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| 14.05.2024 | Vitalik Buterin's Ethereum Wallet Proposal, Scribbled in 22 Minutes, Gets Positive Reviews | After a technical proposal to improve Ethereum wallets met with some opposition, a familiar figure swooped in last week to devise an alternative: none other than Vitalik Buterin, the blockchain's co-founder.
It reportedly took him 22 minute... |
| 19.04.2024 | Google Searches for 'Bitcoin Halving' Get Higher Than 4/20 | Google searches for the term “Bitcoin halving” have hit an all-time high, surpassing the previous record set during the last halving in May 2020. According to Google Trends data, which uses a 100 point scale to determine the relative popula... |
| 18.04.2024 | This Bitcoin Halving Is Different. But Is It 'Priced In'? | This year’s halving — the quadrennial slashing of the amount of new bitcoin (BTC) entering into circulation — may be the most important since the first one around 12 years ago. And yet, despite intense interest in the event, its price impac... |
| 05.04.2024 | Bitcoin Mining’s Boon for Small Town America | It isn’t always clear how crypto is changing lives. The incorporality of blockchain ledgers, the fact that crypto wallets are online (not made of leather) and the limited number of real world use cases all contribute to the common view that... |
| 04.04.2024 | First Mover Americas: Galaxy Digital to Raise $100M for New Fund | This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter, putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.
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| 03.04.2024 | Galaxy Plans to Raise $100M for Crypto Venture Fund
Crypto Is 'Waking Up' to Real World Assets: Securitize CEO | Galaxy Digital’s venture team has long invested its own money in crypto companies. Now, it’s planning to do that with outside investors’ capital, too.
The crypto investments giant is putting together a $100 million fund that will invest in ... |
| 03.04.2024 | Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital raising $100M to fund crypto startups: Report | - |
| 02.04.2024 | Agora has raised a $12M Seed round led by Dragonfly | JERSEY CITY, N.J., April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Agora has raised a $12M Seed round to launch their digital dollar and asset platform purpose-built for the transmission of value on blockchain-based rails. This round of funding was led by Dr... |
| 25.03.2024 | WOW Summit Hong Kong VIP and Business Networking Tickets Selling Fast | HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 25 March 2024 – WOW Summit is a leading global Web3 event that unites distinguished industry titans, esteemed government officials, visionary funds, venture capitalists, NFT and digital artists, ent... |
| 07.03.2024 | Fireblocks Prepares for Bull Market by Adding New Executive After New CFO Hire | Fireblocks hired a new chief marketing officer, Michal Ferguson, from cybersecurity platform Snyk.
The move comes after the recent addition of a new CFO and chief customer officer.
The custody tech firm isn't in a rush to take the company p... |
| 01.06.2022 | Fabric Ventures wraps up $140 million venture fund to back Web3 startups | Luxembourg and London-based Web3 venture capital firm Fabric Ventures has wrapped up a $140 million venture fund, which is twice the original target and more than $30 million above the original hard cap. The platform has also announced the ... |
| 16.05.2022 | British crypto trading platform raises $70 million from Barclays and Goldman Sachs | Cryptocurrency trading platform Elwood Technologies founded by British hedge fund billionaire Alan Howard has raised $70 million in funding. The round was co-led by B2B investor Dawn Capital and Goldman Sachs, with participation from Barcla... |
| 26.03.2022 | Is Miner Concentration Once Again Jeopardizing Bitcoin? Not Exactly | One of the main pillars of bitcoin’s (BTC) value proposition is decentralization. Why then does the computer processing power behind the largest cryptocurrency seem to be concentrating again in one place, this time North America? The answer... |
| 08.03.2022 | The talent exodus from Wall Street to crypto will accelerate, predict insiders: ‘It’s actually a career risk if I don’t move into the space’ | Never miss a story: Follow your favorite topics and authors to get a personalized email with the journalism that matters most to you.
