Crypto.com Expands Free Crypto Tax Reporting Service to the U.K.
It’s now even easier for U.K crypto investors to file crypto tax returns Singapore, September 27, 2021 — Following the successful launches of Crypto.com Tax in Canada and America, and Australia earlier in August, Crypto.com has announced that this service is now also available in the U.K., with more markets to come. Crypto.com Tax makes […]
Kawaii Islands Taps Polkastarter For Its KWT IDO On October 12
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, September 27, 2021 — Kawaii Islands, the Anime Metaverse gamifying DeFi mechanism, is pleased to announce its Initial Decentralised Offering (IDO) on Polkastarter. The token sale goes live on October 12, and users can start registering for the whitelisting process shortly. Blockchain gaming with a play-to-earn model keeps gaining global momentum. Kawaii […]
EMURGO Launches New $100 Million Cardano Ecosystem Investment Vehicle
Singapore, September 27, 2021 — EMURGO, the official commercial arm of the Cardano blockchain, today announced the launch of a new Cardano ecosystem investment vehicle to invest into early startup and growth stage companies focused on building socially impactful solutions powered by Cardano. As wholly-owned subsidiaries of parent company EMURGO Ptd. Ltd., this new Cardano […]
Currency.com Reports 130% Client Growth in First Half of 2021
Trading volumes soar by 197% on fast-growing European crypto platform affirming rising levels of crypto adoption among global investors Gibraltar, September 27, 2021 — Currency.com, the high-growth European crypto platform, today reported a strong rise in global client numbers and trading activity for the first six months ending 1 July 2021. The number of new clients […]
Blockdaemon Raises $155 Million In Series B Funding Making it the World’s Largest Blockchain Node Infrastructure Company
New York, September 22, 2021 — Blockdaemon has announced that it has closed a Series B funding round of $155 million with a valuation of $1.255 billion, making it the world’s largest blockchain infrastructure company for node management and staking. The round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with participation from Matrix Capital Management, […]
Sorare Raises $680M Series B to Create the Next Sports Entertainment Giant Leveraging NFTs
The round is led by SoftBank, with participation from Atomico, Bessemer Ventures, D1 Capital, Eurazeo, IVP and Liontree as well as existing investors including Benchmark, Accel, Headline and high-profile business angels. Sorare plans to sign up the top 20 football leagues and expand into other sports to strengthen its position as the leading player in […]
Stratis Joins ‘APPG Blockchain’ to Help Guide UK Blockchain Policy
London, September 20, 2021 — Stratis has joined the UK’s All Party Parliamentary Group on Blockchain (APPG Blockchain) to contribute its knowledge and experience of deploying blockchain for innovative use-cases. APPG Blockchain includes organisations like Capita, the IOTA Foundation, SAP and the British Standards Institute (BSI) who collaborate with an array of experts in public […]
Bybit Launchpad Debuts With BIT Token Listing
Singapore, September 17, 2021 — Bybit, a popular platform for crypto lovers around the globe, has announced today its token launch site Bybit Launchpad. The first new token to feature on Bybit Launchpad will be $BIT. Introducing Bybit Launchpad Bybit Launchpad is designed to help connect innovative crypto projects and users who may be interested […]
Polychain Capital, Three Arrows Capital Lead $230M Investment in Avalanche Ecosystem
September 16, 2021 — Polychain and Three Arrows Capital are leading a $230M investment in the Avalanche public blockchain ecosystem. They are joined by R/Crypto Fund, Dragonfly, CMS Holdings, Collab+Currency, Lvna Capital and a group of angel investors and family offices. “We are pleased to support Avalanche as the platform continues to grow its vibrant […]
Abra Announces $55 Million in Series C Funding
Mountain View, September 15, 2021 // Abra, a leading wealth management platform for cryptocurrency investors, today announced it has raised $55 million in Series C funding. The round was led by IGNIA and Blockchain Capital, with new investors including Kingsway Capital, Tiga Investments and the Stellar Development Foundation. Additional investments from existing investors include Lerer […]
