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Rarify raises $10M from Pantera Capital to simplify NFT integrations
Nonfungible token infrastructure startup Rarify announced Thursday that it has raised $10 million in a Series A funding led by Pantera Capital to expand its platform and enable greater adoption for the new cryptoassets. Rarify’s products are designed to make it easier for companies to implement them on their own platforms. One product provides an ...
Ukraine cancels crypto token giveaway and will raise funds with NFTs instead
The Ukrainian government has canceled a much-anticipated giveaway to people who donated cryptocurrency to the country and instead will issue nonfungible tokens to support its armed forces during the ongoing invasion by Russia. “After careful consideration, we decided to cancel airdrop,” Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s minister for digital transformation, posted on Twitter this morning. “Instead, we ...
Digital Asset launches privacy-focused blockchain Daml 2.0 for enterprise
Blockchain application services provider Digital Asset today announced the general availability of Daml 2.0, the newest version of the company’s privacy-focused distributed digital ledger application platform for the enterprise. Digital Asset built its Daml so businesses and financial institutions could adopt blockchain technology, which uses widely distributed cryptographic chains to secure transactions, preserve privacy and ...
Tabnine enhances developer collaboration on GitLab using custom AI code models
Tabnine Ltd., the maker of an artificial intelligence code completion tool, today announced that it has integrated with DevOps lifecycle platform GitLab Inc. to bring enhanced collaboration for developer teams using custom AI models. Using AI models, Tabnine provides predictive suggestions as developers type code based on current projects that can greatly speed up development ...
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. ...