Latest from Jamie Crawley
Digital Currency Group Achieves $10B Valuation in $700M Secondary Sale
Two SoftBank funds, GIC Capital, Ribbit Capital and CapitalG, the private equity arm of Google’s holding company, Alphabet, took part.
Fortress Technologies Buys 4,500 Bitcoin Mining Machines From Bitmain
The Bitmain machines are scheduled for delivery in monthly installments from April to September 2022.
Burger King to Give Crypto Rewards With Robinhood
Burger King’s Royal Perks users who spend more than $5 on the chain’s app will be rewarded with one coin from a pool of either 20 BTC, 200 ETH or 2 million DOGE.
South African Pension Funds to Be Banned From Crypto Investment, Draft Rules Indicate
“A fund may not invest in crypto-assets directly or indirectly,” according to proposed rule changes in the Government Gazette published Friday.
Australia’s Securities Regulator Issues Criteria for Crypto-Asset ETPs
A cryptocurrency must meet five criteria to be a permissible asset to back an exchange-traded product or other structured product, the regulator said.
Richard Li, Winklevoss-Backed CMCC Global Targets $300M for Latest Crypto Fund
CMCC Global, an early investor in the Solana blockchain, has also backed Cosmos and Terra.
Crypto.com Looks to Cash In on Bull Market With $100M Advertising Campaign
The ad, “Fortune Favors the Brave,” stars actor Matt Damon and is directed by Oscar-winning cinematographer Wally Pfister.
Biconomy Raises $11.5M in Public Sale of Native Token BICO
The CoinList sale follows a $9 million fundraising round in July.
SEC Will Not Approve Leveraged Bitcoin ETF: Report
The report comes two days after Valkyrie Investments filed to offer 1.25x leveraged bitcoin futures ETF.
Thailand Department Store Chain Is Testing Its Own Cryptocurrency
Central Retail Corp. is distributing the blockchain-based “C-Coin” to its 80,000 employees.
