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Mojito, a suite for creating non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces, has received $20 million in funding from Sotheby’s and Future Perfect Ventures, giving the firm a valuation of $100 million.The funding round was led by Future Perfect Ventures. Other participating investors included Connect Ventures, an investment firm formed by Creative Artists Agency and venture capital firm…

The fund charges a 1.75% management fee and offers custody from Fidelity Digital Asset Services. BlockFi CEO Zac Prince (CoinDesk archives)Feb 9, 2021 at 5:12 p.m. UTCBlockFi’s Bitcoin Trust Takes Aim at GBTCCrypto lender BlockFi has launched its bitcoin trust with an annual fee that falls .25% below what industry-leader Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) charges…

Sep 16, 2020 at 14:02 UTCUpdated Sep 16, 2020 at 14:40 UTCAva Labs founder Emin Gün Sirer (CoinDesk archives)Ava Labs Sets Avalanche Mainnet Launch for Sept. 21Another contender is joining the ring of decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms sparring to win market share from the Ethereum ecosystem. Ava Labs is launching its Avalanche blockchain next Monday,…

Mar 30, 2020 at 21:20 UTC"I can say that this is the first time we have done this" rep Samantha Spielman said of the HackerOne/Voatz severance (Image by Danny Nelson) Election App Voatz Just Got Kicked Out of a Major Bug Bounty ProgramBug bounty platform HackerOne severed ties with Medici Ventures-backed Voatz, the blockchain-based mobile…

For a small but growing community of users in the occupied Palestinian territories of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, bitcoin has become a lifeline. Ahmed Ismail, a financial analyst in Gaza, estimated there are at least 20 unofficial "exchange" offices there dealing cryptocurrency to local users. Ismail himself helps 30 clients use bitcoin…

Scott Minerd said he didn't believe bitcoin's investor base was "big enough" or "deep enough" to keep price at current levels.Scott Minerd is the CIO of Guggenheim Partners.(Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)Jan 28, 2021 at 9:25 a.m. UTCGuggenheim CIO Says Institutional Demand Not There to Sustain Bitcoin Above $30KScott Minerd, chief investment officer of the multi-billion dollar…

U.S.-listed bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) captured over $110 billion in trading volume in March, a figure three times higher than the volumes in January and February, as the largest cryptocurrency soared to record highs.Trading was led by BlackRock’s IBIT, which comprised almost 50% of the total, Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Eric Balchunas said on X.

feature There’s a seismic shift taking place in the enterprise blockchain space. It’s called Besu. A software client designed from scratch to connect businesses with the public ethereum network, Besu enjoys the support of Hyperledger, the Linux-like greenhouse for growing open-source blockchains. As such, Besu has the clout to potentially eclipse all the other enterprise…

Dec 3, 2020 at 12:04 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 3, 2020 at 12:16 p.m. UTC(Patryk Kosmider/Shutterstock)Worsening US Dollar, Inflation Metrics Bode Well for Bitcoin’s Continued RallyBitcoin’s price has nearly doubled in the past eight weeks, as several major publicly listed companies bought the cryptocurrency to hedge against an inflation-led decline in the value of their cash…