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Blockchain Startup Conflux to Get Shanghai Government Funding for Research Institute

A 10,000-square-foot working site, a sizable fund and an opening ceremony attended by city officials. That’s when you know the Chinese government has your back.

Canadian Venture Capital Firm Secured $320 Million to Invest in Fintech Startups

Portag3 Ventures, a Canadian venture capital (VC) firm, has closed a second fund with around $320 million to invest in fintech startup companies globally.

Bahrain to Provide Fast-Track Setup Program for Fintech Startups

The Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) has introduced a new program to attract more startups to the country.

Casa introduces incentive features to encourage regular maintenance of bitcoin nodes

Bitcoin custody startup Casa wants its users to regularly check up on the status of their bitcoin nodes. On Tuesday, the startup announced the launch of Node Heartbeats, a new feature to "privately, quickly and securely check that your Casa Node is working properly."

South Korea’s CoinOne exchange issues official coin listing criteria

CoinOne, a major South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, has issued its official listing criteria. The criteria lay down the nine requirements for projects that seek to list on the exchange. The exchange doesn’t receive listing fees and therefore, it only lists projects that have high trading volume to generate revenue from the trading fees.

How to hold a "mini-IPO" and raise $ 50 million

After a prolonged collapse of the crypto market in 2018, many experts started saying that the ICO market had died. However, that’s not the case, and startups continue to raise millions through the initial offers of their coins.

Stonewalled by FINRA, Up to 40 Crypto Securities Wait in Limbo for Launch

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Wall Street’s self-regulatory organization (SRO), has sat for months on some 40 applications from companies that touch cryptocurrencies, numerous people who deal with the agency told CoinDesk.

IEOs Raise Half a Billion, Keep Fundraising Alive for Blockchain Startups

There’s a new fundraising sheriff in town in the maturing cryptocurrency space. While initial coin offerings (ICOs) were all the rage during the last bitcoin bull run, initial exchange offerings, or IEOs, have muscled them out of the way. If it weren’t IEOs, the market would have likely found another mechanism, but these appear to be the deal of choice for now.

Institutional investors rely on a select group of data providers

As countless startups enter the cryptocurrency market data space, The TRADE Crypto finds that institutional investors rely on a select group.

ConsenSys Picks Latest Blockchain Startups for Accelerator Program

ConsenSys Ventures, the investment arm of ethereum development studio ConsenSys, has selected 10 blockchain startups for the second cohort of its accelerator program Tachyon.

2 Crypto Startups Want to Put 10 Million Used Cars on a Blockchain

Cryptocurrency non-profit, the Fusion Foundation, and the Automotive eXchange Platform (AXP) are joining forces to bring the U.S. second-hand car market and its insurance and financing to a blockchain.

Germany consults industry about blockchain potential

Germany has opened a consultation process on how to tap into the potential of blockchain technology ahead of presenting a strategy by the summer, government sources said on Monday.