Breaking crypto news from the last week (07 – 13 Aug.2021): 07 Aug.: MakersPlace, one of the original NFT marketplaces, has announced a $30 million Series A round of venture financing on Aug 4, led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Pantera Capital. It also includes a number of backers from the venture arm of Coinbase…
Meet Youssof Altoukhi, a very young entrepreneur who has launched his own coin ‘Y Coin,’ intending to set a template on how to democratize decision-making when launching a project or token. Grew up in London, Youssof, in his 16, has had a surprising various entrepreneur practice. His first move into business involved selling products to…
Breaking crypto news from the last week (31 July – 06 August 2021): 31 July: US officials hire a cryptocurrency firm to hold Bitcoin it’s seizing. Following a rise in crypto-related crimes, federal law enforcement is seizing a lot of crypto assets. Now the US government has hired a cryptocurrency firm to hold all its…
Polish Bitcoin miners took the idea of hiding in plain sight to a new level when they placed the rack with operating crypto machines inside police headquarters. As local media reported, Polish police have found a crypto-mining rig within its own police station. Warsaw police told the local news outlet Gazeta Wyborcza it has discovered…
Breaking crypto news from the last week (24 – 30 July 2021): 24 July: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sees Bitcoin as a big part of Twitter’s future and forecasts its integration into Twitter services and new features, including Twitter Tip Jar and Super Follows. 25 July: In various experts’ opinions, Bitcoin has proven to be…
Led by former professional poker players, the Ascensive Assets investment firm has raised a $130 million fund to focus on the decentralized finance (DeFi). That substantially exceeds Ascensive’s first fundraising of $24 million in 2019, backed by Polkaswap, Benqi, Yield Guild Games, and JennyDAO. By the words of Ascensive Assets partner Oliver Blakey, Investors in…