Latest Blockchain News

CoinFund Announces Early-Stage $300M Web3 Venture Fund
The CoinFund Ventures I fund is expected to invest in 30 to 40 startups, with funds ranging from $6 million…

Google’s Alphabet Invested a huge $1.5B in Blockchain Companies
Alphabet invested $1.56B over four rounds, Blackrock invested $1.17B over three rounds, and Morgan Stanley invested $1.1B over two rounds.

NAS Academy to introduce Token-gated Web3 Courses
Starting from September 1, one can join Invisible College provided they hold at least one Decentralien NFT.

Avocado DAO and Pro Gamer DAO to Grow GameFi Space
The metaverse gaming community, Avocado DAO announced its strategic partnership with the Korea-based web3 gaming community, Pro Gamer DAO to…

Web3 Vacation Platform Dtravel Completes First Smart-contract Booking
The renter can pay the host in stablecoins such as USDC, USDT and BUSD.

Pearson to Write New Chapter in Web3 with its NFTs
CEO Andy Bird opined that NFTs have the ability to help publishers earn money from textbook resales.

Polkadot’s Parachain Astar Partners with Alchemy for Web3 Development
This partnership allows developers to use Alchemy's Supernode API, Explorer & Mempool Visualizer, Alchemy SDK, and Alchemy Notify.

Starbucks to Unveil Web3 Initiative to its Iconic Rewards Program
The "new Web 3 enabled initiative" will give Starbucks new ways to engage with customers and expand the "digital third…

Europe Leads the Blockchain Venture Deals in Q2
The global meltdown in blockchain venture funding has caused venture deals in the USA and Asia to rapidly decline in…

US’ Chips Bill creates a Blockchain and Crypto Specialist Position
The specialist will be responsible for “advising the President on matters relating to blockchain and cryptocurrencies.”

Mercedes Benz & Polygon Launches Decentralized Data Sharing Network
Acentrik is tailored to corporate users, with Know Your Business with NFT representing each dataset and metadata hash stored with…

Cardano Vasil Hard Fork Delayed for a Few More Weeks
"Our priority is to get things done right, and if that takes more time, so be it,” as the IOG…

Variant generates $450M fund for New Web3 Projects
Investments have dropped drastically since last year’s record $12.5 billion to current year’s $9.3 billion.

Step-Counter App Sweat Economy raises $13M to Develop Move-to-Earn game
Established in 2015 as Sweatcoin - as of late rebranded Sweat Economy - means to rouse clients to work on…

Framework Ventures Invests $10M in Web3 Firm Space and Time
Framework Ventures leads the seed funding round in the decentralized web3 data warehouse for its Power of SQL protocol.

Unstoppable Domains Touches Unicorn Status after Raising $65M
Unstoppable Domains will utilise the funding to fuel product development and develop the organisations in the web3 space.

Crypto Game Studio Immutable to Layoff Staff Members
The Gods Unchained web3 game developer studio announces laying-off “more than 20” staff members.

Crypto Custodian Komainu Joins Dubai’s New Blockchain Industry Hub
Crypto.com and Hong Kong-based crypto custodian Hex Trust also acquired regulatory approval to direct business in the area in June.

NYC’s Interplay is Generating $10M for New Blockchain Fund
This launch marks Interplay's first committed introduction to the web3 space, whereas the funding arm participated in Coinbase's Series A…

Chia Network Replaces CAT Tokens to Address Security Vulnerability
Chia Network’s CAT1 will be officially EOL and replaced by CAT2 on Tuesday, July 26 around 10 am PDT after…

Titanium Blockchain CEO Pleads Guilty in $21M Crypto Fraud Case
Stollery admitted to fabricating the BARs token's white paper and user endorsements on its website.

Moelis & Co. Launches ‘Global Blockchain Group’
The bespoke advisory services would cater to corporations using blockchain and promising blockchain companies entering web3.

Animoca Brands’ Web3 DAO for Metaverse Interoperability is Live
The OMA3 web3 DAO is the second such group after Metaverse Standards Forum, promoting an open metaverse with interoperability standards.

Minecraft Bans In-game NFTs as it Conflicts With the Guidelines
The company cited concerns of degraded gaming experience due to NFTs and investment risk associated with it.

Wipro to Invest $1B in Cloud, Metaverse, Web3, Robotics
Wipro Chairman Rishad Premji holds on to optimism amid global economic uncertainty.

Ankr Unveils Ankr Network 2.0 Upgrade
Ankr 2.0 adds three new API services aimed to slash down on the time developers must spend looking up block…

Web3 Messaging Platform ‘Lines’ Raises $4M Seeding Capital
The number of people using crypto pseudonyms to purchase digital currency, swap NFTs, vote on proposals, and manage treasuries, are…

Monkey League Developers UnCaged Raises $24M
UnCaged Studio will use the funds for developing MonkeyLeague, web3 games, plus gaming infrastructure.

Cred Protocol Develops DeFi Credit Score Based on Aave Data
Cred Protocol highlighted its plans to expand beyond the Aave protocol and analyze data from other lending protocols such as…

Indian Startup 5ire Hits Unicorn Status with $100M Funding Round
5ire will use these newly raised funds to further develop its blockchain and strive to ensure that its decentralized technology…