| Date | Title | Description |
| 15.05.2026 | Hackers armed with AI stoke fears for $130 billion crypto sector | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Ryan Weeks, Suvashree Ghosh and Sidhartha Shukla, Bloomberg News
The crypto hacks came a little over two weeks apart in April, netting the attackers almost $600 million in total while triggering... |
| 27.10.2025 | Polymarket to Raise Funding at a Valuation of Up to $15 Billion | Polymarket is a leading platform where users can bet on the outcomes of future events, like elections, financial results, or current affairs. It combines decentralized finance with information markets, offering a way to gather collective pr... |
| 08.10.2025 | Polymarket’s 27-Year-Old Founder Becomes the Youngest Self-Made Billionaire | Shayne Coplan launched Polymarket five years ago. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Haddad Media
A few years ago, the concept of a widely successful prediction market seemed little more than a pipe dream, one littered by past failures and mostly... |
| 17.10.2024 | Yellow Card Closes US$33M Series C Funding | Yellow Card, a Johannesburg, South Africa-based licensed Stablecoin on/off ramp on the African continent, raised US$33M in Series C funding.
The round was led by Blockchain Capital, with participation from Polychain Capital, Third Prime Ven... |
| 03.09.2024 | Fabric Cryptography: $33 Million (Series A) Closed To Build Computing Chips And Cryptographic Algorithms | Silicon Valley-based hardware company Fabric Cryptography announced a $33 million Series A funding round to build computing chips, software and cryptographic algorithms. This round was co-led by Blockchain Capital and 1kx, with participatio... |
| 26.05.2023 | Sam Altman's Worldcoin project raises $115m | Sam Altman's Tools for Humanity has raised $115 million for Worldcoin, its effort to build an identity and financial network by giving away free crypto tokens to people who agree to get their irises scanned.
The Series C was led by Blockcha... |
| 26.05.2023 | Explaining Blockchain Capital’s Big Bet on an Eyeball-Scanning Orb | This week, Worldcoin, an outfit that aims to serve as proof of personhood in a world where it’s harder by the day to distinguish a human from a bot, raised $115 million in Series C funding.
Led by the 10-year-old venture firm Blockchain Cap... |
| 25.05.2023 | Sam Altman’s crypto project Worldcoin got more coin in latest $115M raise | Follow me on Twitter @Jacqmelinek for breaking crypto news, memes and more.
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Got coin? No? Well, Worldcoin did.
Tools for Humanity, the team building Worldcoin, raised $115 million in a Series C round led by B... |
| 25.05.2023 | OpenAI CEO raises $115M for crypto company that scans people’s eyeballs | Enlarge / Worldcoin's "Orb," a device that scans your eyeballs to verify that you're a real human. reader comments 92 with
A company co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has raised $115 million for Worldcoin, a crypto coin project ... |
| 30.03.2023 | Кто владеет биткоинами. Исследование CoinShares | Команда MediaMetriqa подготовила для вас перевод статьи 2023 Global bitcoin Ownership Overview. Это исследование, направленное на то, чтобы выяснить, кто же все‑таки пользуется биткоином и развеять миф о том, что крипта — это только спекуля... |
| 21.02.2023 | Что учесть, чтобы грамотно презентовать продукт Web 3.0 | Web 3.0 vs Web 2.0
Основное различие между этими двумя направлениями — в ориентации на централизованные и децентрализованные технологии.
Web 2.0 работает в рамках текущей версии интернета. Это поколение интернета принесло нам социальные сет... |
| 03.02.2022 | Kraken Launches Proof of Reserves Audits Allowing Clients to Verify Crypto Balances | Kraken, one of the world’s largest digital asset exchanges, is announcing its implementation of next-generation auditing standards designed to let clients prove their bitcoin and ether balances are backed by real assets held in our custody.... |
| 22.07.2021 | Blockchain Capital | Founded in 2013 by Bart Stephens, Bradford Stephens and Brock Pierce, Blockchain Capital is one of the oldest venture capital firms in the blockchain industry. General Partner Spencer Bogart joined the firm in 2017.
Formerly known as Crypto... |
| 24.06.2021 | Blockchain Capital Closes Fund V, at $300M | Blockchain Capital, a San Francisco, CA-based venture capital firm founded to focus exclusively on blockchain technology and the crypto ecosystem, closed Blockchain Capital V, LP., at $300m.
