Tagged: defi

March 18, 2022 @ 5:30 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

  Quadrata, a passport network bringing the identity and compliance layer to DeFi applications on existing public blockchains, this week launched their Web3 passport. The Quadrata Passport allows network participants to build DeFi applications, expand financial services and leverage the proprietary technology to initially access… Read More

March 18, 2022 @ 1:13 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

GK8, an institutional-grade Cold Vault and MPC solution for custody, DeFi, staking, NFT, and tokenization support, recently added support for Tezos, a leading proof of stake blockchain protocol. The company was able to add support for Tezos token standards due to a grant from the Tezos… Read More

March 18, 2022 @ 9:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Adam Zadikoff, Senior Product Manager at Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), notes that making Web 3.0 more user-friendly “means more ways to interact and connect with dapps across a wide range of blockchains and networks.” Coinbase is now introducing their initial phase of support for Solana. SOL tokens… Read More

March 17, 2022 @ 11:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Prakash Hariramani, Senior Director, Product Management, and Bipul Sinha, Senior Product Manager at Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) noted that the firm is introducing Coinbase Pay, which is described as “the easiest way for Coinbase users to fund their Coinbase Wallet from the Chrome browser extension and explore… Read More

March 17, 2022 @ 4:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Kava DAO has reportedly voted to “allocate $750M to on-chain developer incentives, committing majority ownership of the network to the #BUIDLers.” As mentioned in a blog post, high-quality developers are “the most valuable asset to the long-term success of Layer-1 blockchains.” In recognition of… Read More

March 15, 2022 @ 10:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kaddex, the “first gas-free DEX” (decentralized exchange) built on the Kadena blockchain, has finalized a second sale “completing a total of $8M raised pre-launch.” As confirmed in an update shared with CI, “100% of KDX available in the second round was sold.” The second public… Read More

March 10, 2022 @ 9:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nexus Mutual will execute (what it claims to be) the “single largest” DAO treasury deposit on Bancor this week, joining other DAOs that have staked treasury funds on Bancor. The deposit of more than $2.2 million wNXM comes as an increasing number of DAOs and… Read More

March 10, 2022 @ 9:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Interchain Foundation (ICF), a Swiss non-profit that is focused on advancing interoperable, sustainable, and community-owned decentralized networks, confirms that the Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol (IBC), the backbone of the Cosmos ecosystem, “surpassed 11 million transfers in February.” Introduced in March 2021 as part of Cosmos’… Read More

March 6, 2022 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Abhinav R. Soomaney, Founder and CEO at CryptoTax Pvt. Ltd. He talked about different tax aspects of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related investments. CryptoTax Pvt. Ltd. (CryptoTax) was incorporated in the year 2021 and claims to be the first cryptocurrency tax consultancy… Read More

March 6, 2022 @ 12:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Electric Capital recently raised $1 billion to fund cryptocurrency networks, Web3 protocols, and blockchain-powered businesses. Electric Capital wrote in a blog post that they are long-term investors and partners to their founders. They claim to have spent the past four years “building software and data… Read More

March 4, 2022 @ 9:30 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Socket (previously known as Movr Network) has announced a $5 million seed round, led by Framework Ventures, an investment adviser with significant experience in decentralized finance (DeFi) space, and with participation from a group including Coinbase Ventures, Lightspeed, eGirl Capital, Nascent, Geometry, and entrepreneur Mark… Read More

March 4, 2022 @ 8:14 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Haruko today announced it has closed a $10 million seed funding round, led by Portage Ventures and White Star Capital. The company’s platform powers large institutions, enabling them to interact with crypto markets both on centralized exchanges and decentralized protocols. The company said it deploys… Read More

March 2, 2022 @ 6:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Subspace Labs, the developer of Subspace Network, recently revealed that they have finalized a $32.9 million financing round that was led by Pantera Capital along with contributions from Coinbase Ventures, Crypto.com, Alameda Research, ConsenSys Mesh, and KR1. Other investors reportedly include: Hypersphere Ventures, Stratos Technologies,… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 2:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

peaq, the “decentralized” Web 3.0 network powering the Economy of Things (EoT), and AllianceBlock, an “end-to-end decentralized finance solutions provider,” have announced a partnership “centering on their acceleration into Web3.” As mentioned in an update shared with Crowdfund Insider, the partnership will “see peaq utilize… Read More

February 27, 2022 @ 7:14 pm By Stephen Lemon  |  

  M&A activity in Fintech hit record levels last year with companies around the world raising an eye-watering $132 billion, according to CB Insights’ 2021 State of Venture Report. We saw big deals, lots of firms going public, mergers left, right & centre, and Fintech… Read More

February 26, 2022 @ 11:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Spencer Noon, an investor in Variant, a first-check cryptocurrency venture capital fund, has released their latest Network report. Spencer Noon, the co-founder and General Partner at Variant,  notes in an update that Solana reached 299k daily active users. As mentioned in the report, Solana’s unique… Read More

February 25, 2022 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The blockchain sector saw some major changes during the past year, brought on by a “maturing” crypto ecosystem and the development of innovative technologies. American Fintech firm Ripple notes that it remained focused on better understanding and further analyzing this rapid “evolution” via primary and… Read More

February 23, 2022 @ 4:19 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

PDX Coin, a utility-based cryptocurrency that includes an in-development global crypto-to-fiat mobile payments app, announced this week it will commence trading on both the Uniswap decentralized exchange and on XT.com, beginning today. Currently, PDX trades on p2pb2b.io and Vindax. Uniswap is the world’s biggest decentralized… Read More

February 22, 2022 @ 11:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vying to be the top team in the Southeast Asia region, Indonesian e-sports organization RRQ (Rex Regum Qeon) has selected “high-performance,” “high-security” blockchain platform Zilliqa as the partner in its plans “to revitalize fan engagement using crypto and Web3-powered products.” Known across the gaming community… Read More

February 22, 2022 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sonic, InfinitySwap, and ICPSwap are getting ready to leverage the Internet Computer blockchain’s direct integration with Bitcoin. The team at DFINITY notes that the Internet Computer is an innovative blockchain that hosts “unlimited” data and computation on-chain. You can develop scalable dApps, DeFi, websites, and… Read More