X Ventures and Agora announced the launch of the X Competition, giving blockchain startups the chance to win up to $2 million in funding, a business strategy workshop with renowned experts in Berlin, and exposure to over 50 venture capitalists at the Agora 9th Edition Global Blockchain Congress, an invitation-only blockchain conference in Dubai on…

DeFi Technologies subsidiary has been given the green light by the Boerse Frankfurt Zertifikate AG to list an exchange-traded product (ETP) that tracks the price of Solana cryptocurrency (SOL). The ETP provides traditional investors exposure to the crypto within a regulated and “fully backed” environment. According to a Monday press release, Valour’s Solana ETP began…

How the forward-thinking Gulf nation is becoming a booming capital for cryptocurrency businesses, writes Rebecca Anne Proctor for Jewish Insider. The United Arab Emirates has long been considered a desirable destination for doing business. Now, the Gulf nation appears poised to become a global hub in the burgeoning — but controversial — field of cryptocurrency….