In April of 2021, Darren Langer decided to make a bet on what he believed to be a "massive evolutiona... |
| 23.02.2022 | A Healthy US Bitcoin Mining Industry Could Generate Significant Tax Revenue | Crypto supporters were taken aback this past July when the infrastructure bill brought to the U.S. Congress claimed it could raise $28 billion from crypto investors by applying new information-reporting requirements to exchanges and other p... |
| 31.12.2021 | Michael Novogratz Donates Partnership Units of Galaxy Digital Holdings LP | NEW YORK, Dec. 31, 2021 /CNW/ - Michael Novogratz, Founder and CEO of Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. (TSX: GLXY) ("Galaxy Digital" or the "Company"), today reported that an entity that he beneficially owns, Galaxy Group In... |
| 25.11.2021 | Staking Rewards secures CHF 3 million | |
| 15.11.2021 | Galaxy Digital Announces Third Quarter 2021 Financial Results | Net comprehensive income1 was $517 million; $1.2 billion YTD through September 30th
Preliminary quarter-to-date fourth quarter net comprehensive income1 of ~$400 million2
Neal Katyal joins as Senior Advisor and Chair of newly-formed Advisor... |
| 19.10.2021 | Galaxy Interactive raises $325M to invest in games, finance, and tech | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Galaxy Interactive has raised a whopping $325 million second fund to invest in games and related technology.
A division of Galaxy Digit... |
| 19.10.2021 | Galaxy Interactive Raises Another $325 Million Fund Focused On Games, NFTs, XR And Metaverse | (Rival Peak image courtesy of Genvid) |
| 19.10.2021 | Instacart’s largest acquisition yet is a $350 million bet on cashierless, in-store shopping | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
One factor that will help keep this current fervid pace of dealmaking, even as lock-down orders f... |
| 19.10.2021 | Galaxy Interactive raises $325M to invest in games, finance, and tech | Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.
Galaxy Interactive ha... |
| 10.08.2021 | Multi-Chain Browser Extension Wallet Liquality Secures $7 Million via Round led by Hashed, Galaxy Digital, Coinbase Ventures, Others | Liquality, which claims to be the first multi-chain browser extension wallet, has announced the completion of a $7 million funding round that was led by Hashed, Galaxy Digital, White Star Capital, Accomplice, Coinbase Ventures, among others... |
| 29.07.2021 | Fabric Ventures launches $130 million fund to invest in digital assets and decentralisation, EIF on board | London’s Fabric Ventures has announced the launch of a new $130 million fund specifically targeting digital assets and decentralisation. With the European Investment Fund (EIF) and Luxembourg Future Fund contributing $30 million, Fabric now... |
| 22.07.2021 | Galaxy Digital | Galaxy Digital is a digital asset merchant bank founded in 2018 by former hedge fund manager Michael Novogratz. The firm offers multiple services including asset management, advisory services for businesses, trading and principal investing ... |
| 17.05.2021 | GALAXY DIGITAL HOLDINGS LTD.
Galaxy Digital : Announces First Quarter 2021 Financial Results | Net comprehensive income1 grew to $860 million
Assets Under Management ("AUM")2 increased 58%
Counterparty loan originations grew over 510%
Erin Brown joins Executive Team as Chief Operating Officer
Galaxy Digital has agreed to ac... |
| 14.05.2021 | This ‘dogecoin millionaire’ refuses to sell and bought during the dip — now his stash is worth $2 million | Since becoming a “dogecoin millionaire” on April 15, Glauber Contessoto has continued to hold rather than sell — despite the coin’s ups and downs, he tells CNBC Make It. And now he says he’s a millionaire twice over.
Contessoto says he inve... |
| 30.03.2021 | London-based Gro grows a $7.1 million seed to make decentralised finance more accessible | London-based Gro has closed a $7.1 million seed round with the aim of making decentralised finance more accessible.
The round was led by decentralised finance VCs Galaxy Digital and Framework Ventures, and saw participation from Variant, Na... |
| 30.03.2021 | GALAXY DIGITAL HOLDINGS LTD.
