FTX Trading Closes $420 Million Series B-1 Funding Round
Nassau, Bahamas, October 21, 2021 — FTX Trading Ltd. owner and operator of FTX.COM, a leading global cryptocurrency exchange, today announced the closing of a $420,690,000 Series B-1 fundraise, increasing the valuation of the Company to $25 billion. The round saw the participation of 69 investors, including Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, via its Teachers’ […]
You Can Now Exchange Cudos Tokens on Stealthex
London, October 21, 2021 — Exchange platform StealthEX joins Cudos Network ecosystem with its simple and powerful cryptocurrency exchange service. StealthEX offers premium security, no registration, and limitless, custody-free exchanging. All you need to do is to pick the pair and the amount you want to exchange, provide the recipient’s wallet address and proceed to swap. […]
Mastercard Strengthens Digital Asset Security with Close of CipherTrace Acquisition
Purchase, NY, October 19, 2021 — Mastercard today announced it has completed its acquisition of CipherTrace, a leading cryptocurrency intelligence company that offers digital asset security and fraud solutions for some of the world’s largest banks, exchanges and other financial institutions. “Today marks a significant milestone for Mastercard as we further enhance our strategic capabilities, […]
Yield App Doubles Assets In Q3 As It Scores Big With Premier League Partnership
Leading digital asset wealth management platform grows assets to $339 million and sponsors West Ham United just eight months from public launch Tallinn, October 14, 2021 — YIELD App, a FinTech company and digital asset wealth management platform, has published its Q3 report, showing the firm continuing on a strong growth trajectory over the third […]
Voyager Digital Secures Final Approval to Begin Operations in Europe
New York, NY, October 13, 2021 — Voyager Digital Ltd., one of the fastest-growing, publicly traded cryptocurrency platforms in the United States, today announced that the company, its wholly owned subsidiary LGO Europe SAS (LGO) and its leadership have been declared “Fit and Proper” to operate under the LGO registration. Voyager is the first non-French, […]
Nodle Grants Berty Foundation $1 Million in Nodle Cash to Advance its Privacy Communication Protocol
San Francisco, CA, October 13, 2021 — Decentralized wireless network Nodle grants Berty Foundation, a privacy communication protocol, $1 million in Nodle Cash in a bid to boost the development of its messaging Bluetooth peer-to-peer capabilities. The grant will be used in the development and advancement of Berty’s platform that enhances users’ privacy while chatting and […]
Wanchain Brings EVM Smart Contracts to Polkadot
Developers on Ethereum, Wanchain, Avalanche, Moonriver and more can now integrate DOT into their applications using Wanchain’s decentralised blockchain interoperability solution London, October 12, 2021 — Wanchain, the world’s premier decentralised blockchain interoperability solution, is pleased to announce the integration of Wanchain’s decentralised, non-custodial crosschain infrastructure with Polkadot. Polkadot is a sharded heterogeneous multichain architecture created […]
Binance Launches $1B Growth Fund for Binance Smart Chain
October 12, 2021 — Binance, the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency platform, has launched a $1 billion Growth Fund for Binance Smart Chain (BSC), to accelerate adoption of digital assets and blockchain technology. “BSC’s growth has attracted over 100 million users with its initial funding of $100 million,” said Binance CEO ‘CZ’ Changpeng Zhao […]
FTX US Launches FTX NFTs
New NFT marketplace allows for Solana tokens to be minted, held, authenticated and traded on a US-regulated platform Berkely, CA, October 11, 2021 — West Realm Shires Services Inc. (“FTX US” or “the Company”), a leading US-regulated cryptocurrency exchange, today announced the launch of FTX NFTs (“the Marketplace”). The Marketplace will allow FTX US users […]
Elliptic Raises $60 Million To Accelerate Safe Adoption of Cryptoassets By Mainstream Financial Markets
New York / London, October 11, 2021 —Elliptic, the global leader in crypto asset risk management, announced today it has raised $60 million in Series C funding. The financing round was led by Evolution Equity Partners, alongside new investment from SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Existing investors AlbionVC, Digital Currency Group, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, SBI […]
Tech Innovators Lead the Charge to Ensure Bitcoin Adoption in El Salvador is a Success
Berlin, October 8, 2021 –The Bitcoin Alliance, a new alliance between Banco Hipotecario, TESOBE – the company behind the Open Bank Project – API3, Qredo and Sovryn will bring forth the next generation of Blockchain applications offering open banking solutions to provide financial inclusion to all in El Salvador. El Salvador’s groundbreaking Bitcoin Law entered […]
MoneyGram Partners with Stellar Development Foundation to Utilize Blockchain Technology
Dallas / San Francisco, October 7, 2021 — MoneyGram International, the global leader in the evolution of digital P2P payments, today announced a partnership with the Stellar Development Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports the development and growth of Stellar, an open-source public blockchain that allows money to be tokenized and transferred anywhere in the […]
Raiinmaker and Cosmic Wire Launch Bansky NFTs to Support Climate Charities
Santa Monica, CA, October 1, 2021 — Blockchain fan engagement platform Raiinmaker has partnered with multimedia firm Cosmic Wire to support several climate charities through the creation of six special NFTs. The companies have joined forces to create NFTs based on the work of legendary street artist Banksy, with tokens tied to the iconic remnants […]
Yield App Named Official Partner of Premier League Football Club West Ham United
Leading digital asset wealth management platform sponsors Premier League football club just seven months on from public launch Tallinn, September 29, 2021 — YIELD App, a FinTech company, is thrilled to announce it has become the Official Digital Asset Wealth Management Partner of top Premier League football club, West Ham United. This exciting partnership comes just […]
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 […]