Chia Continues Growth Push With 5 VP Hires Posted on 2021-07-14 by Patrick The Bram Cohen–founded firm bolstered its sales, product development and professional service divisions. + News
Chainlink Challenger Band Protocol Launches Next Phase of Its Network Posted on 2021-07-14 by Patrick Since joining the OpenAPI Initiative, Band Protocol is working on potential partnerships with data giants like Google, Microsoft and Bloomberg. + News
CoinFund, ParaFi Lead $5.2M Seed Round for Liquidity Staking Platform ClayStack Posted on 2021-07-14 by Patrick The funding round also attracted investments from Coinbase Ventures and the Solana Foundation. + News
S&P Dow Jones Launches 5 More Crypto Indexes; One Tracks 240 Coins Posted on 2021-07-14 by Patrick It’s the first major expansion of S&P’s crypto benchmarking tools since entering the market in May. + News
Polychain Leads $21M Round for Retail-Oriented DEX Posted on 2021-07-14 by Patrick Shipyard’s Clipper DEX aims to attract retail traders with low trading fees. + News
BNY Mellon to Provide Grayscale With ETF Services After ‘Anticipated’ GBTC Conversion Posted on 2021-07-14 by Patrick The world’s largest custodian bank will begin handling accounting and administration services for the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust in October. + News
Interoperability Project Connext Raises $12M From 1kx, ConsenSys Posted on 2021-07-14 by Patrick Helping traders get assets to the right network when a hot opportunity comes up is Connext’s main goal. + News
Superfluid Raises $9M for a New Take on Streaming Payments Posted on 2021-07-13 by Patrick Multicoin Capital is betting the real-time payments platform can power DeFi and DAOs – and also subscriptions and salaries. + News
BIT Mining Raises $50M in Private Placement to Expand Overseas Posted on 2021-07-13 by Patrick BIT Mining’s operations in China’s Sichuan province were suspended last month as part of the country’s crackdown on crypto. + News
US Financial Giant Capital Group Buys 12% Stake in Bitcoin-Exposed MicroStrategy Posted on 2021-07-13 by Patrick The purchase provides the firm with indirect exposure to MicroStrategy’s more than 105,000 bitcoin reserves. + News