Ethereum-Based Carbon Tracker Carbonable Raises $1.2M to Tackle Greenwashing

Cadenza Ventures has raised a $50 million crypto venture fund to invest in early-stage digital finance and blockchain technology companies. Van Eck Associates anchored the fund with participation from Solana, Dapper Labs and WorldQuant Ventures, among others.Cadenza Ventures will invest globally in crypto platforms and blockchain technologies. The initial investments will include Middle Eastern cryptocurrency…

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Bitcoin outflows from the ARK 21Shares ETF surpassed those of Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust for the first time on Tuesday, with ARKB losing $88 million versus GBTC's $81 million.The sector's net inflows were $40 million, with BlackRock's IBIT and Fidelity's FBTC leading growth.1:02:43Why Financial Advisors Are So Excited About a Spot Bitcoin ETF08:48Binance Processes Nearly $1B

Nigeria has been struggling with a crippling cash shortage since the central bank started replacing old naira notes with new ones late last year. Currency in circulation has slumped to about 1 trillion naira from 3.2 trillion naira in September, Emefiele said, according to Bloomberg. The shortage of notes has left many people in the…

Hedera Hashgraph’s HBAR token has surged over 15% after the U.S. Federal Reserve’s instant payments platform FedNow added "Dropp," a Hedera-based micropayments platform, as a service provider.Dropp is a pay-by-bank alternative to credit card payments which allows merchants to accept small-value purchases digitally without large transaction fees, according to FedNow’s press release. Dropp allows micropayments…

Featured SpeakerAlex ThornHead of Firmwide ResearchGalaxyHear Alex Thorn share his take on "Bitcoin and Inflation: It’s Complicated” at Consensus 2023.Frederick Munawa is a Technology Reporter for Coindesk. He covers blockchain protocols with a specific focus on bitcoin and bitcoin-adjacent networks. Featured SpeakerAlex ThornHead of Firmwide ResearchGalaxyHear Alex Thorn share his take on "Bitcoin and Inflation:…

news The testnet launch of ethereum’s Istanbul system-wide upgrade has been set. “For anyone listening in who doesn’t know how this works, we pick a block number that we estimate to be around the 2nd of October,” Ethereum Foundation community manager Hudson Jameson said Friday on an ethereum core developer call. “However, that might be one…

The Fed is expected to cut rates by 100 basis points next year, becoming the most dovish among advanced nations' central banks.The stance will probably weigh on the dollar. A weaker greenback often incentivizes risk-taking in crypto and traditional markets.If there is one thing that both crypto and traditional markets love unconditionally, it is cheap

Aug 27, 2020 at 14:16 UTCUpdated Aug 27, 2020 at 14:44 UTCDCG founder and CEO Barry Silbert (CoinDesk archives)Blockchain investment firm Digital Currency Group (DCG) has expanded into the bitcoin mining industry. The company – which also owns CoinDesk – announced Thursday the venture is already operating through a subsidiary called Foundry, an entity launched…