Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX raised over $135 million in a Series D funding round led by Pantera Capital and Steadview.
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The alternative investment management firm is reportedly weighing whether to support a bid to buy the social media giant.
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Scammers are using verified accounts on Twitter to pose to be the official Moonbirds account in an attempt to pilfer funds.
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Quick Take
- A Rhode Island green housing bill introduced last week proposes a “green coin” to be issued as an incentive for carbon emission reduction.
- The proposed crypto token is part of a larger plan to fund new housing units in a sustainable way.
Quick Take
- Founded in 2017, OpenSea is a decentralized peer-to-peer marketplace for NFTs, covering a wide range of digital assets from art, game items to music
- OpenSea experienced explosive growth in 2021, with transaction volume increasing over 600.0x and $423 million cumulative funding raised in less than twelve months – OpenSea is currently valued at $13.3 billion
- Improving user experience has been a persisting issue for OpenSea, and the team plans to tackle this issue in 2022 by scaling the team, focusing on safety and reliability efforts, and accelerating the product development
- OpenSea seeks to contribute to the NFT and web3 ecosystem through its new investment efforts – OpenSea ventures and Ecosystem Grants program
Andrew Spinella and Renee Spinella of Derry, New Hampshire, and Nobody (formerly Richard Paul) of Keene, New Hampshire have pleaded guilty to wire fraud involving the use of cryptocurrencies.
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Gary Gensler takes more heat from Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee.
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The Kevin O’Leary-backed platform has agreed to buy Coinberry as its second licensed Canadian crypto exchange company.
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DeFi developer Andre Cronje calls for regulations and the birth of a new crypto age driven by trust and not by greed.
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In this episode of The Scoop, Mastercard’s Head of Crypto, Raj Dhamodharan, explains what the payment provider is doing to integrate crypto and NFTs into its product suite.
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