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Crypto Payment Firm Strike Enables Bitcoin Purchases for Users Worldwide

Strike initially rolled out the BTC purchase feature for customers in the United States, allowing only users in the country to buy the crypto asset at no cost. Crypto payment company Strike has expanded its global services, allowing users in 36 countries, including El Salvador, Australia, and some African nations, to purchase Bitcoin (BTC) directly on the platform using their debit cards. In a recent announcement, the firm revealed plans to extend these services to over 65 countries in the future. The global purchase feature is already available to iOS…

Goldman Sachs Leads Blockchain Firm Fnality Raise of $95M

Fnality, a fintech firm building tokenized versions of major currencies collateralized by cash held at central banks, has raised $95 million in Series B funding led by Goldman Sachs and BNP Paribas. DTCC, Euroclear, Nomura and WisdomTree participated in the round, which also saw further commitment from a number of institutions that backed Fnality’s $63 million fundraise back in 2019: Banco Santander, BNY Mellon, Barclays, CIBC, Commerzbank, ING, Lloyds Banking Group, Nasdaq Ventures, State Street, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and UBS. Source

Foresight Ventures Takes Majority Stake in Crypto Media Firm The Block

Foresight Ventures sees the acquisition as an opportunity to establish a significant foothold in the US and contribute to The Block’s growth amidst challenges in the crypto media industry. Singapore-based Foresight Ventures has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in The Block, a prominent crypto news and data provider. The deal, which valued the company at $70 million, marks a significant move for Foresight Ventures, an investment organization specializing in blockchain technology and crypto business. The Block’s Acquisition Deal With Foresight Foresight Ventures, which manages $400 million in assets,…

Goldman Sachs leads $95M funding round for blockchain payment firm Fnality — Report

Global investment bank Goldman Sachs and French universal bank BNP Paribas have reportedly led a new funding round for Fnality, a blockchain-based wholesale payments firm backed by Nomura Group. Fnality has raised 77.7 million British pounds ($95.09 million) in a second round of funding, Reuters reported on Nov. 13. In addition to Goldman and BNP Paribas, the fund raise involved participation by settlement houses like Euroclear and Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation. Other investors included the global exchange-traded fund firm WisdomTree and Fnality’s existing investor Nomura. There was also additional…

Stablecoin firm Tether minted 4B USDT in 4 weeks: Data

Major stablecoin issuer Tether has been increasingly minting new USDT (USDT) tokens, issuing 4 billion USDT over the past month. Tether issued another 1 billion of Tether on the Tron blockchain on Nov. 10, the blockchain data provider Whale Alert reported. The latest USDT minting came just a few days after Tether issued another 1 billion USDT on Ethereum on Nov. 9, in addition to 2 billion USDT issued in two batches on the Tron blockchain on Nov. 3 and Oct. 19, according to Whale Alert data. Tether chief technology…

Hackers claim to have stolen user data from defunct crypto ATM firm Coin Cloud

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An anonymous group of hackers claims to have stolen personal information for about 300,000 customers of the Bitcoin (BTC) ATM company called Coin Cloud, the pseudonymous cybersecurity account Vx-underground posted on X (formerly Twitter). An unknown Threat Actor(s) claim to have compromised Coin Cloud. They allege to have exfiltrated 70,000 customer selfies (via ATM cameras), and 300,000 customers PII which includes Social Security Number, Date of Birth, First Name, Last Name, e-mail address, Telephone Number,… pic.twitter.com/TJ7RUK18Yq — vx-underground (@vxunderground) November 12, 2023 Apart from personal information, the hacker group also…

Jihan Wu’s Bitcoin mining firm Bitdeer partners with NVIDIA

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Blockchain company Bitdeer has become a cloud service provider in the NVIDIA partner network. Bitcoin cloud mining services company Bitdeer Technologies Group has entered into a partnership agreement with NVIDIA to double down on supercomputing resources. In a press release on Nov. 9, Bitdeer said it had become a cloud service provider (CSP) in the NVIDIA partner network. It allows the Singapore-based company to launch a cloud service in Asia powered by NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, an artificial intelligence data center infrastructure with DGX H100 systems. NVIDIA’s Senior Director of the…

Crypto VC firm Spartan Capital invests in Pendle to drive DeFi growth

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Singapore-based digital asset investment firm Spartan Group has announced investment in the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Pendle Finance (PENDLE). After actively supporting Pendle since its launch in 2021, Spartan Group’s crypto venture capital arm Spartan Capital has made a follow-on investment in Pendle Finance through an over-the-counter, or OTC, purchase. The firm emphasized that Spartan and Pendle have had a strong partnership since the DeFi’s project inception, noting that the latest investment aims to support the project in its further ambitions. “At Spartan Capital, we recognize the transformative potential of…