Asset management firm Arca has announced Wednesday the closure of a $10 million Series A round of funding led by RRE Ventures. Read more: Arca Labs Launches Ethereum-Based SEC-Registered…
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US Navy Commissions $1.5M Blockchain System for Tracking Critical Weaponry
Blockchain firm SIMBA Chain won a contract to build a system to anticipate demand for “critical” military weaponry parts. Read original at
Crypto Firm Bequant Earns Malta’s ‘In-Principle’ Approval for Prime Broker License – CoinDesk
Digital asset services firm Bequant has secured two “in-principle” approvals in Malta which will eventually lead to the firm being a licensed prime broker and crypto exchange in Europe….
South Korea’s Hashed Raises $120M Venture Fund for Crypto Deals – CoinDesk
Hashed, the South Korea-based blockchain firm, has raised a nine-figure investment fund. According to the firm, its new entity, Hashed Ventures, Inc., has raised $120 million for a fund…
S&P Dow Jones Indices to Launch Crypto Indexes in 2021 – CoinDesk
S&P Dow Jones Indices, a major financial data firm, said Thursday it will launch a customizable cryptocurrency indexing service in partnership with crypto data provider Lukka in 2021. The…
Chainalysis Sees Raising $100M in Venture Capital at $1B Valuation: Report – CoinDesk
Cryptocurrency investigation firm Chainalysis expects to raise $100 million venture capital at a $1 billion valuation as early as next week, the company told Forbes. The Series C is…
MicroStrategy Wants to Be in the Bitcoin Business, Not Just an Investor – CoinDesk
MicroStrategy executives are on the hunt for blockchain experts who could help the publicly traded firm build a suite of bitcoin data services. Exactly what those services might be,…
Bitsonar Whistleblower Says Police Faked Kidnapping – CoinDesk
The whistleblower from defunct cryptocurrency firm Bitsonar has reappeared after going missing for three days in Kyiv, Ukraine, saying law enforcement faked his kidnapping – and murder – to…
Coinbase Adds Marc Andreessen as Board Observer, Replacing Chris Dixon – CoinDesk
Coinbase has added legendary investor Marc Andreessen of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and Gokul Rajaram, a DoorDash executive, to its board of directors. Disclosure The leader in blockchain…
Leah Callon-Butler: What DeFi Can Learn From ‘InFi’ – CoinDesk
Leah Callon-Butler, a CoinDesk columnist, is the director of Emfarsis, a consulting firm focused on the role of technology in advancing economic development in Asia. There are 1.7 billion…