‘Every Company Will Be a Crypto Company’; A Venture Funding Outlook for 2022

This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US. Download this episode In today’s “Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at a slew of funding rounds announced this week, including: Near Protocol, $150 million Z...

FTX set to stand out in 2022 after $2 billion worth of funding

• The crypto company to invest in video games, Dapps, or other projects.• FTX seeks to overtake Coinbase, its closest competitor. The crypto exchange FTX, managed by Sam Bankman-Fried, announces fundi...

Crypto data firm Lukka hits $1.3 billion valuation with new funding round

advertisement Lukka, a crypto firm that provides data services and enterprise software tools, has raised $110 million in a Series E funding round and is now valued at $1.3 billion. Global asset manage...

Near Protocol Closes $150M Funding, NEAR Price Eyes $20

NEAR protocol has managed to close substantial funding round from top cryptocurrency investors in preparation for a further DeFi-oriented advance. NEAR Protocol has closed $150 million in funding from...

Crypto asset B2B service Zero Hash raises $105M in Series D funding » CryptoNinjas

Zero Hash, a B2B crypto-asset-as-a-service infrastructure that offers a turnkey solution to allow platforms the ability for their users to buy/sell, send/receive, reward, earn and stake cryptocurrency...

Citadel Securities Receives $1.15B Funding from Sequoia, Paradigm

Citadel Securities, a major market maker, has received $1.15 billion in funding from Sequoia and Paradigm that took its valuation to approximately $22 billion, the company announced. The minority inve...

Zero Hash Secures $105 Million in Series D Funding Round

Yesterday, Zero Hash announced that the company has raised a total of $105 million in its Series D funding round. To date, Zero Hash has raised approximately $165 million. The latest funding round, wh...

Checkout.com Ends $1Bn Funding Round Valued at $40Bn

Global payments firm Checkout.com, today (Wednesday) closed a $1 billion Series D funding round which gives the cloud-based, end-to-end payments platform a $40 billion valuation. Today’s Series ...

Crypto bank SEBA raises $120 million in Series C funding

SEBA — the Switzerland-based regulated crypto bank founded by former UBS employees — has raised 110 million Swiss francs (around $120 million) in a Series C funding round. The round was co-led by a co...

Immuron stock rockets after funding by U.S. DoD of new research agreement

Shares of Immuron Ltd. IMRN, +2.67% rocketed 49.6% in active premarket trading Wednesday, after the Australia-based biopharmaceutical company said it received an award of AUD$6.2 million ($4.5 million...

Fan Controlled Football League Raises $40 Million Series A Funding Round Led By Cryptocurrency Investors

DULUTH, GEORGIA – FEBRUARY 13: Christopher Bazile #40 of the Glacier Boyz catches a touchdown pass … [+] against Joseph Putu #46 and Marquill Osborne #23 of the Wild Aces at Infinite Energ...

Elrond-Based Metaverse Project Closes a $1.5 Million Funding Round

Itheum, a metaverse project based on the Elrond network, recently secured $1.5 million in funding from a single investor – Morningstar Ventures. This seed round would enable the project to pursue its ...

Cardano Foundation Completes Funding To Plant 1 Million Trees

Last year, the Cardano Foundation announced that it was partnering with Veritree to plant a million trees. This partnership was part of the project’s commitment towards going carbon green and helping ...

Cardano Forest to Become a Reality Atop the Achieved Funding Milestone

Cardano’s plans to become a climate-positive blockchain network are getting closer to being fulfilled as it has met the funding target for its Cardano Global Impact Challenge. The Cardano Foundation f...

NFT aggregator Flip raises $6.5 million in seed funding

NFT marketplace aggregator Flip, co-founded by UpOnly podcast host Brian Krogsgard (aka Ledger Status), has raised $6.5 million in a seed funding round. The round was led by co-led by Distributed Glob...

USDA Boosts School Lunch Funding By $750 Million To Counter Higher Food Prices

Topline  The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday announced a $750 million increase in funding for school meal programs, citing the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic and higher food costs.  West...

Pantera’s Bitcoin Feeder Fund reaches $63.7 million in funding

advertisement Pantera Capital, an American hedge fund that manages over $6.4 billion in blockchain-related assets, has now reached $63.7 million in funding from 153 investors for its Bitcoin Feeder Fu...

MoneyGram acquires stake in Coinme as part of Series A funding round

MoneyGram, a money transfer service provider based in Dallas, is venturing deeper into the cryptocurrency sector. The company has announced the acquisition of a 4% in Coinme, a cryptocurrency cash exc...

GCEX Receives $4 Million in Funding from TGV4 Plus Fund

GCEX, the crypto and forex liquidity provider founded by Lars Holst in 2018, has received $4 million in fresh funding from True Global Ventures 4 Plus Fund (TGV4 Plus), which primarily invests in seri...

NFT-Focused Metaversal Lands $50 Million in Funding Led By CoinFund

After a phenomenal run in 2021, the NFT industry continues to grow fast and attract more professional and institutional players. Riding the hype is the NFT-focused venture studio, Metaversal, which se...

NFT market, OpenSea receives $300m in funding round

TL;DR Breakdown Top NFT market OpenSea makes $300m in Series C funding round. Months back OpenSea was only valued at $1.5bn. NFT market reveals what it would use $300m funding for. Top Non-Fungible To...

OpenSea Raises $300 Million in Series C Funding

In 2021, the globe was awakened to the fact that NFTs are the main components of completely new peer-to-peer economic systems. They give consumers more ownership and control over digital products whil...

OpenSea Valuation Grows to $13.3 Billion Following a $300 Million in Series C Funding

A $300 million funding round led by Coatue and Paradigm increased OpenSea’s valuation at $13.3 billion. The NFT marketplace vowed to employ the investment into four categories: accelerate product deve...

Metaversal has raised $50mn in a Series A funding round

Metaversal is a digital asset curator that focuses on Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) projects. On Tuesday, the firm announced that it has completed its ongoing capital raising round. Notably, in the lates...

NFT-based Holding Firm Metaversal Completes $50 Million Series A Funding, Here’s What It Plans To Use It For

On Tuesday, NFT-based holding firm Metaversal announced the completion of a $50 million Series A funding round. And according to the digital assets curator, the fund will further strengthen its abilit...

NFT-focused Metaversal raises $50 million in Series A funding

advertisement Metaversal, an investment firm and venture studio focused on non-fungible tokens (NFTs), announced Tuesday that it raised $50 million in Series A funding.  CoinFund, a US-based crypto-fo...

South Korean Presidential Candidate To Issue NFTs For Campaign Funding

Korea’s ruling political party, the Democratic Party of Korea or DPK, has revealed that it will be issuing NFTs for fundraising during the upcoming presidential elections. The NFTs will feature the pr...

Crypto infrastructure startup Cion Digital raises $12 million in seed funding

Cion Digital, a crypto infrastructure startup building tools for traditional financial institutions, has raised $12 million in a seed funding round. Green Visor Capital and 645 Ventures co-led the rou...

Israel government Seized $840K Cryptocurrencies From a firm to tackle terrorist funding

According to a recent local report, Protection Minister Benny Grantz has approved the seizure order. The defence official stated that the whole amount was originally NIS 2.6 million (about $840,000) i...

Israeli Defense Minister Cracks Down on Hamas Funding Network

The Israeli Defense Minister has wasted no time seizing over $800K in cryptocurrencies believed to have been sent to Hamas to fund its military activities. The ground is shrinking beneath Hamas’ feet,...