Sam Bourgi

The Series B funding round was led by China Renaissance, with participation from several crypto venture funds, including Tiger Brokers, Tiger Global Management, Arena Holdings, DCM Ventures and Gobi Partners.

The central banker previously referred to cryptocurrencies as a “giant garbage dumpster.”

The Financial Action Task Force, a membership body of 37 jurisdictions and two regional organizations, has flagged Malta’s initial push to attract cryptocurrency business as “problematic.”

The GOP will accept crypto contributions through BitPay, allowing them to convert assets like Bitcoin and Ether into U.S. dollars.

Coinbase Custody will be used to further secure the cryptocurrency holdings of iTrustCapital clients.

Protocol infrastructure company StreamingFast is the recipient of the full $60 million grant. It will work with The Graph to further develop its decentralized internet ambitions.

The venture funds of both companies joined Bessemer and others in financing another strategic investment round for TRM Labs.

The Series A funding round was led by BITKRAFT Ventures, an esports-focused venture capital firm. A.Capital Ventures, IDEO, CoLab, Mechanism Capital and ParaFi Capital also participated in the raise, as did several angel investors.

Burfa intends to purchase new cryptocurrency mining equipment from Bitmain to boost its data-center capacity.

“Adoption has never been affected and never been stopped. The right product always gets adopted irrespective of market conditions,” said Pushkar Vohra, CEO of Pandora Finance.

Healthcare professionals in Hong Kong will trial the COVID-19 Digital Health Passport. Later on, patients will be able to access the passport through a mobile app.

The dYdX platform allows users to trade perpetual contracts with exposure to various crypto markets. It claims to have built the fastest decentralized exchange through layer-two solutions.

GoldConnect will be able to process crypto transactions made in Bitcoin, Ether and other digital assets through its new LatamConnect platform.

After being critical of cryptocurrencies, the Wall Street investment bank officially embraced Bitcoin earlier this year. It’s now expanding its offerings to include Ether.

Despite recording high weekly outflows, Ether funds have generated $994 million in inflows this year. The total assets held in ETH funds are nearly $11.1 billion.

Rocket Protocol has been rebranded to Rangers Protocol after completing a major investment round. Pantera, Huobi Ventures Blockchain Fund and Alameda Research are among the backers.

Musk responded to a Cointelegraph tweet about Sygnia CEO Magda Wierzycka calling for the SEC to investigate him over alleged Bitcoin price manipulation.

The Purpose Bitcoin exchange-traded fund has been reaccumulating BTC since mid-May, a sign that investors are keen to buy the dip.

The parent company of Plasm Network and Shiden Network has prioritized development initiatives centered around Polkadot and Kusama. The company received support from over a dozen venture firms and several other angel investors.

“The Arrington Algorand Growth Fund represents yet another key strategic pillar in supporting the momentum of those building on top of what we think is the best technical platform for regulated DeFi and the future of finance,” said Sean Ford, COO of Algorand.

Guild of Guardians was developed by Stepico Games, a Ukraine-based game developer, and published by the Australian-based marketplace Immutable.

The partnership connects The Giving Block, one of the biggest platforms for crypto-friendly nonprofits, with the Munch protocol’s automated donations tool.

Unbound Capital aims to become the first decentralized cross-chain stablecoin. The private investment round had participation from at least 14 venture funds and over a dozen angel investors from across the blockchain industry.

“The fundamental goal of this collaboration is to enable granular control over data and to reduce the reliance on centralized systems that take advantage of data,” said Humayun Sheikh, CEO of Fetch.ai.

Andreessen Horowitz and Polychain Capital led the raise, with additional contributions from Alameda Research, Blockchange Ventures, CMS Holdings, Coinfund, CoinShares, Collab Currency, Memetic Capital and many others.

Financiers from New York and London are said to be leading the private investment round, according to reports.

The OSC published a statement of allegations against Mek Global Limited and PhoenixFin Pte. Ltd. on Monday for allegedly violating local securities laws.

Chainalysis tracked total U.S. dollar gains made by Bitcoin investors in 2020. The country comparison was drawn from an analysis of web traffic on various cryptocurrency exchanges.

Blockstream is a leading blockchain development company founded by Adam Back in 2014.

“Bitcoin is for everyone. It’s important to us to build an inclusive product that brings a non-custodial solution to the global market,” the CEO said.