digital assets
Andalusia Labs raises $48M Series A to improve digital asset risk infrastructure
Alongside the fresh capital raise, Andalusia Labs opened its global headquarters in Abu Dhabi.
Mesh, which helps people manage their digital assets, raises $22M
Mesh (formerly Front Finance), a startup developing a service to help customers transfer and manage digital assets like crypto, has raised $22 million in a Series A funding round led…
After federal court win, Ripple’s legal head still expects the battle for regulatory clarity to drag on
While Stu Alderoty is Ripple’s lawyer, his advice to others is simple: Build a company in a country where there is a “clear regulatory regime.”
Avalanche Foundation to invest $50M in asset tokenization on its blockchain
The Avalanche Foundation is allocating up to $50 million to purchase tokenized assets created on its layer-1 blockchain, the company exclusively told TechCrunch. The initiative, Avalanche Vista, aims to highlight…
NFT spinoff from newspaper SCMP gets funded to tokenize historical artifacts
When an NFT series commemorating the handover of Hong Kong from the U.K. to China generated $260,000 in sales, Artifact Labs, the startup that launched the collection, saw the long-term…
Coincover raises $30M to help protect digital assets from hacks and human error
Coincover, a digital asset protection company, has raised $30 million to protect people and their digital assets from hacks or human error.
Anthony Hopkins sees NFTs as ‘art in a new format’
Two-time Academy Award-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins partnered with NFT digital collectible company Orange Comet to launch his own series, The Eternal Collection.
Crypto startup Blockdaemon continues acquisition spree, buying Sepior
Crypto infrastructure provider Blockdaemon has acquired Danish startup Sepior, a digital asset security company providing key management services for institutional clients, for an undisclosed price. The deal marks the startup’s…
Crypto asset manager Valkyrie looks to raise $30M for its new VC arm
Crypto asset manager Valkyrie, best known for launching one of the only U.S. SEC-approved bitcoin futures ETFs, is moving into a new asset class — venture capital. The firm hired…
Binance.US CEO tells employees the company is ‘growing faster than ever’
Binance.US, the American company associated with the world’s largest crypto exchange, isn’t worried about the market turmoil that has pushed some of its competitors to tighten their belts. CEO Brian…
Meet the trans, anarchist founder who just landed $25M to reform how crypto is stored
Tux Pacific isn’t your average tech founder. They’re a self-taught cryptographer who dropped out of college, a proud member of and advocate for the transgender community and a self-described anti-capitalist…
Fidelity says it will offer crypto in retirement accounts this year
Fidelity, the largest retirement plan provider in the United States, announced plans to offer bitcoin in 401(k) retirement accounts to its account holders later this year. The company is set…
Glow Labs raises seed round to help NFT creators reward their loyal customers
The NFT market was worth $41 billion at the end of last year — nearly as large as the conventional art market by some estimates — and it’s expected to…
BitMEX crypto exchange lays off a quarter of staff after failed acquisition
Derivatives-focused crypto exchange BitMEX has laid off about 75 employees, or a quarter of the company’s staff, days after its founders’ plans to acquire a German bank fell through. Staff…
BreederDAO just raised funding from a16z and others to generate NFTs at scale
While certain titans of tech argue over how different or not decentralized “web3” outfits will be compared to their unabashedly centralized predecessors, an ecosystem of companies is fast emerging with…
Solidus Labs rakes in another $15 million as crypto risk-monitoring tools take off
Solidus Labs, a four-year-old, New York-based company that says its surveillance and risk-monitoring software can detect manipulation across cryptocurrency trading platforms, has raised $15 million in additional funding just six…
Zipmex, which aspires to build the Asia Pacific region’s largest digital assets exchange, raises $6 million led by Jump Capital
Zipmex, a digital assets exchange headquartered in Singapore, announced today it has raised $6 million in funding led by Jump Capital. The startup, which plans to become a digital assets…
Expanse, which lets its customers know when their digital assets aren’t safe, has raised $70 million in new funding
Expanse, a six-year-old, San Francisco-based company that helps its clients understand and monitor what it calls their “global internet attack surface,” has received a $70 million vote of confidence from…
