The Giving Block, a crypto donations marketplace, trimmed its workforce, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told The Block. The Miami-based company laid off around ten people, or a...
Tag: Startups
ConsenSys confirms 11% staff cut
Blockchain software company ConsenSys has laid off about 11% percent of its staff. The round of cuts affected a total of 96 employees, the firm said in a statement on Wednesday, confirming repor...
Diva closes $3.5 million seed round for distributed liquid staking protocol
A handful of protocols and exchanges currently dominate the Ethereum staking scene. Diva recently closed a $3.5 million seed round led by A&T Capital to change that, with plans to build out a coop...
3AC founders Zhu and Davies pitch to raise $25 million for new crypto exchange
Su Zhu and Kyle Davies, the founders of collapsed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), are hoping to raise $25 million to start a new crypto exchange called GTX, according to two separate pit...
$1 Billion Fund to Bet on Abu Dhabi Global Market Web3 Start-ups
Venom foundation is the first blockchain to receive a license by the ADGM which allows the issuance of utility tokens Abu Dhabi-based blockchain platform Venom Foundation and investment manager Iceb...
Cointelegraph Introduces Accelerator Program for Promising Web3 Startups
Advertisement     The program’s goal is to assist Web3’s rising stars in exchange for project tokens so that they may increase their visibility in the media, the size ...
Cryptosat and DoraHacks complete ZK proof experiment on space station
The first successful experiment to launch a Zero-Knowledge (ZK) proof system in space occurred onboard the International Space Station (ISS) today, in a partnership between crypto-satellite developer ...
Web3-focused Beacon Hosts 13 Crypto Startups on Flagship Demo Day
An early-stage accelerator programme called Beacon with an emphasis on web3 recently launched its first batch. On Tuesday, at a demo day, the teams from the first cohort, referred to as Cohort 0, pres...
Building Blocks Event for Web3 Startups Announced for ETH TLV With Collider, Fireblocks, and MarketAcross
[PRESS RELEASE – Tel Aviv, Israel, 10th January 2023] Building Blocks 23, a web3 builder-focused event, will be hosted in central Tel Aviv on February 7, 2023. Hosted by top Israeli companies as part ...
Cointelegraph Launched an Accelerator Program for Innovative Web3 Startups
[PRESS RELEASE – New York, United States, 10th January 2023] The program aims to help Web3’s rising stars boost their media presence, community growth, and brand awareness in exchange for project toke...
Last Quarter Of 2022 Records Lowest Investments In Crypto Startups: Report
According to data from a research firm, PitchBook, venture capital investments in crypto startups fell to their lowest since 2020. The collapse of FTX has certainly made private investors think about ...
Dubai Free Zone is home to over 500 crypto startups
The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) says the oil-rich Middle East country attracted more than 500 crypto startups and about 3000 registered businesses in 2022. The record growth was fueled by s...
Building Blocks Event for Web3 Startups Declared for ETH TLV With Collider, Fireblocks, and MarketAcross
The web3 builder-focused event Building Blocks 23 will take place on February 7, 2023, in the heart of Tel Aviv. The one-day Building Blocks event, which is being hosted by leading Israeli firms as pa...
Building Blocks Event for Web3 Startups Announced for ETH TLV…
Tel Aviv, Israel, 10th January, 2023, Chainwire Building Blocks 23, a web3 builder-focused event, will be hosted in central Tel Aviv on February 7, 2023. Hosted by top Israeli companies as part of ETH...
Cointelegraph Has Launched an Accelerator Program for Innovative Web 3.0 Startups
January 10, 2023 – New York, New York The program aims to help Web 3.0’s rising stars boost their media presence, community growth and brand awareness in exchange for project tokens. The Web 3.0 space...
Cointelegraph has launched an Accelerator program for innovative Web3 startups
New York, United States, 10th January, 2023, Chainwire The program aims to help Web3’s rising stars boost their media presence, community growth and brand awareness in exchange for project tokens. Are...
VCs are pushing startups — will their investors tighten the thumbscrews, too?
Over the last decade or so, many venture capitalists have built vast personal fortunes. Some of the money has been made through investments in companies that have outperformed. But much of their wealt...
Fintechs Accounted for Over 30% of Tracked Kenyan Tech Startups in 2022 — Study
– Advertisement – As of November 2022, Kenyan fintechs accounted for 30.2% or 93 out of the 308 tracked tech startups, a Disrupt Africa study recently found. In addition, the study finding...
Fintechs Accounted for Over 30% of Tracked Kenyan Tech Startups in 2022 — Study – Fintech Bitcoin News
As of November 2022, Kenyan fintechs accounted for 30.2% or 93 out of the 308 tracked tech startups, a Disrupt Africa study recently found. In addition, the study findings show that the fintech sub-se...
SuperRare cuts 30% of staff, citing bear market
NFT platform SuperRare will reduce staff by nearly 30%, said CEO John Crain in a message he posted on Twitter. Although the company grew “in tandem with the market” during the last bull run, acc...
Top 5 Crypto Startups Hiring in Africa in 2023; Explore Career in Blockchain/Web3
According to a report by Chainalysis, Africa is one of the world’s fastest-growing crypto markets. According to the Global Crypto Adoption Index, Nigeria and Kenya are ranked 11 and 19, respectively, ...
Cryptosat launches second satellite with 30 times faster computation
Cryposat has launched the second of its isolated computational environments in low Earth orbit. The CubeSat named Crypto2, a small satellite no larger than a mug, was among the contents of a pa...
Five Chinese startups that survived a tough year of Covid lockdowns
A Kennon Robotics robot delivers food at a Haidilao hotpot restaurant in Shanghai on April 7, 2021. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — In a year of Covid lockdowns and travel restrictions...
Web3 startups raised $7.1B in funding during 2022 – Gaming accounted for 62%
The Web3 space raised $7.1 billion in funding throughout 2022, with Gaming, Metaverse, and Social Networks being the top three investment categories, according to Metaverse Post’s year-end report. The...
Startups End a Bruising 2022, Stare Down Another Challenging Year
Startups had a dismal year by nearly every measurement in 2022, from plummeting investment to scarce public listings, and data point to a 2023 that could be even more difficult. As markets tanked in e...
North Korean Hackers Pose As VC Firms And Banks To Steal Millions From Crypto Startups
North Korean hackers are taking it a notch higher by pretending to be venture capitalists to steal from cryptocurrency startups. BlueNoroff, the name given by cybersecurity experts to a crew associate...
Hong Kong Accelerates Web3 Push Attracting Startups
A Hong Kong-based start-up accelerator will offer assistance to 1,000 web3 start-ups to bring business to the region. Hong Kong is attempting to reclaim its crypto hub status by achieving the target i...
5 Blockchain Startups to Watch in 2023
Blockchain technology was the legendary creation of the anonymous cryptographer Satoshi Nakamoto. Despite Bitcoin’s immense popularity and value, nobody is none the wiser as to who was behind the inno...