2023-11-9 12:38 |
SC Ventures will establish a “Digital Asset Joint Venture” investment company in partnership with a Japanese financial conglomerate, SBI Holdings. origin »
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SC Ventures and SBI Holdings' Digital Asset Joint Venture investment company will be established in UAE and focus on firms in market infrastructure, risk and compliance, DeFi and tokenization.
2023-11-9 13:06 | |
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The funding will be used for the company’s ambitions in zero-knowledge machine learning, combining aspects of zero-knowledge cryptography with artificial intelligence or AI.
2023-11-2 19:00 | |
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Input Output Global (IOG), the company behind Cardano (ADA), has appointed two former Algorand (ALGO) executives to lead its new stablecoin-focused venture. In an Oct. 23 statement, IOG revealed that it had appointed Sean Ford, a former CEO of Algorand, to helm the affairs of the unnamed stablecoin venture.
2023-10-25 14:30 | |
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Tokenized real-world asset (RWA) marketplace Untangled Finance went live Wednesday on the Celo network after securing a $13.5 million venture capital boost to bring tokenized private credit to the blockchain, the company told CoinDesk.
2023-10-11 02:01 | |
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El Salvador marks the launch of Lava Pool today, the country’s first Bitcoin mining pool powered by renewable geothermal energy. T he venture, a collaboration between energy company Volcano Energy and tech corporation Luxor Technology, is the country’s first attempt to harness the abundance of renewable geothermal energy for crypto mining.
2023-10-6 19:35 | |
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Blockchain Capital, a venture capital company founded by Bart Stephens and Brad Stephens in 2013, has successfully closed two new funds, raising a total of $580 million. The firm’s general partner, Spencer Bogart, confirmed the news to TechCrunch, stating that the funds consist of a sixth early-stage fund and the firm’s first “opportunity fund.
2023-9-19 05:00 | |
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D3 Global, a domain name startup looking to bring the benefits of Web3 to the Domain Name System (DNS), has raised $5 million in a seed funding round. Per the company, which launched in May this year, the funding round was led by blockchain-focused early-stage venture capital firm Shima Capital.
2023-9-6 22:34 | |
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Visa is expanding its presence in the cross-border stablecoin payments ecosystem via a new venture involving the Solana blockchain. The company, which has a partnership with USDC stablecoin issuer Circle, announced today that it would be expanding its stablecoin offering from issuers to merchant acquirers.
2023-9-6 18:31 | |
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Jose Fernandez da Ponte, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Blockchain, Crypto, and Digital Currencies at PayPal, recently shared insights into the company’s new venture, a stablecoin named PYUSD.
2023-8-12 19:22 | |
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When fundraising in 2019, the founder of crypto venture VirtualStax told potential investors his company would bring in $97 billion revenue in three years. But its tokens and its celebrity endorsers’ digital trading cards have yet to launch.
2023-7-27 20:30 | |
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Following a long-term interest in Web3, Ducati partnered with payment company Ripple and is set to launch its first non-fungible token (NFT) collection on the XRP Ledger this week. This step is the motorcycle company’s first venture into the Web3 space and blockchain technology.
2023-7-26 00:00 | |
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Japanese investment firm SoftBank is partnering with robotic warehouse company Symbotic for a $100 million AI joint venture, GreenBox Systems LLC, and is reportedly buying Symbotic's AI systems for $7.
2023-7-25 16:45 | |
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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter, has announced the launch of his new artificial intelligence (AI) company, xAI, today. Musk, who was once part of the AI research nonprofit OpenAI, is now stepping into the arena with a venture that aims to “understand the true nature of the universe.
2023-7-13 23:10 | |
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Crypto sector investments are facing increasing hesitation from venture capitalists due to a combination of ongoing controversies, market volatility, and uncertain regulatory conditions. As a result of these challenges, funding has decreased as investors exercise prudence and look for more secure investment options elsewhere.
2023-7-4 16:20 | |
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In the rapidly transforming landscape of digital finance, telecom giant Taiwan Mobile Co. is reportedly considering opportunities for collaboration with domestic cryptocurrency platforms. According to Bloomberg, the company may be poised to venture into investing in this thriving sector.
2023-6-13 16:30 | |
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Andreessen Horowitz, the name behind venture capitalist firm a16z, is going international with a new crypto office in London. The new move from the venture capital company adds to the number of crypto-related firms in the US looking for a favorable environment outside the country.
2023-6-13 03:00 | |
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The blockchain research and engineering company has cut jobs as it pivots to a smaller venture studio business model.
