Maple Finance Eyes Asian Expansion With $5M Investment, Returns to Solana
The protocol’s focus on growth in Asia-Pacific showcases the region’s increasing importance in the crypto industry.
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Aug 22, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
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MakerDAO Founder on Future of DAO Voter Participation
MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen joins "First Mover" to discuss the main issues surrounding coordination within DAOs and his "Endgame" plan to "decentralize the broken financ...
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Aug 14, 2023 at 2:23 p.m. UTC
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MakerDAO Set for $1.28B Treasury Purchase
The community governing MakerDAO, the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) behind stablecoin DAI, has paved the way to purchase up to an additional $1.28 billion in U.S...
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Jun 2, 2023 at 5:19 p.m. UTC
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MakerDAO Paves Way for Additional $1.28B U.S. Treasury Purchase
The protocol’s community voted for onboarding a new real-world asset vault that would invest up to the additional amount in U.S. Treasury bonds.
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Jun 1, 2023 at 6:51 p.m. UTC
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BlockTower Capital Funds Had Exposure to Silvergate, Signature Bank
Silvergate Bank announced a voluntary liquidation last week. Signature Bank was taken over by regulators on Sunday.
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Mar 13, 2023 at 7:24 p.m. UTC
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BlockTower Capital Loses $1.5M in DeFi Market Aggregator Dexible Exploit: Blockchain Data
The hacker exploited a weakness in a smart contract code, allowing them to drain funds from certain crypto wallets. Crypto “whales” accounted for 85% of the losses.
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Feb 17, 2023 at 5:29 p.m. UTC
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BlockTower Putting $150M Crypto Fund to Work as Valuations Return ‘Down to Earth’
The company's new venture-capital head Thomas Klocanas talks DeFi, equity stakes and investing in a bear market.
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Oct 14, 2022 at 2:57 p.m. UTC
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Crypto Asset Manager BlockTower Launches $150M Venture-Capital Fund
BlockTower has also created a new venture-capital arm.
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Oct 13, 2022 at 4:36 p.m. UTC
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From TradFi to DeFi: Jane Street Takes Out $25M USDC Loan
Wall Street trading firm Jane Street made its first stride into decentralized finance (DeFi) by taking out a $25 million loan in USDC from BlockTower Capital via the marketpla...
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May 3, 2022 at 6:50 p.m. UTC
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MobileCoin Raises $66M to Build Out Privacy-Focused Payments Tech
The round, joined by Alameda Research, Coinbase Ventures and others, looks to put MobileCoin in more messaging apps.
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Aug 18, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. UTC
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