IT総合 Turns out Ledger can hold some of your crypto wallet’s keys, if you agree to it
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IT総合 IT総合 Pudgy Penguins wants to use its NFT-inspired toys to bring IP to the real world
As the NFT sector continues to waddle through a period of frosty consumer interest, some collections are diving deep, e...
IT総合 Your first look at Alliance DAO’s latest cohort of web3 startups
The crypto industry continues to face myriad headwinds, but there’s no shortage of startups and founders diving into th...
IT総合 LayerZero and Immunefi launch largest crypto bug bounty program with up to $15M in rewards
LayerZero Labs, the team behind cross-chain messaging protocol LayerZero, has partnered with bug bounty and security se...
IT総合 Even as crypto exchanges exit Canada, Coinbase intends to play the ‘long game’
The world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance, said last week that it would stop servicing Canadian customers due to “ne...
IT総合 Binance is banking big on M&A and VC deals
The world’s largest crypto exchange by volume, Binance, is making big bets on M&A this year, paying particular atte...
IT総合 Pudgy Penguin’s $9M seed round could point to a growing NFT industry
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Earlier this week, Pudgy Penguins, an NFT collection that also doubles as a web3 IP com...
IT総合 Tensor is climbing to the top of the Solana NFT marketplace totem pole
Just two months ago, NFT trading platform Tensor raised $3 million in a seed round. Fast forward to today, and it is cl...
IT総合 Arbitrum co-founder sees DAO’s resolution to voter drama as a “testament to decentralization”
It’s been a little over a month since the Arbitrum Foundation drama, where the foundation transferred funds from Arbitr...
IT総合 Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried seeks to dismiss most US charges against him
Former FTX CEO and founder Sam Bankman-Fried has filed a pretrial motion to dismiss 10 out of 13 charges against him, a...
IT総合 Mastercard, PayPal and Robinhood dive deeper into crypto as industry shows ‘promise’
As the crypto market works its way through a downturn, more incoming money and users could help it weather the storm.
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IT総合 Developers are building out the blockchain ecosystem in Barcelona
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IT総合 Alibaba Cloud, Avalanche partner to deploy metaverses on the blockchain
Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence division of Alibaba Group, has partnered with layer-1 blockchain ...
IT総合 Brett Harrison ‘never lost faith in the business’ while at now-shuttered FTX
It has been almost six months since FTX collapsed, and a lot has transpired since then, including executives being char...
IT総合 Binance.US sailed away from its $1.3B deal with Voyager, now what?
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Earlier this week, Binance.US broke off its $1.3 billion deal to buy crypto broker Voya...
IT総合 OpenSea’s next journey is to help Web 2.0 brands get into web3
OpenSea, one of the largest NFT marketplaces, is well-known for its trading platform, which allows users to buy and sell...
IT総合 What happens to your crypto when you die?
Imagine your family member or friend gets rich from crypto and passes away. Yes, you’d be grieving, but you may also wo...
IT総合 Crypto wallet Phantom adds public multichain support for Ethereum and Polygon
Phantom, a crypto wallet for Solana blockchain users, has expanded its support to Ethereum and Polygon blockchains in a...
IT総合 Coinbase’s layer-2 blockchain Base plans for 2023 mainnet launch
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IT総合 Coinbase continues overseas expansion amid US regulatory pressure
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IT総合 Digital identities might be the best way to prove who you are online
One of the biggest drivers for digital identity is to be able to verify who you are and that what you’re saying is real...
IT総合 So you want funding for your NFT project?
The NFT market may be down from its 2021 peak, but founders, builders and collectors alike are still flooding into the ...
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IT総合 Ring ring, Solana’s web3-focused Saga phone is calling
About 10 months ago, Solana’s co-founder and CEO, Anatoly Yakovenko, announced the launch of Saga, a web3-focused Andro...
IT総合 a16z’s crypto report anticipates developer growth as blockchain scaling solutions expand
As the crypto market continues to find its footing in an ever-shaky climate, Andreessen Horowtiz, which launched a $4.5...
IT総合 As crypto startup valuations come back to Earth, big investors are bargain hunting
Crypto funding might have declined last quarter, but investors behind the largest funds in the space are sticking to th...
IT総合 a16z will ‘continue to tailor’ its multibillion-dollar crypto funds to market opportunities, GP says
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IT総合 TechCrunch’s crypto-focused podcast Chain Reaction is nominated for a Webby Award
Every week something newsworthy (or chaotic) transpires in the wild world of crypto. And this week was no different, bu...
IT総合 Can Arbitrum’s recently formed DAO recover from its messy week?
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IT総合 Blockchain messaging protocol LayerZero raises $120M, hitting $3B valuation
LayerZero Labs, a web3 messaging protocol, has closed a $120 million Series B round, raising its valuation to $3 billio...