ApeCoin Tokenomics Raises Centralization Questions

With the recent launch of ApeCoin ($APE), questions surrounding its tokenomics have surfaced, leading many to question whether this will truly be a decentralized infrastructure. Last week, Yuga Labs a...

ClearBank raises $230M from Apax to expand into Europe and the US

The UK fintech firm will be using the money  to take its services beyond its home market ClearBank describes itself as the first clearing bank to have launched in the U.K. in 250 years They aim to pro...

Crypto Weekly Roundup: EU Rejects Regulations, Terra CEO Bets On Luna, ConsenSys Raises $450M, Ukraine Legalizes Crypto, APE Launch, And More

The raging Ukraine-Russia war has seen financial support pouring in, in the form of BTC and other cryptocurrencies. In a monumental move, Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy has signed the Virtual Assets Bi...

Metametaverse Raises $2 Million To Build An Interoperable Metaverse – Confused? Don’t Be

Brace yourselves for another “metaverse” — the Metametaverse… After keeping a low profile for a couple of years, cryptocurrency innovator Joel Dietz — ​​a founding architect of MetaMask and developer ...

MaiCoin Crypto Exchange Raises $400 Million As It Prepares An IPO On NASDAQ

Taiwanese largest crypto exchange MaiCoin is considering listing as a publicly-traded company within the next two years. The exchange is also looking to complete a Series C funding round that will inc...

Ethereum L2 Solution Optimism Raises $150 Million In Funding Led by A16z And Paradigm

Optimism, an Ethereum L2 (Layer 2) rollup solution, has raised $150 million in a Series B fundraising round led by notable names in the venture capital (VC) world. A16z and Paradigm led the investment...

Jack Dorsey’s Block Participates In Funding For Kyash, A Japanese Fintech Firm: Raises $41 Million

As per a report by Nikkei, in a Series D financing round, a Tokyo-based financial technology company Kyash has raised $41.2 million. Kyash now stands at $107.7 million (12.8 billion JPY) in total fund...

Crypto Market Reacts After Fed Raises Interest Rates For The First Time Since 2018 ⋆ ZyCrypto

Advertisement &nbsp &nbsp Key Takeaways Bitcoin has been sustaining positive price action since the FOMC announcement. Altcoins have followed Bitcoin’s cue as well. Market pun...

Optimism Raises $150 Million in Series B Funding Round Led by Paradigm and A16z – Bitcoin News

Optimism, an L2 (Layer 2) rollup solution for Ethereum, has raised $150 million in its Series B funding round coming from big companies in the venture capital (VC) scene. The funding round was led by ...

Trailblazer Games Raises $8.2M to Develop Web3-Native Fantasy Universe

[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] Singapore, March 17, 2022 – Startup Trailblazer Games has closed an $8.2M seed round led by Makers Fund, including Play Ventures, Fabric Ventures, and a roster...

Japanese Fintech Firm Kyash Raises $41 Million, Jack Dorsey’s Block Participates in Funding – Fintech Bitcoin News

A Tokyo-based financial technology company called Kyash has raised $41.2 million in a Series D funding round which saw participation from the Block (formerly known as Square). The investment into the ...

ClearBank raises $229 million marking expansion push

Banking platform ClearBank said on Tuesday that it had raised $229 million, marking its push to expand internationally.  The ‘bank of banks,’ which has partnered with crypto giants such as Coinbase an...

Coinbooks raises $3.2 million to build accounting software for DAOs

advertisement Coinbooks, an accounting software startup based in San Francisco, is 3 months old. But in that time, the company has raised a total of $3.2 million from investors including Y Combinator,...

Optimism Raises $150M, Pledges To Lower Gas Fees Further

Ethereum scaling startup Optimism has raised $150 million in its latest Series B funding round, with a total valuation of $1.65 billion.  Funds To Lower Gas Fees On Thursday, Optimism announced the ne...

Ethereum Layer 2 Optimism Raises $150 Million in Series B Funding

Ethereum scaling solution, Optimism has raised $150 million in Series B funding, co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Paradigm. In the latest blog post, the blockchain startup revealed that it is current...