Backers included strategic investors, pension fun... |
| 24.06.2021 | Blockchain Capital Raises $300 Million For Fund | Investors include PayPal & Visa
Blockchain Capital, the first venture capital firm founded to focus exclusively on blockchain technology and the crypto ecosystem, announced the close of Blockchain Capital V, LP. The fund was heavily ove... |
| 22.06.2021 | Blockchain Capital Raises $300 Million for Fund V | |
| 21.08.2019 | Report: Digital Security Issuance Platform Securitize Approved as Transfer Agent | Securitize, an online platform for the issuance and management of blockchain-based securities, has been approved as a registered Transfer Agent. According to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Securitize filed the Form TA-... |
| 16.05.2019 | Openfinance opens up US trading of third-party digital assets | Openfinance, the secondary market for trading digital alternative assets, announced it will be opening up trading of third-party digital securities to U.S. Investors, making it the first trading platform to do so.
The company already suppor... |
| 28.12.2018 | 2019: The Year Digital Securities Offerings Become the New ICOs | Carlos Domingo is the founder and CEO of Securitize, an end-to-end platform for issuers seeking to tokenize assets. He is also the founder and crypto capitalist of SPiCE VC.
The following is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2018 Year... |
| 26.11.2018 | Coinbase and others invest $12.75M in project to create ‘digital security offerings’ | Coinbase, the $8 billion crypto exchange giant, is one of a bevy of big-name crypto investors backing a project aimed to revolutionize the U.S. securities industry using blockchain technology.
Brian Armstrong, Coinbase CEO, told the audienc... |
| 04.08.2018 | The era of security tokens has begun | The excitement that initial coin offerings (ICOs) have created in the past few years has been marred by an onslaught of scams, hacks, and critical mistakes committed by careless investors. As it turns out, one of crypto’s biggest appeals — ... |
| 04.08.2018 | The era of security tokens has begun | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The excitement that initial coin offerings (ICOs)... |
| 28.06.2018 | Top Blockchain Venture Capital Firms | Back in January, we put together a list of some of the hottest blockchain startups to watch in 2018. In this post, we want to take a look at the some of the top blockchain venture capital firms. The folks at CryptoFundResearch did an excell... |
| 14.05.2018 | Ripple is going after startups to build an ecosystem around the XRP cryptocurrency | It’s finally happening. Ripple is making a push to expand the use of the XRP cryptocurrency into new verticals and segments beyond the payment and banking space where the company is focused.
XRP is the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency b... |
| 12.04.2018 | Ripple Invests $25M in The Latest Fund of Blockchain Capital | Blockchain based fintech company Ripple has invested $25m in XRP to Blockchain Capital’s most recent $150m fund, specifically Blockchain Capital Parallel IV, LP.
Based in San Francisco, Blockchain Capital is the first fund dedicated solely ... |
| 11.04.2018 | Exclusive: Ripple Invests $25 Million in Blockchain Capital’s $150 Million Venture Fund | This article originally ran in Term Sheet, Fortune’s newsletter about deals and dealmakers. Sign up here.
Ripple, the fintech startup known for the XRP coin, made a $25 million investment in the form of its own cryptocurrency into a dedicat... |
| 22.03.2018 | Blockchain Capital Closes Fourth Venture Capital Fund, at $150m | Blockchain Capital, a San Francisco, CA-based venture capital firm focused exclusively on the blockchain technology sector and crypto ecosystem, closed its fourth fund, at $150m.
Blockchain Capital IV, LP, which brings total assets under ma... |
| 25.01.2018 | Blockchain Capital Adds Jimmy Song as Venture Partner | Jimmy Song
Blockchain Capital, a San Francisco, CA-based venture capital firm focused exclusively on the blockchain technology sector and crypto ecosystem, has added Jimmy Song as a Venture Partner.
Song, a Bitcoin Core developer, brings de... |
| 25.01.2018 | Term Sheet — Thursday, January 25 | HIGH TIMES
Good morning, Term Sheet readers.
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The new funding brings the firm’s fundraising total to $200 million since its inception in 2011, which makes it the largest private ... |
| 09.11.2017 | 70 years of VC innovation | Cyril Ebersweiler Contributor
Cyril Ebersweiler is co-founder and managing partner of HAX, and a general partner at SOSV.
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10 key lessons about tech mergers and acquisitions from Cisco’s John Chambers
What ever... |
| 18.10.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, October 18 | 5 Qs WITH A DEALMAKER
Good morning, Term Sheet readers.
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| 17.10.2017 | Blockchain Capital Raises $59.72M for its Fourth VC Fund | Blockchain Capital, a San Francisco, CA-based venture capital firm focused on investing in blockchain related startups, raised $59.72m for its fourth fund.
Per an SEC filing, Blockchain Capital IV, LP, 76 investors participated in the offer... |
| 11.10.2017 | Jamie Dimon Should Do ‘Some Homework’ on Crypto, Says Blockchain Capital VC | This article originally ran in Term Sheet, Fortune’s newsletter about deals and dealmakers. Sign up here.
