CoW protocol, which underlines the decentralized exchange CowSwap, has raised $23 million via a token round.
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The Brazil-based crypto asset manager has hired Laurent Kssis as its new managing director and head of Europe.
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Quick Take
- In an exclusive interview with The Block, Harj Taggar, fintech and crypto lead at Y Combinator, reveals YC didn’t believe in crypto when Coinbase took part in its summer 2012 program.
- Despite its early reticence toward crypto, the startup accelerator has backed huge players like OpenSea and Coinbase and now boasts a record 27 web3 startups in its winter 2022 cohort.
TP ICAP facilitates trades between hedge funds, investment banks and large financial institutions.
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The Block spoke with Caroline Taylor, one of a nascent crop of appraisers looking at the NFT space.
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Mining firm Iris Energy secured $71 million in funding for new equipment.
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The Treasury’s proposal would extend to digital assets a longstanding rule requiring US persons to report foreign financial accounts worth more than $50,000.
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Blur, a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace geared toward professional traders, said Monday that it has raised $11 million in new seed funding.
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Quick Take
- The market for NFT-collateralized loans is growing at a rapid clip, as The Block covered in Part 1 of this series.
- In this piece, we’re going to look at how Genesis and Nexo are testing the waters.
Avalanche has attracted an impressive critical mass for a protocol that shipped less than two years ago.
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