Browsing Category
Blockchain
Crypto Data Firm Kaiko Raises $53m from Investors Led by Eight Roads
Blockchain data startup, Kaiko has raised $53 million in its Series B funding round, tripling the company’s valuation amidst the bearish crypto market terrain.The funding round was led by Alibaba’s backer, Eight Roads, with…
Circle Inks Strategy Partnership with Bancorp for USDC Custody
Circle Internet Financials LLC, the blockchain company responsible for issuing the USDC stablecoin, has announced its latest partnership with New York Community Bank (NYCB), a publicly listed New York Community Bancorp subsidiary Inc. …
Ripple Labs Inc Floats CBDC Innovate Challenge
Digital currency payments company Ripple Labs Inc has announced a new hackathon dubbed the CBDC Innovate Challenge for developers who can build XRP Ledger-powered payment solutions bordering on Central Bank Digital Currency technology. …
Compass Mining CEO And CFO Abruptly Resign, Company Faces Business Struggles
Compass Mining, a Bitcoin mining hosting and brokerage services firm based in Delaware, US, announced on Tuesday that its CEO, Mr. Whit Gibbs, and CFO, Mr. Jodie Fisher, have resigned effective immediately.In a statement, the company…
Holograph Integrates LayerZero To Facilitate Holographic Omnichain NFTs That Beam Across Blockchains
Holograph, the omnichain interoperability protocol for minting and bridging non-fungible tokens (NFTs), is partnering with LayerZero to deliver its patented ‘holographic’ bridging solution that seamlessly beams tokens across blockchains…
Unizen Secures $200m ‘Capital Commitment’ to Scale Up Trading Ecosystem
Unizen, a centralized-decentralized (CeDeFi) exchange, announced Monday that it has secured a $200 million capital commitment from a new strategic partner, Global Emerging Markets (GEM).Global Emerging Markets (GEM) is a $3.4 billion…
Azuro Closes $4m Funding Round to Build Decentralized Betting Protocol
Azuro, a decentralized betting protocol, announced on Monday that it has raised $4 million in a funding round contributed by participants, including Hypersphere, Gnosis, Merit Circle, SevenX, and Quiet Capital.Azuro, a decentralized…
Bybit Launches Futures Contracts Settled in USDC Stablecoin
The Singapore-based digital asset exchange Bybit has expanded the variety of its crypto options trading services to its customers with a launch of new futures contracts settled in USDC stablecoins.Bybit announced on Monday that it has…
EU Plans to Bar Interest Payments on Deposits in Stablecoins
Europeans and the entire digital currency ecosystem have been potentially awaiting the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) bill, which has been projected to be passed before the end of the year.With a series of forecasts out in the open,…
Morgan Creek Digital to Raise $250m, Balancing BlockFi’s Bailout from FTX
Bailing out the crypto lending platform BlockFi has become one of the most significant endeavours for early investors in the company such as Morgan Creek Digital.According to an exclusive Coindesk report, the crypto investment manager…