Central bankers are meeting in El Salvador and have discussed bitcoin. But bitcoin is not the primary focus of the meeting.
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Crypto tax software provider TaxBit has netted a strategic investment from Katie Haun’s recently-formed Haun Ventures.
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Here is a look at how crypto mining companies did in the markets on Tuesday, May 17.
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The new fund is designed to invest in startups or projects related to the metaverse, blockchain gaming, NFTs, DAOs and other web3 projects.
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Coinbase and Figment are supporting the development of a new institutional liquid staking protocol called Alluvial.
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Linktree will let users use NFTs as their profile pics and create links that can only be opened with NFTs, among other features.
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The blockchain data analytics platform says Ape Board will become the starting point for a new free-to-use portfolio tracker.
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Quick Take
- Jane Street Capital recently said it would borrow $25 million in the stablecoin USDC through a little-known lending platform called Clearpool.
- Here’s a look at what Clearpool does.
Quick Take
- Founded in 2013, Mercado Bitcoin is one of the largest crypto exchanges in Latin America – its parent company, 2TM Group, has a diversified crypto company portfolio that provides services beyond Mercado Bitcoin’s trading functions
- After completing its Undisclosed Series A and +250mm Series B in 2021, 2TM Group has actively deployed capital for strategic acquisitions, product development and business expansion in new regions
Quick Take
- Founded in 2019 by Karl Floersch, Jinglan Wang, and Ben Jones, Optimism is a layer-2 Ethereum scaling solution utilizing optimistic rollups
- In April 2022, Optimism announced its governance token OP and a new governance structure
- In total, The Block has noted and mapped out 121 projects across 11 verticals
