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Lukka, an enterprise crypto-asset software, and data provider has completed its Series E fundraise, pulling $110 million from investors to raise its valuation to $1.3 billion. According to the press release shared by the startup, participants in the funding round include Marshall Wace, Miami International Holdings, Inc., Summer Capital, and SiriusPoint Ltd., as well as

Hong Kong-based Crypto.com – one of the most fastest-growing cryptocurrency exchanges, said Monday, January 17, that it has signed a five-year partnership agreement with the Australian Football League (AFL). The exchange will act as a partner for the Toyota AFL Premier League season and NAB AFLW matches, as the exclusive title partner for the “Crypto.com AFL

Well-known U.S. retailer Walmart appears to be laying the groundwork for its foray into the Metaverse, documents filed shown with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office late last month, showing that Walmart is preparing to create its own collection of cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens. Walmart filed a total of seven applications on December 30, along

North Korean hacks on the cryptocurrency platforms jumped from four to seven extracting nearly $400 million worth of digital assets over the last year, blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis said in a new report. “From 2020 to 2021, the number of North Korean-linked hacks jumped to seven times from four, and the value extracted from these

  Bitcoin’s friendliness in terms of the low transaction fees paid to use its network continues because it hit a monthly low. Market insight provider Glassnode acknowledged: “Total fees paid (7d MA) on the Bitcoin network just reached a 1-month low of 0.427 BTC.” The previous monthly low was observed on Christmas day.

A Pontifex carpet gifted to Pope Francis by Sheikh Mohamad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, during his visit to the Vatican in September 2016, was sold as a non-fungible token (NFT) for 25 Eths, approximately $81,886 on January 14. The original carpet, 272cm x 183cm, is woven by Afghan women, the physical

In order to make its stance known about stablecoins, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has published a discussion paper in which it is soliciting the public’s contributions to its proposed regulatory approach to digital currencies and stablecoins in particular. Per the published paper, the HKMA acknowledged the steady growth in the market capitalization of