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Borderless Capital has unveiled its third DePIN fund with $100 million in backing. The fund counts DePIN-focused blockchain Peaq amongst its investors, as well the Solana Foundation and Jump Crypto amongst others. Investment manager Borderless Capital has unveiled its third decentralized physical infrastructure (DePIN) fund with $100 million in backing. The fund counts DePIN-focused blockchain

A top Australian financial regulator has indicated it will take a new approach when regulating cryptocurrency exchanges, as well as tighten scrutiny of initial coin offerings (ICOs),. In its a corporate plan for 2018–2022, released Friday, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) outlined its areas of focus for the period. Top of that list is to continue…

feature The companies behind the world’s bitcoin ATM networks say their market is alive and well. Matias Goldenhörn, director of Latin America operations at the ATM operator Athena Bitcoin, told CoinDesk that such ATMs are “becoming a real alternative to banks” for diverse users in emerging markets. “The machines have proven resilient to the price…

The EU's financial markets watchdog has revealed that it is setting aside over €1 million in order to monitor cryptocurrencies and other fintech activities during 2019. As revealed in its 2019 Annual Work Programme – dated September 26 but released today – the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) lists its key priorities for the coming year…

news Xpring, Ripple’s grant network for developers launched last May, is stepping into the $140 billion global gaming industry. The project has partnered with the gaming blockchain startup Forte to create a $100 million fund to support game developers, the companies announced on Tuesday. According to a report in the Verge, all of the money…

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Sage D. Young is a tech protocol reporter at CoinDesk. He owns a few NFTs, gold and silver, as well as BTC, ETH, LINK, AAVE, ARB, PEOPLE, DOGE, OS, and HTR. Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3…

Amy Wu, who previously headed venture capital investments for FTX prior to its collapse, has joined investment firm Menlo Ventures as a general partner to lead investments in the consumer and gaming sectors.Wu resigned from FTX Ventures last November as the centralized exchange stared down a liquidity crisis that ended in bankruptcy and criminal charges…

news A blockchain that makes its blocks disappear has raised a fresh $15 million. Coda protocol, announced last May as the first project of the startup O(1) Labs, was initially backed by a seed equity round from MetaStable, Electric Capital, Polychain and AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant. Now, investors Accomplice, Coinbase Ventures, Paradigm and General Catalyst…

feature The Takeaway The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is set to finalize new international standards for regulating cryptocurrency firms next month. Those standards are widely expected to subject crypto exchanges, wallet providers and others to the “travel rule” long followed by correspondent banks. Industry representatives say this requirement would be onerous if not unworkable…