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Coinbase Gets a Stake in Stablecoin Operator Circle and USDC Adds 6 New Blockchains

[Aug 21, 2023 2:07 PM] The Centre Consortium, jointly managed by Circle and Coinbase, is being shut down and Circle is bringing issuance and governance of the USDC stablecoin in-house.

De.Fi's Antivirus Tool Releases on zkSync Era Mainnet

[Aug 15, 2023 7:00 AM] The antivirus tool protects users against common malicious crypto exploits, such as phishing, smart contract vulnerabilities, blind signing, and more.

Sei Mainnet is Live After Testnet Sees More Than 7.5M Wallets Created

[Aug 15, 2023 6:00 AM] The trading focused layer 1 blockchain is backed by Jump Crypto and Flow Traders.

Struggling Crypto Custodian Prime Trust Looks Poised for Potentially Massive Layoffs, Sources Say

[Aug 11, 2023 9:45 AM] Nevada regulators recently ordered the crypto company, which BitGo had planned to buy, to cease operations and noted a shortfall in customer funds.

Jump Crypto Backs $5M Round for Bitcoin Wallet Xverse

[Aug 10, 2023 6:00 AM] The Web3 app supports Ordinals, the technology that brought non-fungible tokens to the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Brevan Howard Backs Crypto Infrastructure Startup Puffer in $5.5M Round

[Aug 8, 2023 9:52 AM] The seed round for the liquid staking startup was co-led by Lemniscap and Lightspeed Faction.

Blockchain Security Firm Forta Upgrades Its Scam Detector to Battle Growing Crypto Fraud

[Aug 8, 2023 7:54 AM] Hundreds of millions of dollars have been lost to scams and exploits in July alone.

Multicoin Backer L1 Digital Raises $152M for Second Crypto VC Fund

[Aug 8, 2023 7:30 AM] The Swiss advisor makes direct investments in crypto projects and also backs early-stage crypto investment firms.

Shiba Inu Takes Step to Become DeFi Contender, Will Add Digital IDs to Ecosystem Projects

[Aug 3, 2023 3:50 AM] Digital identity verification will be a part of all Shiba Inu developments in the future, including on the upcoming Shibarium layer 2 blockchain.

Nomura Backs $6M Round for On-Chain Fund Platform Solv Protocol

[Jul 31, 2023 4:00 PM] The Singapore-based startup offers an on-chain fund platform that allows institutions and venture capitalists to create, use and sell financial products.

For Crypto Investors Down Bad in Hector, the DAO Can’t Die Fast Enough

[Jul 26, 2023 3:28 PM] Hector Network will take six to 12 months to hold a liquidation. Token holders want their money back sooner.

Africa-Focused DeFi Platform Mara Releases Ethereum-Compatible Testnet

[Jul 21, 2023 5:35 AM] Developers in Nigeria and across Africa can build and test their decentralized applications on the Optimism forked Mara Chain.

Crypto Insurer Evertas Buys Bitcoin Mining Cover Specialist Bitsure

[Jul 18, 2023 7:00 AM] Evertas has snagged the authority to offer mining policy limits of up to $200 million per location.

Crypto Distress Prompts Fir Tree, a Hedge Fund, to Seek Profit From Turmoil

[Jul 14, 2023 11:11 AM] “Fir Tree is at its best when we identify opportunities that are mispriced, dislocated or complex. Rarely do we encounter situations that are all three, but that is precisely what we are seeing in digital assets right now,” Fir Tree said.

Circle Cuts Workforce, Ends Certain 'Non-Core' Activities; Will Continue Hiring Globally

[Jul 12, 2023 11:51 AM] Stablecoin issuer Circle has cut its workforce slightly to maintain a “strong balance sheet,” the company said Wednesday.

Tim Draper-Backed Fund Joins $5M Series A for LunarCrush

[Jul 12, 2023 6:00 AM] The social media analytics platform is expanding from a digital asset trading focus to allow users to search for any topic.

BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Application Takes Surveillance to the Next Level

[Jul 11, 2023 10:04 AM] An Information-Sharing Agreement, which appears to be absent from public spot Bitcoin ETF filings, compels a crypto exchange to share trading data up to and including personal information such as a customer’s name and address.

Data Startup Space and Time Creates Chatbot Powered by ChatGPT for Database Querying

[Jul 11, 2023 8:00 AM] ChatGPT will enable users to query the decentralized data warehouse using natural language prompts.

Index Coop Aims to Improve Limitations of Protocol, On-Chain Structured Products

[Jul 11, 2023 7:36 AM] The infrastructure limitations of this sector include a lack of cross-chain asset support, expense in maintaining products due to high issuance costs and difficulty rebalancing on-chain products due to slippage.

NFT Lender Gondi Goes Live, Raises $5.3M Round Led by Hack.vc

[Jul 11, 2023 7:00 AM] Developer Florida Street's seed round features Hack.vc, Foundation Capital, Dragonfly Capital, Pantera Capital, 6th Man Ventures and others.

Distressed Crypto Specialist Thomas Braziel Sets Up Investment, Advisory Firm

[Jul 10, 2023 4:10 AM] The company, 117 Partners, will be a hybrid between advisory and investment, said Braziel.

Three Arrows Capital Liquidator May Try to Claw Back About $1.2B From DCG, BlockFi

[Jul 7, 2023 11:41 AM] A July 7 report from Teneo, the hedge fund’s liquidator, described the potential claims.

EU’s Leaked Metaverse Strategy Proposes Regulatory Sandbox, New Global Governance

[Jul 6, 2023 4:25 AM] Virtual worlds will need international engagement to stay open and secure, a leaked European Commission strategy paper said.

Blockchain Project Interlay Wants its New Platform to Become a ‘One-Stop-Shop for Bitcoin DeFi’

[Jul 5, 2023 8:00 AM] “We've only seen the tip of the iceberg with bitcoin DeFi today,” said Interlay CEO and Co-founder Alexei Zamyatin in an exclusive interview with CoinDesk.

Ethereum-Based Yield Powerhouse Pendle Finance Expands to BNB Chain

[Jul 5, 2023 6:39 AM] Value locked on the liquid staking derivatives platform has grown nearly tenfold this year.

Crypto Custodian Cobo Argus Scores $100M in Value Locked One Week After Going Live

[Jul 5, 2023 1:53 AM] Argus V2 supports all open-source DeFi protocols and lets traders utilize DeFi bots to automatically monetize farming rewards, compounding and token swapping.

Ex-Genesis CEO Michael Moro to Head Crypto Derivatives Exchange Startup

[Jun 29, 2023 4:21 AM] Ankex, a non-custodial exchange with a centralized order book, is being spun out of crypto custody firm Qredo, which Moro joined in January.

Crypto Custody Firm Ledger Introduces Institutional-Grade Trading Network

[Jun 28, 2023 7:00 AM] The network has a range of partner firms, including Crypto.com, Bitstamp, Huobi, Wintermute and Komainu.

Crypto Bankruptcy Investor Ouroboros Eyes Smaller Claims

[Jun 27, 2023 4:00 AM] The platform automates the due diligence process for buying cryptocurrency bankruptcy claims in firms like FTX or Celsius, providing previously missing liquidity for creditors owed around $50,000.

Northstake Raises $3M to Boost Institutional Crypto Staking

[Jun 22, 2023 8:00 AM] The 2.8 million-euro fundraise comes from PreSeed Ventures, Morph Capital, The Aventures Fund, Funfair Ventures and Delta Blockchain Fund.