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Another project looking to turn Bitcoin into a more fruitful base for DeFi has raised $20 million in funding toward that goal Updated Jan 30, 2025, 1:17 p.m. UTCPublished Jan 30, 2025, 2:00 p.m. UTC What to know: Elastos, a decentralized infrastructure…

The Apollo Diversified Credit Fund digital offering marks the first integration for Securitize with the Solana and Ink blockchains. Updated Jan 30, 2025, 1:38 p.m. UTCPublished Jan 30, 2025, 1:37 p.m. UTC What to know: The tokenized Apollo credit fund offers investors…

ABN AMRO and 21X completed a joint proof of concept for the issuing of a token on the Polygon Amoy Testnet Jan 30, 2025, 9:19 a.m. UTC What to know: ABN AMRO has conducted an onchain trade of tokenized assets against…

Just $33 million worth of ether and stablecoins is currently deployed on Abstract. Jan 30, 2025, 8:26 a.m. UTC What to know: Abstract has just $33 million in total value secured (TVS) days after the mainnet went live. The company's CEO…

Vlad Tenev joined BlackRock CEO Larry Fink in calling for clear regulations for tokenized securities in the U.S. Jan 29, 2025, 6:33 p.m. UTC What to know: Tokenization could unlock private market investments currently only available to the wealthy, Robinhood CEO…

The move comes after another activist investor, Starboard, had taken a stake in the miner late last year. Updated Jan 29, 2025, 4:53 p.m. UTCPublished Jan 29, 2025, 4:52 p.m. UTC What to know: D.E. Shaw has taken an unspecified stake in…

Truth.Fi is the latest endeavor of Donald Trump-affiliated companies into the digital asset space after World Liberty Financial and launching an "official" memecoin. Jan 29, 2025, 2:56 p.m. UTC What to know: Trump Media, the company behind Trump-backed Truth Social, is…

Fortitude Mining will produce bitcoin and other proof-of-work tokens. Updated Jan 28, 2025, 9:21 a.m. UTCPublished Jan 29, 2025, 2:00 p.m. UTC What to know: Digital Currency Group (DCG) has a new subsidiary called Fortitude Mining. The business was spun out of…

Existing investor Alven led the round and featured participation from new backers 1kx and Ledger Cathay Capital. Updated Jan 29, 2025, 12:41 p.m. UTCPublished Jan 29, 2025, 2:00 p.m. UTC What to know: Cryptio has raised $15 million in an extension to…

YZI Labs, the rebranded Binance Labs, led a $16 million funding round into token airdrop startup Sign. Jan 29, 2025, 10:17 a.m. UTC What to know: YZi Labs, the rebranded venture capital arm of crypto exchange Binance, made its first investment…