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$53 million raised for Assange showed the power of DAOs

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“DAOs are very powerful token-based coordination mechanism that any person now can wield outside of the legacy financial system”, said Silke Noa, core-member of the AssangeDAO, which recently raised $53 million in support of Wikileak’s founder, Julian Assange.  According to Noa, the fundraising campaign was “a huge success” that showed how the power of a DAO can have an impact on political and social issues. The DAO mechanism allowed anyone willing to support Assange’s to make a donation in ETH and become a member of the organization.  In exchange, AssangeDAO members…

Sequoia Capital Designates $500-600 Million to Crypto Fund Focused on Liquid Digital Assets – Finance Bitcoin News

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On February 17, the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital announced the launch of a new $500 million to $600 million sub-fund dedicated to “liquid tokens and digital assets.” The company noted during its announcement that the new fund highlights Sequoia’s strategic “commitment to crypto.” Venture Firm Sequoia Capital to Launch a Fund Focused on Liquid Tokens and Digital Assets The American venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Sequoia Capital is starting a fund that will be focused on investing in crypto assets. In a blog post dubbed “A…

PBOC Reveals Central Bank Digital Currency Usage at Beijing Winter Olympics — 2 Million Digital Yuan per Day – Bitcoin News

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The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the Chinese central bank, has revealed how its central bank digital currency (CBDC) is being used at the Beijing Winter Olympics. A top PBOC official says, “It seems all the foreign users are using hardware wallets.” Digital Yuan’s Latest Trial A top official from the Chinese central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), provided an update of the latest trial of the Chinese central bank digital currency (CBDC) during a webinar arranged by the Atlantic Council Tuesday. The digital yuan, or e-CNY, is…

Ethereum Web3 Wallet Rainbow Raises $18 Million From Alexis Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six – Bitcoin News

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The team behind the Ethereum wallet Rainbow announced the project has raised $18 million in a Series A funding round led by Alexis Ohanian’s venture capital firm Seven Seven Six. The new financing that follows the startup’s $1.5 million seed round will allow Rainbow to focus on “onboarding the next 100 million users to Web3.” Ethereum-Based Rainbow Wallet Raises $18 Million Rainbow, a non-custodial Ethereum (ETH) wallet that’s available for iOS and Android devices has announced the team has raised $18 million in a Series A investment round. The announcement…

Animoca Brands and Venture Accelerator Brinc Launch $30 Million Play-to-Earn Guild Fund – Bitcoin News

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The blockchain firm Animoca Brands announced the company has partnered with the venture accelerator Brinc in order to launch a play-to-earn (P2E) Guild Accelerator Program. Both firms plan to dedicate $30 million over the next two years toward early-stage startups focused on expanding the global P2E ecosystem. Animoca Brands and Brinc Launch P2E Fund for Early-Stage Startups On February 14, the blockchain firm Animoca Brands revealed it has partnered with the venture accelerator firm Brinc. The two companies have launched a new fund dedicated to the play-to-earn (P2E) ecosystem by…

Hacker Scoops Up $2 Million Bounty After Spotting Fatal Flaw In Ethereum Rollup

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A hacker has made off with $2 million in bug bounty after finding an alarming vulnerability with the Ethereum network. This bug could have been very bad if it had been found by black hat hackers who could have exploited the digital asset for billions of dollars worth of ETH. Instead, a ‘grey hat’ hacker popularly known as Saurik informed the Ethereum team of the vulnerability, netting himself a sizable reward in return. Finding The Vulnerability On Ethereum Hacker Saurik had found the vulnerability on Optimism, an Ethereum layer 2…

Maverick Protocol Raises $8 Million in a Strategic Funding Round Led by Pantera Capital

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Maverick, a decentralized crypto derivatives protocol, has raised $8 million in a recently concluded funding round led by Pantera Capital. Other prominent crypto VCs who participated in this strategic funding round include Circle Ventures, Altonomy, Coral Ventures, CMT Digital, GoldenTree Asset Management, Gemini Frontier Fund, Spartan Group, LedgerPrime, Jump Crypto, Taureon and the Tron Foundation. The funding will be used to launch Maverick’s mainnet (expected in mid-2022) and scale the underlying protocol. Unlike the existing DEXs which are built on the Automated Market Maker (AMM) infrastructure, Maverick leverages a Gaussian…

LABEL Foundation’s Parent Company Clesson Receives $2 Million in Equity Funding To Lead Web 3.0 Content Industry

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Clesson, the operating company of blockchain-based NFT and copyright fee-sharing platform LABEL Foundation, has raised $2 million in equity to further its Web3 mission. It was part of a strategic investment round from eBest Investments and Groom Investment. These two firms have poured money into the leading MOOC and music NFT platform to push it to the forefront of the content industry in the Web3 era. As Web3 has continued to grow and evolve, so, too, do the platforms that exist in this space. With the funding, LABEL Foundation will…

UK Seizes First NFTs in $2 Million Fraud Crackdown — Arrests 3 People – Regulation Bitcoin News

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The U.K.’s. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has made its first non-fungible token (NFT) seizure. British authorities also seized some crypto and arrested three people in a fraud case involving 250 allegedly fake companies. “Our first seizure of a non-fungible token serves as a warning to anyone who thinks they can use crypto assets to hide money from HMRC.” NFTs and Crypto Assets Seized by UK Tax Authority Britain’s HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) said Monday that it has seized three non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and cryptocurrency worth about 5,000 pounds…

Crypto Lending Platform Charged — Blockfi Agrees to Pay $100 Million in Penalties – Regulation Bitcoin News

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged cryptocurrency lending platform Blockfi in a first-of-its-kind action. The crypto lender has agreed to pay $100 million to settle the charges and pursue necessary registrations. SEC Charges Crypto Lending Platform Blockfi The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Monday that crypto lending platform Blockfi has agreed to pay $100 million in penalties. The SEC explained that “In this first-of-its-kind action,” it “charged Blockfi Lending LLC with failing to register the offers and sales of its retail crypto lending product, Blockfi…