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The private equity firm’s latest move demonstrates that traditional investment firms have started buying Web.3.0 projects as part of their investment thesis. A growing interest in a decentralized internet built on blockchain networks continues to incentivize big money to bet on small and medium-sized crypto firms. Silver Lake, the tech investment firm managing over $90 Billion in assets, announced leading the $150 Million investment round for Genesis, an NFT avatar company....

Blockchain gaming platform, Animoca Brands, has completed the acquisition of French game developer – Eden Games. The latter is the publisher of popular racing games including Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed, F1® Mobile Racing, and the franchises Gear.Club, Test Drive, and V-Rally. The focus will be to capitalize on enhancing its REVV ecosystem while introducing more blockchain-powered racing games. Eden Games Acquisition Animoca Brands is on an acquisition spree, with two...

The United States continues its exploration of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) as the main processor for US securities said it is developing a prototype for studying how such an asset can work in reality. The main goal is to examine how real-time transactions through cash-like tokens can pass through in the clearing and settlement process. Project Lithium The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the country’s securities processor maintaining the...

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) unveiled the Consumer Price Index (CPI) reading for March 2022 earlier today. It showed year-over-year inflation at 8.5%, breaking another 40-year high. The CPI tracks the prices of common consumer goods in the United States, such as food, energy, shelter, and transportation. The BLS updates monthly CPI figures roughly ten days into each following month. This month shows an all items index increase of 8.5% from last March, up from...

Sky Mavis – the company behind Axie Infinity – is offering up to $1 million to anyone that can identify major security vulnerabilities in its platform. This comes after the company was struck by the largest defi hack in history, with over $600M being drained from Ronin bridge. A Call to Whitehats According to the company’s website, the Sky Mavis Bounty Program will take reference from the Bugcrowd Vulnerability Rating Taxonomy. The system will help Sky Mavis prioritize and...

The American financial services company – Robinhood – allowed its customers to deal with Shiba Inu (SHIB), Solana (SOL), Polygon (Matic), and Compound (COMP). The additions come after last week, the firm rolled out its cryptocurrency wallet to two million users. According to a recent blog post, Robinhood Markets Inc. included four new digital assets on its trading platform. These include the popular memecoin – Shiba Inu, the sixth largest crypto token by market capitalization...

Uniswap Labs – the organization behind the popular DeFi exchange – announced the launch of Uniswap Labs Ventures. As such, it intends to “bring millions of people into the emerging Web3 economy” and invest in additional crypto enterprises. Enter Uniswap Labs Ventures In a recent blog post, the company said it is “proud of the foundational products and infrastructure” it has built so far. However, it has ambitions to further interact with the emerging Web3 universe, which is...

The French game developer has doubled down on its cryptocurrency endeavors by backing a digital assets fund in fundraising that could go up to $120 Million. The fund will focus on small and medium-size crypto companies working towards the mass adoption of digital assets. Ubisoft Leads a Crypto-Centric Investment Ubisoft, the video game studio that created globally renowned games like Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, For Honor, has led a $60 Million investment in White Start...

According to a recent research conducted by Nasdaq, 72% out of 500 financial advisors will be more likely to invest client funds in digital assets if the US watchdog greenlights a spot ETF. Among those already part of the market, 86% said they will increase their exposure over the next 12 months. Spot Bitcoin ETF Could Attract More Investors Last year, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) greenlighted the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy futures-backed ETF, ticked BITO....

A series of cyberattacks breached multiple Twitter accounts associated with the administrative and legislative bodies of India in the past few days. NFT-related content that promoted a project called “Azuki” was posted on the compromised accounts, making people speculate that the hackers were conducted by the same individuals or entities. The most recent victim came from the Twitter account owned by the Punjab unit of the Indian Congress – Punjab Congress. The breach rendered...