James Howells is attempting to buy the landfill site he thinks still holds a hard drive containing a lost fortune of £620 million in bitcoin.
Berachain’s BERA launch sparks fresh debate — are “VC coins” built for communities or early investor exits?
BlackRock's total stake in Strategy now stands at 11.26 million shares, worth over $3.67 billion at current prices.
Tim Delhaes, co-founder and CEO of multi-chain wallet Grindery, argued that Telegram’s exclusivity deal with TON Foundation risks alienating developers, which would make TON irrelevant. The newly announced exclusivity deal between the messaging app and TON Foundation mandates that all Telegram Mini Apps with crypto integrations through the TON network. Although Telegram frames the move […]
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The IPO could possibly happen sometime this year, but the firm hasn't reached a definitive conclusion on the matter, reports Bloomberg.
OSL said it has completed its acquisition of CoinBest and will rely on the local team to drive its expansion in Japan.
Union Square Ventures led the round, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Variant, Archetype, 1kx and others.
Kakao Corp. has become the first South Korean company to form a strategic partnership with OpenAI, marking a major step in the AI research firm’s expansion into Asia. The collaboration aims to integrate OpenAI’s advanced models into Kakao’s platforms, including KakaoTalk and its upcoming AI assistant Kanana, while also co-developing AI-driven products tailored to the […]
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The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Decentralized gaming infrastructure platform Beamable has raised $13.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Bitkraft Ventures.
It follows integrations with Skyscanner and KAYAK, making Travala discoverable alongside leading travel agencies such as Expedia.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Former TON Foundation President Steve Yun launched the fund to focus on investing in TON-based DeFi and PayFi startups.
Bitcoin transaction fees have plummeted as reduced activity on the network led miners to nearly clear out Bitcoin's pool of unconfirmed transactions.
Spindl, founded in 2022 by Antonio Garcia-Martinez, will operate under the Ethereum Layer 2 incubated by Coinbase called Base.
The investment could be a “sign of things to come” for AI diversifying Bitcoin miners, according to analysts at JPMorgan.
Irreducible provides zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) generation services powered by FPGA chips.
CME Group, the world's largest operator of financial derivatives exchanges, announced it will introduce options on Bitcoin Friday Futures.
The venture fund will exclusively invest in DeSci startups building natively on the Sei blockchain, Justin Barlow told The Block.
On Jan. 21, Riot Platforms said it is looking to the artificial intelligence and high-performance computing boom.
The funding will be used for "continued product development, chain expansion, and strategic partnerships with DeFi protocols."
D3 plans to launch the decentralized network called Doma Protocol using its Series A financing.
We can say with some optimism: those three famous words—we’re so back, as the winds of change appear to be shifting in a favorable direction.
The firm plans to use the funds to integrate with other web3 platforms and build out its Proof of Humanity and Human ID infrastructure.
Pod aims for transaction speeds as fast as a Google search. Investors in the seed round include a16z CSX, 1kx and Flashbots.
Following completion, HIVE plans to increase its global Bitcoin hashrate by 400% from 6 EH/s to 25 EH/s by September.
Analog is set to launch its token on Feb. 6, following its recent mainnet debut, co-founder Victor Young, told The Block.
Here's how crypto VCs view Trump's memecoin and executive order — and their implications for the industry.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Radius is developing a decentralized network called Lighthouse which aims to turn MEV into a revenue source so that rollups don't need to rely on transaction fees.