MoonPay Closes $555m Series A Round at $3.4B Valuation
Record investment in payments infrastructure puts company on path to give the next billion people access to the crypto economy by 2030 November 22, 2021 — MoonPay Inc., the leading global crypto payments infrastructure provider, announced it has closed a $555m Series A financing round led by Tiger Global Management and Coatue, with participation from […]
New Research From Elliptic Shows DeFi Fraud and Theft Losses Reach $10.5 Billion in 2021
New York / London — November 19, 2021 — Billions of dollars have been stolen from decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, a flourishing alternative financial system that replaces traditional intermediaries with software running on blockchains, according to new research by Elliptic. Elliptic’s report DeFi: Regulation, Compliance and the Growth of DeCrime reveals that as of November […]
Crypto-Powered Privacy Solution Nym Raises $13 Million, Led By Andreessen Horowitz
Neuchâtel, Switzerland — November 18, 2021 — European privacy startup Nym Technologies has successfully closed its third investment round. Led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z Crypto), this $13 million financing round included participation from leading venture capital firms Digital Currency Group, Tayssir Capital, Huobi Ventures, Hashkey, and Fenbushi. Following a Polychain-led round and hiring Chelsea Manning as […]
APENFT Partners with WINK to Enter GameFi World with “WIN NFT HORSE” IGO on Binance
Singapore — November 15, 2021 — APENFT, one of the largest and most popular NFT platforms, has partnered with WINK, a popular decentralized oracle that aims to integrate the real world with the blockchain space, to enter the GameFi world with WIN NFT HORSE. WIN NFT HORSE will officially launch a close beta test on […]
Kart Racing League Announces Public Sale of Governance Token
Gainesville, FL — November, 12, 2021 — Blue Monster Games, the gaming studio behind the non-fungible token (NFT) driven Kart Racing League, has announced the public sale of their highly anticipated $KRL governance token will start on Friday, November 12th at 2:00 PM UTC. Kart Racing League will be amongst the first 3D NFT-based games […]
Circle Launches Venture Fund To Support Early-Stage Blockchain Projects & Companies
Circle Ventures to identify, capitalize and catalyze the best developers, protocols, standards and novel business models to raise global economic prosperity Boston, MA — October 9, 2021 — Circle Internet Financial, LLC today announced the launch of Circle Ventures to invest in compelling, early-stage blockchain projects and companies that further Circle’s mission to raise global economic […]
Bakkt Expands Cryptocurrency Offering to Include Ethereum
Alpharetta, GA — November 5, 2021 — Bakkt Holdings, Inc., a digital asset platform, announced that it is offering users and partners the ability to buy, sell, and hold Ether (ETH), the cryptocurrency of the Ethereum network, starting soon. Users can also send Ethereum to family and friends directly through the Bakkt App. With the […]
Mythical Games Raises $150M in Series C Funding Led by Andreessen Horowitz at $1.25B Valuation
Investment Will Usher in New Age of Innovation in Player Ownership and Virtual Collection, Bringing Play-to-Earn Videogames into the Mainstream via the Mythical Platform Los Angeles, CA, November 4, 2021 — Following a Series B raise of $75 million less than four months ago, Mythical Games, a next-generation gaming technology studio, today announced a $150 […]
NFT Labs Raises Over $2m In Private Funding For ITSMYNE, IDO On CardStarter Soon
Singapore — November 2, 2021 — NFT Labs is proud to announce the completion of a private round valued at $1,062,600 for it’s ITSMYNE marketplace. Furthermore, the team will organize an Initial DEX Offering (IDO) through the CardStarter platform. That IDO will help achieve a fair distribution of the project’s native token. NFT Labs and its […]
OpenOcean Atlantic Will Enhance And Disrupt Ethereum DeFi Come November 1st
Road Town, British Virgin Islands — November 1, 2021 — OpenOcean Atlantic, the long-awaited upgrade of OpenOcean, will go live on the Ethereum network today, November 1, 2021. Users will benefit from maximum returns on swap rates that blow other DEX aggregators out of the water. In addition, OpenOcean prides itself on transparency regarding trading […]
BitTorrent Chain (BTTC) Officially Launched, Super Representatives Election Announced