Ethereum L2 Optimism Raises $150 Million – Trustnodes

One of the more prominent ethereum second layer solution, Optimism, has raised $150 million at a valuation of $1.65 billion. Stripe, Paradigm, a16z, Nascent and others participated with Jinglan Wang, ...

Trailblazer Games Raises $8.2M to Develop Native Fantasy Universe

Startup Trailblazer Games has closed an $8.2M seed round led by Makers Fund, including Play Ventures, Fabric Ventures, and a roster of prominent industry leaders in gaming and blockchain. Trailblazer ...

Crypto Exchange Anchex Raises $1M to Expand Customer Base

U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Anchex has raised its largest-ever investment of up to $1 million to expand the customer market. According to Dylan Thompson, the funds raised will be used to expand...

Ethereum Layer 2 Startup Optimism Raises $150m in Series B Round

Ethereum scaling startup Optimism has secured a $150 million Series B round, co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Paradigm. After this financing, the company was valued at $1.65 billion. Since NFT and De...

Japanese Challenger Bank Kyash Raises $41m from Jack Dorsey’s Block and Others

Kyash, a Tokyo-based challenger bank, announced Thursday that it had raised $41.2 million in a Series D funding round from investors, including payments company Block (formerly Square), Greyhound Capi...

Mina Foundation Raises $92m to Boost Zero-Knowledge Proof Technology

Mina Foundation, the blockchain outfit responsible for developing and managing the world’s lightest blockchain, Mina Protocol, has pulled the sum of $92 million in funding from investors led by Three ...

Optimism saves users $1B in fees, raises $150M in Series B

Popular Ethereum scaling solution Optimism has announced a $150 million Series B funding round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Paradigm at a total valuation of $1.65 billion.  According to a ...

Optimism Raises $150M in Series B Round

Key Takeaways Optimism raised $150 million in its Series B. The funding round was led by Paradigm and a16z. Optimism’s team noted its Layer 2 scaling solution has saved users $1 billion in gas fees. S...

Ethereum L2 Protocol Optimism Raises $150 Million In Series B

The Ethereum blockchain is preparing to become more scalable come ETH 2.0, and its Layer 2 solutions are growing stronger as well. Optimism, an Ethereum Layer 2 protocol, has just announced the closin...

Delta gives employees 4% raises, first pay increase since before the pandemic

Flight attendants hand out refreshments to a packed Delta Airlines flight traveling from Ronald Regan National Airport to MinneapolisSaint Paul International Airport on Friday, May 21, 2021. Kent Nish...

BoE raises rates again: ‘double-digit inflation is not off the cards’

The Bank of England (BoE) lifted interest rates by another 0.25 percentage point on Thursday, but adopted a more dovish tone on concerns that inflation will remain higher for longer due to the Ukraine...

Mina Ecosystem raises $92 million from Three Arrows, FTX and others

The Mina Ecosystem, a group representing several teams behind the privacy-focused blockchain protocol Mina, has raised $92 million in a token sale and plans to use the funds to attract more software d...

Ethereum scaling startup Optimism raises $150 million at $1.65 billion valuation

advertisement Optimism, the Ethereum scaling startup, said Thursday that it had raised a $150 million Series B funding round. The round values the startup, which formed out of a research effort in ear...

Hydrow raises millions as at-home fitness industry faces post-Covid reckoning

Hydrow, maker of a $2,500 connected rowing machine, said Thursday it has landed another $55 million in funding to fuel its growth while the at-home fitness industry undergoes a shakeout as consumers r...

Bank of England Raises Interest Rates Back to Pre-Pandemic Level of 0.75%

The policy statement, however, leaned dovish, suggesting consensus expectations for the central bank to bring its bank rate to 2% by year end might have gotten ahead themselves. “Some further mo...

The Fed raises rates by 0.25%.

In its joint press conference with the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) on Wednesday, the Fed disregarded its December statement on raising rates.  Fed raises rates to combat inflation In order to...

Treehouse Successfully Raises $18 Million for Futuristic DeFi Analytics Platform

Treehouse recently announced raising US$18 million to construct the DeFi analytics platform of the future, which they are quite excited about. Mirana Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, Binance, Global Fou...