IT総合 Chris Lehane: The SEC isn’t handling crypto regulation ‘strategically’
As developers turn their gears in the crypto world, regulatory uncertainty is casting a shadow over the work they’re doi...
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IT総合 IT総合 Here’s the crypto news you missed at Disrupt 2023
Welcome back to Chain Reaction. This week I’ve been in San Francisco for TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. It's been a three-day ...
IT総合 Alpha3D wants to accelerate digital asset and AI-powered generation through cheaper, hyperscaling technology
Alpha3D, a generative AI–powered platform, is a participant of the Startup Battlefield 200 cohort to showcase a technolo...
IT総合 8 web3 gaming experts discuss hurdles and opportunities in the road to wider adoption
What will it take to spur more mainstream gamers to pick up and play web3 games? We asked eight web3 gaming experts to f...
IT総合 Blockchain Capital launches two new funds for a total of $580M
The crypto bear market may be ongoing, but Blockchain Capital is still going big. It closed two new funds for a total of...
IT総合 Web3 adoption could come via the enterprise, but the real boom will be through startups
While the use cases in enterprise are more incremental, the real drivers of the tech might be coming from startup land....
IT総合 Circle expands Asia focus, Mila Kunis and Stoner Cats face SEC, Telegram adds crypto wallet and more
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IT総合 USDC issuer Circle expands Asia focus in push to enter the region’s flourishing payments ecosystem
How can Asian businesses send and receive payments cheaper, faster and more securely? Circle thinks the answer may come ...
IT総合 Former DCG, Blockchain Capital investors launch $20M early-stage fund at crypto advisory firm Reverie
After a couple years of dabbling in angel investments, crypto advisory firm Reverie is now bringing a bigger checkbook t...
IT総合 Korea Blockchain Week focused on web3 gaming, institutional involvement, investors, regulation…and more
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IT総合 Blockchain tech needs a ‘ChatGPT moment’ to scale enterprise adoption
Big names like Starbucks and Nike were quick to adopt blockchain tech, but it will still be a while until we see the ent...
IT総合 Chris Lehane of Haun Ventures to dive into firm’s investing strategy and the web3 VC landscape at TechCrunch Disrupt
Chris Lehane, chief strategy officer at Haun Ventures, will bring his unique career experience and investing expertise t...
IT総合 Crypto funding in August wasn’t as good as the numbers may lead you to believe
At this point, it seems the only thing that could shake up the seemingly never-ending decline in venture interest in cry...
IT総合 Grayscale wins lawsuit against SEC, while the agency settles first NFT case and Friend.tech hype crashes
If you’ve been dreaming about bitcoin spot ETFs, it’s time to talk to someone outside of the crypto world. This is comin...
IT総合 Grayscale’s legal head says bitcoin spot ETF approval is a ‘matter of when, not if’
The exact timeline is difficult to predict, but if there’s no “rehearing,” then it will be smooth sailing ahead, Graysca...
IT総合 As appeals court rules in favor of Grayscale, a bitcoin spot ETF could be on the horizon
The ruling is in response to Grayscale’s lawsuit against the SEC, which denied the firm’s application to convert its Gra...
IT総合 MoonPay launches venture arm to invest in web3 infra, gaming and fintech
Web3 infrastructure firm MoonPay has launched an investment arm that will focus on early-stage startups in web3, gaming,...
IT総合 Friend.tech gets unfriended: Daily transactions drop 95% as hyped decentralized social app loses steam
It may be time to put to rest yet another effort to build a social network on a blockchain: The number of transactions o...
IT総合 Bitcoin startups remain undercapitalized as funding drought drags on
The crypto industry has not had a great run over the past year. Along with increasing regulatory scrutiny and skeptical ...
IT総合 Friend.tech hype grows, Tornado Cash founders go for a spin and FBI’s monitoring North Korean hackers
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IT総合 Vessel Capital emerges from stealth with $55M fund focused on web3 infrastructure and apps
Vessel Capital, a web3 venture fund, has emerged from stealth with $55 million in assets under management to invest in i...
IT総合 Two founders behind Russian crypto mixer Tornado Cash charged by U.S. federal courts
The two founders behind Tornado Cash, a Russian cryptocurrency mixing service, have been charged by the U.S. Attorney...
IT総合 Solana Pay integrates plug-in with Shopify for USDC payments
Solana Pay, a decentralized payment protocol by Solana Labs, has integrated its plug-in with Shopify, allowing millions ...
IT総合 Friend.tech hype is skyrocketing, but will it actually reach the stars?
Since Friend.tech opened its invite-only beta test 11 days ago, the decentralized social-focused app has quickly attract...
IT総合 Checkout.com cuts ties with Binance, which is mulling legal action in response
Credit cards payments processor Checkout.com, is no longer servicing Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, a sp...
IT総合 Bitcoin spot ETFs heat up, SBF’s bail revoked and web3 gaming adoption grows in Asia
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IT総合 A bitcoin spot ETF could open the floodgates for wider crypto demand
Years after it got initial approval, Jacobi Asset Management’s bitcoin spot exchange traded fund (ETF) went live this we...
IT総合 Web3 gaming adoption is skewing toward Asia, and the rest of the world may have to play catch-up
Culture is often inseparable from entertainment. Your affinity for the kind of books, music, film or art you consume has...
IT総合 CoinDesk to cut staffing ahead of potential sale
CoinDesk, a crypto media business owned by Digital Currency Group, is reducing its workforce according to an internal e...
IT総合 Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail revoked ahead of October trial
Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of the now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, had his bail revoked ahead of his October tr...