VC Roundup: Borderless eyes token buyback, commodity hardware models for DePIN funding

With the arrival of the coronavirus potentially triggering a global economic meltdown, many are wondering how crypto’s most prominent asset will weather this financial storm.The stock-to-flow model — which values Bitcoin based on its scarcity — shows the cryptocurrency is still on track to hit $100K in 2021. According to the indicator’s creator, everything is…

Blockchain-based startups continue to gather funding during the current bear market, with MetaMask partner Blockaid raising $33 million in October. However, the overall funding in the crypto industry has dropped to levels last seen in 2020, amassing $2.1 billion over 297 deals in the third quarter of 2023, as reported by Messari. As is often

Roger Ver says Twitter seems to be blocking tweets about non-state issued money. 1258 Total views 23 Total shares Bitcoin.com founder Roger Ver says Twitter seems to be blocking him from sending tweets about non-state issued money. Ver said he was trying to send tweets about instant near-field communication, or NFC, payments for Bitcoin Cash (BCH)…

According to a recent poll, 14% of Russians think crypto will replace fiat in 10 years, while 39% think it's impossible to give up cash. 1834 Total views 12 Total shares New research from one of the top 10 major banks in Russia, Otkritie Bank, has found that 14% of Russians think crypto will replace…

Cryptocurrency exchange BitBay has partnered with a Berlin-based blockchain-powered equity fundraising platform Neufund, according to an August 2 press release. The partnership will reportedly enable investors to buy and sell equity tokens with fiat currencies. According to the press release, Neufund is aiming to become the first end-to-end primary issuance platform for security tokens, specializing…

Glassnode asserts that Bitcoin investors have been converting BTC into Ether during May. 2851 Total views 22 Total shares According to analysis from on-chain analytics provider Glassnode, the sum of Ethereum on exchanges has fallen to its lowest level for almost two years.Glassnode estimates that just 13.3 million Ether is currently held on centralized exchanges,…

Volatility was expected throughout the week regarding the expiration of a significant amount of futures. However, this didn’t really happen while the macro-economic environment also remains uncertain.A hack of a major cryptocurrency exchange on Sep. 26 didn’t influence the price at all, which is a positive signal for the markets and a positive signal for…

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has announced that it will delay its transition to  use blockchain for equity transactions by six months, the Sydney Morning Herald reports September 4.As Cointelegraph has previously reported, the ASX has been working to implement blockchain as of December 2017 to replace its current system for processing equity transactions.According to…

The growth of the money supply is historically correlated with previous Bitcoin price bull runs.