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Hong Kong

BIS and Hong Kong Monetary Authority to Experiment With Tokenized Green Bonds

The tokenized green bonds are the Bank of International Settlements Innovation Hub's first green finance project.

News  ·  25 August 2021
NFTs

Budweiser Buys Beer.eth Domain Name for 30 ETH, Rocket NFT for 8 ETH

Budweiser has changed its Twitter profile picture to that of a rocket designed by NFT platform Rocket Factory.

News  ·  25 August 2021
DeFi

Solana’s Apricot Finance Raises $4M in ‘Party’ Funding Round

Apricot said it intends to use its newly raised capital to support the rollout of its flagship services.

News  ·  25 August 2021
Colleen Sullivan

CMT Digital CEO Colleen Sullivan Steps Down: Report

CMT Digital has invested in several large crypto-related companies.

News  ·  24 August 2021
Funding Rounds

Y Combinator, Dragonfly Back Seed Round for Crypto Trading Dashboard Hedgehog

Led by Acorns alums, Hedgehog will use the fresh $1.6 million to build a robo-advisor for cryptocurrency investing.

News  ·  24 August 2021
Coinbase

Coinbase Initiated ‘Buy,’ Assigned $420 Price Target by Needham

Needham projects a 467% increase in 2021 revenue for Coinbase.

News  ·  24 August 2021
Paxos

Paxos Renames Standard Stablecoin as Pax Dollar

USDP's updated smart contract will go live on Aug. 31.

News  ·  24 August 2021
NFTs

Christie’s Exec’s NFT Platform TR Lab Plans Artwork Drop by Cai Guo-Qiang

TR Lab’s second NFT sale will take place in September.

News  ·  24 August 2021
Ethereum

Ethereum Foundation Secures $1.5M in Donations to Support Network Upgrade Efforts

The donations will support execution-layer teams working on technical upgrades to achieve "Ethereum 2.0."

News  ·  24 August 2021
Funding Rounds

Blockstream Raises $210M, Acquires Mining Chip Manufacturer Spondoolies

The Series B round values Adam Back's Bitcoin technology firm at $3.2 billion.

News  ·  24 August 2021
Ethereum

Blockchain Startup InfStones Raises $10M in Series A Funding Round

The blockchain infrastructure platform is betting on the "proof-of-stake" model.

News  ·  24 August 2021
United Kingdom

Nickel Digital Sees Growing Institutional Demand in UK for Crypto

More than half of institutional investors plan to invest more in crypto by 2023, according to a survey.

News  ·  24 August 2021
India

Stock and Crypto Investor Sign-Ups Jump 45% Year-on-Year Across Rural India: Report

The uptick in new user registrations is a 45% increase to 70 million when compared to the year prior, according to BSE stock exchange data.

News  ·  24 August 2021
China

Digital Yuan Used in China’s Domestic Futures Market for First Time: Report

The interbank payment using the e-CNY afforded a zero cost, efficient and convenient payment option in real time, according to the report.

News  ·  24 August 2021
Bitcoin

Cuando China habló, bitcoin reaccionó. ¿Cuando lo hizo Estados Unidos? No tanto

Días después de que China reiterara medidas drásticas contra el segmento cripto, bitcoin cayó hasta 30%. Estados Unidos, por su parte, parece no ser el centro del universo cripto.

News  ·  23 August 2021