Bart Stephens is the co-founder and managing partner of Blockchain Capital, the oldest and most active venture capital firm dedicated ... |
| 07.08.2017 | Get ready to see more sector-specific venture firms | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
We have witnessed a marked rise in the amount of ... |
| 07.08.2017 | Get ready to see more sector-specific venture firms | We have witnessed a marked rise in the amount of venture investment dollars over the last decade. Capital has become near-ubiquitous, it may seem.
These capital inflows have had a number of effects, including inflating round pricing and inc... |
| 18.07.2017 | Eyes Wide Shut: ICOs as a New Path to Startup Fundraising (Password Required) | This article is my attempt at providing a definitive guide to the complex, and so far, self-regulated, landscape of ICOs. Warning: mature content. What on Earth is ICO?
Just as how in the ancient movie “Eyes Wide Shut” the password “fidelio... |
| 09.04.2017 | Industry Leaders Invest With Blockchain Capital in its ICO | Blockchain Capital, a San Francisco, CA-based venture capital firm investing in blockchain technology companies, announced the first investors in its recently launched digital liquid venture fund.
Early backers included ConsenSys Head of Gl... |
| 29.03.2017 | Bitcoin exchange ShapeShift Raises $10.4 Million in Series A | |
| 16.03.2017 | Blockchain Capital to Raise Third Fund | Blockchain Capital, a San Francisco, CA-based venture capital firm investing in blockchain technology companies, is raising its third fund.
The offering is made via a combination of a traditional limited partnership called Blockchain Capita... |
| 25.02.2017 | Brock Pierce: First-Ever VC Fund ICO Will ‘Disrupt Industry’ | - |
| 24.02.2017 | Blockchain Capital Hires New Managing Director & Head of Research | Blockchain Capital, LLC, a San Francisco, CA-based venture capital firm to focus exclusively on the blockchain technology sector, hired Spencer Bogart as Managing Director and Head of Research.
Spencer joined from investment bank Needham &a... |
| 22.02.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, February 22 | “ONCE IN A GENERATION”
Whippersnapper: Snap pitched NYC investors yesterday on its road show, touting 26-year-old CEO Evan Spiegel as a “once in a generation” founder. Reuters quotes an investor saying, “They could have been in their underw... |
| 08.04.2016 | Bitcoin & Blockchain Startups, over $220M Invested in 2016 (All the Deals) | Following a record year in Bitcoin & Blockchain venture capital activity, with approx. $474m invested in 74 deals (vs $299m in 75 deals in 2014), at the beginning of 2016, the debate about the fate of the criptocurrency and its underlyi... |
| 27.01.2016 | Blockchain Capital Raises $13 Million for Second Startup Fund | Venture firm Blockchain Capital has closed its second investment fund for bitcoin and blockchain technology startups after raising $13m.
According to Forbes, the fundraise was oversubscribed, having had an original target of $10m. The annou... |
| 27.01.2016 | Blockchain Capital Closes Second Venture Capital Fund at over $13M | San Francisco, CA-based venture capital firm Blockchain Capital closed its second fund at over $13m.
The fund, which surpassed its fundraising target of $10m, will continue to invest in Blockchain technology companies and in the Bitcoin eco... |
| 06.01.2016 | Daily funding roundup - January 6, 2016 | Flatiron Health bagged $175M; NextCure, Inc. raised $67M; AirCloset received $8M funding
Ossia, a Bellevue, WA-based maker of a wireless power technology, received a strategic investment from Molex, LLC, a global manufacturer of electronic ... |
| 23.11.2015 | Stampery cierra una ronda de $600k liderada por Tim Draper, Di Ann Eisner y Blockchain Capital | 23/11/2015
STAMPERY CIERRA UNA RONDA DE $600.000 LIDERADA POR TIM DRAPER, DI ANN EISNER Y BLOCKCHAIN CAPITAL.
La startup española que certifica documentos digitales Stampery, ha cerrado una ronda de $600.000 liderada por Tim Draper de Dra... |
| 24.06.2015 | Blockchain Capital Holds First Close of Second Venture Capital Fund, at $7M | San Francisco, CA-based Crypto Currency Partners announced the rebranding as Blockchain Capital and held the first closing of its second venture capital fund, at $7m.
The fund will continue to invest in blockchain-enabled technology compani... |
| - | Gnosis Safe drops the Gnosis, picks up $100 million in venture round | Gibraltar/Berlin-based Ethereum ecosystem infrastructure architect Gnosis' most well-known product, Gnosis Safe, now known simply as Safe, has raised $100 million in a venture funding round led by 1kx with Tiger Global’s participation.
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