VC Roundup: Blockchain-AI startups grab investors’ attention

An SBI exec said that the company would consider launching a second crypto fund depending on the success of the first. 154 Total views 15 Total shares Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings is reportedly planning to set up one of the first funds in the country giving investors exposure to crypto. According to a Thursday Bloomberg…

Bitcoin (BTC) has seen solid growth to break back above the $7,000 mark today, August 7. The overall crypto market is seeing a healthy flush of green, rallying forth after the weekend’s losses, as data from Coin360 shows. Market visualization from Coin360 Bitcoin (BTC) is trading around $7,118 at press time, up around 2.5 percent…

Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) are constantly in the news. NFT platforms are springing up like mushrooms and champions are emerging, such as OpenSea. It is a real platform economy that is emerging, like those in which YouTube or Booking.com gained a foothold. But it is a very young economy — one that is struggling to understand…

New data from Nasdaq research revealed that over the last investors were keener to back late-stage industry leaders such as Animoca Brands compared to early-stage startups. 113 Total views 9 Total shares Own this piece of crypto history Collect this article as NFTThe crypto bear market has also been called a builder’s market by many…

Mainstream crypto trading interest has been on the rise since fall 2019. 634 Total views 7 Total shares Cryptocurrency has seen a rise in mainstream attention starting last fall — before COVID-19 measures took off, according Floating Point Group, or FPG, an algorithmic trading technology startup conceived at MIT."An increasing portion of our inbound prospects are…

Google trends reveal a huge spike in “buy crypto” searches, a possible precursor to wider retail adoption. 2073 Total views 13 Total shares “Buy crypto” searches on Google surged to all-time highs in January, far exceeding the previous peak of early 2018, according to cryptocurrency analytics company The Tie. Relative search interest for the term…

The Bitcoin advocate aims to influence the political leader to consider Bitcoin a viable and strategic component of the national economy.

With the inclusion of Bitcoin rewards, Futu Securities aims to attract a new wave of investors.

The Israeli Securities Authority (ISA) has issued a Jan. 20 Request For Information to identify potential regulations that prevent the development of blockchain-based ventures in the country. In addition, the regulator seeks to find out the practical applications of Digital Ledger Technology (DLT).As Israel’s financial watchdog, the ISA formed a committee to promote the development…