NFT Infrastructure Provider Rarify Gets $10 Million Investment in Series A Funding Round Led by Pantera Capital – Bitcoin News

Rarify, a startup that helps third parties include NFT elements in their tech platforms, has raised $10 million in its Series A funding round. The round was led by Pantera Capital, a leading cryptocurrency-based venture capital firm. The company has now reached a reported valuation of $100 billion amidst the rise in popularity NFTs are experiencing in different fields including gaming and metaverse applications. Rarify Raises $10 Million, Plans Expansion Rarify, a company that deals with producing infrastructure for third parties to integrate NFT services, has raised $10…

French Exchange LordToken Sets To Go Live Following A US$15.7 Million Fundraising

LordToken, the french exchange powered by Binance Cloud has successfully completed its initial funding round, raising US$15.7 million in several rounds of token sales. This sets the stone rolling in preparation for the grand launch of the LordToken exchange. François Denis the co-founder of LordToken made a key remark to expressed his optimism towards the conclusion of the fundraising and the upcoming launch of the platform: “This is an exciting time for us and everyone who believes in the LordToken mission; our fundraising drew more significant interest than we had…

South African Crypto Exchange Valr Raises $50 Million in Series B Funding Round – Exchanges Bitcoin News

South African cryptocurrency exchange Valr announced recently that it has raised $50 million in a Series B round led by Pantera Capital. The capital raise means Valr is now valued at a reported $240 million. Funds Raised to Finance Valr’s Expansion Into Other Markets The South African cryptocurrency exchange, Valr, recently announced that it raised $50 million in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Pantera Capital, while Alameda Research, Cadenza, CMT Digital, Coinbase Ventures, Distributed Global, GSR and Third Prime also took part. According to a…

Payment services provider Shift4 acquires The Giving Block for $54 million

According to an investor presentation published Tuesday, U.S.-based payment solutions provider Shift4 announced its acquisition of The Giving Block in cash and stock for $54 million, plus a potential earnout of up to $246 million. The Giving Block is an online platform that allows over 1,300 nonprofit organizations and charities to accept crypto donations.  As told by its annual report, the organization processed $69.64 million in crypto donations, an increase of 1,558% from 2020. Out of this amount, approximately $12.3 million came from donations by nonfungible tokens, or NFT, projects.…

Ukraine accepts DOT, founder Gavin Wood donates $5.8 million

Calls from the crypto community for Ukraine to accept other cryptocurrencies have been answered. The official Ukraine Twitter account shared that it will now accept donations from Polkadot (DOT), while other cryptocurrencies will soon be added.  The people of Ukraine are grateful for the support and donations from the global crypto community as we protect our freedom. We are now accepting Polkadot donations too: $DOT: 1x8aa2N2Ar9SQweJv9vsuZn3WYDHu7gMQu1RePjZuBe33Hv.More cryptocurrencies to be accepted soon. — Ukraine / Україна (@Ukraine) March 1, 2022 Gavin Wood, the co-founder of Polkadot had previously shared that if…

Binance Donates $10 Million to Support Ukrainians, Launches Crowdfunding Initiative – Bitcoin News

Binance, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has announced a series of humanitarian aid actions it will take to support Ukrainians. The exchange stated it will donate a minimum of $10 million to help the Ukrainian people through the Binance Charity Foundation. Binance also announced it was kickstarting a crypto-first crowdfunding site to coordinate donations to the Ukrainian cause. Binance to Offer Humanitarian Donation to Ukrainians Binance, one of the leading exchanges in the cryptocurrency sphere, has announced its intentions to help the people of Ukraine in…

A Project Called Fries DAO Raises $5.4 Million to Purchase Fast-Food Restaurants – News Bitcoin News

The concept of leveraging a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) has become very popular these days, as a myriad of DAO ideas have been created. A new DAO dedicated to purchasing fast-food restaurants called Fries DAO has raised more than $5.4 million to achieve the goal. Fries DAO Creators Dream of a ‘DAO-Governed Fast-Food Franchise Empire’ Last week, Bitcoin.com News reported on a newly launched DAO that is attempting to purchase the NFL’s Denver Broncos football franchise for $4 billion. Ever since 2016’s Genesis DAO and the subsequent hack that followed,…

Authtrail Launches Invitation-Only Community Round To Allocate 30 Million $AUT Tokens

Authtrail, the Moonbeam Network-based data integrity SaaS platform, has revealed its first invitation-only community round token event to spark even more widespread adoption of its platform. Per the Authtrail team, this community round is a one-time opportunity for investors and contributors to acquire the platform’s native $AUT token at a lower price than the upcoming public crowd sale. Following its successful fundraising round in 2021, where it raised $3.6 million from a multitude of investors and venture capital firms, the Authtrail team aims to raise as much as $6 million…

Hack VC Launches $200 Million Crypto Seed Fund – Bitcoin News

Hack VC, a crypto investment firm, has launched a new $200 million crypto-based seed fund. The venture capital company, which is behind the hack.summit() event, one of the biggest blockchain programming events in the world, aims to invest in early stage Web3-based teams. The idea behind this fund is to accompany these teams each step of the way, instead of just providing funding as with other, similar proposals. Hack VC Launches $200 Million Fund Backed by Sequoia Capital and Fidelity Hack VC, a crypto-led venture capital group behind…

Non-zero BTC addresses hit all-time high of 40 million

On-chain statistics through February have suggested positive sentiment for Bitcoin as addresses with a non-zero balance of BTC reached an all-time high. Additionally, those wallets with a positive BTC balance are increasingly hodling their coins. The amount of BTC circulating supply last moved between three and five years ago reached a four-year high of just over 2.8 million coins, according to data from on-chain analytics firm Glassnode. #Bitcoin $BTC Number of Non-Zero Addresses just reached an ATH of 40,276,163 Previous ATH of 40,275,801 was observed on 05 February 2022 View…