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Former Bitmain CEO Jihan Wu raises fresh capital for new crypto unicorn

Jihan Wu became a prominent name in crypto after co-founding Bitmain Technologies in 2013 and taking it public by 2018. His latest venture, Matrixport, raised new capital to stand at a unicorn-level of $1 billion in valuation. With the participation of large venture capital firms including Tiger Global, DST Global, C Ventures and

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Asia’s Newest Unicorn, Amber Group, Accelerates Global Expansion to Bring Crypto Offerings to New Regions

Amber Group, the leading crypto trading and technology firm, announced today it will be dedicating significant resources toward expanding its geographic reach across the globe to help support customers in over 140 different countries and regions. After reaching unicorn status with its latest $100 million fundraise, Amber Group boosted its

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Blockchain Gaming Unicorn Animoca Brands, Brinc Launch NFT Accelerator

Hong Kong-based blockchain gaming company Animoca Brands and global venture accelerator Brinc have launched Launchpad Luna, a new accelerator program to identify, mentor, and invest in promising blockchain and non-fungible tokens (NFT) startups, according to a company statement. Fast facts Projects accepted into the accelerator program will receive training, end-to-end support and

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Aussie Crypto Unicorn Raises $160M With ‘Big Four’ Bank Backing

Australian fintech unicorn and RippleNet member, Airwallex, raised $160 million in a fundraising round led by the investment arms of Australian ‘big four’ bank, ANZ, and San Francisco-based cloud software company, Salesforce.Existing investors Tencent, Sequoia Capital China, DST Global, and Horizons Ventures also participated in the round — bringing

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