2023-6-12 16:16 | |
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In a major leap forward for the decentralization of the internet, TBD, a subsidiary of Jack Dorsey's fintech company Block, has introduced an open-source toolkit for its ambitious web5 project.
2023-5-19 19:25 | |
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Top venture capitalist Jason Calacanis has stirred controversy on Twitter by claiming that XRP, the digital currency tied to blockchain company Ripple, is "obviously a security," adding fuel to Ripple's ongoing legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Ex
2023-5-9 09:20 | |
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OPNX chief Leslie Lamb called out a number of venture capital firms on Twitter after some rushed to distance themselves from the company.
2023-4-24 04:16 | |
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The venture capital company is reportedly considering spearheading a fundraising campaign to raise $250 million to revive FTX.
2023-4-19 23:37 | |
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Animoca co-founder Yat Siu says that the company is pursuing its original plan to raise a metaverse fund. Venture Capital firm Animoca Brands has denied reports that its metaverse fund is being slashed to $800 million.
2023-3-27 12:00 | |
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American venture capital investor, Tim Draper, has advised company founders to plan and hold at least two payrolls worth of cash in bitcoin (BTC) or other cryptocurrencies
2023-3-26 18:16 | |
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Amid SVB's collapse, the defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX is suing the venture capital company Modulo Capital, which got a significant investment from Alameda Research last year.
2023-3-23 09:33 | |
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Tykhe Block Ventures, a Venture Capital company based in the USA, has declared the first closing of its Blockchain Growth Fund, which was valued at $30 Million. It is being led by a group of Ultra-High Net Worth Individuals (UHNWIs) and Family Offices working in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. The company has decided […]
2023-3-17 00:10 | |
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Crypto-focused venture capital investors have advised their portfolio companies to withdraw funds from Silicon Valley Bank. SVB Financial Group, the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, lost The post Crypto VCs ask portfolios to pull funds from Silicon Valley Bank appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2023-3-10 13:00 | |
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Anthony Scaramucci, the founder of SkyBridge Capital, is investing in a new crypto software company established by a former FTX executive.
2023-2-8 20:54 | |
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Marathon Digital, a crypto mining company, is initiating a $406 million joint venture (ADGM Entity) with FS Innovation to build and run bitcoin mining operations in Abu Dhabi.
2023-1-28 22:13 | |
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Investors included the venture arms of Coinbase and Circle, a former FTX portfolio company.
2023-1-21 17:15 | |
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Anthony Scaramucci, the founder of SkyBridge Capital, told Bloomberg that he is going to invest in a crypto company founded by the former president of FTX US. This new venture was announced onlThe post SkyBridge Capital founder to invest in crypto firm founded by former FTX US president appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2023-1-16 11:38 | |
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The Hong Kong-based venture capital and software developer company Animoca Brands Corp is planning to raise $1 billion. Its latest funding round was completed in November 2022. According to the company’s co-founder and chairman, Yat Siu, who spoke to Bloomberg…
2023-1-5 15:50 | |
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ARK Investment, a venture capital company founded by Cathie Wood, is bracing for the coldest winter it had in a long time. The post Cathie Wood’s ARK Investment isn’t doing so great appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-12-21 02:00 | |
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The crypto firms and individual investors will play a key role in representing the issues of the million or so potentially owed money by Sam Bankman-Fried’s company
2022-12-16 19:32 | |
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California-based venture capital firm a16z has made Brian Quintenz its new Head of Policy to lead the Web3-focused company’s bi-partisan policy efforts. Per a statement released on December 6, a16z has appointed Brian Quintenz, a seasoned financial manager and policy advisor who…
2022-12-7 17:20 | |
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Brian Quintenz, a former commissioner with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission who left the agency last year, is amplifying his role at crypto venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) from advising to taking over as its head of policy, the company said on Tuesday.
2022-12-7 14:00 | |
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Coinspeaker Korean Game Company, Sotem Mobile’s Lord of Dragons (LOD: Lord of Dragons) to Venture into the P2E Market Sotem Mobile’s latest title, Lord of Dragons, is about to change this trend once and for all.
2022-11-30 16:57 | |
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X World Games, a blockchain gaming company native to the BNB Chain, has recently announced its newest project venture in the SocialFi and crypto entertainment space, Dream Idols. Taking cultural The post Dream Idols welcomes the future of SocialFi by tapping on new Beta+ phase appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2022-10-27 11:30 | |
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Nubank, a Brazilian online banking company, will debut its cryptocurrency in Brazil next year, signifying the largest financial company’s most recent venture into virtual properties. The introduction of the virtual asset Nucoin is anticipated to occur in the first half…
2022-10-20 23:00 | |
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Today, the fundraising process for founders is highly centralized, with a handful of elite venture capitalists controlling who gets funded and who doesn’t. In addition, founders must typically wait ten years or more for their company to “go public” and become traded on a liquid exchange.