Galaxy Digital : Announces Fourth Quarter 2020 Financial Results | Net comprehensive income1 increased over 1,100% since the Fourth Quarter 2019
Assets Under Management ("AUM")2 increased over 98% in the Fourth Quarter 2020
Counterparty trading volumes increased over 80% in the Fourth Quarter 202... |
| 18.03.2021 | Morgan Stanley spotlight raises curtain for Bitcoin to give another $60,000 performance | Bitcoin’s theatre of dramatic ups and downs may have just found the star actor it needs to bring in the crowds as Morgan Stanley announced its crypto stage bow. |
| 18.03.2021 | Tel-Aviv-based crypto infrastructure provider Fireblocks raises $133 million in Series-C funding | Tel-Aviv-based crypto custodian Fireblocks has raised $133 million in a Series-C round. To date, the firm has raised $179 million, thus making them the most well funded custodian in the industry.
The round was led by Coatue, Ribbit, and Str... |
| 03.03.2021 | Galaxy Digital, CoinShares Back Bitcoin Mining Intermediary Startup | Compass, a bitcoin mining startup, raised $1.7 million in seed funding led by Galaxy Digital, joined by CoinShares, CoinFund, CoinGecko and other cryptocurrency companies, according to a press release on Wednesday.
Locations of the mining f... |
| 12.01.2021 | What Publicly Traded Companies Have Bitcoin On Their Balance Sheet — And Why | PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 08: In this photo illustration, a visual representation of the digital ... [+] Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin is on display in front of the Bitcoin course's graph on January 08, 2021 in Paris, France. The value of Bitcoin (... |
| 17.08.2020 | Hour One raises $5M Seed to generate AI-driven synthetic characters from real humans | All of the people pictured above are real, but what you are seeing are synthetically generated versions of their real selves. And they can be programmed to say anything. Tech futurists have long warned about humans being replaced by life-li... |
| 05.08.2019 | Esports tournament operator Matcherino lands funding as question swirl about industry’s growth | Matcherino CEO John Maffei. (John Maffei Photo)
Investors are putting more cash behind esports tournament operator Matcherino as questions swirl about how large the professional gaming industry will become.
Seattle-based Matcherino today an... |
| 11.06.2019 | Fidelity, Tenaya Capital Fund Crypto-Security Firm Fireblocks | Fireblocks, a platform for securing digital assets in transit, announced today $16 million in Series A funding from investment heavyweights including Cyberstarts, Tenaya Capital, and Eight Roads -- the proprietary investment arm of Fidelity... |
| 06.06.2019 | Kleiner Perkins, Galaxy Invest in EOS Blockchain-Based Gaming Startup | Azarus, a blockchain game developer, raised $1.8 million from several crypto VC funds including Galaxy Digital (via its Galaxy EOS VC Fund), Kleiner Perkins and SVK Crypto.
The money will fund Azarus’ efforts to build out its game network “... |
| 05.06.2019 | Azarus raises $1.8 million for blockchain-based competitive gaming challenge platform | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Azarus has raised $1.8 million from some well-known investors to build out its blockchain-based “Smart Challenge” platform, which offer... |
| 05.06.2019 | Azarus raises $1.8 million for blockchain-based competitive gaming challenge platform | Azarus has raised $1.8 million from some well-known investors to build out its blockchain-based “Smart Challenge” platform, which offers gamers the ability to compete for digital assets in both casual and competitive gaming challenges.
The ... |
| 28.03.2019 | A crypto manager lays out the market improvements to the currency and says 2019 will be a year to watch | Getty
We can expect a lot of crypto-infrastructure-building activity in 2019.
