Pip Labs Raises $80 Million at a $2.25 Billion Valuation to Protect IP via Blockchain
Pip Labs has raised $80 million in a Series B funding round led by VC firm A16z, reaching a valuation...
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Gate Ventures, Abu Dhabi Blockchain Center Launch $100M Innovation Fund
Gate Ventures (crypto exchange Gate.io’s VC arm) and Abu Dhabi Blockchain Center partnered to launch Falcon Gate Ventures, a $100...
21shares Announces Chainlink Integration for Real-Time Ethereum Reserve Verification
21shares announced it has integrated Chainlink’s Proof of Reserve on Ethereum mainnet to bolster the transparency of the 21shares Core...
Chainlink Data Streams Activate on Avalanche Blockchain With GMX Integration
Chainlink, a decentralized computing and oracle protocol, Avalanche, known for its layer one (L1) blockchain technology, and GMX, a notable...
Telegram CEO Predicts Blockchain Mass Adoption This Year — Announces Mini App Store, Web3 Browser
Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, forecasts 2024 as the year of blockchain mass adoption. He announced new features such as...
Elmnts Emerges From Stealth With Plans to Launch Commodity Tokenization Platform
Elmnts, a new blockchain-based venture, has announced the forthcoming launch of its beta platform focused on tokenizing real-world assets (RWA),...
UN Development Programme Partners With Dfinity Foundation to Boost MSME Inclusion
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced a partnership with the Dfinity Foundation to enhance its Universal Trusted Credentials...
Africa’s Blockchain Funding Drops to 1.3% in 2023, Deal Share Rises – Report
In 2023, Africa’s share of global blockchain venture deals rose marginally to 1.3%, but the continent’s total funding dropped from...
Standard Chartered-Backed Blockchain Firm Partior Closes $60 Million Series B Round
Blockchain firm Partior announced on July 12 that it had closed a $60 million Series B funding round led by...
Average Onchain Bitcoin Fees Drop Below $2, Lowest in Over 250 Days
Since July 1, the average transaction fee on the Bitcoin blockchain has remained below $2, with current onchain fees at...
Dubai Border Protection Agency Launches Blockchain Platform to Boost Efficiency
Dubai’s border protection agency announced the launch of a secure and efficient blockchain network, which is expected to improve efficiency...
Worldcoin Launches World Chain Developer Preview, Targets Increased Scalability
Worldcoin, the biometric ID and UBI project, has announced the launch of the developer preview of World Chain, a new...
Ethiopian Airlines Partners With Blockchain-Based Loyalty Rewards Firm Loyyal
Ethiopian Airlines Group has partnered with Loyyal to leverage the latter’s blockchain infrastructure for its customer loyalty program. The partnership,...
Nuffle Labs Raises $13 Million to Expand Modular Infrastructure for Blockchain Layers
Nuffle Labs, a contributor to the Near Protocol and Ethereum, has secured $13 million in a funding round led by...
Space and Time Unveils Sub-Second ZK Prover, Now Open-Sourced
With goals set on advancing blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) integration, Space and Time has publicly released its high-speed zero-knowledge...
Polygon Unveils $1 Billion Grant Program to Foster Blockchain Development Over Next Decade
Polygon has announced a $1 billion Community Grants Program, set to roll out over the next ten years, aimed at...
RWA Protocol Blocksquare Announces $100 Million Tokenization of Real Estate Assets
Blocksquare, a real estate tokenization protocol, has announced that it has tokenized $100 million in properties across various sectors. The...
Unstoppable Domains and Blockchain.com Partner for DNS-Enabled Web3 Domain
Unstoppable Domains and Blockchain.com have announced a collaboration to create a DNS-enabled Web3 domain. The initiative aims to integrate Web3...
Paypal Expands PYUSD to Solana Blockchain for Better Payment Solutions
Payments giant Paypal has made Paypal USD (PYUSD) available on the Solana blockchain, making the stablecoin “faster and cheaper to...
Marketnode Secures Series A Funding Led by Financial Services Giant HSBC
On Thursday, Singapore’s Marketnode, a digital market infrastructure operator, secured funding for its Series A financing round led by HSBC,...
Transak and Cometh Launch Industry-First Fiat-to-Layer 3 Crypto Onboarding Solution
Transak, a Web3 payments provider, has teamed up with blockchain development platform Cometh to introduce a streamlined fiat-to-Layer three (L3)...
Iconic Auto Brand DeLorean Partners With Web3 Agency Otherlife to Launch Digital Marketplace
On May 30, the renowned auto brand DeLorean, made famous in the iconic film “Back to the Future,” revealed a...
