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Codefresh rolls out its Argo-powered flagship software delivery platform for DevOps
DevOps platform developer Codefresh Inc. today announced the public release of its flagship Codefresh Software Delivery Platform, which is designed to provide scalable enterprise-class DevOps automation for code delivery. Codefresh’s platform is built on Argo, an open-source toolset for Kubernetes, to run development workflows and manage containers combined with software-defined GitOps deployments. Using GitOps practices, DevOps ...
Phantom cryptocurrency wallet raises $109M in new funding led by Paradigm
Phantom Technologies Inc., a provider of a noncustodial cryptocurrency wallet, announced today that it has raised $109 million in a new funding round led by Paradigm placing the company’s valuation at $1.2 billion. The company also announced the launch of its app for iOS devices, making it available on both mobile and web. Other investors ...
Arcade announces public launch of NFT-backed lending platform
Arcade, a platform that allows the owners of nonfungible tokens to use them as collateral for loans, today announced the public launch of its lending platform. The platform is a peer-to-peer marketplace that connects NFT owners interested in receiving loans with lenders, which can underwrite fixed-rate term loans collateralized by borrowers’ NFTs on the Ethereum ...
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX raises additional $400M at $32B valuation
The Bahamas-based cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading Ltd. today announced it has raised $400 million in new funding in the company’s third fundraise in the past six months, hiking its valuation at a cool $32 billion. The Series C funding announcement comes less than a week after the announcement of a $400 million Series A funding ...
Digital assets custody firm Fireblocks raises $550M at $8B in valuation
Fireblocks Inc., a cryptocurrency custodial infrastructure firm, announced today that it has raised $500 million in new late-stage funding, valuing the company at $8 billion. The company boasted that this round makes it the highest-valued digital asset infrastructure provider in the world as the Series E round quadrupled the company’s valuation since its Series D ...
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX US raises $400M at $8B valuation
FTX US, the American affiliate of the cryptocurrency exchange, earned unicorn status several times over today after raising $400 million in its first funding round from investors at a valuation of $8 billion. The Series A round included participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Softbank’s Vision Fund 2, Multicoin Capital, Paradigm, Steadview Capital and others. The Chicago-based ...
Google nixes FLoC, unveils Topics as replacement for ad cookies
Google LLC today announced a new plan to replace tracking cookies designed to provide more privacy as browsers increasingly block cookies by default in order to protect users from prying eyes. The project, named Topics, will replace Google’s previous attempt known as Federated Learning of Cohorts, or FLoC for short. Which had come under fire from ...
OpenSea exploit allows hackers to buy NFTs at steep discounts, steal $1M from users
Updated with information from an OpenSea spokesperson: A bug discovered on the OpenSea nonfungible token marketplace has been discovered and is being exploited by hackers to purchase NFTs at steeply discounted prices and then flip them. According to cryptocurrency analytics firm Elliptic, hackers have stolen more than $1 million worth of NFTs in this manner since ...
Twitter launches hexagon-shaped NFT profile pictures
Social media giant Twitter Inc. has rolled out a feature that allows the owners of nonfungible token artwork to showcase them as their Twitter profiles in the form of a “soft hexagon.” Twitter made the feature available on Thursday to Twitter Blue subscribers who have Apple Inc. iOS devices for the cost of $2.99 a ...
Meta reportedly plans to bring NFTs into Facebook and Instagram
Meta Platforms Inc., formerly Facebook Inc., is reportedly jumping onto the nonfungible token bandwagon and will allow users of its social media platforms Facebook and Instagram to mint, sell and trade the digital assets. According to the Financial Times, unnamed sources said that Meta is already working on features that will allow users to display NFTs ...