Fireblocks Opens New Switzerland Office to Expand Its DACH Footprint
Bitcoin Suisse founding member and former Morgan Stanley Vice President to co-lead Fireblocks’ Swiss expansion New York / Zürich, September 14, 2021 — Fireblocks announced today it will be dedicating significant resources toward expanding its presence and growth in the DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) market with the opening of a new office headquartered in Switzerland. Over […]
Paxful Electrifies Platform with Lightning Network Integration
New York, September 14, 2021 — Paxful, the leading global peer-to-peer fintech platform, today announced its global integration on the Lightning Network. Over seven million Paxful users will now be able to leverage the power of the Lightning Network, a system built on top of the Bitcoin (BTC) network. The Lightning Network allows users to […]
EY Announces Integration with Polygon Protocol and Framework on Ethereum Scaling Solutions
LONDON, September 14, 2021 — The EY organization today announced it is using the Polygon protocol and framework to deploy EY blockchain solutions on the public Ethereum blockchain ecosystem. As more enterprises adopt blockchain technology, transaction volumes and costs on the main public Ethereum blockchain have risen. Adopting Polygon’s commit chain solutions allows the EY […]
deBridge Announces $5.5m Fundraising Five Months After Winning the Chainlink Hackathon
Panama City, September 7, 2021 — deBridge, a cross-chain interoperability and liquidity transfer protocol, is delighted to announce the closing of a $5.5 million funding round to bring the new era of cross-chain interoperability. deBridge is thankful to have the support and backing from great partners including lead strategic partner ParaFi. The round also saw participation […]
Wanchain and Avalanche Team Up to Foster Decentralised Crosschain Interoperability
London, September 7, 2021 — Wanchain and Avalanche are delighted to announce an integration of Wanchain’s innovative decentralized, non-custodial crosschain infrastructure with Avalanche’s C-chain. Additionally, the two industry leaders are teaming up to further the development of truly decentralised crosschain applications to power the future of DeFi. This collaboration marries Wanchain’s unique, decentralised, non-custodial crosschain […]
DeFi and CeFi Full Aggregator OpenOcean Integrates Avalanche to Expand Liquidity
Road Town, BVI, August 30, 2021 —OpenOcean, the world’s leading DeFi and CeFi full aggregator, is excited to announce that it is now live on Avalanche, a highly scalable and open-source platform for launching DeFi applications and multi-functional blockchains. The Avalanche integration enables OpenOcean users to take advantage of best prices with low slippage when […]
Barrett Wissman Named Chief Investment Advisor of APENFT Foundation
Singapore, August 26, 2021 — APENFT, the premier foundation, and fund for the collection of top-tier NFTs, has announced the appointment of Barrett Wissman as its Chief Investment Advisor. APENFT’s mission is to register world-class artworks as NFTs on the blockchain and build the art world’s most respected and diversified NFT collection to serve as a […]
NFT Marketplace Gravity Sport Partners with Parma Calcio 1913
Parma, Italy, August 25, 2021 — Parma Calcio 1913 are delighted to announce a new partnership for the 2021/22 season. The Club has joined forces with Gravity Sport, who, starting from this evening’s match against Frosinone, will be a Second Partner on the shirts of the Men’s First Team. Gravity Sport is a leading-edge NFT marketplace […]
Blockstream Raises $210M, Makes Move Into ASIC Development
Blockstream increases valuation to $3.2 billion as it expands team and acquires a mining hardware manufacturer. Victoria, Canada, August 24, 2021 — Leading Bitcoin infrastructure firm Blockstream has announced raising $210 million as part of a Series B financing on a valuation of $3.2 billion. Investors include Baillie Gifford and iFinex. The new funding comes […]
Tezos Selected to Enable Smart Contracts for Leading European Banks
Zurich, August 24, 2021 — Crypto Finance Group, InCore Bank, and Inacta announced they are selecting Tezos for innovative, compliant on-chain digital financial products. Crypto Finance, InCore Bank, and Inacta have developed a new Tezos token standard for asset tokenization based on the Tezos FA2 standard. InCore Bank announced the launch of institutional-grade storage, staking, […]