Funding


Finance

EU Launches Estimated €400M Blockchain, AI Fund to Avoid Lagging US, China

A new fund has been set up with the aim of preventing the EU falling behind nations like the U.S. and China on blockchain and AI innovation.

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Markets

Congressional Challenger to House Speaker Pelosi Is Fundraising in Crypto

Democratic blockchain and crypto enthusiast Agatha Bacelar is challenging House Speaker Pelosi on a tech-focused platform.

Agatha Bacelar

Markets

Ethereum Scaling Project SKALE Raises $17.1 Million for Mainnet Launch

Multicoin Capital, ConsenSys Labs, Hashed and others are providing fresh funding for the mainnet launch of ethereum's SKALE Network.

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Tech

Stripe-Backed Payments Firm Raises $100 Million to Compete Against Stablecoins

Rapyd raised $100 million in a Series C funding round to face off against the arrival of stablecoins.

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Markets

Crypto Sleuthing Firm Elliptic Raises $23 Million in Fundraise Led by SBI

Blockchain forensics firm Elliptic has raised $23 million in Series B round led by Tokyo-based financial institution (and XRP holder) SBI.

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Markets

ConsenSys Spin-Out 3Box Raises $2.5 Million to Build ID Tools for Dapp Devs

ID startup 3Box is spinning out of ethereum incubator ConsenSys with $2.5 million in new funding.

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Markets

Token, an Open Banking Platform, Raises $16.5M in Funding

Investors in Token include Opera Tech Ventures, the venture arm of BNP Paribas, Octopus Ventures, and EQT Ventures.

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Tech

'Hard Core Fund' Collects 50 BTC to Support Bitcoin Developers

This bitcoin evangelist is bridging the gap between the Asian mining industry and global open source developers.

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Markets

Steve Case Backs $4.7M Seed Round for Blockchain Database Startup Fluree

This North Carolina-based startup is extending blockchain fundamentals to data sharing.

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Markets

$19 Million: Ethereum Foundation to Fund Work on 2.0 Upgrade, Plasma and More

The Ethereum Foundation issued a blog post today outlining how an estimated $30 million would be spent to further develop the ethereum ecosystem.

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