Announcements

Animoca Brands, a Hong Kong-based gaming software and venture capital company, has completed a $75.32 million raise at a pre-money valuation of $5.9 billion, the company said Tuesday. The raise is the second part of a funding round, bringing in $358.88 million. In January, the company hit a valuation of more than $5 billion after…

Multicoin Capital, the crypto investment firm known for its backing of multiple Web3 and DeFi projects, announced its latest fund, Venture Fund III, with commitments of up to $430 million. The fund will be used for investments in projects based on a “proof of physical work” model, permissionless data aggregation, and offering creator monetization. Multicoin…

The UAE has signed a memorandum of understanding with blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis. The agreement will see Chainalysis train employees of government institutions in the areas of blockchain technology and digital assets. According to a report by UAE’s official news agency Emirates News Agency (WAM), the memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by Omar bin…

Grayscale, the world’s largest digital currency asset manager, has announced rebalancing its Fund Components for the second quarter of 2022. However, the organization revealed it removed some crypto tokens from its portfolio. According to the release, Grayscale mentioned that in accordance with the Large Cap Select Index methodology it has removed Bitcoin Cash, Chainlink, Litecoin,…

Ferhat Kacmaz, a German entrepreneur who moved to Dubai, took the risk of merging fitness and crypto, incentivizing his customers to train with cryptocurrency in his own “burn-to-earn” app Fit Burn. His Fit in Time chain has already spread in the UAE, Bahrain, and Kuwait, with plans to soon open in Saudi Arabia, reflecting the…

President of the Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadera announced on July 3 that the country would be launching its own CBDC, Sango Coin. The national-backed cryptocurrency initiative to increase the opportunities to build the digital assets industry in the country was revealed during the ‘Sango Genesis’ online conference. Besides the announcement of a CBDC, speakers…