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In this op-ed, Kyle Samani, a co-founder and managing partner at Multicoin Capital, says that although crypto markets underperformed in 2018, the pa... |
| 25.03.2019 | A look inside crypto firm Galaxy Digital, founded by ‘sidelined’ Wall Street legend Mike Novogratz | Mike Novogratz, a former hedge fund manager who was once captain of Princeton’s college wrestling team, has been described as many things, including (in just one New Yorker article in which he was featured last year): an on-and-off-again bi... |
| - | ‘We’re just getting started’ — Novogratz says bitcoin value only a fraction of global wealth | “The amount of growth that we’re going to see in our space is staggering. We’re just getting started,” bitcoin bull Mike Novogratz told CNBC on Wednesday.
Cryptocurrency’s share of global wealth will increase in the coming years, he added.
... |
| - | Fabric Ventures launches $130 million fund to invest in digital assets and decentralisation, EIF on board | London’s Fabric Ventures has announced the launch of a new $130 million fund specifically targeting digital assets and decentralisation. With the European Investment Fund (EIF) and Luxembourg Future Fund contributing $30 million, Fabric now... |
| - | Crypto bull calls dogecoin a mania and a bubble, says her firm hasn’t touched it | “I think what’s happening with dogecoin is definitely a mania,” crypto bull Meltem Demirors told CNBC on Monday.
“Dogecoin is not for me. My firm does not produce analysis on dogecoin for a reason,” added the chief strategy officer at CoinS... |
| - | Novogratz: Dogecoin, bitcoin are both rallying but these cryptocurrencies are quite different | Mike Novogratz told CNBC on Tuesday there are significant differences between bitcoin and dogecoin, even though they’re both cryptocurrencies and both have rallied this year.
The longtime crypto bull called bitcoin “a well-thought-out, well... |
| - | Feeling the heat from employees, Wall Street banks get closer to adopting bitcoin | The banking industry is being forced to contend with bitcoin as its latest dizzying ascent and increased adoption among investors, corporations and fintech competitors spark fears of being left behind.
JPMorgan co-president Daniel Pinto tol... |
| - | Dogecoin rally is a ‘middle finger’ to the financial system, says crypto bull Mike Novogratz | Longtime crypto bull Mike Novogratz told CNBC “there’s something pure” in dogecoin’s massive rally in 2021.
“It’s a little bit of a middle finger to the system,” he said.
However, Novogratz repeated his concern about the sustainability of d... |
| - | Fabric Ventures wraps up $140 million venture fund to back Web3 startups | Luxembourg and London-based Web3 venture capital firm Fabric Ventures has wrapped up a $140 million venture fund, which is twice the original target and more than $30 million above the original hard cap. The platform has also announced the ... |
| - | Goldman Sachs is close to offering bitcoin and other digital assets to its wealth management clients | The bank aims to begin offering investments in the emerging asset class in the second quarter, according to Mary Rich, who was recently named global head of digital assets for Goldman’s private wealth management division.
Goldman is looking... |
| - | British crypto trading platform raises $70 million from Barclays and Goldman Sachs | Cryptocurrency trading platform Elwood Technologies founded by British hedge fund billionaire Alan Howard has raised $70 million in funding. The round was co-led by B2B investor Dawn Capital and Goldman Sachs, with participation from Barcla... |
| - | Morgan Stanley becomes the first big U.S. bank to offer its wealthy clients access to bitcoin funds | The investment bank told its financial advisors Wednesday in an internal memo that it is launching access to three funds that enable ownership of bitcoin, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.
Two of the funds on offer ar... |
| - | ‘I just became a dogecoin millionaire’: This 33-year-old invested his savings in the meme cryptocurrency with inspiration from Elon Musk | Glauber Contessoto says that on April 15 at 6:00 p.m. PDT, he became a dogecoin millionaire.
“I was up all night staring at my screen,” Contessoto, 33, tells CNBC Make It.
After learning about the meme cryptocurrency on Reddit, Contessoto s... |
| - | London's Ramp ramps up the crypto payments infrastructure game with $52.7 million raise | London-based, but with deep roots in Poland, crypto payments infrastructure startup Ramp has raised $52.7 million in a Series A funding round. The platform provides developers with a non-custodial payment infrastructure that allows for the ... |
