Ligero builds tools to simplify zero-knowledge proof development, deployment and scaling without compromising security or compliance.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The crypto asset management firm said it would "continue to invest in the team and in new solutions across beta, alpha, and onchain."
Byzantine's permissionless aggregation layer aims to solve the fragmentation in the burgeoning restaking ecosystem.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Memes Lab has announced the closure of a $2.3 million seed round led by Lemniscap and featuring participation from Animoca Brands and others.
A former bitcoin skeptic, Griffin says he regrets not trading crypto sooner, although is still skeptical of its utility.
"YZi Labs is the sole investor. There are no other investors in this round," Vana co-founder Anna Kazlauskas told The Block.
The funds will be used to build out its new Ethena chain and to support the launch of its institutional product.
After the LIBRA scandal, some crypto VCs say memecoins are finished — others think they’ll never go away. Which is it?
The helmet of four-time world champion Formula One racer Max Verstappen will bear crypto exchange Gate.io's logo this season.
The funds include a $500,000 private sale hosted on Echo, a platform founded by crypto trader Jordan Fish (aka Cobie).
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Acre, a spin-out from Thesis, enables users to "compound" their bitcoin holdings through various methods, including staking rewards.
MANSA offers onchain liquidity services to to enhance cross-border payments for firms and plans to use the funding for global expansion.
The round, led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Coinbase, will support the development of the uAsset project.
Fluent is an Ethereum Layer 2 network that blends Wasm, EVM and SVM apps into a unified execution environment.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The company provides security solutions for some of the largest crypto firms and projects including Coinbase and MetaMask.
Yield Basis aims to initially help tokenized bitcoin and ether holders earn yield from market making by mitigating impermanent loss.
Echo founder Jordan Fish, known as Cobie, said that the platform might find a way to give a better option for doing launch sales.
Major institutions, including sovereign wealth funds and pension funds, ramped up their spot Bitcoin ETF investments.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
HashKey previously secured $100 million in Series A round at a $1.2 billion valuation in 2024 without disclosing the investors.
DeFi.app also launches its public beta with a points-based trading tournament. Its HOME token is expected to launch in "early Q2."
The firm plans to use its funding to continue developing the Plasma blockchain, which is an EVM-compatible Bitcoin sidechain to facilitate USDT transfers with no fees.
FOBXX, which invests in U.S. government debt, launched on Stellar and trades on Coinbase’s Base, Aptos and Avalanche as well as Sui.
Major U.S.-based crypto custodian BitGo plans to go public via an initial public offering as early as Q2 2025, according to Bloomberg.
Mirai Labs plans to bolster its team of engineers, specializing in AI, machine learning and programming language Rust, with its fresh financing.
Drosera builds out "traps," or smart contracts that can detect and cancel out threats on the Ethereum network.