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Startup Funding – Wikisoft Corp. plans Digital Shake-up

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Wikisoft Corp. (OTCQB:WSFT), a big data and business analytics company, today announced plans to digitize startup funding and accelerate matching startups with investors. Once a startup’s seed investment round is secured then the fledgling company powers ahead to create a minimal viable product (MVP). Once the MVP is proven, the founders of the startup will soon require further investment to accelerate growth. They participate in a series of investment rounds – series A, B or C, depending on the maturity of the business. This is a stressful period and an

NFT-Collateralizing South African Startup Raises $5 Million in Latest Seed Round

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Time Stamp: November 19, 2021 7:30 AM - Modified On: November 19, 2021 - Published By:
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A South African startup, NFTfi, is reported to have recently raised $5 million which the company intends to use for boosting its business of collateralizing non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Cryptocurrency Loan Marketplace According to a Techcrunch report, NFTfi’s $5 million capital raise was led by U.S. actor Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures. The other investors that participated in the funding round include Maven 11, Scalar Capital, and Kleiner Perkins. The company, which was founded by Stephen Young in February 2020, already acts as a marketplace where users can get a cryptocurrency loan

Bitrefill Lets El Salvadorans Pay All Accounts with BITCOIN

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Time Stamp: November 18, 2021 8:30 AM - Modified On: November 18, 2021 - Published By:
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Bitrefill is a well-known business among the Bitcoiners allowing them access to over four thousand gift cards by paying through BTC. Earlier this year, they partnered with Salvadoran startup Hugo App to enable Bitcoin exchange for Hugo’s wide range of goods and services. The ability to pay with bitcoin is on the rise as Bitrefill announced a new service that allows Salvadorans to pay their bills in BTC.  Bitcoin became proper legal tender in El Salvador starting this year on September 7, persuading all companies to accept BTC as a form

Everything Users Need to Know About Blockademia Token Sale

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Time Stamp: November 17, 2021 3:20 AM - Modified On: November 17, 2021 - Published By:
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The new Croatian cryptocurrency startup Blockademia recently revealed their decentralized information system for issuing and checking the authenticity of issued documents such as diplomas, certificates, and others. Sponsored Sponsored Blockademia works on the Cardano blockchain, which ensures the permanence and immutability of the issued entry containing document metadata and subsequent authenticity checks.  To raise funds for further development, this cryptocurrency startup plans to issue 85 million ACI tokens, out of a total of 250 million. The initial distribution of ACI tokens is carried out through its own web system in

DAOLaunch Vows to Change the Future of Funding With Decentralized VC

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The Venture Capital (VC) industry has traditionally been the playground for the rich. Generally speaking, you had little chance of making it as a venture capitalist if you were not financially well-established to begin with. Sponsored Sponsored However, that status quo is about to change now with the emergence of blockchain-powered platforms like DAOLaunch.  Blockchain technology is already making inroads into venture capital, exposing the industry to all the perks of decentralization. Expectedly, this has prompted an increasing number of analysts and industry stakeholders to anticipate a new era of decentralized

Web3 social infrastructure startup CyberConnect raises $10 million in seed funding

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Time Stamp: November 16, 2021 1:30 PM - Modified On: November 16, 2021 - Published By:
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CyberConnect, a crypto startup developing tools for Web3 social media, gaming, and metaverse applications, has raised $10 million in a seed funding round.Sharing the news exclusively with The Block on Tuesday, CyberConnect said Multicoin Capital and Sky9 Capital co-led the round. Animoca Brands, Draper Dragon, Hashed, Zoo Capital, Smrti Lab, and Mask Network also participated in the round, among other investors. This was an equity + SAFT (simple agreement for future tokens) round, CyberConnect founder Wilson Wei told The Block. It will help the firm double its current team of

Cosmos liquid staking protocol pSTAKE raises $10 million in seed funding

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pSTAKE, a liquid staking protocol from blockchain startup Persistence, has raised $10 million in a seed funding round.Three Arrows Capital, Galaxy Digital, Sequoia Capital India, and DeFiance Capital co-led the round, with Coinbase Ventures, Tendermint Ventures, Kraken Ventures, Alameda Research, and Sino Global Capital also participating. Several angel investors, including Aave's Ajit Tripathi, Terra founder Do Kwon and Alpha Finance co-founder Tascha Punyaneramitdee, also backed the round. Crypto staking infrastructure providers, including Stake.fish, Figment Fund, Everstake, and Chorus One, also joined the round. This was pSTAKE's first fundraise and was

First crypto-related exchange-traded fund gets green light in India

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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has approved the first cryptocurrency ETF. According to local media, the regulator has approved Invesco’s CoinShares Global Blockchain ETF Fund. The fund owns Coinbase, Bitfarms, SBI Holdings, and MicroStrategy, among others. The fund has had a good year, earning 89.52% in returns. Invesco is positive about the asset class’s future, it noted in a document. Blockchain technology Because blockchain technology is new, the potential to change the global economy is huge. Like the internet, blockchain offers massive potential to investors. For institutional

Best Crypto Staking Yields: Which Coins Earn the Most in 2021?

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Time Stamp: November 15, 2021 3:00 AM - Modified On: November 15, 2021 - Published By:
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With Ethereum switching over to a Proof of Stake (PoS) protocol, crypto staking is exploding in popularity. Once the switch is complete, ETH will join the growing list of PoS cryptocurrencies attracting the attention of investors looking to earn income on their coin holdings. Plenty of crypto exchanges and platforms already offer users the ability to dip their toes into crypto staking at minimum cost. But the million-dollar question is – which crypto is the best for staking? The following table and individual crypto reviews may help you in finding

New Slate of Speakers Announced for the 2021 Global Wellness Summit Reveals the Depth and Diversity of Disruption Underway in Health and Wellness

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A diverse array of scientists, doctors, technologists and startup founders will keynote on the new concepts in health and wellness they’re busy inventing–shaking up everything from healthcare to higher education MIAMI (PRWEB) November 03, 2021 The 2021 Global Wellness Summit’s theme is “A New New Era in Health & Wellness”–and the numerous keynote speakers announced today powerfully illustrate that we are indeed entering an unprecedented time of wellness disruption and creativity. A diverse array of scientists, doctors, technologists and startup founders will keynote on the new concepts in health and

Metaverse Startup The Sandbox Closes $93M Series B Led by SoftBank

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Metaverse startup The Sandbox closed a $93 million Series B funding round led by SoftBank, said a press release. The Sandbox is an Ethereum-based platform where players can “play, create, own, and govern a virtual world,” according to its site. Players can own in-game assets in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), such as plots of land that they can build on. The Sandbox token, SAND, has a $2.46 billion market cap, according to data from intelligence platform CoinMarketCap. The startup’s majority stakeholder is Hong Kong-based gaming firm Animoca Brands,

Coinbase Acquires AI Customer Support Startup Agara

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Coinbase acquired customer service startup Agara, according to a blog post on Tuesday. The deal is worth somewhere between $40 million and $50 million, TechCrunch reported citing two people familiar with the matter. The deal is expected to close later this year, Coinbase said in its post. Agara’s main product is an artificial intelligence-powered voicebot used in for customer support. Coinbase said it will leverage Agara’s tech to “automate and enhance” its customer experience tools. The deal also adds deep learnings and AI expertise to Coinbase’s existing tech capacity, and