Blockchain / Crypto
Singapore’s Playground closes pre-seed round co-led by East Ventures and Mirana
Playground, a Singapore-based platform dedicated to Web3 Gaming and non-fungible token (NFT) discovery, announced Tuesday the completion of its oversubscribed pre-seed funding round co-led by East Ventures and Mirana Ventures.
Thai Forward raises $5M seed round led by Primestreet Capital global VC fund
Forward, a Thai digital asset and blockchain startup focusing on protocol development for decentralized derivative exchange and DeFi platform, said Monday it has successfully closed its $5 million seed round within just six months of fundraising.
Asset tokenization projected to grow 50 times into $16T opportunity by 2030, says BCG, ADDX report
A newly-published report by global consulting firm BCG and ADDX, the digital exchange for private markets, forecasts that asset tokenization will expand into a $16.1 trillion business opportunity by 2030. This growth comes as the crypto winter is prompting capital to focus on more viable blockchain use cases.
MetaWeb Ventures raises $30M for builder focused blockchain fund
MetaWeb Ventures, a global venture capital firm focused on pre-seed and seed investments in crypto start-ups, announced Thursday the launch of its first fund (Fund I), with total capital commitments of $30 million.
Animoca Brands raises $110M funding led by Temasek, Boyu Capital, GGV Capital
Animoca Brands Corporation Limited, the Hong Kong-based company advancing digital property rights for the open metaverse, announced Thursday that it has closed a strategic funding round for $110 million led by Temasek, Boyu Capital, GGV Capital.
Pos Malaysia launches Malaysia’s first NFT stamp
Pos Malaysia Berhad, a postal delivery service provider in Malaysia, has on Thursday issued its first Non-Fungible Token (NFT) stamps for collectors. It is the second postal service provider in Southeast Asia to produce NFT stamps after Thailand and joins the global postal fraternity of other countries with similar initiatives such as Austria, Switzerland,…
Wix Partners with TripleA to enable Wix business owners to accept cryptocurrency payments
TripleA, a licensed crypto payment gateway in Singapore, on Tuesday announced the launch of their partnership with Wix, a United States-listed global software as a service (SaaS) platform to create, manage, and grow an online presence.
The rise of Web3: Asia Pacific expected to grow at fastest rate
In line with the rapid growth and interest in Web3, TechNode Global has introduced a category “Web 3 Disruptors” in the third edition of ORIGIN Innovation Awards.
Singapore’s SolanaFM completes strategic seed funding round raising $4.5M
Singapore-based crypto firm SolanaFM announced Thursday that it has secured $4.5 million in a seed funding round led by SBI Group's Digital Asset Opportunity Fund. The seed funding round that was spearheaded by SBI Group's Digital Asset Opportunity Fund attracted the participation of top venture capital firms including Zee Prime, Spartan Group, Mirana…
BHEX.SG gets greenlight to offer crypto services in Singapore
Singapore-based crypto exchange BHEX.SG has received the Standard Payment Institution licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), which will enable the firm to offer digital payment token (DPT) services to customers in Singapore.
