Tag: fundraising

Is Trump-Linked Crypto the Real Reason for This Week's Fundraising Surge?

Is Trump-Linked Crypto the Real Reason for This Week's Fundraising Surge?

Crypto fundraising surges 62% in one week, reaches close to $500M? And buried in that headline is this: DWF Labs throws $25 million at World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a DeFi project "inspired by President Donald J. Trump." Inspired? Better would be fueled by Trump, and perhaps even fueling this entire...

Crypto Fundraising Soars, Fueled by Auradine's Series C and VentureX Investments

Crypto Fundraising Soars, Fueled by Auradine's Series C and VentureX Investments

On-chain crypto fundraising surged this week. Auradine’s $50 million Series C round and $100 million investments by VentureX into environment-related agritech companies spurred this increase. Auradine, a blockchain infrastructure venture launched in 2022, raised the week’s biggest funding round. VentureX is known for their early stage support of world leading...

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Initia: Will This Blockchain Unlock The Next NFT Art Boom?

Okay, let's be honest. Today, the NFT market seems a bit…softened, would you say? Remember the hype? The Bored Apes trading for the price of homes already. The gas fees that literally might start bankrupting small nations? Yeah, fun times… unless of course you were an artist just trying to...

Binance U.S. Just Made Base Network the New NFT Playground

Okay, everyone listen up! As someone who has seen a LOT of hype cycles in the NFT space… Anyone recall when JPEGs of rocks were going to end world hunger? Yeah, me too. This... this feels different. Binance U.S. integrating the Base network isn't just another listing. It's like giving...

Initia's Interwoven Stack The Scalability Savior or Just Hype?

The name is on everybody’s tongue, right? Just another shiny new blockchain that claims it’ll solve all our scalability worries with its “Interwoven Stack.” Customizable rollups, a built-in DEX, enshrined liquidity… those features seem like a blockchain developer’s fever dream. But before you FOMO your hard-earned crypto into INIT, let’s...

Binance U.S. Base Integration: DeFi Pipe Dream?

Binance U.S. hopped on the Base train. Great. But is this really a ticket to DeFi paradise, or simply another stop on the hype train to nowhere? Let's be brutally honest: the crypto space loves a good narrative, and right now, Layer 2 scaling solutions like Base are all the...

Polygon's API: The Unsexy Truth About Blockchain's Real Scaling Solution

Step aside Bored Apes and the yield farming mania. Blockchain’s actual revolution isn’t taking place in the metaverse, its taking place in the very boring world of APIs. And Polygon's API, in particular, is the unsung hero, the plumbing, if you will, that's quietly making blockchain actually usable.Scaling Is More...

Polygon API: Your Secret Weapon for NFT Domination (No Coding Required?)

Okay, let's cut the bull. You’ve come to us because you’ve caught the whiff of potential in NFTs. Maybe you're an artist tired of getting ripped off by centralized marketplaces that treat you like a number, or maybe you're a collector looking for the next big thing. Either way, you...

Ethereum's Scaling Gamble Will Buterin's Research Pay Off?

Ethereum needs to scale. Badly. We all know it. The clunky UX and high gas fees make it frustrating for everybody. Instead, they are incentivizing users and developers to look for faster, cheaper options. Crying foul over these actions isn’t just a lament — it’s an attack on our existence....

Ethereum's UX Overhaul 5 Ways It'll Finally Hook Normies

Let's be real. Ethereum could change the world as much as everything else. Unfortunately, its user experience might as well be attempting to build IKEA furniture with a blindfold on and after downing a bottle of wine. We—the crypto-initiated—have Stockholm Syndrome. We've suffered through gas fees that cost more than...