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30.10 / 13:55

Africa Lightning Network Crowdfunding lightning Bitcoin Bitcoin builder climbs Africa’s tallest mountain to raise awareness

A Bitcoin (BTC) educator based in Tanzania has scaled Africa’s highest peak, Kilimanjaro, financing the entire trip through Bitcoin and Nostr donations.

26.10 / 02:41

business regulation Senate Crowdfunding Elliptic Bitcoin crypto donations Crypto donations raised by Hamas ‘remain tiny,’ says Elliptic

Blockchain forensic firm Elliptic says there’s “no evidence” that Hamas is receiving a significant volume of cryptocurrency donations to fund its attacks against Israel.

04.05 / 13:53

education Donations Lightning Network Crowdfunding lightning Bitcoin Bitcoin crowdfunding is Lightning: El Salvador school program hits 1 BTC in donations

There’s a beacon of light in the bear market tunnel. The El Salvador nonprofit program, “My First Bitcoin” (Mi Primer Bitcoin), raised over 1 Bitcoin (BTC) in donations-not from venture capitalists and investors–but from generous Bitcoin education advocates worldwide.

30.03 / 11:51

business regulation ICO Crowdfunding restrictions Thai SEC wants to lift restrictions on initial coin offerings

Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is preparing to soften retail investment restrictions related to initial coin offerings (ICO) to boost digital investments.

05.03 / 19:53

Blockchain Ethereum Hackers Crowdfunding Bitcoin Russia-Ukraine war: How both sides of the conflict have used crypto to win

In the Russia-Ukraine war, both sides of the conflict have been leveraging cryptocurrencies to achieve the upper hand.

07.02 / 20:13

Adoption defi Web3 Charity Crowdfunding The Web3 community responds to Turkish-Syrian earthquake tragedy

A massive earthquake hit southeastern Turkey along the border with Syria on Feb. 6, which has so far caused the death of more than 5,000 people. The quake had a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale, which is internationally categorized as a “major” earthquake, and occurred along 100km (62 miles) of the fault line.

20.12 / 15:17

Lightning Network Crowdfunding lightning Bitcoin Crowdfunding gets leg up from Lightning Addresses on Bitcoin

The Lightning Network strikes again. In a small yet significant development for Bitcoin (BTC), a new type of BTC address has been introduced: the “Lightning Address.” These unique identifiers are specifically designed for use on the Lightning Network, a layer-2 payment protocol that operates on top of the Bitcoin blockchain.

30.08 / 17:07

business Blockchain Altcoin Crowdfunding network Flare Network and Lena Instruments launch new crowdfunding mechanism

Interoperability-focused blockchain Flare Network has partnered with software infrastructure firm Lena Instruments to implement a crowdfunding mechanism that lowers the risks associated with startup investing.

01.07 / 15:01

Blockchain Ethereum Mining Crowdfunding Have you ever wondered what it would be like to make your own token for free?

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have your very own token?

07.06 / 18:33

cryptocurrency NFT Crowdfunding Decentralized Property Ownership Kick-Offs: LEND7 Launches Next-Gen Real Estate NFTs

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06.06 / 09:15

business Law Crowdfunding DeFi community rallies behind PoolTogether to hit $1.4M NFT defense funding target

No-loss lottery decentralized finance (DeFi) platform PoolTogether has reached 100% of its legal defense funding goal via the sale of NFTs.

02.05 / 16:19

business Blockchain Adoption Crowdfunding DAOs: A blockchain-based replacement for traditional crowdfunding

The crypto space witnessed phenomenal growth in 2021. Buzzwords like nonfungible tokens (NFTs), decentralized finance (DeFi) and the Metaverse broke through to the mainstream and culminated in the crypto market peaking at over $3 trillion in November of 2021.

25.04 / 17:03

business IPO Crowdfunding Bitcoin DeFi partnership aims to tokenize shares of pre-IPO companies

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Portal has partnered with the asset marketplace HighCircleX (HCX) to tokenize stocks of pre-initial public offering (IPO) companies, according to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph on Monday.

22.03 / 20:17

NFT Sport Crowdfunding NFT-funded racing aims to disrupt sports sponsorships

German GT racer Laura-Marie Geissler, creative agency Amsterdam Berlin and NFT startup Unblocked partnered up to launch the first nonfungible token, or NFT, funded motorsport team. Named after the driver herself, the LMG racing team has decided to forgo external sponsors to fund Geissler’s race season by way of NFT sales. Whether she earns the necessary amount to race or not in the upcoming season will depend solely on her fans.

24.02 / 15:57

Crowdfunding Court Beijing China's Supreme Court adds digital currency to list of illegal fundraising methods

China’s hardline policy on crypto took another turn on Thursday as the Supreme Court of the country revised its judicial interpretation for illegal fundraising to include digital currency transactions.

19.02 / 02:31

Blockchain defi Fraud Crowdfunding Exec at Composable Finance allegedly doxed as convicted fraudster Omar Zaki

Late Friday afternoon, decentralized finance, or DeFi, investigator @zachxbt published a series of tweets accusing fraudster Omar Zaki of hiding behind the facade of 0xbrainjar, the anonymous head of product at Composable Finance.

17.01 / 21:15

Blockchain Crowdfunding Auction Copyright Crypto DAO spends €2.66M on Jodorowsky's Dune thinking they would own its copyright, receives mass ridicule on Twitter

Late Saturday, Spice DAO, a decentralized autonomous organization that owns a copy of an unpublished manuscript of Frank Herbert and Alejandro Jodorowsky's never-completed film Dune, announced its roadmap going forward. In the tweet, Spice DAO said it would "Make the book public, produce an original animated limited series inspired by the book and sell it to a streaming service, and support derivative projects from the community." The group had previously won the Christie's auction in November for the copy's sale at 2.66 million euros (a little over $3 million), or about 89 times its price estimates at the midpoint.

17.12 / 22:23

Technology Adoption Cardano Crowdfunding Genius Yield raises $118M via ISPO in first 48 hours

On Dec. 15, Genius Yield, a decentralized automated market maker and liquidity management protocol built on the Cardano (ADA) blockchain, announced the launch of its initial stake pool offering, or ISPO. The fundraising will continue for six months until June 15, 2022. At the time of publication, more than 95.8 million ADA, worth approximately $118 million at the time of writing, have been delegated to the stake pools.

09.12 / 01:09

business Blockchain Crowdfunding Kickstarter plans to migrate to platform built on Celo blockchain

Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter will be launching a new company that will eventually see its website move to a blockchain-based system on Celo.

03.12 / 00:21

business Funding Venture Capital Crowdfunding veteran Crypto Biz: Wall Street veteran launches $1.5B crypto fund, MELD ISPO shines spotlight on Cardano, Dec. 2

Crypto converted another Wall Street veteran this week after former Citi executive Matt Zhang launched a $1.5 billion digital asset fund. A new funding mechanism allowing users to access early-stage crypto startups shined the spotlight on Cardano’s massive community. One of Latin America’s biggest crypto exchanges raised $50 million in private funding to expand its operations. 1inch Network raised another $175 million from leading crypto venture capitalists to expand DeFi liquidity.

09.11 / 00:11

Blockchain Technology ICO Crowdfunding DeFi protocol Acala raises $400M in crowdloans during first Polkadot parachain auction

Decentralized finance protocol Acala announced Monday that they have raised 8.5 million DOT (worth $451.8 million at time of publication) from over 53,000 participants. The protocol is also set to win the first parachain auction on Polkadot.

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