IT総合 Nine crypto VCs on why Q1 investments were so hot and how it compares to previous bull market
If the 2023 crypto venture landscape was an ice cold pot of water, the first quarter of 2024 is the part where the bubbl...
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IT総合 IT総合 The AI world needs more data transparency and web3 startup Space and Time says it can help
As AI proliferates and things on the internet are easier to manipulate, there’s a need more than ever to make sure data ...
IT総合 SBF sentenced, Worldcoin hit with another ban order and big web3 pre-seed rounds are back
Welcome to TechCrunch Crypto, formerly known as Chain Reaction. This is the last edition of this newsletter. I want to p...
IT総合 Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25 years in prison for fraud and money-laundering at FTX
Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder and former CEO of crypto exchange FTX and trading firm Alameda Research, was sentenced...
IT総合 0G Labs launches with whopping $35M pre-seed to build a modular AI blockchain
As the crypto space heats back up, so has funding for new startups. 0G Labs, a web3 infrastructure firm,” has raised $35...
IT総合 A new web3 network is being built right now that wants to end Big Tech’s control of your data
Many of the people building Web3 feel like the traditional web ecosystem has taken advantage of users and their data. Wh...
IT総合 Solana memecoin hype continues, Backpack’s beta phase was a success and Starbucks axes its NFT program
Welcome to TechCrunch Crypto. This week, Starbucks killed its Odyssey NFT program, Solana continued to see memecoin mome...
IT総合 Former Grindr exec and a married couple launch Rails with $6.2M round, for its decentralized FTX alternative
Rails, a decentralized crypto exchange, has raised $6.2 million in attempts to fill the void FTX left behind after crash...
IT総合 How crypto exchange Backpack climbed its way to success after its major investor FTX died
Backpack’s founders, who are building a crypto exchange and wallet, have experienced strong growth since launching in 20...
IT総合 Starbucks ditches its Odyssey NFT program
Starbucks launched Starbucks Odyssey in 2022 as its initial foray into the web3 world.
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IT総合 Blockchain tech could be the answer to uncovering deepfakes and validating content
Two months ago, media giant Fox Corp. partnered with Polygon Labs, the team behind the Ethereum-focused layer-2 blockcha...
IT総合 Bitcoin hits new high, Solana price jumps as memecoins mania rises and Worldcoin faces heat in Spain
Welcome to TechCrunch Crypto, formerly known as Chain Reaction -- it was an eventful week in the crypto world.
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IT総合 Former web3 gaming founders raise $2.5M for their NFT marketplace to retain users even when there ‘isn’t money to be made’
Even though NFT sales volume is still down 88% from 2022 all time-highs (and down 38% year-to-date), Pallet Exchange is ...
IT総合 Solana’s price rises to $160, highest level since January 2022 as memecoin mania rises
The token behind Solana, a layer-1 blockchain that’s competitive with the Ethereum blockchain, has been through th...
IT総合 Blockchain startup Sei Labs creates an interesting solution to make Ethereum faster
Sei Labs, a startup co-founded by a former Robinhood engineer and a former VC from Coatue, has launched a new open sourc...
IT総合 Bitcoin hits new all-time high of $72,700 but one index warns we’re in ‘extreme greed’ territory
The crypto scene continues to remain so hot that bitcoin is hitting one new high after another. It surpassed $72,700 on ...
IT総合 NFT platform Zora is offering a novel way for AI model makers to earn money
Zora, a NFT-based social network platform is continuing its expansion beyond the crypto-sphere into the hot artificial i...
IT総合 Binance launches a crypto perfume and Coachella partners with OpenSea
Welcome back to TechCrunch Crypto. It was an eventful week: bitcoin’s price hit a new high, Spain’s data protection auth...
IT総合 OpenSea’s partnership with Coachella is a sign that NFTs can be more than profile pictures
The NFT sector has not yet returned to the glory of its 2022 heydays but that hasn’t stopped the evolution of the tech. ...
IT総合 Bitcoin hits new all-time high passing $69,000 for first time since November 2021
It’s been a busy year so far for bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, and it’s only March. The ...
IT総合 Karma3 Labs raises $4.5M to improve trust in web3 with ratings and recommendations
There’s no reputation system in the decentralized world of web3, so it’s hard to figure out which entities and individua...
IT総合 Bitcoin jumped and Coinbase’s app crashed, while Aptos eyes Hong Kong and Telegram rolls out rewards with TON
Welcome to TechCrunch Crypto. Here’s the biggest news this week: bitcoin’s price jumped and Coinbase’s app crashed, Tele...
IT総合 Asymmetric Financial has a plan to unlock Bitcoin’s trillion-dollar potential with dedicated DeFi fund
As the digital asset industry picks up steam again, some crypto funds are looking to hone in on specific sectors. Crypto...
IT総合 Starbucks Odyssey’s community lead sees NFTs as the best way to build brand loyalty
The NFT space may be down substantially from all-time highs, but brands and loyalty programs looking to reach fans in ne...
IT総合 Animoca Brands’ Yat Siu sees NFTs as a way to protect ownership in the age of AI
NFTs don’t always get taken very seriously, particularly now that AI and content creators are hogging the spotlight, but...
IT総合 Coinbase cites stablecoins, Base as key 2024 priorities after crushing Q4 estimates
After disclosing better-than-expected financial results in its fourth quarter earnings report, U.S.-based Coinbase has b...
IT総合 Crypto VC exits were low in Q4 2023, Phantom MAU’s reach new highs and spot bitcoin ETF volumes are still rising
Welcome to TechCrunch Crypto, formerly known as Chain Reaction. This is our fifth edition with of course, regularly sche...
IT総合 Crypto exits remain low but investors remain unfazed
New PitchBook data makes it clear that if the larger startup market is suffering from an exit-drought, crypto startups a...
IT総合 Solana-based DeFi, airdrops propel crypto wallet Phantom’s user base to new heights
Phantom, a crypto wallet heavily used in the Solana ecosystem, has seen its user base more than triple over the past yea...
IT総合 As spot bitcoin ETF volumes continue to rise, Bitwise Asset Management predicts a high ceiling for growth
Bitwise runs the Bitwise Bitcoin ETP, currently the fourth-largest spot bitcoin ETF by market cap. But the road to this ...