If the keywords for the cryptocurrency in 2021 are NFT & GameFi, Web3 will definitely be the most resounding keyword in 2022. The web3 is projected to onboard the next billion users. In March24 02...
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Gumi Cryptos Capital Launches $110m gCC Fund II, Investing in Crypto Startups
Crypto venture capital firm Gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC) has launched a $110 million second fund, gCC Fund II, to invest in about 50 cryptocurrency companies through equity and tokens. Funding comes fro...
Polkadex is Becoming the First Cross-chain Orderbook-based DEX Thanks to its Latest Testnet Release: Thea
Thea, Polkadex’s innovative interoperability layer, is now available on the Polkadex testnet. Thea will connect the Polkadex blockchain to Ethereum before adding support for more blockchains. The toke...
Helium Blockchain Mother Firm Raises $200 Million In Series D Funding
Helium Inc, the company behind the Helium blockchain that powers a wireless network, has made two key announcements today. Helium Inc has been renamed Nova Labs and has raised $200 million in a Series...
What is Terra (LUNA)? Learn All About Terra Without the Hype
Launched in 2019, LUNA is a native cryptocurrency of the Terra network, a blockchain project that was developed by South Korean firm Terraform Labs. The tech firm is co-founded by blockchain developer...
Samsung Inks Deal with Nifty Gateway, Allowing Trading NFTs with Smart TVs
For more innovations, South Korean electronics giant Samsung has teamed up with Nifty Gateway to develop a new line of smart TVs to enable non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to be bought, sold, and held. Nif...
Crypto Investor Shot Multiple Times in an Alleged $450k Wristwatch Robbery
On the early morning of the 18th of March, a French crypto investor was allegedly attacked by a robber who wanted to steal his $450,000 worth of Richard Mille wristwatch. The 33-year-old victim, Pierr...
10% of Norwegian Adults Own Crypto, Double the Rate in 2018
Crypto ownership in Norwegian soil has been trending, because 10% of the adult population, representing 420,000 Norwegians, own cryptocurrencies, according to a study by Arcane Research and Ernst &...
Paris Blockchain Week Summit Reveals 2022 Programme and Headline Speakers
Paris, France, 31st March, 2022, Paris, France — 29 March 2022 — Paris Blockchain Week Summit (PBWS), a leading international conference dedicated to professionals in the blockchain and digital assets...
Wave Financial Launches $100M Fund for Cardano DeFi Ecosystem
Wave Financial has launched a new fund dubbed the Wave ADA Yield Fund to help support new decentralized finance (DeFi) projects being built on the Cardano network. Wave Financial Launches $100M Fund W...
FCA Extends Temporary Registration Deadline for Selected Crypto Firms
The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority, the regulator of the financial services industry in the United Kingdom, announced Wednesday it has pushed the deadline for registration for some crypto firms in...
Blockchain.com Hits $14 Billion Valuation Following Fresh Funding
Leading cryptocurrency financial services company Blockchain.com is now valued at $14 billion following a fresh funding round, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. However, the amount raised was not disclo...
Washington Governor Signs a Bill to Accelerate In-State Blockchain Adoption
Jay Inslee – Governor of Washington – signed into law the Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5544, which establishes a blockchain workgroup in the northwest state. The development aims to accelerate the...
DeFi Technologies Inc’s Subsidiary Valour Owns over $274m in AUM
DeFi Technologies Inc announced Wednesday that its subsidiary Valour owns over $274 million in assets under management(AUM). Valour had $274,229,000 in assets under management as of March 29. Valour i...
Terra’s UST Reserve Hits New Milestone Above 30,700 BTC ($1.4B)
Terra, a blockchain project that allows developers to build decentralized applications, has purchased an additional $139 million worth of bitcoin, pushing the project’s total reserve above 30,700 BTC...
Sky Mavis Promises to Compensate Lost Users for Ronin Hack
After hacking and stealing $625 million from the Ronin blockchain, the Singapore-based game studio Sky Mavis pledges to repay users, according to Bloomberg. The hackers reportedly stole around 173,600...
Interoperability Protocol LayerZero Labs Secures $135m Investment
Decentralized full-chain interoperability protocol LayerZero Labs has secured a $135 million investment co-led by Sequoia Capital, FTX Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). LayerZero Labs, an omnic...
Grab’s Tech Head Wui Ngiap Foo Quits to Lead Crypto Gaming Startup Ethlas
Wui Ngiap Foo, the Head of Technology at Grab Holdings Ltd, is set to leave the ride-hailing and food-delivery firm after seven years to lead a new crypto gaming venture. People familiar with the know...
【3/31の話題】「gumi Cryptos Capital Fund II」が約130億円調達、FTXがSTEPNのGMT現物取扱いへなど（音声ニュース）
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Opera Web Browser Gets into Web3 Space, Adds Multiple Tokens into Its Crypto Wallet
Opera, a popular Norwegian technology firm that specializes in web browser development and fintech applications, announced Wednesday the addition of support for eight more blockchain networks into its...
