Tuesday’s big numbers show the rapidity with which OpenSea has ensconced itself as the leading venue for trading non-fungible tokens. In the last 30 days alone, the marketplace for prized profile pics and other digital collectibles logged 1.6 million Ethereum transactions and a trading volume of $2.4 billion, according to data compiled by DappRadar. Source
DeBond continues to make inroads in the decentralized finance industry. Its approach to decentralizing bonds through blockchain technology and smart contracts resulted in a $500,000 seed funding round. Various prominent backers and investors see merit in this approach, paving the way for broader financial access to everyone. DeBond Keeps Making Inroads The seed funding round for DeBond shows the overall demand for decentralizing traditional financial instruments. Bonds have been an essential part of the finance industry for decades, yet their core model has not changed. More importantly, bonds are only…
Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s decentralized finance newsletter. As the crypto community filled its crypto stockings for the holiday season, the Grinch emerged to gift a grimacing fate to two DeFi platforms, stealing their festive spirit and a whole lot of dollars. Reading this article, you’re only receiving a portion of the content from our DeFi newsletter. Drop your email below for the full copy. Binance VC arm leads $60M round in cross-chain protocol Multichain Binance Labs, the venture capital side of global crypto exchange Binance, facilitated a…
The decentralized finance (defi) marketplace, non-fungible token (NFT) financialization platform, and lending application Arcade has announced the company has closed a Series A investment round for $15 million. Just recently, Arcade facilitated an onchain loan of $800,000 against an NFT portfolio from a lender with over $10 billion. Arcade Raises $15 Million in Series A Co-Led by Pantera Capital, Castle Island Ventures, Franklin Templeton Blockchain Fund The defi marketplace Arcade has raised $15 million in capital during a Series A financing round, according to the company. The investment was co-led…
Arcade, a platform that allows users to utilize nonfungible tokens as loan collateral, has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round with participation from Pantera Capital. In a Wednesday announcement, Arcade said Pantera, Castle Island Ventures, Franklin Templeton Blockchain Fund, Golden Tree Asset Management, Eniac Ventures, Protofund, Probably Nothing Capital, and Lemniscap in addition to angel investors BlockFi CEO Zac Prince and Quantstamp CEO Richard Ma were behind the investment in an effort to connect NFT-collateralized lending with the decentralized finance space. The platform is also coming out…
A group of eight Bitcoin (BTC) enthusiasts launched a Kickstarter campaign to publish an educational book for America’s federal policymakers, to reduce their reliance on the traditional media narrative on cryptocurrencies. The campaign managed to attract $23,151 in funding, nearly five times the goal of $5,000. The book was conceptualized soon after the United States House of Representatives passed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, which mandates stringent reporting requirements for the crypto community. According to the authors: “We set out to write a book to help policymakers understand where…
Africa Blockchain Lab recently said it has raised $6 million from a pre-Series A investment round and will use the capital to fund the launch of a crypto wallet. Driving Adoption of Cryptocurrencies An African crypto startup, Africa Blockchain Lab, recently confirmed it has received $6 million from a pre-Series A investment round. The round was led by a consortium of global as well as African venture capital firms like Lateral Frontiers VC, CRE Venture Capital, and Musha Ventures. Global investors that took part in this round include Dragonfly Capital,…
“As more and more institutions look to add crypto services into their offerings, we find ourselves at an inflection point,” Anchorage co-founder Diogo Mónica said in a statement, “This funding positions Anchorage Digital to meet the unprecedented institutional demand for this rapidly evolving market.” Source
On Tuesday, New York Digital Investment Group, or NYDIG, a financial institution specializing in Bitcoin financial services such as savings accounts, trading brokerages, 401(k)s, etc., announced it had secured a $1 billion equity investment led by WestCap. The funding places its valuation at nearly $7 billion. The firm has proved to be popular among institutional investors. Last year, Stone Ridge, a $10 billion asset manager, purchased 10,000 Bitcoin (BTC) via NYDIG’s services. NYDIG is also set to bring BTC adoption to over 650 U.S. banks and credit unions, as well…
press release PRESS RELEASE. Metaverse Alliance has announced the launch of its online Metaverse Hackathon (Metathon) for all metaverse enthusiasts around the world. In recent months, the metaverse has generated a lot of buzz across the internet, with notable corporations like Facebook and Microsoft all racing to embrace the concept. The Metaverse Alliance team believes that the metaverse will create long-term value in the future and that both real and virtual worlds will exist in parallel with little boundaries. Metathon comes from the portmanteau of metaverse and hackathon. It is…