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Crypto asset prices are not the only thing cooling off as the year draws to a close. Venture Capital investments also seem to be declining but these things happen in a bear market and at least twice before they’ve come running back as soon as the bulls take hold of
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Verisart, a company that certifies art authenticity through blockchain technology, has raised $2.5 million to further expand its commercial art platform.Verify and track provenance of artIn an Oct. 3 article by Techcrunch, it was announced that Verisart raised $2.5 million in seed financing led by Galaxy Digital EOS Fund,
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Blockchain and cryptocurrency investment firm Multicoin Capital hired a former Google product manager as one of its new investment Principals.In a blog post published on Oct. 1, managing partner Kyle Samani said that Tony Sheng would help secure new deals for the firm while also working with existing portfolio
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Decentralized finance (DeFi) startup InstaDApp has secured $2.4 million in a seed round from an array of strategic investors, including Coinbase Ventures and Pantera Capital.New fundingPer an Oct. 1 blog post, InstaDApp saw funding from investment firms Coinbase Ventures, Pantera Capital, Robot Ventures, venture capital company IDEO Colab and
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Montreal-based digital asset custodian Knøx has secured $8.25 million in a seed round to support its crypto custody service for institutional customers and fiduciaries.The funding round was led by San Francisco-based venture capital firm Initialized Capital, with the participation of financial services giant Fidelity and venture firm iNovia, Canadian
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First Bitcoin Capital Corp, a firm that claims to be focused on investing in Bitcoin-focused startups, and acquiring projects developing Bitcoin-powered applications, has announced the addition of Tipestry, a blockchain-based content monetization platform to its incubation program, reports Yahoo Finance on September 23, 2019. First Bitcoin Invests in Tipestry Per sources close
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Paige Thompson, suspect of the Capital One hacking, was charged with the crime of hacking cloud-computing servers and stealing the data of the company to mine cryptocurrency. She now faces up to 25 years in prison for wire fraud, computer fraud and abuse.Former software engineer at Amazon, Paige was arrested
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The individual accused of perpetrating a massive-scale hack of credit card issuer Capital One also allegedly hacked cloud customers’ servers to mine cryptocurrency for herself. Court filings published on Aug. 28 reveal that Paige A. Thompson has been indicted on charges of both perpetrating the Capital One breach and of
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Jeremy Allaire, CEO at cryptocurrency financial services company Circle, expressed his optimism in regards to Bitcoin (BTC) being a safe haven for investors despite recent market volatility.On Aug. 19, Allaire voiced his sentiment during the CNBC’s Squawk Box. He explained: "Clearly, a non-sovereign digital asset like bitcoin is attractive to
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