2023-02-22
Alexis Ohanian's $176 million crypto fund nearly entirely evaporated in the wake of FTX's collapse, and the domino-effect of bankruptcies. This is his first interview on his crypto thesis, and the very personal story that keeps him committed: https://www.forbes.com/... by @DelRayMan
Forbes
A profile of Alexis Ohanian, a Reddit co-founder, Serena Williams' husband, and early investor in Coinbase and ETH, who owns 700+ NFTs and raised $500M in 2022
Alexis Ohanian's ancestors perished during the Armenian genocide and had their assets seized.
2022-09-13
Creator of colorful NFT profile pictures @doodles, blossoming despite crypto winter, seeks to branch out in new capital raise: by @marigra21sl https://on.forbes.com/...
Forbes
Doodles, an NFT profile picture maker, raised $54M at a $704M valuation from Alexis Ohanian's 776, FTX, and others with plans to expand to music and gaming NFTs
Amid generally somber conditions in the non-fungible token (NFT) market, colorful-profile-picture maker Doodles raised $54 million …
2022-07-13
Blockchain game maker and crypto investor Animoca Brands has secured $75 million in a funding round that values the Hong Kong-based company at $5.9 billion: https://on.forbes.com/... by @zinnialee23
CoinDesk
Animoca Brands announces a $75.32M raise at a $5.9B valuation, the second tranche of its $360M round in January 2022 that valued the NFT company at $5.5B
2022-01-03
Square Enix Scares Fans With NFT-Based 2022 New Year's Resolutions: by @PaulTassi “All of this reads as alarming to fans and particularly tone deaf given the reception #NFTs have gotten in the wider video game landscape so far.” https://on.forbes.com/...
Forbes
Square Enix President Yosuke Matsuda issues a New Year's Letter indicating the company will pursue blockchain games and NFTs in 2022
Paul Tassi / Forbes : Source: Square Enix Holdings .
2021-12-01
Iron Fish founder Elena Nadolinski has come a long way from playing on tanks in Soviet Russia to raising capital from a16z, LinkedIn executive chairman Jeff Weiner, and others to fight the chilling effects of government surveillance: by @DelRayMan https://on.forbes.com/...
Forbes
Privacy-focused cryptocurrency startup Iron Fish, which launched its IRON coin in April 2021, raises a $27.6M Series A led by a16z
2021-10-22
The world's largest art and luxury auction house is betting on the digital art world by joining a $20 million seed round investment in NFT studio Mojito: by @ContrerasNews https://on.forbes.com/...
The Block
Mojito, which lets clients like Sotheby's sell NFTs from their own storefronts or websites, raises $20M at a $100M valuation
2021-07-21
SCOOP: Binance, an early investor and a strategic partner of FTX, has recently given up its equity stake in the company, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao told Forbes. https://on.forbes.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Crypto derivatives exchange FTX raises $900M from SoftBank, Sequoia, and others, valuing it at $18B; CryptoCompare: FTX handles $10B+/day in trades on average
Capital Raise Pushes Exchange Valuation to $18 Billion Michelle Lim / Forkast : FTX crypto derivatives exchange closes record $900M Series B with $18B valuation Tweets: SBF / @sbf_...
2021-05-29
Five (!) of the 12 largest investment rounds in crypto industry's history have happened in the last three months. See the full list here: https://on.forbes.com/...
The Block
Circle, the company behind the US dollar-backed stablecoin USDC, raises $440M, sources say ahead of a potential SPAC deal targeting a valuation of $4B
Quick Take — Circle has raised $440 million in a new funding round — The firm — which is behind the fast-growing USDC stablecoin …
Of the 12 largest crypto-investments in history, five have been in 2021, showing a shift this year as money typically reserved for more traditional investments finds its way into crypto. https://on.forbes.com/...
