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The country initially announced an airdrop was “confirmed” for donors but canceled the plan 29 hours later
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The novel crowdfunding and airdrop underscore potential for traditional organizations to bootstrap mainstream crypto adoption
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Of those women, 60% said they plan on buying crypto within the next few months
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The Series B round, led by Pantera Capital, raises the company’s valuation to $240 million
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The capital raise brings the firm into a bigger playing field alongside major crypto funds such as Andreessen Horowitz, Paradigm and10T Holdings
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Total value locked in DeFi protocols has risen 237% from $55.36 billion to $186.55 billion year-over-year, a trend Aligned expects to continue
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The company plans to triple its headcount in the next year and double its supported protocols
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The platform can be used to send and receive money for investments, payments and subscriptions
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The firm’s past CFO Yaron Shalem was suspended from Celsius in November 2021, after he was arrested in Israel on allegations of money laundering, Blockworks reported
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The funds will be used to establish a bitcoin reserve for Terra’s UST stablecoin
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The crypto platform was founded in 2017 and works with over 1,000 clients in institutional and consumer markets.
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Scammers made off with 254 NFTs, including a few Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, according to data from blockchain security firm PeckShield
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The unit is FTX’s newest effort to encourage gaming studios to use crypto, blockchain technology and NFTs
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A number of funding rounds this week focused on gaming and DeFi, hinting at continued growth and demand for the sectors in the months ahead
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The Network of Decentralized Economics (NODE) will kick-start the program with $5 million to creators focused on blockchain gaming, play-to-earn gaming and the metaverse
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Founders have asked the firm to take a more active role in managing its tokens — this fund will give it that ability to engage further, it said
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Digital Currency Group, Multicoin Capital, Reciprocal Ventures, gumi Cryptos Capital, NGC Ventures and HashKey provided the capital to accelerate growth on The Graph