Investments

Exchanges

A Crypto Exchange Is Buying Back $24 Million-Worth of Its Own Tokens

Crypto exchange FCoin is to buy back 100 million of its own tokens to provide capital for a new fund of funds.

Markets  ·  16 July 2018
Investments

Hedge Fund Billionaire Steven Cohen Is Getting into Crypto

Billionaire Steven Cohen, once dubbed the "Hedge Fund King," has reportedly invested in a crypto hedge fund.

Business  ·  13 July 2018
Ethereum

CoinList’s Fifth ICO Is a $61 Million Bid to Tokenize All the Assets

CoinList, arguably the top site for listing token sales, has chosen TrustToken as the fifth ICO to be hosted on its website.

Tech  ·  13 July 2018
Investments

Report: More Than Three-Quarters of ICOs Were Scams

In a report by an advisory firm on initial coin offering (ICO) investments, data shows close to 80% of all ICOs in 2017 were scams.

Markets  ·  12 July 2018
Funding Rounds

Coinbase Co-Founder Backs Blockchain Startup’s $3 Million Seed Round

DIRT, a startup building an ethereum-based blockchain platform for validating information across datasets, has raised $3 million in seed funding.

Business  ·  11 July 2018
Investments

Augur Passes CryptoKitties: Ethereum App Sees $400K in First-Day Betting

With strong first day volumes, newly launched crypto app Augur has surpassed what may be the most popular decentralized application.

Markets  ·  11 July 2018
Investments

Czech Investment Bank Raising $100 Million for Blockchain Fund

Prague-based Benson Oak has announced it is raising $100 million to launch an investment fund with a focus on blockchain startups in Israel.

Markets  ·  10 July 2018
Investments

Block.One Is Taking a Bigger Role With EOS (And That’s a Big Deal)

When the company that created EOS starts voting for validators, there will be little chance of winning a spot without earning its support.

Markets  ·  9 July 2018
Token Sale

A16z Leads $45 Million Raise for Blockchain Startup Oasis Labs

Cloud computing startup Oasis Labs has raised $45 million in a private token pre-sale to develop its blockchain platform.

Business  ·  9 July 2018
Tezos

Tezos Investors Got a Chance to Sell This Week – And They Took It

Tezos' price dropped by a third in its first 24 hours of trading as a real token, rather than an IOU.

Markets  ·  6 July 2018
Investments

Smartphone Giant Xiaomi Disavows ICO Token Pegged to Its Stock

An initial coin offering is selling a token that claims to be pegged to smartphone maker Xiaomi's stock price in its IPO next week.

Markets  ·  3 July 2018
Tezos

Delays Be Damned: Tezos Blockchain Tech Enters Beta Testing

A nearly year-long wait appears to be over for investors in the embattled block chain project Tezos.

Markets  ·  30 June 2018
Investments

VeChain Arrives: What to Know About the $1.5 Billion Blockchain for Business

After amassing more than $1 billion in investment, the VeChain blockchain is officially operational, marking the latest milestone for the project.

Markets  ·  30 June 2018
Investments

A $700 Million Cryptocurrency Called Ontology Is About to Go Live

The project, closely tied to Neo, has big plans for enterprise applications and digital identity.

Markets  ·  29 June 2018
Investments

Crypto Venture Firm to Invest 200K Ether in US Startups

A China-based venture firm focused on the crypto industry aims to invest 200,000 ethereum in U.S. startups

Business  ·  28 June 2018