Alchemy raises $250M in a new funding round
Crypto initiatives, as well as the blockchain infrastructure companies that underpin them, have exploded in 2021, the latest example is Palo Alto-based Alchemy, which only went public a year ago and has just announced a $250 million investment round. Nikil Viswanathan and Joe Lau, both Stanford graduates, founded Alchemy after working at Facebook and Pinterest […]
Thailand’s largest shopping mall to experiment with digital currency
Central Retail Corp., a major retailer in Thailand, is experimenting with digital currency among its employees. According to a Bloomberg article, after the sandbox phase is completed, the retail giant aims to expand the service to consumers and the wider public. The “C-Coin ,” a blockchain-based cryptocurrency, is being offered to 80,000 Central Retail Corp […]
El Salvador acquires another 420 BTCs
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele is on a BTC buying spree, moreover, there are no signs of it coming to an end in the near future. According to a tweet from Bukele, the government took advantage of the latest Bitcoin decline by depositing 420 BTCs into its treasury earlier today. “It was a long wait, but worth […]
Crypto.com enlists Hollywood actor Matt Damon to attract new users
As the crypto exchange strives to popularize its services among mainstream audiences in the United States and worldwide, Hollywood actor Matt Damon will join Crypto.com as a brand ambassador. The move is part of a bigger global marketing drive for Crypto.com , which has more than tenfold increased its user base since 2020 as interest […]
COTI to unveil its Mainnet 2.0 on November 2, 2021
COTI (Currency of the Internet), a digital financial platform, has announced that it would launch its long-awaited mainnet 2.0 next month. The firm disclosed its planned mainnet version 2.0 launch, stating that the upgrade will provide increased scalability and performance, as well as an optimized COTI platform. “The release of Mainnet 2.0 will allow COTI’s […]