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PortuguêsThe COVID-19 pandemic has exposed flaws across various sectors. As a result, a number of government departments are evaluating blockchain-based systems as possible solutions for challenges involving multiparty workflows, record-keeping,…
Continue ReadingWhile the price of Bitcoin (BTC) continues to reach record-breaking all-time highs, the hype around enterprise blockchain adoption may seem like it’s dwindling. Enterprise blockchain started gaining traction in 2017…
Continue ReadingUber has denied that it is currently integrating bitcoin as a payment option for its on-demand mobile ride-sharing services. Suspicions regarding a potential announcement first began to circulate on social…
Continue ReadingMicropayments startup NeuCoin has raised $1.25m in angel and seed funding from over 20 individual investors, including King co-founder Patrik Stymne, Uber SVP Emil Michael and Hotwire president Henrik Kjellberg.…
Continue ReadingThis week the former Digital Currency Group (DCG) Vice President of Investments, Travis Scher, announced a $72 million crypto-focused venture capital fund backed by the billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones…
Continue ReadingStani Kulechov used to think angel investing would distract him from leading his company, Aave, one of the top money markets in decentralized finance (DeFi). Attention on Aave proved to…
Continue ReadingLate last week, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority issued temporary licenses to applicant companies looking to become licensed crypto-asset firms. However, with the publication of this list of temporarily…
Continue ReadingThe three co-founders of Collider Ventures all agree Israel’s vibrant crypto industry waned, yet didn’t fizzle, throughout 2020. “For us, [COVID-19] had a positive impact that pushed us into a…
Continue ReadingBlockchain marketplace Climatetrade will be building its new CO2 carbon offsetting platform on Algorand, a top-50 cryptocurrency project that is gunning for scalability and transactional performance. Climatetrade announced Wednesday that…
Continue ReadingOXIO wants to use blockchain to make “Telecom-as-a-Service” as common as SaaS. To that end, the New York-based startup is announcing Tuesday a $12 million Series A funding round, led…
Continue ReadingZapper announced Thursday an extension of its seed investment round with new backing from Delphi Digital and Coinbase. The additional amount on the $1.5 million round was not disclosed. Zapper…
Continue ReadingIn 2017, when everything concerned with cryptocurrency and blockchain still looked fresh and interesting, it seemed that there would be no day without a new “revolutionary” project or idea. Decentralized…
Continue ReadingDecentralized oracle platform Razor Network has raised $3.7 million in a seed funding round from NGC Ventures, Alameda Research, Spark Digital Capital and private investors including Mariano Conti, former head…
Continue ReadingSingapore-based NIFTEX, the platform that allows for the fractional trading of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), announced a $500,000 funding round led by 1kx and joined by CoinFund, MetaCartel Ventures and Digital…
Continue ReadingIndia-based DefiDollar has raised $1.2 million in a seed round led by Divergence Ventures, Standard Crypto and Accomplice. The goal: to build an index for hedging the risks associated with…
Continue ReadingLending and borrowing rates on all the top decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms are dizzyingly variable. Enter Notional, a new protocol that lets users lend and borrow crypto at fixed rates.…
Continue ReadingDigital Currency Group (DCG) recently published the firm’s “State of Crypto 2020” report which polls more than 150 portfolio crypto companies. According to the study, 75% of the respondents believe…
Continue ReadingCollider Labs has raised $1 million to be invested in early-stage blockchain and cryptocurrency startups. In an announcement Thursday, the venture builder said the raise had brought on board several…
Continue ReadingO(1) Labs’ lightweight blockchain project Mina, formerly known as Coda Protocol, has raised $10.9 million in a funding round co-led by Hong Kong-based Bixin Ventures and Singapore-based Three Arrows Capital.…
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Continue ReadingAt the LA Blockchain Summit, the blockchain and fintech venture studio Draper Goren Holm announced the launch of a $25 million blockchain fund called “Fund 1.” According to the announcement…
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