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African Bitcoin Mining Firm Gridless Raises $2 Million in Funding Round Led by Stillmark, Block Inc.
The mining company focuses on rural communities in East Africa and intends to increase electricity and energy access for the region.
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- Energy, Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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FTX’s Collapse Has Sent Shivers Down the Spine of Africa’s Crypto Community
Many crypto traders in Africa who used FTX-linked platforms are left in shock, unable to withdraw their funds and with nowhere to file their grievances.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- cryptocurrency
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Press Release: Pan-African Crypto Exchange, Yellow Card Secures $40 Million in Series B Funding Round
The round, led by Polychain Capital, brings Yellow Card to $57M total raised, more than any crypto company on the African continent.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Ethereum Blockchain Eliminates 99.99% of its Carbon Footprint Overnight After a Successful Merge According to New Report
A new report from CCRI reveals a reduced electricity consumption and carbon footprint of the Ethereum network by over 99.988% and 99.992%, respectively.
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- Technology
- Region
- Global
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Fuse Capital Looks to Raise $50 Million to Invest in Latin America Web3 Startups
Brazilian-based Fuse Capital has started raising Fuse Capital Fund II, whose central thesis will be investing in the next generation of web3 startups in Latin America.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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CoinSwitch Launches $10 Million Web3 Discovery Fund to Invest in Early-Stage Indian Startups
The fund will invest in and incubate early-stage startups building blockchain solutions for the evolving Web3 landscape in India.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- blockchain, cryptocurrency, startups
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Bluejay Raises $2.9 Million to Promote Financial Inclusion in Asia
The decentralized stablecoin protocol aims to create an avenue to develop more stablecoin solutions centered around fiat currencies other than the US dollar.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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XLD Finance Raises $13 Million Pre-Series A Funding Led by Dragonfly Capital and Infinity Ventures Crypto
The funds will be used to enable XLD Finance to scale its product and engineering teams to accelerate its API and product development efforts.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Global
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