VISA、NFTクリエイターを支援する「Visa Creator Program」開始 | あたらしい経済
VISAが「Visa Creator Program」開始 米決済大手VISA（ビザ）が、NFTに関するクリエイター支援を目的とした「Visa Creator Program（ビザ・クリエイター・プログラム）」を開始したことが3月30日分かった。 「Visa Creator Program」はNFTビジネスを検討するアーティスト、ミュージシャン、ファッションデザイナー、映画...
Voyager Digital Receives a Cease and Desist Order from New Jersey Regulators
Digital assets platform, Voyager Digital, has been issued a cease and desist order by the New Jersey Bureau of Securities for offering unregistered securities in the form of its Voyager Earn program. ...
ブラウザ「オペラ（Opera）」がビットコイン、ソラナ、ポリゴン、セロなど8チェーンに対応
Web3ブラウザ「オペラ（Opera）」が8ブロックチェーンに対応 Webブラウザのオペラ（Opera）が、これまでのイーサリアムに加え、新たに8つのブロックチェーンに対応したことが3月30日に分かった。 発表によると新たに対応したブロックチェーンは、ソラナ（Solana）、ポリゴン（Polygon）、スタークウェアー（Starkware）/ スタークイーエックス（StarkEx）、セロ（Celo...
コインチェック、水原希子とメタバース都市でコラボ
水原希子が「Oasis TOKYO」と「Oasis KYOTO」でアバターなどプロデュース コインチェックらが開発するメタバース都市「Oasis TOKYO」及び「Oasis KYOTO」が、モデル・女優の水原希子とコラボレーション企画を実施することが3月30日分かった。 デザイナーとして自身のファッションブランドも手がける水原希子氏が、「Oasis TOKYO」及び「Oasis KYOTO」上の...
Ripple Co-Founder Chris Larsen Faces Backlash Over BTC Source Code Change Campaign
Earlier this week, Chris Larsen, the co-founder of embattled blockchain payments firm Ripple Labs Inc shared an update about his new campaign dubbed “Change the Code, Not the Climate”. He is collabora...
LayerZeroが約165億円調達、a16zやFTXら出資 | あたらしい経済
LayerZeroが約165億円調達、a16zやFTXら出資 マルチチェーンプロトコル開発のレイヤーゼロラボ（LayerZero Labs）が、シリーズA+ラウンドで1億3,500万ドル（約165億円）を調達したことが3月30日に分かった。 このラウンドはアンドリーセン・ホロウィッツ（a16z）、FTXベンチャーズ（FTX Ventures）、セコイアキャピタル（Sequa...
HKEX Set to Build Digital Trading Platform this Year
The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) is set to establish a digital trading platform this year in a pilot version as part of its comprehensive strategy, the bourse announced. In its recent annou...
Gumi Cryptos Reveals $110 Million Fund Targeting Early-Stage Blockchain Startups – Finance Bitcoin News
On March 30, Gumi Cryptos Capital (GCC), announced the blockchain-focused venture capital firm’s second fund that will invest $110 million in early-stage blockchain startups. The second fund follows G...
クラーケングローバルでALCX、BOND、JASMY、MASK、RNDR、SPELL、TRIBE、UMA上場へ
クラーケングローバルが8銘柄上場へ 米サンフランシスコ拠点の大手暗号資産（仮想通貨）取引所クラーケン（Kraken）で、新たに暗号資産8銘柄が上場することが3月31日分かった。 今回上場するのはアルケミックス：Alchemix（ALCX）、BarnBridge：バーンブリッジ（BOND：ボンド）、ジャスミーコイン：JasmyCoin（JASMY：ジャスミー） 、マスク・ネットワーク：Mask Ne...
NFT対応テレビ開発、サムスンとニフティーゲートウェイ提携
サムスンがニフティーゲートウェイと提携 韓国サムスン（Samsung）が、NFTプラットフォーム付きのスマートテレビ開発にあたり、ニフティーゲートウェイ（Nifty Gateway）と提携したことが3月30日分かった。 ニフティーゲートウェイは、キャメロンおよびタイラー・ウィンクルボス（通称：ウィンクルボス兄弟）が設立した米暗号資産（仮想通貨）取引所ジェミナイ（Gemini）子会社のNFTマーケッ...
HKEX Set to Build Digital Trading Platform-Diamond this Year
The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) is set to establish a digital trading platform this year in a pilot version as part of its comprehensive strategy, the bourse announced. In its recent annou...
NFTサッカーゲーム「Sorare」、北米メジャーリーグサッカーと提携
Sorareがメジャーリーグサッカーと提携 NFTを利用したファンタジーフットボールゲームを提供するソーレア（Sorare）が、北米のメジャーリーグサッカー（MLS）と提携したことが3月29日分かった。 この提携により、MLS所属全選手の公式NFTカードが販売されることになる。 パリを拠点に2018年に設立されたソーレアは、プレイヤーがサッカー選手の公式ライセンスカードを購入し、そのカードでチーム...