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Cryptocurrency Lender BlockFi Secures New $18.3 Million Funding

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Photo: BlockFi New York-based cryptocurrency lender, BlockFi, has successfully raised $18.3 million in a Series A funding round which was led by Valar Ventures. The funding round also saw contributions from other heavy names in the cryptocurrency sector including Winklevoss Capital, Galaxy Digital, ConsenSys Ventures, Akuna Capital, Avon Ventures, Susquehanna, CMT Digital, Morgan Creek Digital and PJC. Valar Ventures is only one of three venture firms founded by Paypal Co-founder Peter Thiel. Thiel is not new in the crypto sector and last year, the Valar boss invested in Block.one and…

BlockFi Raises Over $18 Million USD in Funding Round

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US cryptocurrency lending startup BlockFi has raised $18.3 million USD in a funding round led by Valar Ventures, the company announced on Tuesday. BlockFi is the first company of its kind to receive institutional funding for crypto-based loans in US dollars, in the form of a $50 million lending facility from Galaxy Digital. The new capital will reportedly be used to expand the array of products on BlockFi’s existing platform that includes interest-earning accounts for Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto-backed USD loans. BlockFi also plans on using the investment to double…

Crypto Derivatives Platform FTX Secures $8M In Seed Funding Round

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Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX has secured $8 million in its seed round. Major investors include blockchain-focused venture capital fund Proof of Capital and blockchain firm Consensus Lab, among others. In the blog post published on Aug. 6, Proof of Capital revealed that it had invested in FTX, a firm offering futures, leveraged tokens and over-the-counter trading. Consensus Lab, digital asset management firm in blockchain-based capital market FBG, and crypto hedge fund Galois Capital also provided substantial funding. FTX’s founding members include officers from leading industry players such as tech-focused trading…

Sony Subsidiary Joins ~$14.5M Funding Round for Bitcoin Bank Bitwala

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Germany-based Bitcoin (BTC) bank Bitwala announced that it received €13 million (almost $14.5 million) in funding in a press release shared with Cointelegraph on July 31. Connecting Bitcoin and banks Per the release, an international investor consortium led by Sony Financial Ventures, Global Brain and British investment company NKB Group invested in the German bank. Furthermore, half of the funds have been reportedly provided by investors Earlybird Venture Capital and coparion. Jan Goslicki, co-founder and Chief Compliance Officer at Bitwala declared: “We started Bitwala to do something that nobody thought…

Kraken Rolls Out New Funding Options for 5 Major Fiat Currencies

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United States-based crypto exchange Kraken has partnered with Estana Custody to offer new options for fiat deposits and withdrawals in five major currencies.  New funding options for USD, EUR, CAD, GBP, JPY According to an official announcement from the exchange on July 29, the partnership will bring Kraken’s global customer base access to new funding options for U.S. dollars, euros, Canadian dollars, British pounds sterling and Japanese yen. While the new onramps are not available for “Starter” Kraken accounts, “Intermediate” and “Pro” level traders can access the fiat funding options…

Blockchain Startup Nets $2.4 Million in Public Funding to Fight Food Slavery

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Blockchain startup Lumachain has received $2.4 million in public funding from Main Sequence Ventures, a $165.6 million venture capital fund backed by the Australian government and the federal Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.  Lumachain’s newly-received funds will go toward staffing fees as well as international expansion, according to a report by local financial news periodical the Australian Financial Review (AFR) on July 29. Lumachain reportedly uses blockchain technology to track and trace the condition and whereabouts of food products along the supply chain in real time.  According to Lumachain’s…

Crypto Data Startup Digital Asset Data Earns $3.2 Million in Funding Round

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Cryptocurrency data and financial technology startup Digital Asset Data announced that it received $3.2 million in funding in a press release shared with Cointelegraph on July 25. A round led by Silver Lake and Glenn Hutchins Per the release, the round was led by investment firm North Island and tech-focused private equity group Silver Lake co-founder Glenn Hutchins. The new funds, added to its seed funding of $6 million covered by Cointelegraph in April, brings the total funding received by the startup to $9.2 million. The startup in question reportedly…

Sorry, I Don’t Want to Pay for More Bombs: Bitcoin as a Hedge Against Funding War

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After nearly two decades of U.S.-led coalition bombs falling on the Middle East, peace in the region still has not been achieved. Now the United States is once again bolstering military forces, this time in Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, taxpayers in multiple countries are being forced to pay for these ill-fated and unethical campaigns, with little to no say in the matter. Bitcoin and cryptocurrency provide a means, however, to store and move value in peaceful ways, in lieu of donating to the murder of strangers overseas. Also Read: Privacy Is…

Robinhood Raises $323 Million in Funding Round Led by DST Global

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Cryptocurrency-inclusive trading platform Robinhood has raised $323 million in a recent funding round. Robinhood shared the figure in an official announcement on July 22. As per the report, the investment firm DST Global led the Series E financing round that also included Ribbit Capital, NEA, Sequoia, and Thrive Capital as other contributing members.  Additionally, the announcement specifies that this funding round puts Robinhood at a $7.6 billion post-money valuation. Today’s announcement follows previous reports that Robinhood was planning to raise upwards of $200 million to set the firm’s post-funding valuation…

Market Maker Altonomy Raises $7M in Funding Round Led by Polychain Capital

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Cryptocurrency asset management firm Altonomy has raised $7 million in a seed round from digital assets investment company Polychain Capital, according to a press release on July 15. Singapore-based market maker Altonomy is planning to allocate the raised funds to source liquidity for institutional customers like spot and derivatives exchanges. Altonomy provides liquidity for Bitcoin (BTC) futures projects from CME Group and works with stablecoins USDC, Tether (USDT), TrueUSD (TUSD) and Paxos Standards (PAX). The company will ostensibly connect over 60 cryptocurrency exchanges and over-the-counter desks around the world following…