FTX Trading Closes $400M Series C Round
Nassau, Bahamas — January 31, 2022– FTX Trading Ltd., owner and operator of FTX.COM, today announced the closing of a $400 million Series C fundraise, increasing the valuation of the company to $32 billion. The round saw participation from Temasek, Paradigm, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, NEA, IVP, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Lightspeed Venture Partners, […]
DeFi Wallet Ambire Gains Momentum, Launches $WALLET Token on Huobi Primelist
Sofia, Bulgaria — January 28 — DeFi-focused crypto wallet by Ambire is launching its much anticipated governance token on the Huobi exchange. Ambire Wallet is a new-generation non-custodial and open-source smart wallet that offers its users easy access to DeFi, enhanced user experience and a focus on security. The Ambire Wallet was released in December […]
Blockdaemon Raises $207 Million Series C at $3.25B Post-Money Valuation
New York — January 26, 2022 — Blockdaemon, the leading institutional-grade blockchain infrastructure company for node management and staking, has announced that it has closed a Series C funding round of USD $207 million with a post-money valuation of $3.25 billion. The round was led by Sapphire and Tiger Global, with participation from existing investors […]
Private Messaging App Launches on Quantum Resistant, Decentralized xx network
Los Angeles, CA, January 26, 2022 — The world’s first quantum-resistant messaging app, xx messenger, launched on the xx network. xx messenger allows users to communicate in real time through hundreds of decentralized nodes operating worldwide. The app is available for download on IOS and Android, features group chat as well as photo and audio […]
MyCointainer Raises $6 Million in Seed Round to Develop Its Yield Earning Platform
Tallinn, Estonia — January 26, 2022 — MyCointainer, a platform for easy yield staking, announced it has raised $6 million in a Seed Round. The event was led by Maple Block and co-led by Shima Capital & ByBit, one of the dominant cryptocurrency exchanges worldwide. Numerous high-profile angel investors also participated in the round. Among them […]
Texas Bitcoin Foundation Launches to Drive Research and Education about the Social and Economic Impacts of Bitcoin
Dallas, Texas — January 25, 2022 — The Texas Bitcoin Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, has launched to fund and disseminate interdisciplinary research and education about the social and economic impacts of Bitcoin. The Texas Bitcoin Foundation is nonpartisan and does not engage in political advocacy or support political candidates. Rather, it focuses on building […]
Starly Launches Exclusive David Bowie Tribute NFT Collection with Never-Before-Seen Content
January 25, 2022 — Zug, Switzerland — Starly, the decentralized NFT launchpad and marketplace gaining recognition for its unique collections, announces the launch of an exclusive NFT collection, entirely dedicated to one of the most iconic musicians of all time – David Bowie. These rockin’ NFTs have been created in collaboration with Melos Studio, the Web […]
TimechainSwap Launches Farming and Liquidity Protocols On Its DEX
Timechain, a decentralized exchange aggregator and lending protocol, launches AMM liquidity pools, yield farming, and staking on its TimechainSwap DEX.
3Space Art Kicks Off “Enter the Void,” the First NFT Art Exhibition Held Simultaneously in a Physical Gallery and the Metaverse
Singapore — January 22, 2022 — 3Space Art, an NFT platform that facilitates widespread use of digital art in the real world by placing it in physical spaces, has officially kicked off the “Enter the Void” NFT exhibition. It is held simultaneously at the Puesto Gallery in Seoul, South Korea and in a virtual replica of […]
Protocol Labs and Faber Join Forces to Launch Web3 Hackathon and Accelerator Program
Protocol Labs and Faber have announced a Web3 hackathon and accelerator program to help foster the development of the next generation of the internet.
