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Subspace Labs announces $33M in funding for Web3 scaling solution
Subspace Labs Inc., a scalable infrastructure layer solution for Web3 blockchain ecosystems, today announced it raised $32.9 million in a funding round to expand its integrations and start more projects. The new financing was led by Pantera Capital. Coinbase Ventures, Crypto.com, Alameda Research, ConsenSys Mesh, KR1, Hypersphere Ventures, Stratos Technologies, AVG Blockchain Fund, GSR Ventures ...
Rakuten launches its own NFT marketplace in Japan
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. said today that it’s launching a marketplace where users can purchase nonfungible tokens called Rakuten NFT. The company first revealed its plans to launch the platform in 2021 following the growing popularity of NFTs worldwide. NFTs are a type of assets represented on blockchains that can track the ownership of ...
BitsCrunch raises $3.6M in funding for nonfungible token analytics tools
Blockchain analysis firm bitsCrunch Ltd. today announced that it has raised $3.6 million in new funding from Animoca Brands to develop its tools that provide visibility into nonfungible token markets. The private funding round was also joined by Coinbase Ventures, Crypto.com Capital and Polygon Studios, among others. Nonfungible tokens are a type of blockchain asset that ...
Mark Zuckerberg unveils Meta’s AI innovations designed to build the metaverse
Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg today unveiled a number of artificial intelligence projects the company has been working on with the goal of “building the metaverse.” The metaverse refers to interconnected virtual worlds where people will be able to come together to socialize, work, play and engage in commerce. Zuckerberg said during his keynote at ...
App delivery platform Cameyo certified as Chrome Enterprise Recommended partner
Cameyo Inc., a virtual application delivery platform for remote work, today announced it was named a Chrome Enterprise Recommended partner to enable cloud-first Windows app distribution. As more workforces become remote and hybrid many have come to rely on cloud-ready solutions such as Chrome OS. Operating systems such as Chrome OS, provide seamless access to ...
Teller raises $7M led by Blockchain Capital to bring unsecured lending to DeFi
Teller, a decentralized finance protocol designed to allow lending and borrowing of blockchain assets, today announced it has raised $6.8 million in new funding to expand its integrations with third parties to launch loan marketplaces. Led by Blockchain Capital,the round was joined by Franklin Templeton, Toyota Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Upstart, Signum Capital and others. ...
Polygon debuts Finity UI design tool for web3 developers
In a bid to assist the developers of web3 distributed applications, the Ethereum scaling solution Polygon today announced the launch of Finity, a user interface design tool aimed at giving the blockchain industry a makeover. Finity is an open-source, cross-platform design studio that allows developers to construct high-quality interfaces with scalable, modular and customizable elements. ...
Virtual reality training firm Talespin raises $20M to empower skills development
Talespin Reality Labs Inc., an enterprise workforce training firm that uses virtual and augmented reality solutions for talent development, announced Thursday that it has raised $20 million in new funding co-led by Seek Investments and Allomer Capital. Additional investors joining the Series C funding round included Pearson Ventures, Accenture Ventures, Go1 and Sony Innovation Fund. ...
Consensys Mesh to debut NFT standard and marketplace that allows artists to sell ‘prints’
Consensys Mesh, a blockchain technology incubator, today revealed that it will announce a new nonfungible token platform at the ETHDenver 2022 developer conference on Friday that will increase NFT security and ease the collection of royalties. The platform, called TreeTrunk, is designed will be launched in a beta release on Polygon Network’s Mumbai testnet. It ...
Fireblocks acquires stablecoin payments platform First Digital
Cryptocurrency custodial firm Fireblocks Inc. today announced that it has acquired First Digital, a payments technology company platform focused on stablecoins and other cryptocurrencies, in an effort to expand its services for the payments industry. The deal follows Fireblocks’ $550 million Series E funding round in January that brought the company’s valuation up to $8 ...