Nic Carter’s Castle Island Ventures Raises $250M for Third Crypto Fund
The early-stage firm is targeting monetary networks, financial services and internet infrastructure with its latest fund. Original Source
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Fantasy Metaverse Island Bullieverse creates a Community-Owned Platform for Arcade Games
Bullieverse is ushering gaming enthusiasts and creators into unexplored terrains of monetizing creativity and novel skills in a community-oriented metaverse. The project seeks to lead a new wave of the digital economy through its open metaverse where individuals and digital creators can interact with each other, make decisions on the
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Palau President Talks Stablecoin Plans Following Island Nation’s ‘Digital Residency’ Rollout
“One of the challenges that we have in Palau is, it's hard to get pennies, it's hard to get quarters,” Whipps said. “Cash shortages are a real thing here, so what digital wallets would really provide is freedom, freedom from having to go to the bank.” Source
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Potential Island Reversal Leaves Bitcoin Bulls Stranded
Months ago when Bitcoin price made it through $13,000 top analysts said “the train has left the station,” and they were right. Or maybe a rocketship would have been a better analogy. The cryptocurrency took off and has yet to refuel, until now. With momentum waning, bears have staged an “island
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Nic Carter’s Castle Island Ventures Closes $50M Investment Fund
Castle Island Ventures, the early-stage crypto fund helmed by Nic Carter and Matt Walsh, has raised $50 million for its second fund.“We believe that public blockchains are a transformative technology and will change the way that we interact with money, value transfer, trusted third parties and even the fundamental architecture
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Malta’s ‘blockchain island’ strategy falters as banks refuse to play ball
Malta’s Finance and Employment Minister, Clyde Caruana, has revealed that the nation’s plan to become a “blockchain island” is floundering due to the unwillingness of local banks to work with innovative firms.Speaking to local media outlet Lovin Malta, Caruana noted that few local businesses have been able to secure banking
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Scratch ‘Blockchain Island,’ Malta Now Wants to Become a Digital Enclave
The Maltese government is continuing to break away from its once-prominent blockchain agenda, as it intends to take a more holistic approach toward digital economy development.In a recent interview with Cryptox, Kearon Bruno, chairman of Digital Economy Think Tank, an advisory body tasked with diversifying and consolidating Malta’s economic portfolio,
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Blockchain Is Part Of China’s Master Plan for New Competitor Island to Hong Kong
[sociallocker id="55298"] Chinese authorities have released a master plan for turning southern island province Hainan into a free trade port, Xinhua news reports on June 1. A trade port system will focus on facilitating free trade, investment and cross-border capital flows in the whole island.Government institutions reformThe master plan encourages
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Rhode Island Blockchain Act Seeks Regulatory Clarity for Crypto, Representative Place Explains
Although Rhode Island’s recent Blockchain Act does not explicitly reference cryptocurrencies, the bill aims to provide regulatory clarity for them.“If you look at the legislation, it doesn’t necessarily mention crypto specifically, but when it talks about complex financial instruments and things of that nature, that’s what it’s referring to
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US State Reps Submit Bill Spurring Blockchain Innovation in Rhode Island
Two state representatives in Rhode Island introduced a new bill promoting blockchain and technology adoption in the state. Rhode Island representatives David Place and Blake Filippi introduced a new bill on March 11 known as the “Rhode Island Economic Growth Blockchain Act.” The motion aims to provide green pastures for
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