Fresh on the heels of an $18.3 million Series A funding round in August, crypto lending startup BlockFi has secured a $30 million Series B. Announced Thursday, the new…
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Jill Carlson, Meltem Demirors Back $3.3M Round for Non-Custodial Settlement Protocol Arwen – CoinDesk
Arwen, a non-custodial settlement protocol developer, has raised $3.3 million in a funding round including Meltem Demirors at CoinShares and Jill Carlson at Slow Ventures. According to Arwen CEO…
Zcash’s Funding Vote and the Woes of Decentralized Governance – CoinDesk
The zcash community has agreed to continue funding the development of its privacy coin, ZEC, as spearheaded by the Electric Coin Company (ECC) and the Zcash Foundation, according to…
Binance Adds Near-Instant UK Pound Payments in Latest Fiat Expansion – CoinDesk
Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange Binance has added a flurry of new fiat funding options since New Year, including Faster Payments for U.K. pounds-bearing customers. The company announced Wednesday that the…
American Cancer Society Now Accepting Bitcoin Donations Through BitPay – CoinDesk
The American Cancer Society (ACS), a non-profit organization committed to funding cancer research, is now accepting bitcoin donations through BitPay. “Cancer affects people from all walks of life, so…
Ripple Raises $200M in Series-C Round Led by Tetragon – CoinDesk
Blockchain-based payments firm Ripple has raised $200 million in a Series-C funding round led by alternative asset investment firm Tetragon. Japan’s SBI Holdings and VC firm Route 66 Ventures…
Australia’s Stock Exchange Backs $35M Round for DLT Survivor Digital Asset – CoinDesk
Digital Asset (DA) has raised $35 million in Series C funding, signaling a comeback for the enterprise blockchain startup a year after the sudden departure of former CEO Blythe…
‘Hard Core Fund’ Collects 50 BTC to Support Bitcoin Developers – CoinDesk
According to venture capitalist Dovey Wan of Primitive Ventures, finding sustainable funding for bitcoin developers is the biggest challenge facing the ecosystem in 2019. To bridge that gap, she’s…
Funding Approved for Audit of Ethereum’s ProgPoW Mining Proposal – CoinDesk
Ethereum developers announced today that funding has been approved to audit the hotly-contested code change known as Progressive Proof-of-Work or ProgPoW. Since February, developers have been gathering the funds…
Sparkswap Raises $3.5 Million From Initialized, Pantera for Lightning-Powered DEX – CoinDesk
UPDATE (April 8, 13:40 UTC): The funding round was led by Initialized Capital, not Pantera Capital. The headline has been updated. A San Francisco-based decentralized exchange (DEX) called Sparkswap…