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Finance

Private-Equity Giant Apollo Is Part of a Bid to Buy Bankrupt Crypto Firm Celsius

The $500 billion-plus firm is involved in NovaWulf's offer for Celsius, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Sculpture of Apollo and Daphne (Unsplash)

Finance

Zero-Knowledge Privacy Startup Webb Protocol Raises $7M

Polychain Capital and Lemniscap co-led the seed round for the bridge protocol.

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Finance

Coinbase Ventures Backs $10M ZkLink Raise Ahead of Mainnet Launch

ZkLink offers a zero-knowledge rollup-backed decentralized trading infrastructure that makes it easier to trade between chains.

Vince Yang (ZkLink)

Finance

Alchemy Ventures Backs $4M Round for NFT Platform Vibe

The no-code NFT-to-product toolset allows creatives to add utility and value to their tokens.

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Policy

Blockchain Association Leaves New York as Federal Regulatory Fight Looms

The advocacy group will refocus its efforts on petitioning regulators and officials in Washington, D.C. 

U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C.(Andy Feliciotti/Unsplash)

Finance

DCG's CFO Steps Down as Crypto Conglomerate Repays $350M Loan

The company's revenue increased from the fourth quarter as crypto prices soared.

Barry Silbert. CEO & Founder Digital Currency Group (DCG)

Tech

Decentralized Exchange Maverick Rolls Out Liquidity Incentives for Price Stability

Maverick's rewards system lets token issuers target a specific price range, offering more efficient incentives than rival Curve Finance and helping pegged assets such as stablecoins, liquid staking derivatives keep their prices stable, the protocol said.

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Finance

Crypto Firm FARE Protocol Raises $6.2M Ahead of Token Launch

The fundraise was led by C Squared Ventures and Goat Capital, the firm co-founded by Twitch founder Justin Kan.

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Finance

Mastercard Launches Crypto Credential Service for Cross-Border Transfers

The set of verification standards uses technology from CipherTrace, the well-known blockchain analytics platform Mastercard agreed to acquire in late 2021.

Raj Dhamodharan, Head of Crypto and Blockchain, Mastercard (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC Is Alleging Legal Violations ‘On the Fly,' Coinbase Says

The SEC last month warned the crypto exchange it may pursue an enforcement action.

Paul Grewal, chief legal officer of Coinbase (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)