Firms Hope to Influence US Law

A group of cryptocurrency luminaries and businesses have announced the formation of a US lobbying entity based in Washington known as the Blockchain Association. The creation of the political solicitation group was initiated by firms such as Circle, Coinbase, Polychain Capital, and the Digital Currency Group.

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Tim Draper Equates Buying Bitcoin into Jumpstarting a Blockchain Revolution in Society

Tim Draper Believes in the Transformative Potential of Blockchain Technology Tim Draper, a prominent California-based venture capital investor, claims that he wants to motivate superheroes to walk with him in his mission to revolutionize the world.

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Coinbase, Circle Help Set Up US Blockchain Industry Association

Protocol Labs, Digital Currency Group, and Polychain Capital are also among the founders of the new lobbying organization called Blockchain Association.

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Лидеры криптоиндустрии основали лоббистскую группу в Вашингтоне

Группа блокчейн- и криптокомпаний из США объявила о формировании Блокчейн Ассоциации (Blockchain Association) — первой лоббистской группы, представляющей блокчейн-индустрию в Вашингтоне, округе Колумбия.

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Coinbase, Polychain Capital, and others unite to form cryptocurrency lobbying group in DC

Cryptocurrency bigwigs are banding together to form a political lobbying consortium that will take on the industry’s hardest policy making issues directly from Washington DC. The NGO, known as the Blockchain Association, is trying to become the go to lobbying organization on political and legal issues that challenge cryptocurrency and blockchain companies.

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Malta Stock Exchange and Binance to Launch Tokens Platform

MSX PLC, the digital asset arm of the Malta Stock Exchange, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Binance to launch a digital exchange for trading security tokens, per its press release.

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Blockchain Gaming Platform Raises $40M to Change Future of Gaming

Some of the biggest blockchain investors, including Binance Labs, NEO Global Capital, 500 Startups have allocated $40 million to blockchain game development platform Cocos-BCX.

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Stellar-Based Lightyear Acquires Chain, Forms New Entity

Lightyear Corporation, a universal payments network built around Stellar’s open financial protocol, has announced the acquisition of Chain, in a merger that sees both brands combine to form a new entity called Interstellar.

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Канадский Биткойн-фонд получает статус паевого инвестиционного фонда

Биткойн фонд First Block Capital Inc. получил статус паевого инвестиционного фонда. Сообщение Канадский Биткойн-фонд получает статус паевого инвестиционного фонда появились сначала на Freedman.

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High Net Worth Canadians Now Able to Hold BTC in Registered Accounts

NEO Exchange is helping high net worth investors in Canada hold Bitcoins in their registered accounts. This will include registered tax-free savings accounts and registered retirement savings plans.

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Stellar Buys Out Chain For Interstellar Project

It has been recently announced on Monday that the Stellar Development Foundation has purchased the Blockchain startup, Chain in cash. This has resulted in a whole new formation called Interstellar.

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Cryptic Labs Adds Two Nobel Prize-Winning Economists to Advisory Board

Blockchain research institute and accelerator Cryptic Labs is adding two Nobel Laureates to its team of advisors. The additions, economists Dr. Eric S. Maskin and Sir Christopher Pissarides, are professors at Harvard University and the London School of Economics, respectively.

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Cosimo Ventures Launches Tokenized VC Fund

Venture capital (VC) firm Cosimo Ventures has launched a new tokenized VC fund called Cosimo X. The new fund will focus on early stage deep tech companies with a particular concentration on blockchain technology, spanning industries such as artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), Internet-of-Things (IoT), and cybersecurity, the firm said on Thursday.

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Crypto, Blockchain Companies Shine in LinkedIn’s Top 50 U.S. Startups

LinkedIn has been keeping its finger on the pulse of the United States’ most thriving startups, and crypto organizations are showing tremendous signs of life — and growth.

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XRP is Changing the way people do International Business

Michael Arrington became an influential figure in the tech scene when he first started his blog TechCrunch.  He has become a strong advocate for cryptocurrency and blockchain technology and has founded Arrington XRP Capital, a 100 million dollar crypto hedge fund.

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PBoC’s Fintech Research arm to Expand Blockchain Operations beyond Beijing

People’s Bank of China’s (PBoC) research arm, The Digital Currency Research Lab, is set to further its operations beyond the Chinese capital of Beijing. Per a report on September 4, 2018, by the local finance news daily CNStock, the research group is expanding outside Beijing in a bid to accentuate development of emerging financial technologies, including blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies, among...The post %%POSTLINK%% appeared first on %%BLOGLINK%%.

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COSIMO Ventures to launch tokenized blockchain technology VC fund

COSIMO Ventures, a venture capital (VC) firm, today announced the launch of COSIMO X: an evergreen, tokenized VC fund focusing on early-stage deep tech companies with a particular concentration on blockchain technology, spanning industries.

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ABN Amro, solarisBank, Earlybird Invest $14M in Blockchain Startup CrossLend

ABN Amro’s venture capital arm, along with solarisBank and VC firm Earlybird has invested $14 million in blockchain startup CrossLend.

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NGC Boston Meetup – Frontier of Blockchain Investment

NEO Global Capital will host a comprehensive, educational private meetup.

The post NGC Boston Meetup – Frontier of Blockchain Investment appeared first on CoinSpeaker.

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Новые горизонты инвестирования вместе с Blockchain Capital LTD

Компания Blockchain Capital LTD успешно провела ICO с целью создания аккумулирующей платформы которая распределяет ваш пул инвестиций по перспективным альткоинам. Сообщение Новые горизонты инвестирования вместе с Blockchain Capital LTD появились сначала на Freedman.

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How Bitcoin ETFs Can Impact the Australian Cryptocurrency Industry

How Bitcoin ETFs Can Impact the Australian Cryptocurrency Industry According to James Nguyen, the co-founder and managing partner of cryptocurrency and blockchain investment fund Anti Hero Capital, the introduction of an overseas Bitcoin ETF would consolidate the asset class’ legitimacy in the global and Australian market.

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«Все, кроме биткоин — бесполезно», — Тоун Вэйс и Нуриэль Рубини стали в «стойку»

Дэвид Дрейк, основатель LDJ Capital, был судьей в схватке между Нуриэлем Рубини и Тоном Вейсом. Дрейк быстро заметил предсказание Рубини об экономическом кризисе 2008 года. В обсуждении Рубини отмечает, что его опыт с блокчейн заключается в том, что он видит в этом мыльный пузырь.

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Anything Besides Bitcoin is ‘Useless’ – Tone Vays and Nouriel Roubini Square Off

David Drake, founder of LDJ Capital, was the moderator for a match up between Nouriel Roubini and Tone Hays. Drake was quick to note Roubini’s prediction of the 2008 economic crisis.   In the discussion, Roubini notes that his experience in blockchain stems from his ability to see a bubble when it exists.

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