Funding

Exchanges

Kraken Negotiating New Capital Raise at $10B Valuation: Report

If approved and agreed upon, the new funding could more than double the company's $4 billion valuation to around $10 billion.

News  ·  26 February 2021
Funding Rounds

Digital Asset Manager Arca Raises $10M

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 Fund

News  ·  13 January 2021
Hong Kong

HashKey Capital Invests $5M in Decentralized Storage Project Filestar

The $5 million grant will go towards funding the day-to-day operations of Filestar's foundation.

Business  ·  12 January 2021
CoinFlash

Galaxy Digital, IOSG Lead $1.2M Raise for Startup Creating Automated Ethereum Services

Gelato said the seed round will fund further development of its bot network that will provide automated smart contract execution.

Tech  ·  15 September 2020
Funding

Tor Project Launches Membership Program to Boost Agility, Funds

After laying off a third of its staff in April, the project is looking for ways to increase the “diversity of funds" in its budget.

Business  ·  31 August 2020
CoinFlash

Crypto Bank Hopeful Bitcoin Suisse Raises $48M in First-Ever Round

Bitcoin Suisse said some of the funding will go to new product offerings if its banking license applications are successful.

News  ·  24 July 2020
Funding

Factom’s Two Employees Press On Despite Investor’s Call to Liquidate

Factom, Inc. cut 80 percent of its 10-person staff. “The protocol is going to run whether Factom, Inc. continues or not,” said COO Jay Smith.

Business  ·  10 April 2020
IOTA

IOTA Founder Personally Refunding Hack Losses to ‘Safeguard’ Project’s Remaining Reserves

Using his personal holdings will help protect the IOTA Foundation's 12-month runway, according to David Sonstebo.

Business  ·  12 March 2020
Funds

EU Launches Estimated €400M Blockchain, AI Fund to Avoid Lagging US, China

A new fund has been set up with the aim of preventing the EU falling behind nations like the U.S. and China on blockchain and AI innovation.

Business  ·  22 November 2019
Regulation

Congressional Challenger to House Speaker Pelosi Is Fundraising in Crypto

Democratic blockchain and crypto enthusiast Agatha Bacelar is challenging House Speaker Pelosi on a tech-focused platform.

Policy & regulation  ·  2 October 2019
Funding

Ethereum Scaling Project SKALE Raises $17.1 Million for Mainnet Launch

Multicoin Capital, ConsenSys Labs, Hashed and others are providing fresh funding for the mainnet launch of ethereum's SKALE Network.

Business  ·  1 October 2019
Venture Capital

Stripe-Backed Payments Firm Raises $100 Million to Compete Against Stablecoins

Rapyd raised $100 million in a Series C funding round to face off against the arrival of stablecoins.

Business  ·  1 October 2019
Crime

Crypto Sleuthing Firm Elliptic Raises $23 Million in Fundraise Led by SBI

Blockchain forensics firm Elliptic has raised $23 million in Series B round led by Tokyo-based financial institution (and XRP holder) SBI.

Policy & regulation  ·  4 September 2019
ConsenSys

ConsenSys Spin-Out 3Box Raises $2.5 Million to Build ID Tools for Dapp Devs

ID startup 3Box is spinning out of ethereum incubator ConsenSys with $2.5 million in new funding.

Tech  ·  26 June 2019
Token

Token, an Open Banking Platform, Raises $16.5M in Funding

Investors in Token include Opera Tech Ventures, the venture arm of BNP Paribas, Octopus Ventures, and EQT Ventures.

Markets  ·  20 June 2019