The Block
Circle, the company behind the US dollar-backed stablecoin USDC, raises $440M, sources say ahead of a potential SPAC deal targeting a valuation of $4B
Quick Take — Circle has raised $440 million in a new funding round — The firm — which is behind the fast-growing USDC stablecoin …
2020-12-03
EXCLUSIVE: After two years of work, Visa is opening up its network to USDC, a digital dollar created by Circle Internet Financial and issued on the public ethereum blockchain: https://on.forbes.com/... by @DelRayMan
Forbes
Visa says it's connecting its global network of 60M merchants to the US Dollar Coin, a stablecoin created by Circle Internet Financial on ethereum's blockchain
2020-11-21
After days of rumors have been flying around the cryptocurrency business, investigation firm Chainalysis confirmed exclusively to Forbes it as raised $100 million venture capital at a $1 billion valuation: https://on.forbes.com/... by @DelRayMan
Forbes
Crypto analytics startup Chainalysis raises $100M Series C led by Addition at a $1B valuation, says its revenue grew by around 96% over the past year
A new bitcoin unicorn is about to be born. After days of rumors flying around the cryptocurrency industry, investigation firm Chainalysis …
2020-10-30
EXCLUSIVE: The largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, Binance, made plans to use its U.S. presence to deflect regulators and profit from American investors in spite of regulatory restrictions: https://on.forbes.com/... by @DelRayMan
Forbes
Leaked 2018 doc shows Binance conceived of an elaborate corporate structure designed to intentionally deceive regulators and profit from US crypto investors
Apple et al do the same thing. (Allegations about encouraging US citizens to subvert AML is a different matter of course). In any event, great reporting @DelRayMan https://www.forb...
2020-09-27
For retail payments to scale on non-permissioned blockchains, 2nd layer technologies will need to emerge. These could enable high-throughput transactions to be instantly authorized while using “on-chain” transactions for settlement. https://on.forbes.com/...
Forbes
Interview with Visa's Terry Angelos and Cuy Sheffield on the future of blockchain networks, partnering with crypto payment firms, and the Libra Association
Visa's top crypto executives see many similarities between privately-issued stablecoins and central bank digital currencies. They are preparing to support both: https://on.forbes.com/...
Forbes
Interview with Visa's Terry Angelos and Cuy Sheffield on the future of blockchain networks, partnering with crypto payment firms, and the Libra Association
Visa's researchers are doing fundamental work around how to improve blockchain technology overall, looking at themes like scalability, second-level payment channels and privacy: by @DelRayMan and @Steven_Ehrlich https://on.forbes.com/...
Forbes
Interview with Visa's Terry Angelos and Cuy Sheffield on the future of blockchain networks, partnering with crypto payment firms, and the Libra Association
Visa is thinking long-term about how its crypto strategy can support central bank digital currencies: by @DelRayMan and @Steven_Ehrlich https://on.forbes.com/...
Forbes
Interview with Visa's Terry Angelos and Cuy Sheffield on the future of blockchain networks, partnering with crypto payment firms, and the Libra Association
2020-02-22
Why Shopify was still willing to pay $10 million to join the Libra Association founded by Facebook, in spite of a spate of high-profile departures: https://www.forbes.com/... by @DJPolly216 https://twitter.com/...
TechCrunch
Shopify says it will join the Libra Association, contributing financially and operating a node that processes transactions of Facebook's stablecoin
After eBay, Visa, Stripe, and other high-profile departures, the Libra Association scored a win today with the addition of Shopify.
2020-02-06
Two crypto investing stars explain why they think XRP is worthless, plus other trading tips: https://www.forbes.com/... by @JeffKauflin https://twitter.com/...
Forbes
Profile of Multicoin Capital, a $100M crypto hedge fund which, between Oct. 2017 and Nov. 2019, had returns of 143%, compared to bitcoin's rise of 109%
I cover fintech, cryptocurrencies, blockchain and investing. — Sitting side-by-side in a trendy Manhattan cafe where a glass … Tweets: @thebearablebull , @forbes , and @forbescry...
2019-10-10
A United Nations agency that raised $6 billion last year has launched a bitcoin and ethereum crypto fund: http://www.forbes.com/... by @DelRayMan via @Forbes #Devcon
Forbes
UNICEF's Office of Innovation launches crypto fund for bitcoin and ether donations, becoming the first UN agency to hold and make transactions in cryptocurrency
When Christina Lomazzo was a teenager, she used to hop back and forth across the U.S. Canada border for fun.
2019-09-13
In addition to Warner Music's first blockchain investment, the media giant is looking into how fans could use cryptocurrency to tip musicians and testing how New York-based @DotBlockchain and London-based @JAAK_io could directly connect musicians and fans https://www.forbes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Forbes
Dapper Labs, developer of CryptoKitties, raises $11.2M from a16z, Warner Music Group, and others for its proof-of-stake, high transaction volume blockchain Flow
Now that Warner Music Group has mastered streaming, generating $2 billion in revenue from the technology, the music giant behind Cardi B …