In search of a new crypto deity Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review! Last week, I wrote about tech taking on Disney. This week, I’m talking about the…
What $10M in daily thefts tells us about crypto security Andrew Shikiar Contributor Share on Twitter Andrew Shikiar is the executive director and CMO of FIDO Alliance. If you’re among the growing number of…
Indonesian crypto exchange Pintu gets $6M Series A led by Pantera, Intudo and Coinbase Ventures Along with the stock market, cryptocurrency is also seeing an uptick among retail investors in Indonesia. Pintu, a platform focused on first-time cryptocurrency buyers,…
US Treasury calls for stricter cryptocurrency rules, IRS reporting for transfers over $10K President Biden’s vision for an empowered, expanded IRS is poised to have a big impact on cryptocurrency trading. According to a new report from…
Elon Musk giveth and taketh away Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review! Last week, I wrote about Facebook’s never-ending Trump problem. This week, I’m looking at Elon…
Crypto and blockchain must accept they have a problem, then lead in sustainability Monica Long Contributor Share on Twitter Monica Long is the GM of RippleX. As the price of bitcoin hits record highs and cryptocurrencies become…
Solana, a blockchain platform followed by top crypto investors, says it’s far faster than Ethereum Solana isn’t widely known yet outside of the crypto community. But insiders think the blockchain platform is interesting for a wide variety of reasons,…
Vitalik Buterin donates $1 billion worth of ‘meme coins’ to India COVID Relief Fund Vitalik Buterin, the creator of Ethereum, on Wednesday donated Ethereum and “meme coins” worth $1.5 billion in one of the largest-ever individual philanthropy efforts….
CryptoPunks NFT bundle goes for $17 million in Christie’s auction A lot of 9 CryptoPunks portraits ended up selling for just under $17 million in a Christie’s auction Tuesday evening, marking another substantial moment…
eBay embraces NFTs eBay is joining the NFT frenzy, telling Reuters today that going forward it will allow the sales of NFTs on its platform, a mainstream…
Equity Monday: Dogecoin is passé, but student notes are big business Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff…
A conversation with Bison Trails: the AWS-like service inside of Coinbase Coinbase shares tumbled today to their their lowest point since the company began trading publicly on April 14. The market often moves in mysterious…
With backers like Tiger Global, LatAm crypto exchange Bisto raises $250M at a $2.2B valuation Bitso, a regulated crypto exchange in Latin America, announced today it has raised $250 million in a Series C round of funding that values…
Multicoin Capital debuts new $100M fund to bet on crypto startups and tokens Crypto startups couldn’t be hotter as currencies push past all-time-highs and investor appetite reaches mania for new projects. Crypto investment firms that have been…
CryptoPunks maker Larva Labs launches their new NFT project, Meebits The creators behind CryptoPunks, one of the most popular NFT projects on the web, just revealed their latest project called Meebits. The project boasts…
Avatar startup Genies scores $65 million in funding round led by Mary Meeker’s Bond Over the past several years, I’ve covered my fair share of upstart avatar companies that were all chasing the same dream — building out…
Alchemy raises $80M at a $505M valuation to be the ‘AWS for blockchain’ Blockchain developer platform Alchemy announced today it has raised $80 million in a Series B round of funding led by Coatue and Addition, Lee Fixel’s…