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CBMI Partners With Sequoia-Backed Startup to Develop DeFi Services

China Merchants Bank International (CBMI) is partnering with Nervos Network — a Chinese blockchain startup founded by a former researcher and developer of the Ethereum Foundation.A press release published on Oct. 3 revealed that the new partnership will focus on jointly developing decentralized finance (DeFi) applications and helping Nervos

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HitBTC Claims Startup Faked Balances as it Denies Freezing $20M Worth of Crypto

Cryptocurrency exchange HitBTC has denied allegations that it froze Brazillian investment startup Atlas Quantum’s funds, claiming the evidence is forged.Atlas Quantum claims the exchange froze $20.7MIn a Twitter argument which began on Oct. 2, the exchange said it had no record of blocking the accounts of Atlas Quantum. The latter

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Coinbase, Pantera Capital Participate in $2.4M Seed Round of DeFi Startup

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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Token Tech Startup Securitize Raises $14M From Nomura, MUFG, and Santander

Securitize Team. Photo: SecuritizeThree of the globe’s giant banks – Nomura Holdings, MUFG, and Banco Santander – have supported Securitize, San Francisco based startup, which assists companies to tokenize their assets and securities. Securitize which provides numerous services to support firms design blockchain-based security tokens, announced it has managed to

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Facebook Buys Chatbot Startup Servicefriend to Integrate Into Calibra

Facebook has acquired the artificial intelligence-based chat-bot startup Servicefriend for customer service for Calibra, the digital wallet for Facebook’s planned Libra cryptocurrency.AI chatbots for Calibra’s customer serviceA Sept. 19 article by Israeli business newspaper the Marker reported that Facebook has acquired startup Servicefriends in order to build a messaging

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Tech Startup Nebula Genomics Launches Blockchain-Based DNA Sequencing

Tech startup Nebula Genomics is launching DNA sequencing using blockchain, which eliminates the need for customers to reveal personal information.Per a blog post published on Sept. 19, Nebula has rolled out anonymous genetic testing, enabling clients to purchase whole-genome sequencing and provide their saliva samples without the need to

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Two Arrested for ‘Old-Fashioned Shakedown’ of Cryptocurrency Startup

Authorities in the United States have arrested two individuals who allegedly threatened to destroy a startup crypto company if they were not paid millions of dollars in cryptocurrency.Extortion of crypto startupOn Sept. 18, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, together with the FBI, announced

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Israeli Startup That Allows Offline Crypto Transactions Secures $4M

Israeli cybersecurity startup GK8 has reportedly developed the world’s first offline system for transacting cryptocurrencies.The new system uses GK8’s proprietary cryptographic techniques that enable instant blockchain transactions of digital assets without any need for an internet connection, Israeli business news publication Globes reported on Sept. 18.The company raised $4 million

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ETH Privacy Startup Aztec ‘Ignites’ Its SNARKs Generation Ceremony

Ethereum (ETH) privacy startup Aztec announced the launch of its zero-knowledge succinct non-Interactive argument of knowledge (SNARKs) generation via a cryptographic ceremony called Ignition.In a press release shared with CryptoX on Sept. 15 the startup also announced the closing of its latest round of investment with participation from A.Capital,

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