Announcements

Privacy-focused project Nym has raised $300 million from a set of VC firms for a fund aimed at funding ecosystem developers. The NYM Innovation Fund will support research on mixnets and privacy-enhancing technologies. Cryptography experts will judge applications for grants under the program. Nym Technologies, a Swiss privacy startup that shields online activity from surveillance…

Cypher Capital, the UAE-based VC firm, announced that it has invested in an immersive metaverse gaming platform, “Cross The Ages,” utilizing NFTs and GameFi tokenomics. It is poised to launch its in-game NFT marketplace and DeFi suite, which give users access to farming, pooling, and bonding. Built on the Polygon platform, Singapore-based Cross The Ages…

Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, has launched a blockchain exchange-traded fund (ETF). The fund, trading on the NYSE Arca, gives investors exposure to “companies that are involved in the development, innovation, and utilization of blockchain and crypto technologies.” The launch comes after Fidelity listed its crypto and metaverse ETFs last week. According to a…

The Open Network is enabling users to send Toncoin (TON) via Telegram chat. The Open Network was built off of Telegram’s deserted cryptocurrency project. Telegram now lets users send Toncoin, the cryptocurrency built off of Telegram’s abandoned blockchain effort, directly from chats within the messaging app, Protocol reported. In a tweet, TON (The Open Network),…

CCTF, the largest hacker competition for blockchain hackers, is returning to Dubai in May, the UAE is emerging as a regional hub for crypto activities. The finalists of the CCTF, which purports to be the world’s largest “legal” crypto hacking competition, will compete on a yacht in the Emirati city for a $15,000 prize. The…

MetaMask partners with MoonPay to make crypto purchases easier. Users now can buy cryptocurrency directly from their MetaMask wallet using all major payment methods. In addition to existing partners Transak and Wyre, MoonPay has been selected to be one of the partners to help spread MetaMask on-ramps to a wider audience. MoonPay, an easy-to-use method…