Blockchain Founders Fund’s new $75M fund to invest in crypto, web3 startups
Blockchain Founders Fund, a Singapore-based venture capital firm, has raised $75 million for its new fund BFF II. The Blockchain Founders NEO Global Capital, Appworks, The Sandbox (SAND) Sebastien Borget COO, GSR, LD Capital, Metavest Capital, TechMeetsTrader, Zipmex, Baksh Capital, Octava, and Aria Group were among the fund’s significant backers. The BFF II has already invested in 11 businesses, including FXDX, a decentralized derivatives market, Breshna, a video game firm, and Health Hero, a healthcare platform. In the release, Mansoor Madhavji, Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund, said: “We’ve got an incredible team working with us day to day to discover and support great companies and we continue to support our portfolio companies with their talent needs and expand […]
Metaverse would be the “Future of Partying” says Paris Hilton
In recent years, the pop culture icon Paris Hilton has become an unexpected supporter of the Metaverse. Paris Hilton, the OG influencer, has extended her campaign into the Metaverse , describing it as the “future of partying, going out, mingling with people, and being sociable,” according to her. Hilton appeared as a guest on Jimmy Fallon’s […]
Crypto withdrawals to unverified private wallets to be blocked by Bithumb
Bithumb would no longer enable customers to withdraw crypto assets to unconfirmed private wallets starting From January 27. On January 24, Bithumb stated that it will be the second of the country’s four main exchanges to prohibit withdrawals to unconfirmed wallets. Coinone implemented a similar guideline late last month, while Upbit and Korbit are the other […]
New browser plugin autoblocks Twitter accounts with NFT profile pictures
Twitter’s NFT profile picture feature on iOS devices might just not sit well as the entire crypto concept to some users. A popular Github contributor has built a browser plugin that autoblocks Twitter accounts using NFT profile pictures. That was a speedy response. A github contributor named mcclure has written and released a browser plugin […]
Meta unveils its Metaverse AI supercomputer, dubbed the “Research SuperCluster”
Meta, Facebook’s parent company, claims that its new artificial intelligence (AI) “Research SuperCluster” (RSC) would “pave the way” for the Metaverse’s development and would also be the world’s fastest supercomputer upon its completion. According to a Jan. 24 blog post announcing the hardware, Facebook estimates RSC is already one of the world’s fastest supercomputers and […]