Binance Labs Among Backers of $7.6M Round for Discord Game Tatsumeeko

Tatsumeeko, a Discord-first fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), has completed a $7.6 million seed funding round co-led by DeFiance Capital, Delphi Ventures and BITKRAFT Ventures. The capital will be used to continue development on the game, which will be released on the Ethereum and Solana blockchains, according to a press release provided to CoinDesk. Source

$76M Ether Fund Makes ‘World First’ IPO on Canadian Stock Exchange

An Ethereum-based fund has completed its initial public offering (IPO) on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). According to a press release on Thursday, Canadian investment fund manager 3iQ announced the sale of more than 7.2 million Class A and F units totaling gross proceeds of around $76.5 million. The Ether Fund Class A Units, aimed at all investor types, have opened for trading under the symbol QETH.U. Investors in the U.S. are specifically excluded, however. 3iQ successfully launched a similar bitcoin fund earlier this year. The ether product’s exchange listing…

Lithuanian tax service’s first confiscated crypto sale nets $7.6M

The Lithuanian government has reportedly sold a batch of cryptocurrency seized by local enforcement agencies. The State Tax Inspectorate, or STI, the country’s tax authority, sold confiscated crypto assets worth 6.4 million euro ($7.6 million) and subsequently added the funds to the state budget. According to an official announcement on Nov. 24, the seized crypto assets included major cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) as well as privacy-focused altcoin Monero (XMR). The STI said this is the first time that the agency has sold seized crypto for fiat. “The conversion…