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Sky Mavis, the studio behind the popular Axie Infinity non-fungible token (NFT) game has announced a fresh round of funding for the company.In a statement issued on Tuesday, Sky Mavis announced that it had closed a $152 million Series B funding round.According to the announcement, notable crypto and blockchain investors
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Bitwage, the pioneer cryptocurrency-based payroll and invoicing company, has raised $1.5 million in its latest funding round. The funding round had participation from Draper Associates and Max Keiser’s Heisenberg Capital, using Bnktothefuture, a platform designed for making online investments. Bitwage will use these funds to extend its functionalities, now that
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Yellow Card, an Africa-focused crypto exchange platform, recently announced a capital raise of $15 million from its Series A funding round. The capital raise, which is Yellow Card’s largest, was led by Valar Ventures, Third Prime, and Castle Island Ventures. Square, Coinbase Ventures, and Blockchain.com Ventures also participated in the
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Yellow Card has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round, the African-focused cryptocurrency exchange and digital wallet provider announced Monday.Valar Ventures, Third Prime and Castle Island Ventures led the funding round, which also included Square, Cash App, Coinbase Ventures, Polychain Capital and Blockchain.com Ventures.The five-year-old company, which called
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The startup formerly known as Melonport is homing in on decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) for its latest act.Avantgarde Finance has raised $5.5 million in a Series A funding round that was led by Blockchange Ventures. Investments also came from Acrew Ventures, Jump Capital and Placeholder VC, among others.“The funding is
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Orca, a Solana-based decentralized exchange (DEX), has raised $18 million in Series A funding led by Polychain, Three Arrows Capital and Placeholder.Other participants in the funding round include Coinbase Ventures, Jump Capital, Sino Global Capital and Solana Capital, Orca announced Wednesday.Orca will use the funding injection to continue developing its
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NBA Top Shot, the crown jewel of Dapper Labs’ suite, has seen exponential growth in the past year, with $780 million worth of collectibles traded on the platform across 1.1 million registered accounts in 2021. (Dapper’s initial flagship, CryptoKitties, has also seen a recent bump in trading activity.) Original Source
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Ripio, a Latin American (Latam) exchange headquartered in Argentina, raised $50 million in its latest funding round, led by Digital Currency Group (DCG). The exchange, which has a stronghold in countries like Argentina and Brazil, will use these new funds to further expand to new countries in the area and
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SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led the Series B, which also included Matrix Capital Management, Sapphire Ventures and Morgan Creek Digital. Seed investors Boldstart Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Greenspring Associates, Kenetic, Kraken Ventures, Borderless Capital and others upped their investments in this latest round. Original Source
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Leading wealth management platform Abra completed a Series C funding with participation from the Stellar Development Foundation. The company raised $55 million in the round led by major players in the industry, such as IGNIA and Blockchain Capital. The Stellar Development Foundation was one of the new investors in the company
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