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Dapper Labs Raises $12M From VC Firms and NBA Players, Nets $1.2M in NFT Sales
Dapper Labs, the team behind CryptoKitties and NBA Top Shot, has secured $12 million in the latest investment round for its Flow blockchain. New investors include Coinbase Ventures, BlockTower Capital, and NBA players Andre Iguodala of Miami Heat, Spencer Dinwiddie and Garrett Temple of the Brooklyn Nets, JaVale McGee of the Los Angeles Lakers, and Aaron Gordon of the Orlando Magic. Dapper’s chief executive and founder, Roham Gharegozlou, stated that the funding will be used to “ensure that Flow can scale to the size of projects appealing to fan bases…
Four-Year Anniversary of Bitfinex Hack, and $12M of Stolen BTC Moved
Someone with access to the 119,756 Bitcoin stolen from crypto exchange Bitfinex in 2016 moved $12 million to unknown wallets in the last six days. According to a series of tweets posted by Whale Alert on August 3, wallet addresses known to be associated with one of the largest breaches ever of a crypto exchange moved 620 Bitcoin (BTC) — worth roughly $7 million at the time of writing — over 4 transactions. On July 29, nearly $5 million — or 448 BTC — was moved in a single transaction.…
$12M Wheat Trade Between U.S. and Indonesia Settled on Blockchain
International agriculture giants, Agrocorp and Cargill, have traded $12 million worth of wheat from North America to Indonesia via the blockchain. The transaction was made via the Singapore-based blockchain platform dltledgers, which is based on Hyperledger Fabric. International cooperative bank Rabobank, ship owner Amarante, and shipping agent Transmarine, also partnered in the transaction. The trade settled on April 1 after five days, with reported time savings over manual processes and increased security and transparency. The transaction reduced the need for paperwork and for complex traditional trade settlement processes. Rabobank’s key…
Berlin Real Estate Worth $12M Tokenized for Everyday Investors
Germany’s Black Manta Capital Partners has launched a security token offering (STO) for Berlin real estate worth more than $12 million. The project is a collaboration with the German real estate firm Tigris Immobilien and includes around 2000 square metres of real estate in total, mostly comprising individual apartments from 40 to 60 square meters in size. Construction is expected to be complete by 2022 and units will be sold to investors and owner-occupiers. Token holders will share 20% of the sale profits through securitized participation rights. The company said…