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Crypto funds generated $9.3B in 2021 due to institutional fondness
Avinandan Banerjee

Crypto funds generated $9.3B in 2021 due to institutional fondness

The year 2021 can be enlisted as one of the biggest milestones for the industry as crypto fans sailed through massive surges and unforeseen falls in an overnight span. Where some investors pooled juicy earnings with limited investment, others recorded some serious losses to their portfolios.…

Cion Digital raises funds to develop blockchain orchestration platform
Avinandan Banerjee

Cion Digital raises funds to develop blockchain orchestration platform

Working as a powerful Software-as-a-Service blockchain orchestration ecosystem, Cion Digital has announced to successfully pool $12M in its latest seed funding event. The funding round was led by Green Visor Capital and 645 Ventures who have also joined the Board of Directors panel of Cion Digital…

Cardano progression outshines on GitHub in 2021
Avinandan Banerjee

Cardano progression outshines on GitHub in 2021

Taking pride in being a top-tier blockchain and crypto ecosystem, Cardano has emerged as the most developed crypto project on GitHub in 2021 according to the report released by CryptoRank and Santiment. The crucial report stated that Cardano handled more than 140,000 events to earn the status in…

Square Enix plans to include blockchain, NFTs, and Metaverse news emailer
Avinandan Banerjee

Square Enix plans to include blockchain, NFTs, and Metaverse

Hailing as one of the world’s top-tier gaming firms, Square Enix is all set to explore the potential of new-age technologies to further its growth plans. In a New Year’s message, Square Enix’s CEO, Yosuke Matsuda reflected the firm’s keen interest in venturing into blockchain technology, Metaverse,…

Samsung utilizes blockchain to deal with climate change
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Samsung utilizes blockchain to deal with climate change

Working as a global icon in the field of electronic products, Samsung has entered into a strategic partnership with blockchain firm veritree to support ecological initiatives. In its latest announcement, Samsung Electronics America revealed that the company will plant 2 million mangrove trees in…

Shanghai leans towards metaverse in its progression plan
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Shanghai leans towards metaverse in its progression plan

The Metaverse cluster witnessed explosive growth in 2020 with top-tier firms either entering the field with potential projects or showing keen interest to join the industry. The latest addition to the Metaverse fan list is China’s global financial hub, Shanghai. The city authorities are planning to…

Valereum acquires Juno Group to strengthen the crypto-fiat bridge
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Valereum acquires Juno Group to strengthen the crypto-fiat bridge

Hailing from Gibraltar as a top-tier blockchain technology platform, Valereum Blockchain is gearing up to acquire Juno Group to facilitate swift integration of fiat and crypto spaces. Coming from Gibraltar, the Juno Group is known for helping in the creation and administration of trusts, money…

Binance is on the verge of finalizing Swipe acquisition
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Binance is on the verge of finalizing Swipe acquisition

Taking pride in being one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance is all set to acquire the last patch of outstanding shares of Swipe to finalize the acquisition procedure. Swipe works as a renowned crypto Visa card providing firm that sold a majority of its shares on July 6, 2020…

MicroStrategy buys 1,914 Bitcoins and now owns $6 billion in cryptocurrenc
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MicroStrategy buys 1,914 Bitcoins and now owns $6 billion in cryptocurrency

Hailing from the United States as a top-tier firm specializing in Business Intelligence services, MicroStrategy has purchased 1,914 BTC worth $94.2M to expand its crypto holdings. The purchases were made by the team between December 9 through December 29 for an average price of $49,229 per Bitcoin…

OpenSea has frozen $2.2M worth robbed Bored Apes
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OpenSea has frozen $2.2M worth robbed Bored Apes

Leading marketplace for Non-Fungible Token fans, OpenSea has frozen 16 Bored Ape and Mutant Ape NFTs right after they were stolen from the hot wallet of a New York art gallery operator, Todd Kramer. The digital collectibles were stolen from the account named ‘toddkramer.eth’ that is linked to the…

Polygon upgrade addresses flaw that left $24B MATIC in peril
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Polygon Resolves Bug That Risked $24B of MATIC Tokens

Working as a powerful decentralized layer two scaling channel running on Ethereum, Polygon recently saved a whopping $24B worth of MATIC tokens from a malicious bug hack. The glitch occurred at the time of the upgrade posing a serious risk for the network as well as the network users.…

Coinone will cease withdrawals to unverified external wallets news
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Coinone will cease withdrawals to unverified external wallets

Leading cryptocurrency exchange hailing from South Korea Coinone has announced that the platform will not support withdrawals of crypto tokens to unverified external wallets from January 2022. In this regard, the Coinone team has opened a window starting from December 30 and stretching through…