Berkeley-based renewable energy company Vespene Energy announced on Tuesday that it had raised $4.3 million in a funding round led by Polychain Capital and joined by other climate-focused funds. Vespe...
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Vespene Energy Raises $4.3M to Turn Methane From Landfills Into Sustainable Bitcoin Mining
Vespene Energy has received $4.3 million in funding from Polychain Capital and others to continue converting methane gas from landfills into power for bitcoin mining. The company generates energy from...
CreatorDAO Raises $20M to Fund Creator Economy
CreatorDAO raises $20 million in VC funding to mentor and fund content creators in return for a share of the creators’ earnings. CEO and co-founder Michael Ma sees the company becoming the Web 3 versi...
First Crypto-Based Import by iran Raises Concerns Over Sanction Evasion
Iran has made its first official import order using cryptocurrency this week, a step that could allow the country to bypass U.S. sanctions. The order, worth $10 million, could enable the nation to tra...
Solana Wallet Developer Cashmere Raises $3M in Seed Funding
Solana’s enterprise wallet developer Cashmere announced on August 9 that it has raised $3 million in seed funding at a $30 million valuation. According to Cashmere, participation in the fundrais...
Native Payment Infrastructure, Airswift, Raises $2M in Pre-Seed Funding Led by CE Innovation Capital – Press release Bitcoin News
press release PRESS RELEASE. Vancouver, August 8, 2022 – Airswift, a fintech startup pioneering Web 3.0 native payment solutions, announced that it raised $2 million USD in a pre-seed funding round le...
China Raises Tensions As It Continues Military Drills Around Taiwan Beyond Sunday’s Deadline
Topline China’s unprecedented military drill surrounding Taiwan will continue—despite originally being scheduled to end on Sunday—Beijing announced on Monday, in a move that is likely to further raise...
Tamadoge Beta Presale Raises more than half a million dollars in days: Is it the next Dogecoin?
Every year a project comes along that redefines the crypto industry in multiple ways. This year, we have Tamadoge. It is a cryptocurrency of a play-to-earn metaverse game that combines the aesthetics ...
Brevan Howard Subsidiary Raises $1B For Crypto Investments Amid Bear Market
A recent report noted that BH Digital, a Brevan Howard Asset Management subsidiary, is taking a progressive growth measure in the crypto sector. It has successfully generated over $1 billion through i...
A Quick Bite for Tiffany’s NFT Drop – Raises 12.5 Million Instantly
Tiffany and Co. sold 250 pieces in less than 20 minutes. The average price of an NFT is set as 30ETH by Tiffany and Co. Tiffany and Co. became the latest and biggest brand to enter the NFT industry wi...
Brevan Howard raises more than $1 billion for crypto fund: Blockworks
Brevan Howard Asset Management’s digital assets-focused vehicle has raised more than $1 billion from institutional investors, Blockworks reported. BH Digital, the crypto and digital asset arm of Breva...
Brevan Howard Crypto Fund Raises Over $1 Billion
BH Digital’s current capacity of $1.5 billion is expected to rise as the firm is still open to more investment, accepting a minimum commitment of $5 million. BH Digital, a crypto-centric Brevan Howard...
Halliday Raises $6 Million for ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Ethereum NFTs
As more game studios look to incorporate digital assets and collectibles into their properties, Web3 startup Halliday has raised $6 million in a new seed round led by Andreesen Horowitz (a16z) to chan...
Musk’s SpaceX raises $250 million in equity, up to $2 billion in 2022
A Starship prototype stands on the company’s launchpad in Boca Chica, Texas on March 16, 2022. SpaceX Elon Musk’s SpaceX raised $250 million in an equity round last month, the company disc...
Former Coinbase employee raises $4.5 million for his web3 data startup Coherent: Exclusive
Coherent, a blockchain data startup founded by former Coinbase employee Carl Cortright, has raised $4.5 million in a seed funding round. The round was co-led by Kindred Ventures, Matchstick Ventures a...
Kurtosis raises $20 million in Series A funding round
Crypto-oriented developer tool platform Kurtosis has announced raising $20 million in its Series A funding round. The protocol reported the development in a Twitter post on Thursday. As revealed, the ...
Tiffany & Co. NFT Drop Raises $12.5M After Instant Sellout
Key Takeaways Tiffany & Co. raised more than $12.5 million on its first NFT collection today. Priced at 30 ETH each, the collection of 250 CryptoPunks-inspired NFTs sold out in around 20 minutes. ...
Cosmos liquid staking protocol Stride raises $6.7 million within months of founding
Cosmos staking protocol Stride announced the closing of a $6.7 million seed round co-led by investors North Island VC, Distributed Global and Pantera Capital. Vishal Talasani only set up Stride with ...
Brevan Howard Subsidiary Raises $1B for Crypto Fund
Key Takeaways Brevan Howard Asset Management reportedly raised over $1 billion for its digital asset subsidiary, BH Digital. Launched in Sep. 2021, BH Digital now has a total capacity of $1.5 billion ...
Dividend Stocks: Top Insurer Collects On Earnings, Raises Dividend
In IBD’s Dividend Leaders screen, insurance firm Unum Group (UNM) is in focus after a giant earnings beat, dividend increase and improving fundamentals. X Unum Group — headquartered in Chattanoo...
Galoy, a fintech firm, raises $4 million
The broadening scope of fintech has attracted various big companies to this domain. The latest in this regard is banking platform Galoy which has planned to launch Bitcoin-backed synthetic dollar on t...
OpenSea NFT Gifting Feature Raises Concerns About Mislabeled Transactions
A new “gifting” feature on leading NFT marketplace OpenSea is causing confusion over mislabeled transactions—something that could potentially be exploited by predatory NFT traders. NFTs—unique blockch...
Fintech Firm Galoy Raises $4 Million, Startup Introduces Bitcoin-Backed Synthetic Dollar Product – Bitcoin News
On Wednesday, Galoy, the firm behind El Salvador’s Bitcoin Beach Wallet, announced that the company raised $4 million in funding in an investment round led by Hivemind Ventures. On the same day, the s...
Banking Platform Galoy Raises $4M for Bitcoin-Backed Synthetic Dollar
“Bitcoin has brought digital transactions to previously unbanked communities across Latin America, Africa and beyond,” said Galoy CEO Nicolas Burtey in a press release. “However, its volatility makes ...
Hundreds of Millions of XRP Transactions Pop Again as Ripple Address Raises Stakes
Gamza Khanzadaev Enormous XRP transactions continue directly from Ripple address The new week continued with fresh multimillion-dollar XRP transfers around and near various on-demand liquidity (ODL) h...
NFT counterfeit detector MarqVision raises $20 million in Series A funding
MarqVision, a startup that detects and removes counterfeit products using AI, announced Tuesday that it raised $20 million in Series A funding. Investors in this round include DST Global Partners, A...
Gatenox raises $2.5 million to assist firms with regulatory solutions
Gatenox has raised about $2.5 million from a funding round. Notable firms like C3 VC fund, A100x ventures, and investors like Matthew Niemerg and Antoni Zolciak participated in the round. The firm ho...
Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip Raises Angst in Global Financial Markets
(Bloomberg) — Traders are bracing for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s expected arrival in Taipei Tuesday to raise tensions with China, with Asian stocks sliding and global havens the yen and Tre...