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The venture capital firm a16z is now accepting applications for its Crypto Startup School (CSS) 2024 spring course, which is set to be held in London, the same city as its headquarters. According to a16z, participants of the 12-week accelerator program for early-stage companies will receive expert guidance, funding and resources
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Citing the strong deterioration in the macroeconomic data, Blockchain.com decided to shutdown BACM that served institutional players. The crypto market turmoil and liquidity issues have been impacting several crypto firms. Popular crypto startup Blockchain.com has decided to shut down its UK-based crypto asset management arm. According to the filing on Companies
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Founded in 2011, Fasanara Capital pivoted to venture investing over the past three years, participating in 27 funding rounds across the fintech industry in Europe. It led a $35 million Series A round for web3 startup Twig, a company that is building a green crypto payments infrastructure. Original Source
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First Light Games has successfully completed a $5 million private token sale round led by Animoca Brands and Mechanism Capital to develop its play-to-earn mobile-based game, Blast Royale. In an announcement today, London-based game development firm, First Light Games successfully closed a $5 million private token sale in an effort
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London-based open banking startup TrueLayer has raised $130 million in funding in a round led by Tiger Global and Stripe.The raise values TrueLayer’s at more than $1 billion, thus giving it “unicorn” status.Open banking, for which TrueLayer provides infrastructure, enables customers to transact with businesses more seamlessly via bank-to-bank payments,
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Crypto custody provider Copper has raised $8 million in a Series A round – an investment it plans to use launching in new markets. Participants in the Series A included two U.K.-based venture capitals, LocalGlobe and MMC Ventures, as well as the Berlin-based Target Global, which specializes in investing in
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Nickel Asset Management, a United Kingdom-based hedge fund manager, has raised $50 million for its newly launched crypto investment fund.According to a report from Finance Magnates on Sept. 9, the hedge fund has raised $50 million for its newly launched crypto investment fund, Nickel Arbitrage Fund, which aims to
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