Tiger Global Leads $50 Million GRT Purchase from The Graph Foundation To Fuel The Development of The Google of Web3
January 21, 2022 — The Graph Foundation announced today it has raised $50 million in funding led by Tiger Global with participation from FinTech Collective, Fenbushi Capital, Reciprocal Ventures, and Blockwall Digital Assets Fund. Over the next two years, The Graph Foundation will allocate funds toward acquiring core developers (or development teams) to focus on […]
Digital Asset Research Announces January 2022 Crypto Exchange and Asset Vetting Results
DAR’s vetting processes bring institutional-level diligence to crypto markets and the latest vetting process results in 21 Vetted Exchanges, 15 Watchlist Exchanges, and 48 Benchmark Assets New York — January 20, 2022 — Digital Asset Research (DAR), a leading provider of crypto asset data and research, today announced the release of its January 2022 Crypto […]
Secret Network Announces $400 Million in Ecosystem Funding
DeFiance Capital, Alameda Research, CoinFund, HashKey Acquire SCRT Positions; Secret Network Reveals $225M Ecosystem Fund and $175M Accelerator Pool Tel Aviv, Israel — January 19, 2022 — SCRT Labs, the core development team behind Secret Network, revealed $400 million in ecosystem funding initiatives as part of Shockwave, a massive growth initiative aimed at establishing Secret […]
PKT Cash Unused Bandwidth Monetization Protocol Announces Bittrex Listing
London, United Kingdom — January 18, 2022 — PKT Cash is the next iteration of a truly influence-free internet. Large corporations, governments, and other forms of censorship are irrelevant, granting people unrestricted access to everything they want online with no form of discrimination or control from others. Launched in 2020, the PKT Network is a blockchain […]
QANplatform Launches the World’s First Ethereum Compatible Quantum-Resistant Blockchain
Tallinn, Estonia — January 18, 2022 — QANplatform, the Quantum-resistant Layer 1 hybrid blockchain platform, has launched its TestNet. It allows participants to add the QAN TestNet to MetaMask, thanks to the Ethereum compatibility, and transact with testnet tokens on the quantum-resistant QAN TestNet. With the QAN TestNet release, QANplatform is the first Ethereum compatible quantum-resistant […]
Chingari’s $GARI Token To Make Historic Debut On Six Top Crypto Exchanges
Mumbai, India — January 17, 2021 — Chingari, the leading video sharing app in India, has achieved another first with the historic parallel listing of its native $GARI token on six of the world’s leading centralized cryptocurrency exchanges. Breaking new ground yet again, $GARI has become the world’s first cryptocurrency to launch simultaneously on six trading […]
Curtis Sword Becomes the First Blockchain-based Large-Scale 3D ARPG
Singapore — January 14, 2021 — Curtis Sword, a 3D NFT ARPG mobile game on the blockchain, is excited to announce that it has fully launched on both Android and iOS. The project is the first GameFi-built game designed by the original “The Rise of Dragon” mobile game team. The game is the first large-scale […]
Identity is Fundamental , Credit is the Pass
HongKong — January 14, 2022 — Credit is not only the cornerstone of the market economy, the credit mechanism has also penetrated into every corner of society, and the credit system has also become the basic system for regulating the activities of social entities. Credit-Individual’s second ID In social life, people need an identity certificate to […]
Decentralized Interoperability Network Axelar Begins Rollout of Public Mainnet Launch
January 11, 2022 – Axelar, the universal decentralized interoperability network connecting all blockchain ecosystems, applications, assets, and users, has announced that its public mainnet will be rolled out in February 2022, following a series of scheduled, continuous updates in the coming month. When the rollout phase is complete and the open, permissionless network is launched, […]
Financial NFTs Platform Pledge Finance Adds Bitfury CEO to Advisory Board
Palo Alto, California — January 11, 2022 — Pledge Finance is pleased to announce Brian Brooks as a Strategic Advisor. Brian’s impressive resume includes time as CEO for both Bitfury and Binance.US, experience that will help Pledge become the premier platform for building long-term lending dApps for DeFi. A graduate of Harvard, Brian’s been recognized as […]