2022-10-13 01:00 | |
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NFT company Doodles received a $54 million cash injection in a funding round backed by Alexis Ohanian’s venture capital firm Seven Seven Six. The post Doodles NFT Project Raises $54M to Fund Music & Gaming Experiences appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-9-14 22:55 | |
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Blockchain gaming and venture capital giant Animoca Brands (OTCMKTS:AMOCF) today confirmed sealing a $110 million strategic funding round as it seeks to advance the open metaverse, the company revealed via a press release.
2022-9-9 21:16 | |
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New web3 venture, Polarys has announced the launch of its Genesis NFT collection. This is coming as the company launched its innovative multi-chain minting engine. The first NFT collection will be minted and sold until August 31, 2022, after which all unsold NFTs will be burned.
2022-8-24 23:00 | |
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dWallet Labs, a blockchain security company building protocols and projects on the decentralised layer1 platform Odsy Network, has raised $5 million in its pre-seed funding round. Digital Currency Group (DCG) and Node Capital led the round, with participation from multiple leading venture capital funds.
2022-8-18 19:42 | |
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Bitcoin mining company PrimeBlock has terminated its plans for a public listing via a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) 10X Capital Venture Acquisition.
2022-8-16 13:49 | |
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According to the auction company, its first investment will be in LayerZero Labs, a company developing solutions for enabling omnichain decentralized applications.
2022-7-19 18:45 | |
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Christies Ventures first portfolio company is the cross-chain interoperability firm LayerZero Labs. Christies Ventures Goes Live Christies is getting into the venture capital game. The world-famous auction house has launched...
2022-7-18 16:54 | |
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To the DeFi community, This week, Multicoin raised $430 million for “Venture Fund III,” the company’s third venture capital fund […] The post This Week In DeFi – July 15 appeared first on DeFi Rate.
2022-7-15 19:21 | |
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Today, Gate Ventures, the venture capital division of Gate. io, announced that it has invested in the Crossover Markets Group, Inc. seed round as the company’s first investor with experience in cryptocurrencies.
2022-7-13 00:11 | |
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Global e-commerce company eBay has in a press release announced that it has acquired leading NFT marketplace KnownOrigin for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition helps eBay in its mission to venture into the new era of digital collectibles and become a global destination for collectibles.
2022-6-23 18:53 | |
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Japanese investment firm Metaplanet has unveiled a strategic plan to acquire 21,000 BTC by 2026. Metaplanet, a public Tokyo-based investment firm, is setting its sights on becoming one of the largest corporate Bitcoin (BTC) holders in the world. The firm…
Metaplanet CEO Simon Georvich predicts a worldwide rush for Bitcoin accumulation if the United States adopts a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve. In a Jan. 2 post on X, Gerovich stressed the potential chain reaction a US move to embrace Bitcoin could ignite.
In the last 24 hours, Uniswap posted $2. 9 billion in volume across its V3 and V2 contracts, surpassing Balancer’s $1. 39 billion, data from DappRadar shows. Uniswap V3 accounted for $2. 4 billion, with V2 trading over $455 million.
Japan’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) plans to strengthen internal audit processes at financial institutions, including crypto exchanges. According to a recent statement, the agency aims to address industry gaps and align with global standards in regulatory compliance.
Alexander Sudeykin, Co-Founder of EVAA Protocol, joined CryptoSlate’s Editor-in-Chief Liam “Akiba” Wright and CEO Nate Whitehill in a recent SlateCast episode. The discussion centered around EVAA Protocol, its integration with the Telegram ecosystem, and the transformative potential of the TON blockchain in decentralized finance (DeFi).
In a significant shakeup within Japan’s cryptocurrency landscape, DMM Bitcoin, once a burgeoning crypto exchange, has announced its closure following a devastating security breach. Back in May 2024, DMM Bitcoin suffered what has been termed as one of Japan’s largest crypto leaks, with hackers making off with over 4,500 Bitcoin, valued at approximately $320 million […]
Tokyo-listed Metaplanet has purchased another 9. 5 billion yen ($60. 6 million) worth of Bitcoin, pushing its holdings to 1,761. 98 BTC. Metaplanet, a publicly traded Japanese company, has acquired 619.