Blockchain Startup Diamond Standard Raises $30M to Fund Expansion
The Series A round is led by venture capital firm Left Lane and investment management firm Horizon Kinetics.
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Sep 14, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
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Blockchain Startup Aims to Open the $1T Diamond Market to More Investors
Diamond Standard believes tokenizing diamonds will make investing in the precious stones easier and more efficient.
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Aug 26, 2022 at 6:58 p.m. UTC
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Sotheby’s to Accept BTC, ETH or USDC in Auction of Rare Black Diamond Called ‘The Enigma’
The auction house sold a diamond for $12.3 million in cryptocurrency last July. Now Sotheby’s is doubling down on its outreach to the crypto nouveau riche.
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Jan 17, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
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Sotheby’s to Accept Crypto for Rare 100-Carat Diamond in Upcoming Auction
“The most ancient and emblematic denominator of value can now, for the first time, be purchased using humanity’s newest universal currency.”
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Jun 21, 2021 at 3:40 p.m. UTC
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US Man Charged Over $25M Diamond Ponzi Scheme That Touted a Crypto Token
A man from Washington, D.C., has been charged with running a diamond investment scam with its own cryptocurrency, Argyle Coin.
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Sep 14, 2020 at 8:13 a.m. UTC
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Everledger Offers Diamond Industry Blockchain-Based Carbon Offsetting
Track-and-trace blockchain pioneer Everledger is using its technology to help the diamond industry offset its carbon footprint.
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Apr 22, 2020 at 8:40 a.m. UTC
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DUST Adds Physical Products to the Blockchain
New diamond coatings promise to connect physical objects to blockchains. Now users of SAP's cloud service can try it out.
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May 6, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. UTC
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Diamond Standard Launches Blockchain-Powered Token Backed by Real Gems
A new startup is looking to make diamonds as attractive to institutional investors as gold.
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May 2, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
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Blockchain Exchange Secures $50 Million in Diamonds for ETF Launch
Blockchain-based trading platform CEDEX says it now has a trader inventory of 6,000 diamonds as it moves towards launching a diamond ETF.
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Mar 28, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
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Russian Diamond Giant Signs Onto De Beers' Blockchain Tracking Platform
Alrosa, the world's second-largest diamond producer, is joining the blockchain pilot program spearheaded by De Beers to trace the stones' provenance.
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Oct 30, 2018 at 1:30 a.m. UTC
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