by COINS NEWS - 1 year ago
tldr; Venture capitalists are pouring money into digital currency and blockchain startups at a pace that's set to outstrip last year's record. In the first half of the year, VCs bet $17.5 billion on such firms, according to data from PitchBook. The...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
The Asia Pacific region is seeing a major business shift with increasing numbers of new technology startups appearing, even as venture capital investment is decreasing compared to last year. A report from Big Four accountant KPMG and international b...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
South Korean crypto investment company Uprise plans to compensate investors for damages incurred during its futures bet on Luna Classic (LUNC) — a token that was built on the ruins of the failed Terra ecosystem.
Uprise is making arrangements to com...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 1 year ago
The Series A funding round was led by Summit Partners, with participation from Castle Island Ventures, Digital Currency Group and Sky Vision Capital among others.
Halborn, a blockchain security startup based in Miami, has secured $90 million from in...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 1 year ago
In brief
Bitcoin gaming startup Zebedee has raised a $35 million Series B funding round.
Final Fantasy publisher Square Enix is one of the startup’s new backers.
While a lot of crypto gaming activity is taking place in the Ethereum and Solana ec...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
Level One blockchain network, 5ire, has joined the unicorn club after raising $100 million at a valuation of $1.5 billion in Series A round. It received the funding from UK-based conglomerate SRAM & MRAM Group which made 5ire India’s 105th...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
The crypto bear market has had a number of implications, one of these has been in the ability of Web3 projects in the space to make money. However, not every project has run into the problem of difficulty raising funds. In this interview, we sit down...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 1 year ago
Celo, a mobile phone-focused blockchain platform, launched the Celo Web3 Africa Fund to support 250 projects in developing African blockchain-based projects.
The fund will select 250 projects, and in addition to financial support, it will also prov...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 1 year ago
Cryptocurrency investment firm Multicoin Capital has announced the launch of $430 million Venture Fund III to help startups focusing on decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), open finance, and Web3 infrastructure.
In this round of funding,...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 1 year ago
Digital currencies, public stocks and venture capital backing crypto startups have finally cooled down after massive growth due to the effects of an economic storm, according to Bloomberg.
Bloomberg reported, citing data from the research firm Pitc...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
Prominent crypto investor Multicoin Capital has launched a new venture fund valued at $430 million, further demonstrating venture capital’s growing interest in the blockchain economy amid the bear market.
Multicoin’s Venture Fund III will invest be...
Cryptocoins News / EthereumWorldNews - 1 year ago
Summary:
Solana’s biggest non fungible marketplace plans to bolster startups focused on web3 game projects.
The platform has launched a dedicated venture department dubbed Magic Ventures to this effect.
Former Tencent Games’ Tony Zhao will lead Ma...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 1 year ago
Mysten Labs, a crypto startup founded by former Meta executives, is closing a Series B round that could value the company at $2 billion
The financing process is still in intense discussions, and Mysten Labs is actively seeking at least $200 million...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
A lot has happened in the Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency markets since our last edition of VC Roundup. The monumental collapse of the Terra ecosystem spilled over into other segments of the digital asset market, exposing over-leveraged traders, le...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 1 year ago
A lot has happened in the Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency markets since our last edition of VC Roundup. The monumental collapse of the Terra ecosystem spilled over into other segments of the digital asset market, exposing over-leveraged traders, le...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 1 year ago
Jason Fung, the former head of short video giant TikTok’s gaming division, launched a blockchain gaming startup called Meta0 as CEO and has completed its first round of financing.
The startup aims to provide users with a platform to transfer non-fu...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
Jason Fung, the former head of TikTok gaming, exited the fastest-growing social media platform. After his exit, the ex-executive rolled out his new startup on Blockchain gaming. Through his announcement on July 5, Fung stated that he exited TikTok to...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 1 year ago
According to Fortune media, three top executives at JPMorgan have left the leading major bank to join the cryptocurrency industry.
Despite the current crypto winter, this week has seen three executives working at the giant bank depart and joined c...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
South Korean crypto investment startup platform Uprise reportedly lost around 99% of its assets worth about $20 million when it got liquidated shorting the Luna Classic (LUNC) token.
Uprise’s trading desk Heybit uses an artificial intelligence (AI)...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
South Korean crypto investment startup platform Uprise reportedly lost around 99% of its assets worth about $20 million when it got liquidated shorting the LUNA token.
Uprise's trading desk Heybit uses an artificial intelligence (AI) trading system...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 1 year ago
A wave of bitcoin infrastructure startups are building the foundations for an entirely new financial ... [+] system
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Bitcoin investors have been hiding behind the sofa for the first half of 2022, as they’ve seen t...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 1 year ago
The launch of Tangent comes amid financial market turbulence that has triggered venture capital funds to slow down investment in the tech sector. (Read More)
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 1 year ago
Big four accounting firm Ernst & Young (EY) has selected 16 early-stage startups to join its EY Foundry Cohort 5 program to propel disruptive solutions in four areas. (Read More)