Investments on the table for OpenSea’s new funding round would set its valuation to $10 billion, The Information reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. The marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFT) has seen explosive growth in 2021. Trading volume on the platform was over $200 million in late August 2021 compared to an average of […]

BetDEX has raised a $21 million seed round to create a decentralized global sports betting protocol. In the announcement Wednesday, the Edinburgh-base BetDEX called the raise the “largest-ever seed investment round by a U.K. startup.” The crypto derivatives exchange giant FTX and San Francisco-based crypto venture firm Paradigm led the round, which also included participation […]

ConsenSys is girding for battle in crypto’s hot jobs market with $200 million to spend on up to 400 new hires after a funding round that valued the Ethereum backer at $3.2 billion. “There’s a war for talent going on,” ConsenSys Chief Strategy Officer Simon Morris said in an interview, “and we are going to […]

Chinese crypto news sites ChainNews, Odaily, and information platform Block123, were inaccessible on Wednesday, as the Chinese government continues to crack down on the crypto industry. ChainNews posted its Telegram account on its Twitter on Nov. 15, saying it would be offline for 8-10 hours as the site undergoes maintenance. When asked via Telegram on […]