San Francisco — October 30, 2021 — TRON, one of the world’s largest and most popular blockchain-based operating systems, and BitTorrent, the leader in peer-to-peer protocols and products, announced the official launch of BitTorrent Chain (BTTC) on October 30th, 2021. BTTC marks TRON and BitTorrents’ first-ever foray into the cross-chain field, heralding the advent of a […]
P2P Marketplace Bistroo Adds Crypto Payments to Disrupt the Traditional Food Sector
Eindhoven, Netherlands, October 28, 2021 — Bistroo, the peer-to-peer food ecosystem based on blockchain, is delighted to announce that merchants now have the option to accept payment in multiple cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (BTC) Ethereum (ETH) and Binance Coin (BNB). This move significantly extends the existing payment options, which include fiat currency and the platform’s native […]
ThorChain Completes Security Audits, Returns Fully Operational with Five Blockchains
October 28, 2021 — Contributors to THORChain, a decentralized cross-chain liquidity protocol, announced today that the protocol has completed a full recovery after summer exploits that revealed vulnerabilities in parts of its Ethereum bridge code. After completing two security audits by Trail of Bits and Halborn, THORChain’s development team and dedicated security team have executed […]
Drops Announces Upcoming NFT Lending Platform to Boost Market Liquidity
Vilnius, Lithuania — October 27, 2021 — Drops announced today the upcoming launch of its NFT lending platform, with the testnet set to mark the initial phase of its mainnet launch. The Drops NFT lending ecosystem seeks to bridge the liquidity gap in NFT markets by enabling participants to use their metaverse items as loan collateral. […]
WallStreetBets Kicks the Bitcoin Blockchain’s DeFi Train into High Gear
Announced at Money 20/20, Bitcoin-based partnership provides DApp users direct access to stock exchange-listed funds, recorded on a blockchain New York – October 26, 2021 — WallStreetBets founder Jaime Rogozinski took the stage at Money 20/20, the world’s largest fintech event, to announce that the WallStreetBets decentralized application (WSBDApp) is launching its novel DeFi products […]
Multi-chain NFT Game Duelist King Raises $1m to Advance Win-to-Earn Model
Beachmont, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — October 26, 2021 — Duelist King, a cross-chain win-to-earn NFT game, has raised over $1 million after attracting investment from a number of renowned private equity firms. The game, which is built on Binance Smart Chain (BSC) and Cardano and supported by Fantom, Polygon and Cronos, welcomed capital from […]
Mastercard and Bakkt Partner to Offer Innovative Crypto and Loyalty Solutions
Las Vegas — October 25, 2021 — Today at Money20/20, Mastercard and Bakkt announced a multifaceted partnership to make it easier for merchants, banks and fintechs in the U.S. to embrace and offer a broad set of cryptocurrency solutions and services. Consumers, in turn, will experience expanded access to the digital asset ecosystem. Bakkt extends […]
AntChain Launches Its First Security Chip and New Blockchain Platform Powered by Privacy Computing Technology
Yan Ying, technical director of AntChain, unveiled the FAIR platform at the Apsara Conference on October 22, 2021. Hangzhou, China — October 22, 2021 — AntChain, the flagship technology brand of Ant Group, today unveiled two new products at the Apsara Conference 2021 in Hangzhou – the FAIR platform and the T1 security chip – […]
Transient Raises $1.2 Million in IDO Public Sale to Build the Amazon of Smart Contracts
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, October 22, 2021 — Transient Network, a smart contract global marketplace, is thrilled to announce that it has raised $1.2 million via Initial DEX Offering (IDO) on two different launchpads – Genesis Pool and Lemonade. Transient ($TSCT) raised $1 million in an oversubscribed public sale on Genesis Pool and $200,000 via Lemonade. […]
Solana Based Play-to-Earn Startup MonkeyBall Raises $3M From Crypto’s Top VCs and Founders
Tel Aviv, October 21, 2021 — Play-to-Earn startup and NFT game MonkeyBall has announced the completion of its latest funding round, raising over $3 million from a large cohort of both venture and angel investors. MonkeyBall is a fast, turn-based, play-to-earn arcade soccer game that can be described as an intersection between FIFA Street and Final […]