Tagged: axie infinity

Cybersecurity Firm Glasswall CEO Comments on $540M Crypto Hack

Cybercriminals have reportedly “duped” a senior engineer at a crypto-based online gaming company, Axie Infinity, into applying for a job at a “fictitious” company. The result: “the loss of $540 million in cryptocurrency,” according to an update shared with CI (and also widely reported). While… Read More

Pantera Leads $5M Round in MetaLend, Supporting Web2 Veterans Building Bank for Digital Economy

MetaLend, the bank for the new digital economy, recently announced the closing of a $5 million seed round of financing, “led by Pantera Capital.” MetaLend’s investment round also included contributions from Collab+Currency, investor and board member of Sky Mavis; Ancient8, Vietnam’s largest gaming guild, and… Read More

Bit2Me and Axie Infinity to Expand Community in Spain, Portugal, LatAm

Bit2Me is joining forces with Axie Infinity. At Bit2Me, the first VASP approved to offer services in Spain, they have entered an agreement with Axie Infinity to be their “reference partners” in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. In addition, they’ll be supporting events organized by… Read More

Sfermion Celebrates $100M NFT Fund, Counts Andreessen, Winklevoss Twins Among Investors Driving Metaverse Growth

NFT-focused investment firm Sfermion this week announced the close of Fund II, a $100 million venture fund with participation from Alan Howard, Chris Dixon, Marc Andreessen, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Matthew Roszak, Digital Currency Group, CMT Digital, and Animoca Brands. Sfermion’s mission is to accelerate… Read More

Digital Asset Exchange Gemini Adds Moss Carbon, Terra, Metaverse, Infrastructure, Stablecoin Tokens

Digital assets firm Gemini reveals that it now supports trading with Moss Carbon and Terra, in addition to new metaverse, infrastructure, and stablecoin tokens. As mentioned in an update shared with CI: “Today, [the Gemini team is] delighted to announce support for a new set… Read More

HaloDAO, a Stablecoin Marketplace Protocol, and Yield Guild Games to Support Cash Outs in Southeast Asia

HaloDAO is collaborating with YGG for “local” stablecoin support “for simpler cash out,” according to an update shared with Crowdfund Insider. HaloDAO, a stablecoin marketplace protocol, is working cooperatively with Yield Guild Games (YGG) to “enable YGG community members to support simpler cash outs in… Read More

Ethereum based NFTs Axie Infinity, NFT Bots, Mirror Making Considerable Impact on Blockchain Space: Report

Spencer Noon, an investor in Variant, a first-check cryptocurrency venture capital fund, has released their latest Network report, which covers Axie Infinity, NFT Bots, and Mirror. Spencer Noon notes in their weekly update that Axie Infinity has “steadily” seen about 25,000 daily users “with on-chain transactions”… Read More

Bitcoin Whales Buying the Dip

Bitcoin’s recent travails are a reminder to retail investors to watch the whales, GlobalBlock sales trader Alexandra Clark said in a recent research note. After dipping to $29,393, signs show Bitcoin is on the upswing, Clark said. A group of Bitcoin whales purchased a total… Read More

Axie Infinity (AXS), Chiliz (CHZ), Origin Protocol (OGN), Perpetual Protocol (PERP) Trading Starts July 13 on Kraken

Digital assets firm Kraken will be supporting four new crypto-assets: Axie Infinity (AXS), Chiliz (CHZ), Origin Protocol (OGN) and Perpetual Protocol (PERP). The Kraken team notes in an update that deposits for all four digital assets are available now. Trading will start on July 13,… Read More

Ethereum based NFTs Axie Infinity, Sorare and SuperRare Record Over $1 Million in Trading Volume in Past Month: Report

The team at Interdax, a digital assets derivatives trading platform, recently took a close look at some of the leading (non-fungible token) NFT initiatives across several different categories. The report from Interdax took a closer look at the highest volume Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) projects during… Read More

DeFi Protocol Aave Partners with Axie Infinity, a Pokémon Inspired Digital Pet Universe Game, so Players can Earn Rare NFTs

The developers of Aave, an open-source and non-custodial decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol for earning interest on digital asset deposits while also being able to borrow assets, have teamed up with Axie Infinity. Through the partnership, both organizations aim to bring you a “hot new collab”… Read More